Julie Corwin

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• June 05, 2007

  NGO Highlights Increasing Internet Censorship

  State censorship of the Internet is growing and the techniques used are becoming increasingly sophisticated.

• April 24, 2007

  Viewpoint | Weighing the Yeltsin legacy

  Former Russian President Boris Yeltsin's <a href="http://www.rferl.org/featuresarticle/2007/04/49d6b145-721b-4e57-b920-0410d5225e57.html"><strong>death at 76</strong></a> -- an unexpectedly advanced age, given both the average life expectancy in Russia and what could best be termed Yeltsin's unhealthy lifestyle -- follows the deaths of many of his contemporaries under much less comfortable circumstances: liberal legislators Sergei Yushenkov and Galina Starovoitova, and journalists Anna Politkovskaya, Yury Shchekochikhin, and Vladislav Listev. All of these people were murdered, or died under unexplained circumstances, in a climate that the lawlessness of the Yeltsin era helped to create.

• February 05, 2007

  New Program Finds Way Around Censors

  Canadian researchers have devised new software to give people in countries that censor the Internet unfettered access.

• January 18, 2007

  Hunting Polar Bears To Save Them

  With less sea ice and a shortened hunting season, warmer winters have introduced new risks for Russia's polar bear population

• December 28, 2006

  Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis Continues To Spread

  Drug-resistant TB continues to spread in the former Soviet Union, and experts fear the emergence of "extreme drug-resistant" strains.

• December 13, 2006

  Taking Notice Of The Weather

  Scientists say 2006 may have been the year when the public at large finally embraced the idea that the Earth's climate is warming.

• October 24, 2006

  CIS: Four major environmental black spots

  Four of the world's most polluted spots are in the former Soviet Union.

• October 12, 2006

  Russia | Siberia's tundra melting

  WASHINGTON, October 12, 2006 (RFE/RL) -- The landscape of Siberia is transforming. New lakes are forming in the north, while existing lakes are getting larger. Some buildings and houses built upon the permafrost are sinking and starting to crack.

• September 26, 2006

  Legendary Horses Make A Comeback

  Horse fanciers in the former Soviet Union have long valued the beauty, speed, and stamina of Turkmenistan's Ahal-Teke breed.

• September 07, 2006

  Bird Flu: Progress Reported Toward Widely Useable Vaccine

  (epa) WASHINGTON, September 7, 2006 (RFE/RL) -- With concerns as great as ever about a possible bird-flu pandemic, Chinese researchers have developed an avian-influenza vaccine that can be produced in much larger quantities than other trial vaccines so far.

• September 06, 2006

  CIS: World Bank Assesses Region's Business Climate

  Armenia is one of the simplest countries in the world in which to register property (ITAR-TASS) WASHINGTON, September 6, 2006 (RFE/RL) -- The World Bank today released its annual survey on ease of doing business.

• August 30, 2006

  Russia: Catherine The Great's Lessons On Religious Tolerance

  As European and Russian leaders face diverse populations with large Muslim components, they might be tempted to explore the lessons of Russian history. In a new book titled "For Prophet And Tsar," Stanford University historian Robert Crews argues that the Russian Empire's ability to win broad support among its Muslim populations contributed to its relative longevity and stability. In the 18th century, Catherine the Great launched a policy that enshrined religious tolerance and actively co-opted Muslim authorities.

• August 24, 2006

  Muslims In Europe

  A recent study shows -- surprisingly -- that France has been more successful integrating its Muslim minority than any other European country.

• August 17, 2006

  Middle East: Lebanon's Cedar Revolution Hangs In The Balance

  Displaced Lebanese civilians returning to southern Beirut on August 16 (epa) WASHINGTON, August 17, 2006 (RFE/RL) -- Lebanon’s Cedar Revolution last year led to the withdrawal of Syrian forces and optimism for the country's economic and political future. Now, as the cease-fire takes hold after the month-long war with Israel, that future is clouded by economic and political challenges.

• August 02, 2006

  U.S.: Confirmation Row Shows Power Of Diaspora Lobbies

  Ambassador-designate Hoagland at a Senate confirmation hearing on August 1 (ANCA) The U.S. Senate on August 1 decided once again to postpone its confirmation of the man designated to serve as the new U.S. ambassador to Armenia. Richard Hoagland has raised concern among some lawmakers because of his refusal to characterize the mass killings of Armenians by Turks in the early 20th century as genocide.

• July 27, 2006

  Opposition Seeks To Pressure President

  A leading Uzbek oppositionist has called on the United States to impose sanctions on his country.

• July 15, 2006

  Moscow's WTO Negotiations Come Down To The Wire

  After more than 12 years of trying, Russia may be getting close to overcoming the largest hurdle to joining the World Trade Organization -- agreement with the United States.

• July 14, 2006

  U.S. Uncertain How To Approach Moscow

  WASHINGTON, July 14, 2006 (RFE/RL) -- U.S. national security adviser Stephen Hadley has promised that U.S. President George W. Bush will "speak frankly, but privately" with Russian President Vladimir Putin about restrictions of political and economic freedoms in Russia during the July 15-17 Group of Eight (G8) summit in St. Petersburg.

• June 01, 2006

  Russians, Americans Agree On Iran, Differ On China

  Americans and Russians mostly agree that they would not like to see Iran acquire nuclear weapons, but have quite different views about China, according to two broad opinion polls conducted in each country.

• May 31, 2006

  Political Messages Ring In A New Medium

  Increasingly, political activists from Iraq to the Phillipines are using mobile-phone ring tones to get their messages out. Analysts say the practice is only going to become more and more common.

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