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 Belarusian Authorities Scupper Yet Another Symbolic Protest BARANAVICHY, Belarus -- Riding a bike is out. So is clapping. Now a Belarusian opposition activist has been banned from breathing deeply as a form of protest.More  The Legitimacy Crisis United Russia and Vladimir Putin are virtually assured victory in the coming election cycle. But then what? More  Are Tech Companies Beginning To Act More Responsibly? While too early to say, perhaps the tide is turning and corporations are beginning to heed the call to act more responsibly. More  Protesters Storm U.K. Embassy In Tehran Dozens of Iranian protesters entered the British Embassy compound in Tehran, smashing windows and burning the British flag during a rally against new sanctions London has imposed over Iran's nuclear program. More  Armenia Party Mum As Opposition Woos A key member of Armenia's three-party governing coalition has remained noncommittal over an offer of cooperation from ex-President Levon Ter-Petrossian at the latest rally of his main opposition Armenian National Congress (HAK). More  Religious Call On Karabakh Snipers The leading religious leaders of Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Russia have called for a withdrawal of snipers from the front lines in the disputed breakaway Azerbaijani region of Nagorno-Karabakh to stop bloodshed amid more reported casualties in the conflict zone. More  S. Ossetia Presidential Vote Annulled The Supreme Court of the breakaway Georgian region of South Ossetia has voided the second round of the region's election to choose a de facto leader in which an opposition candidate was leading according to early preliminary results.More Iran 'Regrets' Storming Of U.K. Compounds Iran's Foreign Ministry said it "regrets the unacceptable acts of a few" after dozens of protesters overran two British diplomatic compounds in Tehran. Britain, the U.S., and the EU have condemned the incident. More  Iraq Oil Spat Puts Focus On Federal Powers The signing of a contract by oil giant ExxonMobil with Iraq's semi-autonomous Kurdish region has caused outrage in Baghdad, becoming the focal point of simmering tensions between Iraq's Kurds and Baghdad over control of the country's huge energy reserves, and raising wider concerns about Iraq's future integrity. More  Kazakh Court Upholds Marijuana Sentence The Kazakh Supreme Court has upheld the 10-year jail sentence given to a man whose mother self-immolated herself in protest. More  Kyrgyz Postpones Uzbek Activist's Appeal The Kyrgyz Supreme Court has postponed until December 20 hearings into a local Uzbek human rights defender's appeal against his life prison term. More  Russians Protest Apartment Failures Some 60 people staged a protest today in front of the regional government building in the Far Eastern Russian city of Irkutsk. More  Memorial Erected In Moscow To Colonel Who Killed Chechen Teen A memorial stone devoted to a former Russian army colonel convicted of murdering a young Chechen woman has appeared at the site where he was shot dead in June. More  Obituary: Stalin's Daughter Struggled In The Shadow Of Her Father The only daughter of Soviet dictator Josef Stalin, Lana Peters, who died last week at the age of 85, caused a sensation when she defected to the United States at the height of the Cold War. Her notoriety helped turn her into a bestselling author when she subsequently published her memoirs. Those who knew her, however, say she struggled all her life between her desire for privacy and the unwanted publicity that engulfed her because of her infamous father. More |
