'Voices From Afghanistan' Exhibit Profiled In 'The Washington Post'

"The Post's" Style section highlights the exhibit at the Library of Congress, which showcases some of the thousands of handwritten scrolls and letters sent in by listeners to RFE/RL's Radio Free Afghanistan. More

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Russia Committed To Iranian Nuclear Plant Launch

January 28, 2007

The Bushehr nuclear power plant as it looked in February 2006 (epa)

January 28, 2007 -- Russian security chief Igor Ivanov said in Tehran today that Moscow is committed to completing Iran's first nuclear power plant on schedule in September.

IRNA news agency quotes Ivanov as saying that "Russia is determined" to finish the Bushehr plant on time.

He spoke after talks with Iranian Foreign Minister Manuchehr Mottaki.

Russia supports Iran's right to peaceful nuclear technology but voted for a UN Security Council resolution in December that imposes sanctions on Tehran over its refusal to freeze uranium enrichment.

(AFP)

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Nuclear Power's Resurgence

Nuclear-fuel pellets being produced in Kazakhstan (TASS)

LOOKING FOR ALTERNATIVES. Despite warnings from scientists, the world seems unable to stem its insatiable appetite for fossil fuels, which are producing the greenhouse gases blamed for global warming. And emissions are set to rise dramatically in the next few years. Is it time for the environmental movement to drop its opposition to nuclear power? (more)