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March 05, 2010
Old Putin Nemesis Speaks Out After Decade Of Silence

After accusing Vladimir Putin of widespread corruption just as he became Russia's president, Marina Salye, a feisty and outspoken 75-year-old former legislator from St. Petersburg, retired to her country home and disappeared from public view.

March 05, 2010
Public-Sector Employees Vote Early In Iraq

Hundreds of thousands of Iraqi voters cast their ballots early in a number of provinces on the day for special voting on March 4, which included procedures for employees of the Iraqi security forces, hospital staff and patients, and prison inmates.
March 05, 2010
Karadzic Trial, Ganic Extradition Request Awaken Ghosts Of Bosnian War

The ghosts of the Bosnian war have been awakened in the past week by the genocide trial of Radovan Karadzic and the arrest in Britain of Bosniak wartime leader Ejup Ganic on an extradition request from Serbia. Both cases have rekindled bitter arguments between Serbs and Bosniaks over events in Sarajevo at the start of the Bosnian war.
March 04, 2010
Election Campaigning In Iraq, A View From The Ground

As campaigning winds up for Iraq's March 7 parliamentary election, the mood varies widely in different parts of the country. RFE/RL's Radio Free Iraq correspondents in several cities describe how the upcoming election is viewed in their hometowns.
March 03, 2010
Even The Taliban Questions Afghan Media Ban

An unlikely voice has joined the chorus of criticism directed against the Afghan government's commitment to civil liberties -- the Taliban.
March 03, 2010
Author Of Critical Kapuscinski Bio Defends His Account Of 'A Complicated Man'

Ryszard Kapuscinski is something of a national hero in Poland, and a writer of high regard in the rest of the world. But now a former colleague, journalist Artur Domoslawski, has published a biography of him which casts a negative light on much of his writing.
March 03, 2010
Scandal Erupts Over Fatal Car Crash Involving Russian Oil Executive

In Russia, the normal rules of the road don't apply when it comes to the elite. The country's rich and powerful drive on sidewalks, use emergency lanes to speed past traffic jams, and generally disregard the safety of other motorists and pedestrians. But following a series of high-profile accidents, pressure is mounting to bring them into line.
March 03, 2010
Russians Seeing U.S. In A Sunnier Light

A new poll says the attitude of Russians toward the United States has improved dramatically since the election of U.S. President Barack Obama. RFE/RL correspondent Kevin O'Flynn went out on the streets of Moscow to talk to Russians about whether their view of America has changed, and why.
March 02, 2010
Former Lithuanian President Says 'Communism Was Never Defeated'

In 1990, Lithuania became the first Soviet republic to proclaim independence, paving the way for the Soviet Union's collapse. Twenty years later, however, the Baltic state is still grappling with its communist legacy. Its first postcommunist head of state says there is little consensus in Central and Eastern European countries on dealing with Soviet-era crimes.
March 02, 2010
Chalabi Takes Center Stage In Iraqi Election Dispute

As Iraqis prepare to go to the polls on March 7, there is much uncertainty over whether the election will raise or lower sectarian tensions. That uncertainty is due, in large part, to the efforts of one man -- the highly controversial Ahmad Chalabi.
March 01, 2010
Shrinking Glaciers Threaten Tajikistan's Economic Dreams

Tajikistan's contribution to global warming is minimal, with only a handful of factories and just one in 10 households owning a car. But its rapidly shrinking glaciers have it being ranked among the countries hardest hit by climate change.
March 01, 2010
Postcommunism's Achievements, Disillusionment

Leading thinkers from both sides of the Atlantic gathered over the weekend at Columbia University in New York to assess the significance of the 1989 revolutions that led to the demise of communist regimes in Eastern and Central Europe -- what has been achieved and what failed.

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Friday 5 March 2010

Old Putin Nemesis Speaks Out After Decade Of Silence

Public-Sector Employees Vote Early In Iraq

Karadzic Trial, Ganic Extradition Request Awaken Ghosts Of Bosnian War

Election Campaigning In Iraq, A View From The Ground

Even The Taliban Questions Afghan Media Ban

Author Of Critical Kapuscinski Bio Defends His Account Of 'A Complicated Man'

Scandal Erupts Over Fatal Car Crash Involving Russian Oil Executive

Russians Seeing U.S. In A Sunnier Light

Former Lithuanian President Says 'Communism Was Never Defeated'

Chalabi Takes Center Stage In Iraqi Election Dispute

Shrinking Glaciers Threaten Tajikistan's Economic Dreams

Postcommunism's Achievements, Disillusionment

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