Russian police detained several dozen people at anti-Kremlin rallies in Moscow and St. Petersburg today as they tried to protest against limits to freedom of assembly.
Reports say Israel has agreed to let Egypt move hundreds more troops into the Sinai Peninsula, boosting the numbers agreed under the 1979 Israel-Egypt peace treaty.
Some 100 university students picketed the Ukrainian parliament today to protest a draft law on higher education that could lead to higher tuition fees. Demonstrators say the draft "would kill equal and fair admission to Ukrainian universities." They also say the draft, put together by the ruling Party of Regions parliamentary faction, would force students to cover the cost of tuition themselves.
Moscow police have detained an activist from the opposition Other Russia coalition. Igor Berezyuk faces charges of attacking a policeman during an unsanctioned rally in Moscow at the end of December. Police questioned 11 more Other Russia activists and searched the organization's offices in Moscow earlier today.
The Israeli and German governments are convening for a joint session -- the third such annual meeting since the countries signed a special arrangement. German Chancellor Angela Merkel arrived in Jerusalem today with 10 of her cabinet ministers.
Some 300 people picketed the Kyrgyz government building in Bishkek today to protest mining projects planned for the northern Talas region amid concern the projects could damage the environment.
One Belarusian opposition leader was detained today and a second summoned for questioning by the KGB.
Russian news reports say the head of construction for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi has resigned for health reasons. Taimuraz Bolloyev is the third head of the Olimpstroy corporation in three years.
President Hosni Mubarak has sworn in a reshuffled cabinet, as protests against his more than 30-year rule continued for a seventh day and the United States called for an "orderly transition" to a new government.
Some 100 Azerbaijani citizens have been evacuated from Egypt on a special charter flight that landed in Baku today.
Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbaev has called for early presidential elections, rejecting a proposed referendum that would have extended his stay in office until 2020.
The U.S. Embassy in Bishkek says it is concerned about the fairness of an appeal hearing in a murder case related to last year's ethnic violence in the south.
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