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'Berlin Wall's Lessons For Today'

In an op-ed for "USA Today," Jeffrey Gedmin discusses RFE and the role of free media in societies living under repressive regimes. More

Whistleblower Brings Accusations To Moscow

As his allegations of widespread police corruption shake Russia's political elite, police major Aleksei Dymovsky has arrived in Moscow to elaborate on his claims. The police officer claimed to have hours of incriminating recordings proving that his superiors and colleagues ordered false arrests and drug plants on innocent suspects. More

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Swine Flu Follies

As the swine-flu virus continues to spread through the Balkans and the former Soviet Union, the measures taken by some governments range from bizarre and befuddled to seemingly political. More

Bulgaria's 'Palace Revolution'

On November 10, 1989, one day after the fall of the Berlin Wall, Todor Zhivkov, Bulgaria's longtime communist dictator, stepped down amid a "revolution" staged by the reformist wing of the Communist Party. Journalist Ekaterina Boncheva looks back at her memories of that day. More

Officer Takes On Russian Police Via YouTube

With two remarkable YouTube videos that have drawn hundreds of thousands of viewers, Aleksei Dymovsky, a police major in Novorossiisk, has accused local law enforcement officials of widespread corruption. Dymovsky has since been fired, but the case has reignited the debate in Russia about corrupt cops. More

Living In East Germany's 'Restricted Zone'

Nowhere was the fall of the Berlin Wall celebrated more enthusiastically than in East Germany's "restricted zone," a high-security area that ran the length of the East-West border. Residents of the zone lived with harsh travel bans and nightly curfews for more than 40 years. More

'Lipstick Jihad'

Iranian-American Azadeh Moaveni, is the author of the best-selling memoirs "Honeymoon in Tehran" and "Lipstick Jihad." She spoke to RFE/RL correspondent Kristin Deasy about Iran's strict Islamic dress code on one hand, and the banning of Islamic headscarves in Uzbekistan on the other. More

Muslim Fashion Designer Discusses The Burqini

Lebanese-born Aheda Zanetti, now an Australian citizen, is a Muslim fashion designer who created the "burqini" after reading about how difficult it was for women to swim in full burqas. She spoke to RFE/RL correspondent Kristin Deasy about the politics of Islamic fashion. More

Bans, Burqinis, And 'Bad Hijab'

Islamic female clothing has become as much a political statement as it is a religious statement in many countries. More

Russia's Siberian Tiger In Danger

A new survey indicates that the number of endangered Siberian tigers living in the Russian Far East is dwindling, primarily due to poaching. More

Karzai Faces International Pressure To Confront Menace

In the wake of his reelection, President Hamid Karzai is facing intense international pressure to move decisively against the corruption that affects all aspects of life in Afghanistan. But what is the scale of corruption in the country, how does it systematically undermine efforts to establish stability, and what would it take to stem the growing menace? More

Analyst: GM 'Scared' Off By Partners In Proposed Deal

The board of directors of U.S. automaker General Motors has decided not to sell its shares of Opel, putting an end to months of talks that seemed to be leading to the acquisition of Opel by a consortium consisting of Canada's Magna and Russia's Sberbank. More

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Wednesday, November 11, 2009