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Saturday, May 10, 2008

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  1. Rehearsing

    Russia: Is The USSR Back In Vogue?

    By Claire Bigg --

    For the first time in 17 years, Russia will celebrate the victory over Nazi Germany with a display of the country's big military hardware. ... more

  2. Peter

    EU: Dealing With Both Russia And Georgia

    With tensions heating up between Georgia and Russia over Abkhazia, RFE/RL's Georgian Service Director David Kakabadze spoke to the EU's special representative for the South Caucasus, Peter Semneby, about what the European Union can do to defuse the dispute. ... more

  3. Abkhaz

    Georgia: Minister, Seeking EU Support, Warns War With Russia 'Very Close'

    By Ahto Lobjakas --

    BRUSSELS -- Georgia is warning Western governments that there is a real risk of war with Russia unless Moscow is persuaded to reverse recent decisions to strengthen ties with the separatist Abkhazia and South Ossetia regions. ... more

  4. Dmitry

    Russia: Putin Hands Reins To Medvedev, But Remains In Control

    By Chloe Arnold --

    MOSCOW/PRAGUE -- Dmitry Medvedev has been sworn in as Russia's third president since the collapse of the Soviet Union 17 years ago in an elaborate ceremony at the Kremlin that was broadcast live across the country and around the world. ... more

  5. The

    Georgia: U.S. Congress Postpones Resolution Critical Of Russian Behavior

    By Andrew Tully --

    WASHINGTON -- Debate has been postponed indefinitely on a nonbinding resolution in the U.S. Congress that accuses Russia of being responsible for "provocative and dangerous statements and actions" against Georgia. ... more

  6. Iran: Tehran Set To Reject Nuclear Incentives Offer By World Powers

    Iran looks set to reject a new offer by the international community to give up some nuclear activities in exchange for unspecified incentives. ... more

  7. Historian Norman Stone Ponders War, Peace As Victory Day Marked

    Norman Stone, former regius professor at Oxford University and now modern history professor at Turkey's Bilkent University, has a reputation for upsetting conventional thinking with his short, sharp assessments. In this interview with RFE/RL correspondent Breffni O'Rourke, coinciding with the 63rd anniversary of the end of the Second World War in Europe, Stone ponders the impact of that war and other wars of the 20th century on the Soviet Union, Turkey, and the Balkans.   ... more

  8. Afghanistan: Government Workers Arrested In Plot To Kill Karzai

    Authorities in Kabul have arrested two Afghan government workers for alleged involvement in last week's failed plot to kill President Hamid Karzai. ... more

  9. Georgia/Russia: U.S., EU Urge Restraint Amid Abkhazia Tensions

    The United States and the European Union have urged restraint following the latest incident between Georgia and its Moscow-backed separatist region of Abkhazia. ... more

  10. Iraq: U.S. Troops, Shi'ite Gunmen Battle Daily In Al-Sadr City

    By Richard Tomkins --

    BAGHDAD -- U.S. troops and Shi'ite militants are clashing daily in Baghdad's volatile Al-Sadr City as fighters tied to radical cleric Muqtada al-Sadr try to stop, or at least delay, construction of a 5-kilometer barrier to keep them from firing rockets on the International Zone, the seat of the Iraqi government. ... more

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