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11/28/2011 10:16:58 PM
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 Al-Jazeera Building New Spheres Of Influence Al-Jazeera, renowned for its in-depth investigations and rare insights into the Arab world, has set its sights on expansion, launching a new station in the Balkans and looking ahead to similar channels in Turkey and East Africa. More  Obama Hosts Euro, Iran Talks Amid a growing debt crisis in Europe and increased concern about Iran's nuclear program, top U.S. and EU officials gathered for talks on both sides of the Atlantic.More  Kyrgyz Mama's Boy Wins 'Czecho-Slovakia's Got Talent' Horace Greeley, the nineteenth-century New York newspaper editor, was almost certainly thinking strictly of Americans when he advised the young and the footloose among his readers to “go West, young man.” But now it seems that one young man from Kyrgyzstan has won a uniquely 21st-century kind of triumph by adhering rigorously to Greeley’s advice. More  The Week Ahead: November 28-December 4 The Week Ahead is a handy listing of key events of the coming week affecting RFE/RL's broadcast region. More  Vasily Alekseyev: The Passing Of A Soviet Weightlifting Icon The passing away on November 25 of Vasily Alekseyev, a legendary figure in competitive weightlifting, marks yet another poignant closure for the former Soviet Union. More  Brussels Bureaucrats Besotted With Boxer Klitschko It takes a slugger like Ukrainian boxing champ Vitali Klitschko to be able to knock out the hardy pros in the European Commission. More  Occupy Wall Street Members Express Solidarity With Political Prisoners In Iran An Iranian activist and a student of anthropology at Yale University has launched Campaign99 to generate international solidarity with political prisoners in Iran.More  Pakistan: Finally An End To Bartered Brides? Here is some welcome news for women's rights in Pakistan. More  Photos Of The Week -- November 19-25 Superimposed presidents, continued unrest in Egypt, and a women-only taxi service in Iraq. More  Belarusian Held For 'Insulting Police' An opposition activist in Belarus has been charged with insulting police in a dispute about a change in his parole restrictions and will face trial next week.More  Officials Blamed For Kazakh Inmate Death Four prison officials in central Kazakhstan may face trial in connection with the death of a prisoner after a campaign for justice by the dead man's brother. More  Bishkek Mayor Wants Probe Of Son's Case Bishkek Mayor Isa Omurkulov has demanded that a case of vehicular manslaughter against his son be reopened after it was closed last week. More  Protesters: Keep Kyrgyz Activist Jailed Dozens of protesters have held a rally in southern Kyrgyzstan today to demand that a prominent Uzbek rights activist remain in jail. More Long lines of NATO supply trucks and oil tankers were stuck at the Torkham border crossing amid a Pakistani blockade against NATO vehicles after reports that alliance air strikes had killed 24 Pakistani soldiers. (Video by RFE/RL's Radio Mashaal) More  Jailed Russian Attorney May Have Been 'Beaten' Before His Death Human rights activists say a whistle-blowing attorney for a financial services company in Russia may have been beaten by prison guards before he died two years ago. More  St. Petersburg War On Gay ‘Propaganda’ Activists say local authorities are trying to make homosexuals scapegoats for social and economic problems in order to win political points ahead of State Duma elections on December 4. More  Pensioners Storm Donetsk Office Pensioners in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk have attacked and attempted to occupy the office of the regional governor. More |
