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September 30, 2013
Explainer: Everything You Need To Know About A Partial U.S. Shutdown

U.S. lawmakers have failed to resolve their impasse over a bill to continue funding government operations. Without an agreement, the U.S. government is partially shutting down. How did we get here and what does a partial shutdown mean?

September 30, 2013
Man Loses 15 Family Members In Peshawar Market Blast

Fifteen members of Malak Taj's family were killed September 29 by a car bomb that ripped through a crowded market in Peshawar. RFE/RL's Radio Mashaal has learned the tragic details of the family's final moments from Malak, who did not travel with his family to Peshawar that day.
September 28, 2013
At 70, Lech Walesa Can Look Back On An Enduring Legacy

With his successful campaign to win rights for striking workers at the Gdansk shipyard in 1980, and his leading role in the collapse of communist rule in Poland less than a decade later, Lech Walesa is among the iconic dissidents who helped speed the demise of the Soviet bloc regimes of Central and Eastern Europe. As Walesa prepares to mark his 70th birthday on September 29, RFE/RL looks back at the life of the Solidarity co-founder, former Polish president, and Nobel Peace laureate.
September 28, 2013
Dutch Designer Seeks A Smarter Smartphone That Will Last Forever

Thinking about upgrading to the latest model iPhone or Android? A Dutch designer has a better idea. RFE/RL takes a look at a project called Phonebloks, which proposes creating a smartphone that would last forever.
September 28, 2013
'Donkey Ambulance' Rides To The Rescue Of Afghan Women In Labor

The term "difficult pregnancy" takes on a whole new meaning in Afghanistan, where the lack of suitable transport across remote, mountainous terrain contribute to some of the highest maternal and infant mortality rates in the world. But help is on the way in the form of a new, inflatable, donkey saddle.
September 27, 2013
Interview: Ex-Ambassador Crocker Says U.S. Needs Action From Iran

Ryan Crocker, a former U.S. ambassador to a handful of countries that includes Syria, Pakistan, Iraq, and Afghanistan, spoke to RFE/RL after a week in which he met privately with senior Iranian officials as diplomacy continued over that country's disputed nuclear program.
September 27, 2013
Scientists Compile 'Census Of The Galaxies' Using Power Of The Crowd

So many galaxies, so little time! What's a busy astronomer to do? A team of international researchers has now solved that problem, reaching out to thousands of amateur volunteers around the world to help them describe the universe.
September 27, 2013
Explainer: What Comes Next In Syria Chemical Weapons Deal?

After weeks of wrangling, the UN Security Council is set to pass a resolution demanding Syria give up its chemical weapons so that they can be destroyed. Here are five things to consider about what comes afterward.
September 27, 2013
Interview: WWF Expert Says New Climate Change Report A Call For Action

A UN panel of scientists has used the strongest words yet in its assessment of the state of the world's climate. RFE/RL spoke to Samantha Smith, leader of the WWF conservation group's Global Climate and Energy Initiative, about the damning report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
September 27, 2013
Interview: U.S. Ambassador To The OSCE Daniel Baer -- 'You Need Critical Voices'

Daniel Baer is the new U.S. ambassador to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE). During the organization's annual "human dimension implementation meeting" in Warsaw, Baer sat down with RFE/RL's Rikard Jozwiak to talk about the upcoming elections in Azerbaijan, the situation in Belarus, and what he, as one of very few openly gay American ambassadors, thinks about the latest developments in Russia.
September 27, 2013
An Old Game With New Rules In Russia's Backyard

Playing rough with its neighbors is nothing new for Russia. Moscow has been doing this almost from the moment the Soviet Union broke up. What is different now is that the neighbors are pushing back -- with an assist from Europe.
September 26, 2013
Pakistani Quake Survivors Search Rubble For Food, Wait For Help

Two days after a magnitude 7.7 earthquake rocked southwestern Pakistan, survivors are digging through rubble in a search for food and supplies.

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Monday 30 September 2013

Explainer: Everything You Need To Know About A Partial U.S. Shutdown

Man Loses 15 Family Members In Peshawar Market Blast

At 70, Lech Walesa Can Look Back On An Enduring Legacy

Dutch Designer Seeks A Smarter Smartphone That Will Last Forever

'Donkey Ambulance' Rides To The Rescue Of Afghan Women In Labor

Interview: Ex-Ambassador Crocker Says U.S. Needs Action From Iran

Scientists Compile 'Census Of The Galaxies' Using Power Of The Crowd

Explainer: What Comes Next In Syria Chemical Weapons Deal?

Interview: WWF Expert Says New Climate Change Report A Call For Action

Interview: U.S. Ambassador To The OSCE Daniel Baer -- 'You Need Critical Voices'

An Old Game With New Rules In Russia's Backyard

Pakistani Quake Survivors Search Rubble For Food, Wait For Help

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Tajiks Bury 'Juro Ako' -- Khujand's Beloved Last Jew

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