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FEATURES
 What If The Eurozone Collapses? At the heart of the euro crisis is fear that if urgent measures are not taken, the eurozone could collapse. So, what if it did -- what would happen?More  Government Deputy Tells Russians To Vote For 'Party of Thieves And Swindlers' In a last ditch effort to shake off the Internet moniker plaguing Russia’s ruling party, a United Russia deputy has actually tried to co-opt it by calling on Russians to “vote for the party of thieves and swindlers” at State Duma elections on December 4. More  Podcast: British-Iranian Blowup, Hijras Of Pakistan, And Conquest Of The Caucasus In The Blender this week, a closer look at the storming of the British Embassy in Tehran and long-standing tensions behind the diplomatic blowup, a legal victory for long-oppressed transgender males in Pakistan, and a fascinating discussion of literature’s role in Russia’s relations with the Caucasus. More  Is 'Death To England' A New Signature Chant In Iran? Speaking as diplomats were clearing out of Iran's London embassy, senior Iranian hard-line cleric Ahmad Khatami has said the country's signature "Death to America" chant should be followed by "Death to England." More  Marietje Schaake: 'It's High Time This Digital Weapons Trade Stops' Marietje Schaake, a Dutch member of the European Parliament who has been described as Europe's most wired politician, has been a long-time campaigner for technology companies to be more transparent and ethical in their choices of who they do business with. More  Pakistan Killings A Reminder Of Minority Woes The recent killings of three Hindu doctors in Sindh is a grim reminder of the perils faced by minorities in Pakistan. More  Armenia Party Picks Speaker Candidate The ruling Republican Party of Armenia (HHK) has named acting parliament speaker Samvel Nikoyan as its candidate to serve in that post until the legislature's five-year term ends in May. More  Belarusian Poet In Trouble Over 'Samizdat' Newspaper A poet in northwestern Belarus is in hot water over a "samizdat" newspaper he edits. More  South Ossetia's Alla Dzhioyeva Comes Into Her Own During the recent campaign to lead the breakaway Georgian region of South Ossetia, former Education Minister Alla Dzhioyeva has emerged as the unlikely focal point of an even more unlikely pro-democracy movement. More  Conflict Continues At Georgian Opposition TV Station Regular programming at Tbilisi-based Maestro TV was still disrupted on December 1 due to a standoff between the station's owners and managers. More  Otunbaeva Mulls Life As Kyrgyzstan's First Official Ex-President Transitional Kyrgyz President Roza Otunbaeva has stepped down to make way for her elected successor. Otunbaeva stepped in to guide the country through a period of deep unrest knowing she would not be able to run for reelection. Now many are asking: what next? More  New Date For Moldova President Vote Moldova's parliament has set December 16 as the date for its second attempt in less than a month to pick a president and thus end more than two years of leadership crisis. More  Deadly Crash Leaves Russia Governor Hurt The driver of one of the cars that collided with Sverdlovsk Oblast Governor Aleksandr Misharin's vehicle died in the accident. Misharin and his driver survived the December 1 accident but were taken to hospital in critical condition. More  On Eve Of Vote, Pressure On Russian Observer Authorities have fined Russia's only independent electoral watchdog, Western-financed Golos, for violating the law just two days before national parliamentary elections. More  A Friend's Film Tribute To Anna Politkovskaya Premieres In Moscow "A Bitter Taste Of Freedom," a film about Anna Politkovskaya, a private woman whom most people know as a fearless journalist and Kremlin critic slain in 2006, finally premieres in Moscow. More  Disabled Russians Stage Protest Dozens of disabled people in wheelchairs have picketed the regional government administration building in southeastern Siberia. More  Tymoshenko 'Needs Surgery' Former Health Minister Mykola Polischuk says that he has examined the X-rays and medical notes taken during Tymoshenko's medical examination last week at a Kyiv regional hospital. More  Chornobyl Hunger Strikers In Kyiv Nineteen veterans of the post-Chornobyl nuclear disaster cleanup have continued their hunger strike in front of the Ukrainian government building in Kyiv. More The biggest mosque in Kyiv has officially opened 17 years after construction began. More |
