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Jean-Christophe Peuch

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January 17, 2008
Detained Student Death 'Suspicious'

It is still unclear why Ebrahim Lotfollahi was detained. Moreover, his family says, the aspiring lawyer and part-time social worker was full of "hope in life" and had no reason to take his own life.
December 03, 2007
Questioning Tehran's 'Urgent Need' For Nuclear Energy

Iranian officials have gone to lengths recently to portray Tehran as being in desperate need to develop nuclear energy. But to some independent energy analysts, that's a curious claim. After all, Iran sits atop the some of the world's largest proven reserves of natural gas and oil.
November 28, 2007
Key Meeting Set For U.S.-Russia Clash Over Democracy

Russia and the United States are set for a showdown at the OSCE's annual gathering of foreign ministers in Spain, with Moscow seeking to diminish the OSCE's role as a flagship for human rights and democracy across Eastern Europe and Central Asia
November 17, 2007
UN Envoy Says Pressure On Kosovo's Serb Voters Remains A Concern

VIENNA, November 16, 2007 (RFE/RL) -- Kosovo is holding crucial parliamentary and local elections today. The voting comes less than a month before deadlocked internationally mediated talks on the future status of the Serbian province are due to be completed.
November 14, 2007
Caught Between Russia And Georgia, South Ossetia Rift Widens

VIENNA, November 14, 2007 (RFE/RL) -- The breakaway South Caucasus region of South Ossetia has just held two sets of simultaneous presidential elections.
November 05, 2007
Moscow Targets Vote Monitors In Bid To Overhaul OSCE

Moscow has told the OSCE to keep most of its vote observers at home when Russians go to parliamentary polls in December. But its larger aim may be to use a key OSCE meeting in Spain this month to force election monitors into even greater submission.
September 21, 2007
Kazakhstan Defends Chairmanship Bid Before OSCE Panel

VIENNA, September 21, 2007 (RFE/RL) -- Kazakh State Secretary Kanat Saudabaev says he is confident his country's bid to chair the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) in 2009 will be accepted later this year.
September 06, 2007
OSCE Confirms Georgian Missile Incident, Without Blame

VIENNA, September 6, 2007 (RFE/RL) -- The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe says it will not make any accusations over an alleged missile incident in Georgia on August 6 that has raised tensions between Tbilisi and Moscow.
July 13, 2007
Central Asia: Governments, Banks Gradually Open Up To Islamic Banking

IDB head Ahmad Muhammad Ali al-Madani (file photo) (official site) July 13, 2007 (RFE/RL) -- The Saudi-based Islamic Development Bank (IDB) and the Kyrgyz government have launched a pilot project designed to introduce Islamic financing in Kyrgyzstan.
June 15, 2007
Russia 'Unhappy' With Outcome Of CFE Conference

VIENNA, June 15, 2007 (RFE/RL) -- An extraordinary conference of the 30 state parties to the 1990 Conventional Forces in Europe (CFE) Treaty ended today in Vienna with participants failing to agree on a final joint statement.
June 08, 2007
A Search For New Integration Models

Ever since the breakup of the Soviet Union, various suggestions have been made to draw the newly independent states of Central Asia closer together.
June 01, 2007
U.S.-Russia Relations | Silent diplomacy versus public criticism

VIENNA, June 1, 2007 (RFE/RL) -- U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has addressed the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), amid increasing strains between Washington and Moscow.
May 16, 2007
Energy | Caspian summit gives Russia new trump card

May 16, 2007 (RFE/RL) -- Russian President Vladimir Putin last week clinched a deal that, at least on paper, ensures that his country will remain the world's largest natural-gas exporter for many years to come. Whether Russia will be able to capitalize on the short-term political dividends it may expect from this arrangement remains unclear, however.
May 11, 2007
Using The OSCE Against U.S. Missile Defense

At Russia's behest, the OSCE has agreed to discuss U.S. plans to deploy a missile-defense system in Central Europe.
May 11, 2007
New President Shows Greater Openness

President Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov has shown a desire to end Turkmenistan's self-isolation and be more open with neighbors and the West.
April 27, 2007
Will President Introduce Political Reforms?

Many observers of Turkmenistan's political life are still holding out hope that President Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov will institute some democratic changes.
April 20, 2007
Russia: Putin's Repatriation Scheme Off To Slow Start

Russia's much-heralded repatriation program hasn't resulted in flood of new passport holders (ITAR-TASS) April 18, 2007 (RFE/RL) -- On June 22, 2006, Russian President Vladimir Putin issued a decree initiating a ambitious six-year program designed to facilitate the voluntary repatriation of some of the estimated 30 million Russians living abroad, both in the CIS and further afield.
November 08, 2006
Defused | Parliament backs compromise

After a week in which the threat of violence loomed in Kyrgyzstan, the government and the opposition seem to have found a peaceful solution
November 08, 2006
Standoff In Bishkek

After a week in which the threat of violence loomed in Kyrgyzstan, the government and the opposition seem to be on the verge of a peaceful solution.
November 07, 2006
Breakthrough | How a compromise was forged

Opposition and pro-government lawmakers agree on the outlines of a new constitution, in a preliminary deal that could end street protests and defuse longstanding political tensions.

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