Saturday, May 26, 2012
  • Afghan President Hamid Karzai (right) and his U.S. counterpart Barack Obama exchange documents after signing a Strategic Partnership Agreement at the Presidential Palace in Kabul on May 2.

    Afghan Parliament Approves Security Pact

    Afghanistan's parliament has approved a strategic partnership agreement between Kabul and Washington, clearing the way for a U.S. presence in the country after most foreign combat troops leave in 2014.

  • Pakistanbi physician Shakil Afridi

    Ray Of Hope For 'Bin Laden Doctor'

    It appears that a Pakistani doctor will spend the rest of his life in prison for his role in aiding the raid that killed Osama bin Laden. But loopholes in the tribal justice system that sentenced him could offer a way to freedom.

  • Putin Wants To Party Like It's 2007

    This week's appointments suggest Russian President Vladimir Putin wants to turn the clock back to 2007. A newly energized -- and creative -- civil society has other ideas.

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Video Interview: U.S. Special Envoy Marc Grossman

In an interview with Voice of America's Urdu Service, Marc Grossman, the U.S. special envoy for Afghanistan and Pakistan, talks about efforts to reopen NATO supply routes from Pakistan into Afghanistan. Grossman spoke on the sidelines of the two-day NATO summit in Chicago.

Video Russian Artists Stroll Against The Government

May 19 saw hundreds of artists wheeling their works through the streets of Moscow, in an allegorical protest against the authorities following disputed parliamentary and presidential elections. (RFE/RL’s Russian Service)

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Wearing traditional attire, Belarusian musicians march during city-holiday celebrations on May 26 in Nesvizh, some 120 kilometers south of Minsk. (AFP/Viktor Drachev)

Wearing traditional attire, Belarusian musicians march during city-holiday celebrations on May 26 in Nesvizh, some 120 kilometers south of Minsk. (AFP/Viktor Drachev)

Azerbaijan Hosts Eurovision Song Contest

               
 
 
 
 
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Chechen Leader Names New Premier

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Kingsley As Karzai?

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Moldova Sentences 3 On Uranium Charge

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After a 2009 skydiving expedition, Volodymyr Noskov landed in the Black Sea, just off of the Crimean coast.

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Volodymyr Noskov draws on every sense and sensitivity in his news broadcasting from Kharkiv, Ukraine.
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