http://www.rferl.org Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty is an international news and broadcast organization serving Central and Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, Central Asia, Russia, the Middle East and Balkan countries http://www.rferl.org/img/rssLogo.gif http://www.rferl.org en-US Copyright 2010 - RFE/RL, Inc. 60 Tue, 14 Feb 2012 15:27:33 +0000 Pangea CMS – RFE/RL Ukraine and Russia are trading harsh words in an escalating row over Ukrainian cheese. Russia last week barred imports of some Ukrainian cheeses, citing poor quality. http://www.rferl.org/content/russia_ukraine_cheese_war_/24483954.html http://www.rferl.org/content/russia_ukraine_cheese_war_/24483954.html Tue, 14 Feb 2012 14:37:25 +0000 Ukraine RFE/RL http://www.rferl.org/content/russia_ukraine_cheese_war_/24483954.html#relatedInfoContainer Hollywood star Angelina Jolie and her partner, Brad Pitt, have arrived in the Bosnian capital, Sarajevo, for the regional premiere of her directorial debut, a wartime love story that has stirred controversy in the Balkans. http://www.rferl.org/content/jolie_in_sarajevo_for_film_premiere/24483940.html http://www.rferl.org/content/jolie_in_sarajevo_for_film_premiere/24483940.html Tue, 14 Feb 2012 14:35:59 +0000 Bosnia http://www.rferl.org/content/jolie_in_sarajevo_for_film_premiere/24483940.html#relatedInfoContainer Serbian President Boris Tadic decorated tennis great Novak Djokovic with the Karadjordjeva Star medal, the highest honor in the country. http://www.rferl.org/content/tennis_djokovic_awarded_serbia_top_honor/24483893.html http://www.rferl.org/content/tennis_djokovic_awarded_serbia_top_honor/24483893.html Tue, 14 Feb 2012 14:11:18 +0000 Serbia http://www.rferl.org/content/tennis_djokovic_awarded_serbia_top_honor/24483893.html#relatedInfoContainer Pakistan's defense minister has admitted that the government temporarily has allowed NATO to ship food items to its troops in Afghanistan. http://www.rferl.org/content/pakistan_allows_nato_food_shipments_to_afghanistan/24483875.html http://www.rferl.org/content/pakistan_allows_nato_food_shipments_to_afghanistan/24483875.html Tue, 14 Feb 2012 13:59:03 +0000 Pakistan http://www.rferl.org/content/pakistan_allows_nato_food_shipments_to_afghanistan/24483875.html#relatedInfoContainer A closer look at the life and path to power of the man who is expected to become the next president of China. http://www.rferl.org/content/china_obama_xi_jinping_profile/24483885.html http://www.rferl.org/content/china_obama_xi_jinping_profile/24483885.html Tue, 14 Feb 2012 13:51:36 +0000 Features RFE/RL http://www.rferl.org/content/china_obama_xi_jinping_profile/24483885.html#relatedInfoContainer The U.S. aircraft carrier "Abraham Lincoln" has sailed through the Strait of Hormuz, for the second time in recent weeks. http://www.rferl.org/content/us_carrier_in_strait_of_hormuz/24483856.html http://www.rferl.org/content/us_carrier_in_strait_of_hormuz/24483856.html Tue, 14 Feb 2012 13:47:44 +0000 Iran http://www.rferl.org/content/us_carrier_in_strait_of_hormuz/24483856.html#relatedInfoContainer Officials in Thailand say a man believed to be an Iranian national was seriously wounded when a device he was carrying exploded in one of a series of blasts in Bangkok. http://www.rferl.org/content/iran_bomber_wounded_in_bangkok/24483798.html http://www.rferl.org/content/iran_bomber_wounded_in_bangkok/24483798.html Tue, 14 Feb 2012 13:12:28 +0000 Iran http://www.rferl.org/content/iran_bomber_wounded_in_bangkok/24483798.html#relatedInfoContainer Prison authorities say jailed Ukrainian opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko has rejected a medical examination by an international panel because it included local doctors. Her lawyer said she would not allow government medical workers to examine her. http://www.rferl.org/content/medical_experts_arrive_at_tymoshenko_labor_camp/24483807.html http://www.rferl.org/content/medical_experts_arrive_at_tymoshenko_labor_camp/24483807.html Tue, 14 Feb 2012 13:12:02 +0000 Ukraine RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service http://www.rferl.org/content/medical_experts_arrive_at_tymoshenko_labor_camp/24483807.html#relatedInfoContainer Kyrgyzstan has sent back to Kazakhstan the first shipment of a batch of radioactive coal that led to controversy, arrests, and allegations of corruption in Kyrgyzstan. http://www.rferl.org/content/kyrgyz_sends_radioactive_coal_back_to_kazakhstan/24483756.html http://www.rferl.org/content/kyrgyz_sends_radioactive_coal_back_to_kazakhstan/24483756.html Tue, 14 Feb 2012 12:49:13 +0000 Kyrgyzstan RFE/RL's Kyrgyz Service http://www.rferl.org/content/kyrgyz_sends_radioactive_coal_back_to_kazakhstan/24483756.html#relatedInfoContainer The Russian Federal Migration Service has announced that the head of the agency's department in Vladimir Oblast has been fired for improperly deporting a French journalist from Russia. http://www.rferl.org/content/russian_official_sacked_for_deporting_french_journalist/24483685.html http://www.rferl.org/content/russian_official_sacked_for_deporting_french_journalist/24483685.html Tue, 14 Feb 2012 12:11:56 +0000 Russia RFE/RL's Russian Service http://www.rferl.org/content/russian_official_sacked_for_deporting_french_journalist/24483685.html#relatedInfoContainer Dutch military police say that a man they arrested for making a bomb threat at Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport was a 40-year-old Russian citizen. http://www.rferl.org/content/russian_man_made_bomb_threat_at_amsterdam_airport/24483656.html http://www.rferl.org/content/russian_man_made_bomb_threat_at_amsterdam_airport/24483656.html Tue, 14 Feb 2012 11:57:02 +0000 Russia http://www.rferl.org/content/russian_man_made_bomb_threat_at_amsterdam_airport/24483656.html#relatedInfoContainer Russian anticorruption blogger and opposition political activist Aleksei Navalny has been nominated for a spot on the board of directors of Russia's national air carrier, Aeroflot. http://www.rferl.org/content/anticorruption_blogger_tapped_for_aeroflot_board_seat/24483596.html http://www.rferl.org/content/anticorruption_blogger_tapped_for_aeroflot_board_seat/24483596.html Tue, 14 Feb 2012 11:24:18 +0000 Russia RFE/RL's Russian Service http://www.rferl.org/content/anticorruption_blogger_tapped_for_aeroflot_board_seat/24483596.html#relatedInfoContainer Pakistani police say an employee of the U.S. Embassy in Islamabad was released after being held for questioning by Pakistani officials in connection with the discovery of bullets in his luggage. http://www.rferl.org/content/pakistan_frees_us_embassy_employee/24483572.html http://www.rferl.org/content/pakistan_frees_us_embassy_employee/24483572.html Tue, 14 Feb 2012 11:10:13 +0000 Pakistan http://www.rferl.org/content/pakistan_frees_us_embassy_employee/24483572.html#relatedInfoContainer Three Russian police officers have been reported killed and six others injured in a gun battle with suspected Islamic militants along the Chechen-Daghestan border. http://www.rferl.org/content/three_police_killed_in_caucasus_clash/24483544.html http://www.rferl.org/content/three_police_killed_in_caucasus_clash/24483544.html Tue, 14 Feb 2012 10:54:05 +0000 North Caucasus http://www.rferl.org/content/three_police_killed_in_caucasus_clash/24483544.html#relatedInfoContainer Valentine's Day, the Western holiday celebrating love, has become a global phenomenon over the past two decades. The fall of communism and the emergence of the Internet have helped February 14 become something of an unofficial international day of romance. However, not all the passions the holiday stirs are related to love. While some countries have openly embraced the holiday, others are attempting to ban it or replace it with local customs. http://www.rferl.org/content/st_valentines_day_around_the_world/24483504.html http://www.rferl.org/content/st_valentines_day_around_the_world/24483504.html Tue, 14 Feb 2012 10:37:55 +0000 Features Eugen Tomiuc http://www.rferl.org/content/st_valentines_day_around_the_world/24483504.html#relatedInfoContainer Indian and Georgian authorities are vowing to hunt down the perpetrators of bombs targeting Israeli diplomats in their countries. http://www.rferl.org/content/india_georgia_hunt_israel_diplomat_bombers/24483426.html http://www.rferl.org/content/india_georgia_hunt_israel_diplomat_bombers/24483426.html Tue, 14 Feb 2012 09:58:01 +0000 News http://www.rferl.org/content/india_georgia_hunt_israel_diplomat_bombers/24483426.html#relatedInfoContainer The rating agency Moody's has downgraded six European nations, citing growing risks from Europe's debt crisis. http://www.rferl.org/content/moodys_downgrades_6_european_nations/24483328.html http://www.rferl.org/content/moodys_downgrades_6_european_nations/24483328.html Tue, 14 Feb 2012 08:48:26 +0000 News http://www.rferl.org/content/moodys_downgrades_6_european_nations/24483328.html#relatedInfoContainer Kazakh politicians and rights activists have announced the creation of an international committee to defend the victims of the shootings in the southwestern town of Zhanaozen and activists arrested in connection with the violence. http://www.rferl.org/content/kazakhstan_zhanaozen_rights/24483326.html http://www.rferl.org/content/kazakhstan_zhanaozen_rights/24483326.html Tue, 14 Feb 2012 08:41:10 +0000 Kazakhstan RFE/RL's Kazakh Service http://www.rferl.org/content/kazakhstan_zhanaozen_rights/24483326.html#relatedInfoContainer The board of directors of Russia's most prominent liberal radio station, Ekho Moskvy, has been dissolved at the demand of its controlling shareholder, Gazprom-Media. http://www.rferl.org/content/gazprom_wants_to_dismiss_radio_board/24483318.html http://www.rferl.org/content/gazprom_wants_to_dismiss_radio_board/24483318.html Tue, 14 Feb 2012 08:24:31 +0000 Russia http://www.rferl.org/content/gazprom_wants_to_dismiss_radio_board/24483318.html#relatedInfoContainer Bulgaria is threatening to block two naturalized Azerbaijani athletes from competing at the London Olympics later this year. http://www.rferl.org/content/bulgaria_azerbaijan_wrestlers/24483294.html http://www.rferl.org/content/bulgaria_azerbaijan_wrestlers/24483294.html Tue, 14 Feb 2012 08:10:07 +0000 Azerbaijan http://www.rferl.org/content/bulgaria_azerbaijan_wrestlers/24483294.html#relatedInfoContainer China has pledged to help resolve the eurozone's debt crisis, but has publicly offered few details. http://www.rferl.org/content/china_meets_eu__us_leaders/24483264.html http://www.rferl.org/content/china_meets_eu__us_leaders/24483264.html Tue, 14 Feb 2012 07:52:17 +0000 News http://www.rferl.org/content/china_meets_eu__us_leaders/24483264.html#relatedInfoContainer NASA intends to cancel plans for the U.S. to join Europe on a Mars sampling mission that is considered important to learning if life appeared beyond Earth. http://www.rferl.org/content/nasa_to_cancel_mars_mission_plans/24483236.html http://www.rferl.org/content/nasa_to_cancel_mars_mission_plans/24483236.html Tue, 14 Feb 2012 07:17:20 +0000 News http://www.rferl.org/content/nasa_to_cancel_mars_mission_plans/24483236.html#relatedInfoContainer Syrian troops have resumed their assault on the opposition stronghold of Homs, hours after the UN human rights chief accused Syrian President Bashar al-Assad of launching an "indiscriminate attack" on civilians. http://www.rferl.org/content/assault_on_homs_continues/24483200.html http://www.rferl.org/content/assault_on_homs_continues/24483200.html Tue, 14 Feb 2012 06:40:20 +0000 News http://www.rferl.org/content/assault_on_homs_continues/24483200.html#relatedInfoContainer RFE/RL In The Media # "Registan" and " UPI "  quote RFE/RL coverage of elections in Turkmenistan # "The Huffington Post" cites RFE/RL reporting on FEMEN in Ukraine International Press Review Russia # " We Want Reforms, Not Revolution " - Vladimir Ryzhkov, "Moscow Times" # "The New York Times" reports on state TV in Russia # Russia expelled a French journalist Iran # ... http://www.rferl.org/content/off_mic_rundown_press_review/24483196.html http://www.rferl.org/content/off_mic_rundown_press_review/24483196.html Tue, 14 Feb 2012 06:31:03 +0000 The Rundown http://www.rferl.org/content/off_mic_rundown_press_review/24483196.html#relatedInfoContainer Serbs in northern Kosovo have begun voting in a referendum asking whether or not they accept the authority of Kosovo's ethnic Albanian rulers. http://www.rferl.org/content/kosovo_referendum/24483075.html http://www.rferl.org/content/kosovo_referendum/24483075.html Tue, 14 Feb 2012 01:49:11 +0000 Kosovo http://www.rferl.org/content/kosovo_referendum/24483075.html#relatedInfoContainer A radical Muslim cleric allegedly linked with the late Osama bin Laden has been released on bail from a high-security jail in Britain. http://www.rferl.org/content/abu_qatada_/24483063.html http://www.rferl.org/content/abu_qatada_/24483063.html Tue, 14 Feb 2012 00:48:11 +0000 News http://www.rferl.org/content/abu_qatada_/24483063.html#relatedInfoContainer U.S. President Barack Obama has unveiled his $3.8 trillion budget proposal for fiscal year 2013, a plan meant to spur job growth and institute "difficult cuts," including reductions in U.S. assistance to Eurasia. http://www.rferl.org/content/obama_releases_2013_draft_budget_eurasia_afghanistan_iraq_russia_ukraine_georgia/24483012.html http://www.rferl.org/content/obama_releases_2013_draft_budget_eurasia_afghanistan_iraq_russia_ukraine_georgia/24483012.html Mon, 13 Feb 2012 20:16:35 +0000 News RFE/RL http://www.rferl.org/content/obama_releases_2013_draft_budget_eurasia_afghanistan_iraq_russia_ukraine_georgia/24483012.html#relatedInfoContainer For a growing number of Turkmen youth, rap music has become a way to express their daily struggles and inspire political change in one of the world's most oppressive countries. http://www.rferl.org/content/turkmen_rappers_flip_script_on_repression/24482978.html http://www.rferl.org/content/turkmen_rappers_flip_script_on_repression/24482978.html Mon, 13 Feb 2012 19:23:53 +0000 Turkmenistan Frud Bezhan http://www.rferl.org/content/turkmen_rappers_flip_script_on_repression/24482978.html#relatedInfoContainer The UN rights chief has made a scathing report to the General Assembly about Syria's deadly crackdown on dissent, saying the scale of abuse indicates crimes against humanity have been committed by President Bashar al-Assad's regime during the past 11 months. http://www.rferl.org/content/un_rights_chief_says_syria_has_coommitted_war_crimes/24482926.html http://www.rferl.org/content/un_rights_chief_says_syria_has_coommitted_war_crimes/24482926.html Mon, 13 Feb 2012 18:34:02 +0000 News RFE/RL http://www.rferl.org/content/un_rights_chief_says_syria_has_coommitted_war_crimes/24482926.html#relatedInfoContainer Iranian media reports say that President Mahmud Ahmadinejad's press adviser has been sentenced to six months in jail. http://www.rferl.org/content/iran_presidents_aide_loses_appeal/24482893.html http://www.rferl.org/content/iran_presidents_aide_loses_appeal/24482893.html Mon, 13 Feb 2012 17:43:21 +0000 Iran http://www.rferl.org/content/iran_presidents_aide_loses_appeal/24482893.html#relatedInfoContainer The Russian Health Ministry says 215 people have died this year as a result of the abnormally low temperatures that have killed hundreds across Eastern Europe. http://www.rferl.org/content/russia_says_215_dead_from_cold/24482877.html http://www.rferl.org/content/russia_says_215_dead_from_cold/24482877.html Mon, 13 Feb 2012 17:29:33 +0000 Russia http://www.rferl.org/content/russia_says_215_dead_from_cold/24482877.html#relatedInfoContainer Azerbaijan has denied Iranian claims that Baku has been collaborating with Israel's spy services and helping assassins who killed Iranian nuclear scientists. http://www.rferl.org/content/azerbaijan_rejects_irans_israel_spy_claim/24482854.html http://www.rferl.org/content/azerbaijan_rejects_irans_israel_spy_claim/24482854.html Mon, 13 Feb 2012 17:06:36 +0000 Azerbaijan RFE/RL's Azerbaijani Service http://www.rferl.org/content/azerbaijan_rejects_irans_israel_spy_claim/24482854.html#relatedInfoContainer Activists in Bahrain are marking the one-year anniversary of a pro-democracy movement in the Gulf Arab kingdom. http://www.rferl.org/content/bahrain_police_clash_with_protesters/24483025.html http://www.rferl.org/content/bahrain_police_clash_with_protesters/24483025.html Mon, 13 Feb 2012 16:55:23 +0000 News http://www.rferl.org/content/bahrain_police_clash_with_protesters/24483025.html#relatedInfoContainer The sole film distributor in the Serb-run part of Bosnia-Herzegovina is refusing to screen a new movie written and directed by Angelina Jolie and set during the Bosnian war of the 1990s. http://www.rferl.org/content/bosnian_serbs_reject_new_jolie_film/24482819.html http://www.rferl.org/content/bosnian_serbs_reject_new_jolie_film/24482819.html Mon, 13 Feb 2012 16:44:53 +0000 Bosnia http://www.rferl.org/content/bosnian_serbs_reject_new_jolie_film/24482819.html#relatedInfoContainer The wife of the jailed chairman of Kazakhstan's unregistered opposition Algha (Forward) party says her husband's rights as a prisoner are being violated. http://www.rferl.org/content/kazakh_opposition_leader_wife_says_his_rights_violated/24482798.html http://www.rferl.org/content/kazakh_opposition_leader_wife_says_his_rights_violated/24482798.html Mon, 13 Feb 2012 16:22:22 +0000 Kazakhstan RFE/RL's Kazakh Service http://www.rferl.org/content/kazakh_opposition_leader_wife_says_his_rights_violated/24482798.html#relatedInfoContainer Rising fuel prices have pushed Pakistan to become a global leader in using compressed natural gas (CNG) to fuel vehicles. http://www.rferl.org/content/in_pakistan_cleaner_fuel_powers_supply_safety_issues/24482643.html http://www.rferl.org/content/in_pakistan_cleaner_fuel_powers_supply_safety_issues/24482643.html Mon, 13 Feb 2012 14:41:20 +0000 Pakistan Abubakar Siddique http://www.rferl.org/content/in_pakistan_cleaner_fuel_powers_supply_safety_issues/24482643.html#relatedInfoContainer The U.S. Congressional hearing last week on Balochistan, the largest of Pakistan's four provinces, though it was firmly rejected by Islamabad, is being seen in Pakistan as any eye-opener for the state and its security agencies. http://www.rferl.org/content/us_hearing_on_baluchistan_raises_hackles_awareness_in_pakistan/24482646.html http://www.rferl.org/content/us_hearing_on_baluchistan_raises_hackles_awareness_in_pakistan/24482646.html Mon, 13 Feb 2012 14:38:27 +0000 Gandhara http://www.rferl.org/content/us_hearing_on_baluchistan_raises_hackles_awareness_in_pakistan/24482646.html#relatedInfoContainer The U.S.-led NATO force in Afghanistan has conceded that several children died during a military operation in the northeastern province of Kapisa, but says it's not clear if NATO was to blame. http://www.rferl.org/content/nato_admits_children_killed_in_operation/24482886.html http://www.rferl.org/content/nato_admits_children_killed_in_operation/24482886.html Mon, 13 Feb 2012 13:39:59 +0000 Afghanistan http://www.rferl.org/content/nato_admits_children_killed_in_operation/24482886.html#relatedInfoContainer Israeli diplomats in Georgia and India have been targeted by bomb strikes that Jerusalem is blaming on archenemy Iran, which has denied any involvement. http://www.rferl.org/content/israel_bombs_india_georgia/24482501.html http://www.rferl.org/content/israel_bombs_india_georgia/24482501.html Mon, 13 Feb 2012 13:02:30 +0000 News http://www.rferl.org/content/israel_bombs_india_georgia/24482501.html#relatedInfoContainer Turkmen Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov appears to be building a personality cult to match that of his eccentric predecessor. http://www.rferl.org/content/turkmenistan_berdymukhammedov_cult_of_personality/24482468.html http://www.rferl.org/content/turkmenistan_berdymukhammedov_cult_of_personality/24482468.html Mon, 13 Feb 2012 12:44:33 +0000 Features Farangis Najibullah http://www.rferl.org/content/turkmenistan_berdymukhammedov_cult_of_personality/24482468.html#relatedInfoContainer An alleged mastermind of the 2002 bombing on the Indonesian island of Bali that killed 202 people has gone on trial in the Indonesian capital, Jakarta. http://www.rferl.org/content/bali_bomber_trial/24482450.html http://www.rferl.org/content/bali_bomber_trial/24482450.html Mon, 13 Feb 2012 12:29:36 +0000 Pakistan http://www.rferl.org/content/bali_bomber_trial/24482450.html#relatedInfoContainer RFE/RL reporting has helped lead to an agreement between water executives and disgruntled villagers in rural Armenia. http://www.rferl.org/content/in_armenia_radio_azatutyun_brings_water_controversy_to_public_light/24482444.html http://www.rferl.org/content/in_armenia_radio_azatutyun_brings_water_controversy_to_public_light/24482444.html Mon, 13 Feb 2012 12:14:20 +0000 Off Mic http://www.rferl.org/content/in_armenia_radio_azatutyun_brings_water_controversy_to_public_light/24482444.html#relatedInfoContainer The Armenian parliamentary elections due in May will not simply be a struggle between rival political parties with diverging priorities and platforms. http://www.rferl.org/content/prospect_of_vote_rigging_overshadows_upcoming_armenian_parliamentary_elections/24482419.html http://www.rferl.org/content/prospect_of_vote_rigging_overshadows_upcoming_armenian_parliamentary_elections/24482419.html Mon, 13 Feb 2012 12:12:57 +0000 Caucasus Report http://www.rferl.org/content/prospect_of_vote_rigging_overshadows_upcoming_armenian_parliamentary_elections/24482419.html#relatedInfoContainer Turkish police have reportedly detained some 100 people in a nationwide crackdown on alleged supporters of Kurdish rebels. http://www.rferl.org/content/turkey_pkk_kurdish_rebels/24482359.html http://www.rferl.org/content/turkey_pkk_kurdish_rebels/24482359.html Mon, 13 Feb 2012 11:46:16 +0000 News http://www.rferl.org/content/turkey_pkk_kurdish_rebels/24482359.html#relatedInfoContainer A new European-made lightweight rocket has blasted off on a mission to put nine satellites into orbit. http://www.rferl.org/content/european_rocket_satellites/24482349.html http://www.rferl.org/content/european_rocket_satellites/24482349.html Mon, 13 Feb 2012 11:33:27 +0000 News http://www.rferl.org/content/european_rocket_satellites/24482349.html#relatedInfoContainer Some 200 former casino employees have protested in front of the Kyrgyz government building in Bishkek, demanding jobs and compensation. http://www.rferl.org/content/kyrgyzstan_casino_employees_/24482327.html http://www.rferl.org/content/kyrgyzstan_casino_employees_/24482327.html Mon, 13 Feb 2012 11:18:26 +0000 Kyrgyzstan RFE/RL's Kyrgyz Service http://www.rferl.org/content/kyrgyzstan_casino_employees_/24482327.html#relatedInfoContainer Is there a growing market for female bodyguards? A visit to a training school near Beijing suggests so. http://www.rferl.org/content/china_female_bodyguards/24482291.html http://www.rferl.org/content/china_female_bodyguards/24482291.html Mon, 13 Feb 2012 10:53:16 +0000 Features http://www.rferl.org/content/china_female_bodyguards/24482291.html#relatedInfoContainer The Week Ahead is a detailed listing of key events of the coming week affecting RFE/RL's broadcast region. http://www.rferl.org/content/calendar_of_events/24482300.html http://www.rferl.org/content/calendar_of_events/24482300.html Mon, 13 Feb 2012 10:48:49 +0000 Transmission http://www.rferl.org/content/calendar_of_events/24482300.html#relatedInfoContainer A young girl has been pulled alive from a house hours after it was hit by an avalanche that killed at least seven people in southern Kosovo. http://www.rferl.org/content/kosovo_child_avalanche_survivor/24482202.html http://www.rferl.org/content/kosovo_child_avalanche_survivor/24482202.html Mon, 13 Feb 2012 10:06:56 +0000 Kosovo http://www.rferl.org/content/kosovo_child_avalanche_survivor/24482202.html#relatedInfoContainer Obaidullah Akhund -- one of the top deputies of Taliban leader Mullah Mohammad Omar -- was among those in power when the Islamist regime ruled Afghanistan in the 1990s. http://www.rferl.org/content/afghanistan_taliban_akhund/24482138.html http://www.rferl.org/content/afghanistan_taliban_akhund/24482138.html Mon, 13 Feb 2012 09:17:32 +0000 Afghanistan http://www.rferl.org/content/afghanistan_taliban_akhund/24482138.html#relatedInfoContainer