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10/4/2011 8:15:06 PM
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Pakistan's Tiny Hazara Minority Struggles To Survive
The Hazaras, a small Shi'ite minority in southwestern Pakistan, say they are trying to survive against heavy odds. More 
Putin Calls For Eurasian Union In Former Soviet Space
In his first major policy initiative since announcing his bid to return to the presidency, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has called for the integration of Belarus, Kazakhstan, and Russia in a "Eurasian Union." More 
Planning For Life After Lukashenka
An economic slump and burgeoning civic unrest mean Belarusian President Alyaksandr Lukashenka is facing the gravest challenge to his authority since he took power in 1994. But if his reign does come to an end, what happens next? More 
EU Textile Deal Blocked Over Uzbek Child Labor
EU lawmakers reject a trade deal that would have made it easier for Uzbekistan to export textiles to Europe, citing objections to the continued use of forced child labor in its cotton harvests. More 
Karzai Seeks Stronger Ties In India
Afghan President Hamid Karzai has begun a two-day visit to India with agreements to boost the two countries' economic and security ties -- deals likely to irk Pakistan at a time when relations between Kabul and Islamabad have been souring. More Trial Opens Of RFE/RL Turkmen Reporter Dovletmyrat Yazkuliyev was one of the first journalists in Turkmenistan to cover deadly explosions at a weapons depot in the town of Abadan, near Ashgabat, in July, which official media initially downplayed as a minor incident. More 
Kazakh Striker Said To Commit Suicide
Abai Abenov was among those fired since thousands of oil workers in western Kazakhstan launched a strike over wages, equal rights with foreign workers, and the lifting of restrictions on the activities of independent labor unions in the region. More Some 270 local families in the east Siberian city of Irkutsk paid for new apartments that were to be built by December 2008 but remain unfinished. More 
Kyrgyz Criminal Groups In Russia 'Target Fellow Kyrgyz'
Kyrgyz labor migrants in Russia are complaining that they are routinely targeted by Kyrgyz criminal groups there. More 
Tatar Moms Won't Send Sons To Army
Mothers in a village in central Russia are refusing to send their sons to serve in the army following the recent death of a local conscript. More 
U.S. 'Regrets' Azerbaijani Sentences
The U.S. Embassy in Baku has expressed regret at the sentencing of four opposition politicians for their role in a protest six months ago. More 
Kosovo Tirade Reveals Tension In Belgrade
Ivica Dacic fires a shot across the EU's bow on the first day of the Belgrade Economic Summit. More 
Rare Interview Surfaces With The Wife of Iran's Supreme Leader
There is no publicly available picture of her and no one seems to know anything about her. Her last name is reportedly Khojaste; her first name remains a mystery and so does her face. But an interview has surfaced with the wife of the man who has the last say in religious and political affairs in the Islamic Republic, Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. The rare interview -- perhaps the only one of its kind -- has garnered lots of attention. More 
South Ossetian Election Campaign Heats Up
With six weeks to go before the presidential election, the chances of a peaceful transition of power in Georgia's breakaway South Ossetia region are dwindling after the Central Election Commission refused to register as a candidate for the ballot popular opposition leader Dzhambolat Tedeyev. More 
'Afghanistan Can't Be A Suburb Of Pakistan'
With the assassination of a chief peace emissary offering a sample of what would ensue as a result of Pakistan's marginalization from Afghan affairs, Islamabad has muscled Kabul to the negotiating table. As such, it remains to be seen whether a terrorized Afghanistan can further any of its own national interests faced with an emboldened Pakistani goliath. More |
