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12/16/2011 9:13:24 PM
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FEATURES  From Our Archives: A Conversation With Christopher Hitchens RFE/RL writer at large James Kirchick spoke to Christopher Hitchens in November 2010 about his left-wing revolutionary past, his views on America, Iran's nuclear program, Turkey's Islamist turn, Putin's Russia, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and sampled his views on a variety of international figures. More
THE BLENDER
 Podcast: If Life Hands You Proverbs, Play Proverb Games! In Episode 49, we indulge our love for proverbs with a zesty inaugural round of The Blender Proverb Quiz and explore the popularity of the expression "Dogs bark, but the caravan rolls on."More  Putin And Kudrin: Russia's Real Tandem Amid all the showmanship and bravado on display during Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's live call-in program yesterday, there also came a rare moment of sincerity when Putin was asked to comment on former Finance Minister Aleksei Kudrin. More Armenia Mayor Quits Over 'Land Grab' The mayor of a remote Armenian village has resigned in protest at a government decision to transfer large swaths of communal land to a German-owned mining company. More  IMF Wants Faster Reform In Armenia A senior International Monetary Fund (IMF) official says Armenian officials should do "much more" to reform the country's business environment and thus foster economic growth. More  Azeri Villagers Detained After Altercation Residents of the Caspian coastal village of Narimanabad in Azerbaijan's southern Lankaran district clashed on December 15 with police after border guards tried to prevent local fishermen from casting their nets beyond the two-mile limit. More  Belarus Charges For Police 'Insults' Two leading Belarusian activists have been charged with verbally insulting police. More  Trial Opens For Deadly Belarus Blasts Court hearings have started in western Belarus into the explosions last year at a plywood plant in the town of Pinsk that killed 14 workers. More  Lawyer Denied Access To Belarus Activist The lawyer of jailed former Belarusian presidential candidate Andrey Sannikau has again been blocked from seeing her client at a labor camp in the eastern city of Vitsebsk. More  EU Announces New Belarus Sanctions The European Union has imposed sanctions on two Belarusian officials involved in the trial of human rights activist Ales Byalyatski. More  Belarusian Activists Detained Ahead Of Party Congress Two leaders of the unregistered Belarusian Christian Democratic party's (BKhD) branch in western Belarus have been detained by traffic police. More  Kazakh Oil City Clash Turns Deadly Kazakh authorities say 10 people have been killed as striking oil workers clashed with government forces in the country's western Mangystau region. More  Kosovo Banker Cleared Of Corruption The European Union's mission in Kosovo has said that the former governor of Kosovo's central bank has been cleared of corruption charges, more than a year after the accusations cost him his job. More  Kyrgyz Inmate Families Stage Protest More than 50 relatives of hunger-striking Kyrgyz prisoners have picketed the Kyrgyz State Committee to Monitor Penitentiaries (KUIS) in Bishkek to demand the resignation of its chairman.More  Former Kyrgyz Official In Custody The former chief of the Kyrgyz State Committee for National Security (UKMK) has been taken into custody after he unexpectedly showed up in court where he was being tried in absentiaMore  Transdniester Leader Out Of Race Moldova's breakaway Transdniester region has announced it will hold a presidential runoff on December 25. More  Moldova Fails To Elect President Moldova's parliament has failed to select a new president. More A gunman has shot dead a prominent journalist in Daghestan, the latest murder of a leading public figure in the troubled Russian Caucasus region. More  Pakistan Group 'Sets Up' Taliban Talks A pro-Taliban religious group in northern Pakistan says it is mediating between the government and the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) to end the two sides' "differences." More  Russia Finds Iran Bound Nuke Material The Russian customs service says it has seized radioactive material in the luggage of a passenger bound for Tehran at a Moscow airport. More  Russia Joins World Trade Organization The World Trade Organization has accepted Russia as a WTO member after 18 years of negotiations. More  Former Turkmen Official Under Pressure Former Turkmen Culture and Tourism Minister Geldimurat Nurmuhammedov, 59, is under pressure after talking to RFE/RL last week. More Radio Svoboda broadcaster Natalia Churikova discusses Ukraine's current media environment and RFE/RL's 'suicidal' mission. More |
