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11/25/2011 4:00:46 PM
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NEWS
 Egyptians Flock To Mass Protest In Cairo Tens of thousands of Egyptians demanding an end to military rule have gathered in Cairo's Tahrir Square for what they hope will be biggest protest yet in a week of demonstrations in which dozens of people have been killed. More  Qaddafi Vodka Brand Gets Seal Of Approval Muammar Qaddafi appears set to join an exclusive roster of revolutionaries and powerful politicians after a local Russian alcohol retailer registered the slain Libyan dictator's name as a trademark. More  Podcast: Danchyk, An American Idol -- In Belarus In Episode 46 of The Blender, we sit down with our own Bohdan Andrusyshyn, a.k.a. Danchyk, the American-born singer who won legions of fans in Belarus for choosing to sing in their vanishing native language. Danchyk takes us from his early days as a darling of New York's Ukrainian and Belarusian immigrant communities to his first performance in Minsk in 1989 -- and shares some great music, in Belarusian and English, along the way. More  Armenia 'Still Ready' To Withdraw Snipers Armenian Defense Minister Seyran Ohanian says the armed forces of Armenia and the breakaway Azerbaijani region of Nagorno-Karabakh remain prepared to withdraw snipers from their frontline positions in order to bolster the cease-fire regime in the Karabakh conflict zone. More  Russians Want Out Of Armenia Power Plant A subsidiary of Russia's state-controlled national electricity company has confirmed plans to end its eight-year management of Armenia's Metsamor nuclear power station. More Children cried and shook uncontrollably at the sight of the rubble and shattered glass remnants of their classroom. The Taliban had bombed yet another girls' school in Pakistan. More |
