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NEWS  Islamists Fare Well In Egypt Election Islamist candidates from the Muslim Brotherhood are predicting they will emerge as big winners in this week's first stage of parliamentary elections in Egypt. More  Survey Finds Endemic Corruption Corruption in politics and the public sector has become increasingly entrenched in the world, helping to fuel a year of unprecedented protest. That's according to the latest report from the watchdog group Transparency International, which tracks perceived levels of corruption in 182 nations. More  Iranian Hardliner Raps In Support Of Occupy Wall Street A member of Iran’s pro-government Basij force has composed and produced a rap in support of the Occupy Wall Street movement. More For years, Uzbek authorities have denied widespread reports that children are sent to the fields to pick cotton every harvest season. Now viewers can see for themselves, thanks to video footage collected by human rights activists. More  Editor Steps Down Over Russian Election Violations Website With Russian parliamentary elections on December 4, an election monitor, Golos, and online newspaper, Gazeta.ru, have launched a map to track election violations. More  Poverty In Armenia Rose In 2010 The estimated number of people in Armenia living in poverty in 2010 was higher than in 2008 when the country was largely unaffected by the global economic recession. More  Family Of Naxcivan Man Found Dead In Azerbaijani Exclave Claim Torture The family of an alleged spy in Naxcivan who was found dead earlier this year has presented RFE/RL's Azerbaijani Service with a video that relatives say shows signs of torture on his body. More  Minsk Mother Appeals For Son's Life The mother of one of the two men condemned to death in Belarus over a deadly subway bombing has formally appealed to President Alyaksandr Lukashenka to spare her son's life. More  KGB: S.Ossetia 'Could Get Out Of Control' The head of South Ossetia's state security service, the KGB, has warned that the situation in South Ossetia could get out of control. More  EU Ramps Up Iran Sanctions European Union foreign ministers have beefed up sanctions against Iran in the aftermath of this week's storming of the British Embassy in Tehran.More  Iraqi Politician: Keep U.S. Military Trainers A senior Iraqi politician says American military trainers will still be needed by the Iraqi Army, despite a recent proposal from NATO for its instructors to train in Iraq. More  Almaty Subway Opens, Finally The subway system in Almaty has opened, more than 23 years after construction first started. More  Russia Patriarch Kyrgyz Visit Delayed A planned visit to Kyrgyzstan by the leader of the Russian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Kirill I, has been postponed again. More  Kyrgyz Politician Refuses Award A Kyrgyz politician has said he will not accept the "Manas" medal he was awarded by outgoing President Roza Otunbaeva this week. More  New Kyrgyz President Urges Unity Almazbek Atambaev is inaugurated as president in the first peaceful transition of power in Kyrgyzstan's post-Soviet history. His first message is a call for ethnic harmony and political unity. More  Russian Opposition Unites In Udmurtia More than 1,500 activists from several opposition parties united to rally in the central Russian city of Izhevsk ahead of parliamentary elections on December 4. More  Tatar President Meets Jewish Community Jewish leaders in Tatarstan say they will meet with the Russian republic's president, Rustam Minnikhanov, to discuss their community's problems on December 2. More  Documentary Takes Sympathetic Look At Khodorkovsky Case Former Yukos boss Mikhail Khodorkovsky has been in jail in Russia since 2003 and could remain there until 2017. But he is far from forgotten. The latest sign is a new film about him, which premiered in New York on November 30. More Russia-Alaska Air Link Restored The Russian airline Vladivostok Air will begin flying a new route next summer between Siberia and the northwestern U.S. state of Alaska. More  Bashkir Activists To Protest Russian Security Forces' 'Lawlessness' Hundreds of activists in the Russian Republic of Bashkortostan are planning to protest against "lawlessness" by Russian security forces and to demand the immediate release of a Bashkir nationalist leader detained on drug charges. More |
