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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

Karzai Faces 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

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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

What Iran's Green Movement Wants From Obama

Members of the Green movement opposed to Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadinejad voiced a clear demand to U.S. President Barack Obama this week. More

It's Not Easy Being An Environmentalist In Turkmenistan

A court in Turkmenistan has overturned a five-year jail sentence handed down last week to a biologist whose environmental organization was shut down by the state in 2003. The case marks the second time in three years that Andrei Zatoka has been sentenced and detained before being released, and highlights the difficulties activists commonly encounter in Central Asia. More

In Once-Divided City, East Berliners Still See 'Us' And 'Them'

Physically, little today is left of the Berlin Wall, the potent symbol of Germany's Cold War division. But the psychological barrier between East and West -- the "Wall in the head" -- still runs deep two decades after the Wall's destruction. More

Kyrgyz President's Son's New Role

When Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiev put the finishing touches on his restructured government last week, he entrusted the country's future economic course to a person he has known for decades -- his youngest son, Maksim Bakiev. More

With Lisbon Secure, EU Focuses On Name Game

With the Czech Republic becoming the last country to ratify the Lisbon Treaty, EU leaders can now move on to putting it into practice. Most immediately, they face the problem of picking the bloc's first-ever president and foreign minister, two positions created by the treaty. More

'At Moment Of Crisis, No One Was Home'

As "Newsweek’s" bureau chief for Germany, Eastern Europe, and the Balkans, Michael Meyer was a professional observer of the revolutionary wave that swept across Central and Eastern Europe in 1989. More

Blood And Velvet

Some were peaceful and some were violent. Some were popular revolts and some were orchestrated within the Communist Party leadership. The revolutions of 1989 cast aside Europe's Cold War dictators, paving the way for democracy and the free-market reforms of the 1990s. More

El-Baradei: Iran Wants 'Recognition, Prestige'

Speaking at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York, Muhammad el-Baradei, the International Atomic Energy Agency's outgoing chief, said he believes that for Tehran, its nuclear program is largely about status and winning recognition as a regional power. More

Islamic Leaders Go Green Ahead Of Copenhagen

As politicians struggle to reach agreement on global emissions cuts ahead of the UN's climate change conference in Copenhagen next month, international religious leaders have stepped in with their own ambitious plans. More

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