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 Where Does The 'Occupy' Movement Go From Here? A New York court has upheld the city's destruction of the Occupy Wall Street tent city on November 15. But that hardly spells the end of the New York, or global, protest movement. More  Afghanistan Opens Loya Jirga The Taliban has threatened to attack the conference, or loya jirga, which is expected to be attended by some 2,000 community and political leaders from across Afghanistan. More  Ukrainian Love Quest Ends In Homelessness Cary Dolego came to Ukraine as a man on a mission. Like a modern-day Don Quixote, the twice-divorced 53-year old -- a 2010 Green Party write-in candidate for Arizona governor -- was in search of a damsel to wed, and he was willing to go far afield to make it happen. More  Citizen Tsivinyuk Russia's latest YouTube political sensation is a Siberian teenager. More  Afghanistan Impounds Russian Plane Afghan authorities have impounded a Russian freight plane belonging to an aviation company at the center of a high-profile case that has raised tensions between Tajikistan and Russia. More  Armenian Opposition Activist Urges Winter Push For Power leading member of the opposition Armenian National Congress says that the opposition alliance should capitalize on "a seasonal rise" in popular disaffection with the government and try to unseat President Serzh Sarkisian this winter.More  Armenian Governor Again Accused Of Violence An Armenian businesswoman says she was assaulted by a regional governor notorious for alleged violent conduct just days after accusing him of corruption and business-related fraud. More  Belarus Deports Polish NGO Workers Belarusian officials in the western city of Berastse have deported a second Polish woman working for a nongovernmental organization. More  Byalyatski Trial Again Postponed A Minsk court has postponed hearings in the trial of prominent Belarusian human rights defender Ales Byalyatski. More  Jailed Belarusian Opposition Leader Again In Transit Jailed former Belarusian presidential candidate Andrey Sannikau has been transferred without warning from a labor camp in the eastern city of Babruysk.More  Journalists Barred From Attending Trial Of Kyrgyz Official's Son Journalists have been barred from attending the trial of the Bishkek mayor's son for vehicular manslaughter. More  Kyrgyz 'HIV Moms' Protest About a dozen mothers of HIV-infected children from Kyrgyzstan's southern region of Osh have staged a demonstration outside the Kyrgyz parliament, demanding negligence trials against state medical workers they say are responsible. More  Tajiks Caught In Russian Crossfire Over Pilot Jailings Tajik nationals in the Russian capital say they're afraid to go out as relations between Moscow and Dushanbe continue to sour over the curious case of two Russian-employed pilots jailed in Tajikistan for smuggling. More  Confirmation Of New U.S. Envoy To Moscow Blocked By Partisan Politics The nomination of Michael McFaul to be Washington's new ambassador in Moscow has been delayed after a Republican congressman issued an objection on an unrelated issue. More objections are also likely, as the nomination becomes an avenue for Republicans to express their opposition to Obama's Russia policy. More  Tajikistan Says More Migrant Workers Detained In Russia Tajikistan's Migration Service says that the detention of Tajik citizens in Russia has increased in the past week amid a row with Moscow over the sentencing of two ethnic Russians for smuggling and other crimes. More  Finland To Open Consulate In Tatarstan Finland says it will open a consulate in Kazan, the capital of the Russian republic of Tatarstan. More  Ukraine Protesters Clash With Police Some 500 veterans of the Chornobyl nuclear disaster cleanup have clashed with police in Kyiv. More A man has been killed in an explosion in Ukraine's eastern city of Dnipropetrovsk. More |
