http://www.rferl.org/archive/bureaus/latest/645/895.html Drawing on 750 freelance correspondents working out of 19 bureaus spread across a broadcast area spanning 20 nations and 11 time zones, "From Our Bureaus" highlights developments seldom covered by other international media. http://www.rferl.org/img/rssLogo.gif http://www.rferl.org/archive/bureaus/latest/645/895.html en-US Copyright 2009 - RFE/RL, Inc. 60 Mon, 23 Nov 2009 20:53:10 +0000 Pangea CMS – RFE/RL The recently fired police chief of Armenia's second city of Gyumri has been charged with abuse and mistreatment, RFE/RL's Armenian Service reports. http://www.rferl.org/content/Fired_Armenian_Police_Chief_Charged_With_Physical_Abuse/1885976.html http://www.rferl.org/content/Fired_Armenian_Police_Chief_Charged_With_Physical_Abuse/1885976.html Mon, 23 Nov 2009 20:47:49 +0000 From Our Bureaus Ella Pamfilova, the chairwoman of the Russian president's Council for Promoting Civil and Human Rights, has said the death in custody last week of lawyer Sergei Magnitsky is a "murder and a tragedy," RFE/RL's Russian Service reports. http://www.rferl.org/content/Russian_Rights_Council_Says_Jailed_Lawyer_Was_Murdered/1885974.html http://www.rferl.org/content/Russian_Rights_Council_Says_Jailed_Lawyer_Was_Murdered/1885974.html Mon, 23 Nov 2009 20:39:53 +0000 From Our Bureaus An Armenian administrative court has ordered police to issue jailed opposition leader and newspaper editor Nikol Pashinian with papers allowing him to run in an upcoming parliamentary by-election, RFE/RL's Armenian Service reports. http://www.rferl.org/content/Armenian_Court_Allows_Jailed_Editor_To_Run_For_Parliament/1885967.html http://www.rferl.org/content/Armenian_Court_Allows_Jailed_Editor_To_Run_For_Parliament/1885967.html Mon, 23 Nov 2009 20:23:22 +0000 From Our Bureaus International mediators gave a mixed assessment of the Munich talks between the Armenian and Azerbaijani presidents on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, saying there was progress on some issues but a failure to agree on others, RFE/RL's Armenian Service reports. http://www.rferl.org/content/Difficulties_Reported_In_Latest_Armenian_Azerbaijani_Summit/1885966.html http://www.rferl.org/content/Difficulties_Reported_In_Latest_Armenian_Azerbaijani_Summit/1885966.html Mon, 23 Nov 2009 20:13:37 +0000 From Our Bureaus The widow of former Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) agent Aleksandr Litvinenko says she still hopes the suspects in his killing will be tried in London, RFE/RL's Russian Service reports. http://www.rferl.org/content/Litvinenkos_Widow_Sees_No_Progress_After_Three_Years_/1885810.html http://www.rferl.org/content/Litvinenkos_Widow_Sees_No_Progress_After_Three_Years_/1885810.html Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:11:57 +0000 From Our Bureaus Jailed Azerbaijani journalist Eynulla Fatullayev is among the winners of the 2009 International Press Freedom Awards, an annual recognition by the New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) of journalists working in dangerous or repressive circumstances, RFE/RL's Azerbaijan Service reports. http://www.rferl.org/content/Imprisoned_Azeri_Journalist_Honored_By_CPJ/1883882.html http://www.rferl.org/content/Imprisoned_Azeri_Journalist_Honored_By_CPJ/1883882.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:32:40 +0000 From Our Bureaus Vladimir Tutayev, an activist from Russia's United Civic Front (OGF), was detained in Moscow today, RFE/RL's Russian Service reports. http://www.rferl.org/content/Moscow_Police_Detain_Opposition_Activist/1883870.html http://www.rferl.org/content/Moscow_Police_Detain_Opposition_Activist/1883870.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:46:46 +0000 From Our Bureaus Iranian human rights advocate and lawyer Shirin Ebadi said she has been receiving death threats, RFE/RL's Radio Farda reports. http://www.rferl.org/content/Iranian_Nobel_Laureate_Threatened_Harassed/1883866.html http://www.rferl.org/content/Iranian_Nobel_Laureate_Threatened_Harassed/1883866.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:39:07 +0000 From Our Bureaus The official number of swine-flu cases in Kyrgyzstan has been put at 61, RFE/RL's Kyrgyz Service reports. http://www.rferl.org/content/Kyrgyzstan_Braces_For_SwineFlu_Outbreak/1883861.html http://www.rferl.org/content/Kyrgyzstan_Braces_For_SwineFlu_Outbreak/1883861.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:34:23 +0000 From Our Bureaus A spokesman for the Spiritual Directorate of Muslims in Russia's European Territories has condemned the murder of Orthodox Priest Daniil Sysoyev in Moscow, RFE/RL's Russian Service reports. http://www.rferl.org/content/Russian_Muslim_Leaders_Condemn_Orthodox_Priests_Murder/1883779.html http://www.rferl.org/content/Russian_Muslim_Leaders_Condemn_Orthodox_Priests_Murder/1883779.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:49:21 +0000 From Our Bureaus A woman who was beaten by a Russian soldier in the southwestern Tajik city of Kulob has died, RFE/RL's Tajik Service reports. http://www.rferl.org/content/Tajik_Official_Says_Beating_Victim_Died_Of_Hepatitis/1884801.html http://www.rferl.org/content/Tajik_Official_Says_Beating_Victim_Died_Of_Hepatitis/1884801.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:24:04 +0000 From Our Bureaus Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko says that Ukraine will support Georgia's territorial integrity and not recognize its breakaway provinces of South Ossetia and Abkhazia as independent states, RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service reports. http://www.rferl.org/content/Yushchenko_Says_Ukraine_Supports_Georgias_Territorial_Integrity/1884796.html http://www.rferl.org/content/Yushchenko_Says_Ukraine_Supports_Georgias_Territorial_Integrity/1884796.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:20:50 +0000 From Our Bureaus Armenian Prime Minister Tigran Sarkisian has pledged to markedly improve Armenia's business environment, crack down on tax evasion, and strengthen the rule of law as he laid out his government's new and ambitious reform agenda on November 18, RFE/RL's Armenian Service reports. http://www.rferl.org/content/Armenian_Government_Vows_New_Economic_Reforms/1884793.html http://www.rferl.org/content/Armenian_Government_Vows_New_Economic_Reforms/1884793.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:17:54 +0000 From Our Bureaus A high-ranking U.S. diplomat visiting Chisinau said the White House supports Moldova's democratic process and will stand by it as it makes its foreign policy choices, RFE/RL's Moldovan Service reports. http://www.rferl.org/content/Visiting_US_Diplomat_Pledges_Support_For_Moldova/1883470.html http://www.rferl.org/content/Visiting_US_Diplomat_Pledges_Support_For_Moldova/1883470.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:03:49 +0000 From Our Bureaus The Tajik government has introduced a new decree obliging journalists to pay for information obtained from officials, RFE/RL's Tajik Service reports. http://www.rferl.org/content/In_Tajikistan_Free_Information_Comes_At_A_Price/1883466.html http://www.rferl.org/content/In_Tajikistan_Free_Information_Comes_At_A_Price/1883466.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:58:48 +0000 From Our Bureaus Russian Orthodox Church Patriarch Kirill has called on Russian society not to draw premature conclusions regarding the murder of an Orthodox priest late on November 19, RFE/RL's Russian Service reports. http://www.rferl.org/content/Russian_Patriarch_Urges_Restraint_Following_Priests_Killing/1883420.html http://www.rferl.org/content/Russian_Patriarch_Urges_Restraint_Following_Priests_Killing/1883420.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:27:17 +0000 From Our Bureaus A Tajik Foreign Ministry official says the borders between Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, and Kyrgyzstan should be demined as soon as possible, RFE/RL's Tajik Service reports. http://www.rferl.org/content/Central_Asian_Countries_Seek_To_Demine_Border_Areas/1884747.html http://www.rferl.org/content/Central_Asian_Countries_Seek_To_Demine_Border_Areas/1884747.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:10:09 +0000 From Our Bureaus The Kyrgyz parliament has approved amendments to a law that bans smoking in state institutions, at entrances to multistory buildings, and in all public places. http://www.rferl.org/content/Kyrgyzstan_Moves_To_Ban_Smoking_In_Public_Places/1883364.html http://www.rferl.org/content/Kyrgyzstan_Moves_To_Ban_Smoking_In_Public_Places/1883364.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:45:16 +0000 From Our Bureaus A Tatar opposition newspaper editor accused of propagating extremist views has gone on trial in Tatarstan, RFE/RL's Tatar-Bashkir Service reports. http://www.rferl.org/content/Tatar_Newspaper_Editor_Nationalist_Leader_On_Trial/1883361.html http://www.rferl.org/content/Tatar_Newspaper_Editor_Nationalist_Leader_On_Trial/1883361.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:43:32 +0000 From Our Bureaus Youth activists in Minsk have held a so-called "orange" protest against the government of President Alyaksandr Lukashenka, RFE/RL's Belarus Service reports. http://www.rferl.org/content/Youth_Activists_In_Belarus_Stage_Orange_Action/1883357.html http://www.rferl.org/content/Youth_Activists_In_Belarus_Stage_Orange_Action/1883357.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:38:51 +0000 From Our Bureaus The woman suffered injuries in a beating last week at the hands of a Russian military officer from a unit stationed in Khatlon Province, but police say her death was ultimately caused by complications from hepatitis. http://www.rferl.org/content/In_Tajikistan_Woman_Dies_After_Beating_By_Russian_Troop/1883355.html http://www.rferl.org/content/In_Tajikistan_Woman_Dies_After_Beating_By_Russian_Troop/1883355.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:36:37 +0000 From Our Bureaus Armenia's Foreign Ministry has declared that Yerevan and Ankara will hold no further major negotiations until their parliaments ratify bilateral agreements on closer relations, RFE/RL's Armenian Service reports. http://www.rferl.org/content/Armenia_Says_No_Talks_With_Turkey_Until/1883313.html http://www.rferl.org/content/Armenia_Says_No_Talks_With_Turkey_Until/1883313.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:14:04 +0000 From Our Bureaus Former Armenian President Robert Kocharian has dismissed opposition leader Levon Ter-Petrossian's criticism about his policies on Turkey and Nagorno-Karabakh, RFE/RL's Armenian Service reports. http://www.rferl.org/content/Former_Armenian_President_Rejects_TerPetrossians_Criticism/1882833.html http://www.rferl.org/content/Former_Armenian_President_Rejects_TerPetrossians_Criticism/1882833.html Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:27:02 +0000 From Our Bureaus The international body that oversees the peace process in Bosnia said today it will not change the status of the Office of the High Representative for Bosnia-Herzegovina, RFE/RL's Balkan Service reports. http://www.rferl.org/content/No_Changes_For_Bosnias_High_Representative_Office/1882760.html http://www.rferl.org/content/No_Changes_For_Bosnias_High_Representative_Office/1882760.html Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:59:46 +0000 From Our Bureaus Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has accused Armenia of delaying efforts to resolve the conflict over the disputed territory of Nagorno-Karabakh, RFE/RL's Azerbaijani Service reports. http://www.rferl.org/content/Azerbaijani_President_Criticizes_Armenia_On_Karabakh_Talks/1882645.html http://www.rferl.org/content/Azerbaijani_President_Criticizes_Armenia_On_Karabakh_Talks/1882645.html Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:41:51 +0000 From Our Bureaus Kyrgyzstan deported a foreign human rights activist investigating accusations of abuse against Muslims in the Central Asian state, campaigners said today. http://www.rferl.org/content/Kyrgyzstan_Deports_Human_Rights_Activist/1882452.html http://www.rferl.org/content/Kyrgyzstan_Deports_Human_Rights_Activist/1882452.html Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:33:16 +0000 From Our Bureaus http://www.rferl.org/content/Kyrgyzstan_Deports_Human_Rights_Activist/1882452.html#relatedInfoContainer Armenian Prime Minister Tigran Sarkisian has become a member of the governing Republican Party of Armenia (HHK), RFE/RL's Armenian Service reports. http://www.rferl.org/content/Armenian_Prime_Minister_Joins_Ruling_Party/1882257.html http://www.rferl.org/content/Armenian_Prime_Minister_Joins_Ruling_Party/1882257.html Thu, 19 Nov 2009 10:57:07 +0000 From Our Bureaus Kyrgyz pro-presidential Ak-Jol (Bright Path) party has approved a provision that would require its diplomats to understand the Kyrgyz language, RFE/RL's Kyrgyz Service reports. http://www.rferl.org/content/Ruling_Party_Passes_Provision_Promoting_Kyrgyz_Language/1882251.html http://www.rferl.org/content/Ruling_Party_Passes_Provision_Promoting_Kyrgyz_Language/1882251.html Thu, 19 Nov 2009 10:50:08 +0000 From Our Bureaus Iraqi politicians from Sunni and Shi'ite parliamentary factions say they are concerned about the holding of parliamentary elections after Iraqi Vice President Tariq al-Hashim's veto of the recently passed electoral law, RFE/RL's Radio Free Iraq (RFI) reports. http://www.rferl.org/content/Iraqi_Politicians_Concerned_About_Election_Law_Veto/1882236.html http://www.rferl.org/content/Iraqi_Politicians_Concerned_About_Election_Law_Veto/1882236.html Thu, 19 Nov 2009 10:45:31 +0000 From Our Bureaus Moldovan Prime Minister Vlad Filat says that up to 1.2 million Moldovans -- or more than one-quarter of the population -- will be able to travel easily to EU-member Romania due to an agreement he signed in Bucharest last week, RFE/RL's Moldovan Service reports. http://www.rferl.org/content/Romania_To_Ease_Entry_For_Some_1_Million_Moldovans/1882223.html http://www.rferl.org/content/Romania_To_Ease_Entry_For_Some_1_Million_Moldovans/1882223.html Thu, 19 Nov 2009 10:37:40 +0000 From Our Bureaus An Afghan government official has rejected suggestions in "The Washington Post" that he accepted millions of dollars from Beijing in exchange for awarding a Chinese company a lucrative copper-mining contract, RFE/RL's Radio Free Afghanistan reports. http://www.rferl.org/content/Afghan_Minister_Rejects_Charges_Of_Corruption/1882204.html http://www.rferl.org/content/Afghan_Minister_Rejects_Charges_Of_Corruption/1882204.html Thu, 19 Nov 2009 10:19:22 +0000 From Our Bureaus Moldovan health officials say the number of confirmed swine flu cases has risen to nearly 900, with 250 new cases recorded over the weekend, RFE/RL's Moldovan Service reports. http://www.rferl.org/content/Swine_Flu_Continues_To_Spread_In_Moldova_/1881827.html http://www.rferl.org/content/Swine_Flu_Continues_To_Spread_In_Moldova_/1881827.html Wed, 18 Nov 2009 20:40:38 +0000 From Our Bureaus Kyrgyz opposition leader Omurbek Tekebaev says the government will use increased payments from steep rises in utility prices to repay a $30 million World Bank loan, RFE/RL's Kyrgyz Service reports. http://www.rferl.org/content/Kyrgyz_Opposition_Says_Utility_Hikes_Will_Repay_World_Bank_Loan_/1881826.html http://www.rferl.org/content/Kyrgyz_Opposition_Says_Utility_Hikes_Will_Repay_World_Bank_Loan_/1881826.html Wed, 18 Nov 2009 20:35:21 +0000 From Our Bureaus A Kyrgyz opposition leader says President Kurmanbek Bakiev has brought nepotism back to the country, RFE/RL's Kyrgyz Service reports. http://www.rferl.org/content/Kyrgyz_Opposition_Leader_Blames_President_For_Nepotism_/1881820.html http://www.rferl.org/content/Kyrgyz_Opposition_Leader_Blames_President_For_Nepotism_/1881820.html Wed, 18 Nov 2009 20:26:30 +0000 From Our Bureaus The imprisoned director of the Kazakh Bureau for Human Rights, Yevgeny Zhovtis, has been denied access to his lawyer, RFE/RL's Kazakh Service reports. http://www.rferl.org/content/Kazakh_Rights_Activist_Denied_Access_To_Lawyer/1881814.html http://www.rferl.org/content/Kazakh_Rights_Activist_Denied_Access_To_Lawyer/1881814.html Wed, 18 Nov 2009 20:16:23 +0000 From Our Bureaus The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) has begun a third round of discussions in Almaty about upcoming counterterrorism exercises, RFE/RL's Kazakh Service reports. http://www.rferl.org/content/Uzbeks_Skip_Regional_Security_Meeting_In_Kazakhstan/1881390.html http://www.rferl.org/content/Uzbeks_Skip_Regional_Security_Meeting_In_Kazakhstan/1881390.html Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:03:24 +0000 From Our Bureaus Turkish-Armenian newspaper columnist Sevan Nisanyan says he has received hundreds of deaths threats after altering a famous quote from the founder of modern Turkey to make a case for reforms in the country, RFE/RL's Armenian Service reports. http://www.rferl.org/content/TurkishArmenian_Writer_Reports_Death_Threats/1881056.html http://www.rferl.org/content/TurkishArmenian_Writer_Reports_Death_Threats/1881056.html Wed, 18 Nov 2009 08:37:45 +0000 From Our Bureaus http://www.rferl.org/content/TurkishArmenian_Writer_Reports_Death_Threats/1881056.html#relatedInfoContainer Some 30 women have been arrested in the southern Uzbek city of Karshi since the beginning of November, RFE/RL's Uzbek Service reports. http://www.rferl.org/content/Muslim_Women_Arrested_In_Southern_Uzbekistan/1881063.html http://www.rferl.org/content/Muslim_Women_Arrested_In_Southern_Uzbekistan/1881063.html Wed, 18 Nov 2009 08:24:02 +0000 From Our Bureaus http://www.rferl.org/content/Muslim_Women_Arrested_In_Southern_Uzbekistan/1881063.html#relatedInfoContainer Protesters in Moscow are demanding the direct involvement of the government into the investigation of the severe beating of journalist Mikhail Beketov, RFE/RL's Russian Service reports. http://www.rferl.org/content/Russian_Activists_Demand_Government_Investigate_Journalists_Beating/1880994.html http://www.rferl.org/content/Russian_Activists_Demand_Government_Investigate_Journalists_Beating/1880994.html Wed, 18 Nov 2009 07:22:02 +0000 From Our Bureaus http://www.rferl.org/content/Russian_Activists_Demand_Government_Investigate_Journalists_Beating/1880994.html#relatedInfoContainer A key Armenian parliamentary committee has rejected a proposal by the opposition Armenian Revolutionary Federation (Dashnaktsutyun) to criminalize public statements denying that the massacres of Armenians in Ottoman Turkey nearly 100 years ago constituted genocide, RFE/RL's Armenian Service reports. http://www.rferl.org/content/Dashnak_Genocide_Bill_Stalls_In_Armenian_Parliament/1881379.html http://www.rferl.org/content/Dashnak_Genocide_Bill_Stalls_In_Armenian_Parliament/1881379.html Tue, 17 Nov 2009 21:57:17 +0000 From Our Bureaus Ali Hasanov, head of the Azerbaijani president's Social and Political Affairs Department, said Azerbaijani law "applies equally to everyone and there is no special treatment for intellectuals and those who are closer to the West, like the bloggers." http://www.rferl.org/content/Baku_Official_Slams_Biased_Reaction_To_Bloggers_Verdict/1880827.html http://www.rferl.org/content/Baku_Official_Slams_Biased_Reaction_To_Bloggers_Verdict/1880827.html Tue, 17 Nov 2009 21:56:09 +0000 From Our Bureaus http://www.rferl.org/content/Baku_Official_Slams_Biased_Reaction_To_Bloggers_Verdict/1880827.html#relatedInfoContainer Moscow police have detained several supporters of Eduard Limonov, the jailed leader of the opposition Other Russia coalition, RFE/RL's Russian Service reports. http://www.rferl.org/content/Moscow_Police_Detain_Limonov_Supporters_At_Rally/1880829.html http://www.rferl.org/content/Moscow_Police_Detain_Limonov_Supporters_At_Rally/1880829.html Tue, 17 Nov 2009 21:00:56 +0000 From Our Bureaus http://www.rferl.org/content/Moscow_Police_Detain_Limonov_Supporters_At_Rally/1880829.html#relatedInfoContainer The Kyrgyz opposition Ata-Meken (Fatherland) party is calling on citizens to protest against government plans to increase public utility prices, RFE/RL's Kyrgyz Service reports. http://www.rferl.org/content/Kyrgyz_Opposition_Urges_Protests_Against_Utility_Increases/1880807.html http://www.rferl.org/content/Kyrgyz_Opposition_Urges_Protests_Against_Utility_Increases/1880807.html Tue, 17 Nov 2009 19:57:13 +0000 From Our Bureaus Kazakh police have detained four suspected human traffickers and freed 16 young women who had been forced into prostitution in Almaty, RFE/RL's Tajik Service reports. http://www.rferl.org/content/Kazakh_Police_Arrest_Human_Traffickers_Free_Captive_Women/1880804.html http://www.rferl.org/content/Kazakh_Police_Arrest_Human_Traffickers_Free_Captive_Women/1880804.html Tue, 17 Nov 2009 19:52:48 +0000 From Our Bureaus Authorities in Armenia are seeking additional supplies of Tamiflu as swine flu continues to spread there, with the number of confirmed cases more than doubling recently to 11, RFE/RL's Armenian Service reports. http://www.rferl.org/content/Armenia_Orders_More_Tamiflu_As_SwineFlu_Cases_Mount/1880802.html http://www.rferl.org/content/Armenia_Orders_More_Tamiflu_As_SwineFlu_Cases_Mount/1880802.html Tue, 17 Nov 2009 19:47:08 +0000 From Our Bureaus The Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry has accused Germany and Norway of interference in Baku's internal affairs in connection with the cases against Adnan Hajizada and Emin Milli, RFE/RL's Azerbaijani Service reports. http://www.rferl.org/content/Azerbaijan_Hits_Out_At_Germany_Norway_Over_Bloggers/1880788.html http://www.rferl.org/content/Azerbaijan_Hits_Out_At_Germany_Norway_Over_Bloggers/1880788.html Tue, 17 Nov 2009 19:11:09 +0000 From Our Bureaus http://www.rferl.org/content/Azerbaijan_Hits_Out_At_Germany_Norway_Over_Bloggers/1880788.html#relatedInfoContainer Ivan Khutorsky, the leader of the Russian antifascist movement Antifa, has been shot dead in Moscow, RFE/RL's Russian Service reports. http://www.rferl.org/content/Russian_Antifascist_Activist_Shot_Dead_In_Moscow/1880740.html http://www.rferl.org/content/Russian_Antifascist_Activist_Shot_Dead_In_Moscow/1880740.html Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:44:52 +0000 From Our Bureaus http://www.rferl.org/content/Russian_Antifascist_Activist_Shot_Dead_In_Moscow/1880740.html#relatedInfoContainer (Intro) Preliminary results from Kosovo's November 15 elections have been delayed another day due to what election officials say are technical difficulties with the system designed to gather data from polling stations. Despite the delay, outside observers hailed the election as a success. RFE/RL's Central Newsroom reports. http://www.rferl.org/content/Monitors_Praise_Smooth_Ballot_in_Kosovo_Elections/1879887.html http://www.rferl.org/content/Monitors_Praise_Smooth_Ballot_in_Kosovo_Elections/1879887.html Mon, 16 Nov 2009 20:45:00 +0000 News Yevgeny Zhovtis and Tohniyaz Kuchukov say that prison officials have put pressure on them to sign disadvantageous work contracts, RFE/RL's Kazakh Service reports. http://www.rferl.org/content/Kazakh_Activist_Journalist_Complain_Of_Pressure_In_Prison/1879764.html http://www.rferl.org/content/Kazakh_Activist_Journalist_Complain_Of_Pressure_In_Prison/1879764.html Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:55:13 +0000 From Our Bureaus The director of Bishkek's Manas airport has been hospitalized after being attacked by unknown assailants, RFE/RL's Kyrgyz Service reports. http://www.rferl.org/content/Kyrgyz_Airport_Director_Hospitalized_After_Beating/1879757.html http://www.rferl.org/content/Kyrgyz_Airport_Director_Hospitalized_After_Beating/1879757.html Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:47:01 +0000 From Our Bureaus