http://en.redtram.com/ rferl.org Copyright (c) 2008 RedTram. All rights reserved. webmaster@redtram.com (RedTram) en Thu, 22 May 2008 20:20:15 GMT 300 100 50 http://en.redtram.com/ http://img.en.redtram.com/rsslogo.gif 95179 | Central Asia: Medvedev Visit Underscores Kazakh Victory Over Uzbekistan For Regional Dominance http://en.redtram.com/go/110403359/top100/ 110403359 While the media focuses on new Russian President Dmitry Medvedev'svisit to Kazakhstan, there is another important aspect to his trip. Thu, 22 May 2008 17:16:33 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/110403359/top100/ 95179 | Central Asia: Tashkent Latest Capital To Embark On Demolition Project http://en.redtram.com/go/110403355/top100/ 110403355 Authorities in the Uzbek capital are determined to give their city a facelift as part of preparations to mark the 2,200th anniversary of Tashkent's founding later this year. Thu, 22 May 2008 17:16:26 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/110403355/top100/ 95179 | U.S.: Russian Think Tank Wants To Study America, Not Attack It http://en.redtram.com/go/110403341/top100/ 110403341 The first Russian think tank based in the United States has yet toofficially open its doors. But it's already generating a lot ofcontroversy. Thu, 22 May 2008 17:16:13 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/110403341/top100/ 95179 | Central Asia: OSCE Appeals To Kazakhstan To Restore RFE/RL Website http://en.redtram.com/go/110403329/top100/ 110403329 The OSCE's representative on media freedom, Miklos Haraszti, has urged the government of Kazakhstan to restore access to RFE/RL's Kazakh-language website, which has been blocked for nearly six weeks despite repeated requests by RFE/RL that the service be restored. Thu, 22 May 2008 17:16:03 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/110403329/top100/ 95179 | Kyrgyzstan: World-Renowned Author Aitmatov In Serious Condition http://en.redtram.com/go/110176234/top100/ 110176234 The legendary Kyrgyz author Chingiz Aitmatov is in a hospital in Nuremberg, reportedly in a coma after he suffered kidney failure on May 16. Thu, 22 May 2008 02:40:17 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/110176234/top100/ 95179 | Caspian: Azerbaijani-Turkmen Summit Marks Potentially Lucrative Thaw In Relations http://en.redtram.com/go/110176233/top100/ 110176233 Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev declared that "all issues have beenresolved" with Turkmenistan following his talks in Baku this week withTurkmen President Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov. Thu, 22 May 2008 02:40:17 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/110176233/top100/ 95179 | Russia: Medvedev's Looks East, Not West, On First Foreign Visit http://en.redtram.com/go/110176226/top100/ 110176226 MOSCOW -- When Russian President Dmitry Medvedev's plane touches down in Kazakhstan on May 22, he will be sending a message to the European Union and the United States that Russia's interests lie East as well as West. Thu, 22 May 2008 02:40:12 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/110176226/top100/ 95179 | Pakistan: Reports Hint At Possible Prisoner Swap With Militants http://en.redtram.com/go/110176221/top100/ 110176221 The Pakistani government has denied local reports claiming that the release of Islamabad's kidnapped ambassador to Afghanistan was part of an exchange for Taliban prisoners. A number of Pakistan observers, however, tell RFE/RL they suspect that some kind of prisoner Thu, 22 May 2008 02:40:11 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/110176221/top100/ 95179 | Georgia: New Video Ups Ante In Abkhaz Dispute http://en.redtram.com/go/110023999/top100/ 110023999 In the latest in the ongoing feud between Moscow and Tbilisi, the Georgian Interior Ministry has released video footage it claims is evidence that Russia is engaged in more than mere peacekeeping in Georgia's breakaway region of Abkhazia. Wed, 21 May 2008 12:25:34 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/110023999/top100/ 95179 | Georgia: Will Parliamentary Vote Bring An End To Polarized Politics? http://en.redtram.com/go/109723721/top100/ 109723721 After surviving a close call in Georgia's snap presidential election four months ago, a chastened President Mikheil Saakashvili pledged to run a more open government, work more closely with the opposition, and pay greater attention to citizens' needs. Tue, 20 May 2008 17:04:57 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/109723721/top100/ 95179 | Russia: Moscow Prepares For British Soccer Invasion As It Promotes Image As World-Class Sporting Capital http://en.redtram.com/go/109723596/top100/ 109723596 Moscow is bracing for the arrival of thousands of fans for the all-English UEFA Champions League final on May 21. Tue, 20 May 2008 17:04:44 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/109723596/top100/ 95179 | Georgia: ODIHR Spokesman Talks About Monitoring Task Ahead http://en.redtram.com/go/109723473/top100/ 109723473 The conduct of Georgian elections has come under the microscope in recent months, with many observers accusing Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili and his entourage of taking advantage of their near-total domination of the political scene to unduly influence the outcome Tue, 20 May 2008 17:04:33 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/109723473/top100/ 95179 | Georgia: In Search Of A Constructive Opposition http://en.redtram.com/go/109723474/top100/ 109723474 Speaking at a party congress earlier this month, the leader of Georgia's opposition Republican Party expressed a sentiment that reflects the views of many voters. Tue, 20 May 2008 17:04:33 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/109723474/top100/ 95179 | Central Asia: RFE/RL Accuses Kazakhstan Of Blocking Website http://en.redtram.com/go/109723472/top100/ 109723472 In a "very disturbing" case that smacks of "deliberate interference" by the Kazakh government, Internet users in Kazakhstan have been prevented for more than five weeks from accessing the Kazakh-language website of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, RFE/RL President Jeffrey Gedmin Tue, 20 May 2008 17:04:33 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/109723472/top100/ 95179 | Iran: New Criticism Of Ahmadinejad Adds To Aura Of Discontent http://en.redtram.com/go/109655699/top100/ 109655699 There is harsh new criticism circulating in Iran about President Mahmud Ahmadinejad's economic policies. This time the critic is influential cleric and former President Ali-Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, who says the government is pursuing policies that are leading to the "impoverishment" Tue, 20 May 2008 12:12:34 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/109655699/top100/ 95179 | Analysis: Georgian Opposition Sounds Alarm Over Parliamentary Elections http://en.redtram.com/go/109339455/top100/ 109339455 Although Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili pledged during his annual address to the nation on April 23 that the May 21 parliamentary elections will be "the most fair and democratic in the history of our country," opposition parties have in recent Mon, 19 May 2008 17:37:01 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/109339455/top100/ 95179 | Uzbekistan: Authoritarian President Publishes Tome On 'Morality' http://en.redtram.com/go/109339450/top100/ 109339450 In Central Asia, they're known as the "books that won't be read." Yet regional leaders keep churning them out. Mon, 19 May 2008 17:37:01 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/109339450/top100/ 95179 | Caspian: Presidential Summit To Explore Gas Options http://en.redtram.com/go/109339440/top100/ 109339440 Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov was expected to arrive in Baku for the first visit by a sitting Turkmen president since 1996, highlighting recent fence mending between two capitals that had almost no contact just a few years ago. Mon, 19 May 2008 17:36:58 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/109339440/top100/ 95179 | World: Dublin Conference Aiming At Landmark Treaty On Cluster Bombs http://en.redtram.com/go/109255465/top100/ 109255465 Delegates from more than 100 countries are meeting in Ireland to try and negotiate a landmark treaty on cluster bombs. Mon, 19 May 2008 12:46:29 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/109255465/top100/ 95179 | Afghanistan: Student Says Death Verdict Followed Torture To Coerce Confession http://en.redtram.com/go/108933085/top100/ 108933085 KABUL/PRAGUE -- An Afghan journalism student sentenced to death for allegedly insulting Islam has rejected the charges and told an appeals court in Kabul that he was tortured into a confession. Sun, 18 May 2008 17:02:53 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/108933085/top100/