http://en.redtram.com/ rferl.org Copyright (c) 2009 RedTram. All rights reserved. webmaster@redtram.com (RedTram) en Thu, 17 Dec 2009 02:33:57 GMT 300 100 50 http://en.redtram.com/ http://img.en.redtram.com/rsslogo.gif 95179 | Pakistan: Islamabad Launches Military Operation Against Taliban http://en.redtram.com/go/125895841/top100/ 125895841 Pakistani forces have launched a military operation against Taliban militants near the northwestern city of Peshawar. The offensive in the Khyber tribal region marks the first major military action which Pakistan's newly elected government has taken against the Taliban on Sat, 28 Jun 2008 13:51:10 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/125895841/top100/ 95179 | Crimea: Tatars Remember Hero On 30th Anniversary Of His Self-Immolation http://en.redtram.com/go/125895838/top100/ 125895838 Thirty years ago, a 47-year-old Crimean Tatar named Musa Mamut poured gasoline over himself and set himself alight. He lived for five days, eventually dying from his burns on June 28, 1978. Before dying, he is reported to have said, Sat, 28 Jun 2008 13:51:09 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/125895838/top100/ 95179 | Pakistan: New Envoy Calls For Revival Of Pakistan-Afghan Peace Councils http://en.redtram.com/go/125895831/top100/ 125895831 The government of Pakistan's restive North West Frontier Province (NWFP) has recently appointed veteran Pashtun politician and human rights activist Afrasiab Khattak as its peace envoy. In his new job, Khattak will be dealing with dangerous and complicated security issues Sat, 28 Jun 2008 13:51:06 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/125895831/top100/ 95179 | Commentary: Behind The Facade Of The Ceausescu Regime http://en.redtram.com/go/125895824/top100/ 125895824 As hard as it may be to believe, there was a time when many regarded Romanian leader Nicolae Ceausescu as an open-minded Marxist, a nationalist communist, even a proponent of socialism with a human face. Ceausescu himself cultivated this image Sat, 28 Jun 2008 13:51:04 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/125895824/top100/ 95179 | Russia, EU Launch Talks On Partnership Pact http://en.redtram.com/go/125649200/top100/ 125649200 Russian and European Union officials meeting in the Siberian oil townof Khanty-Mansiisk have launched negotiations on a new strategicpartnership pact, in an apparent step toward more constructiverelations between Moscow and Brussels following years of concern overdeteriorating ties. Sat, 28 Jun 2008 02:26:23 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/125649200/top100/ 95179 | Turkmenistan: RFE/RL Contributor Being Held At Infamous Psychiatric Hospital http://en.redtram.com/go/125498698/top100/ 125498698 RFE/RL has learned that Sazak Durdymuradov, a contributor to its Turkmen Service, is being held at an infamous psychiatric clinic in eastern Turkmenistan, one week after his arrest and reported beating and torture by police. Fri, 27 Jun 2008 19:33:53 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/125498698/top100/ 95179 | Commentary: Lawmakers Derail Romania's Corruption Fight http://en.redtram.com/go/125498695/top100/ 125498695 There is one new member of the European Union that has been workinghard to undermine the rule of law and its own judiciary. Since thatcountry joined the union at the beginning of last year, it hasundertaken the systematic retraction of Fri, 27 Jun 2008 19:33:52 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/125498695/top100/ 95179 | Turkmenistan: EU Official Optimistic About Human Rights Situation http://en.redtram.com/go/125498696/top100/ 125498696 On June 24 in Turkmenistan's capital, Ashgabat, European Union officials opened what is expected to be a series of discussions on human rights in the country. However, the talks got under way just days after Sazak Durdymuradov, a frequent contributor Fri, 27 Jun 2008 19:33:52 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/125498696/top100/ 95179 | Uzbekistan: German Foundation, EU Pull Out Of Journalist Training Program http://en.redtram.com/go/125498545/top100/ 125498545 Officially, it's Media Day in Uzbekistan today, although the runningjoke among journalists is that the government is actually celebratingVictory Day over the country's free and independent media. Fri, 27 Jun 2008 19:33:18 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/125498545/top100/ 95179 | U.S.: Bush Drops Trade, Terror Sanctions Against North Korea http://en.redtram.com/go/125099707/top100/ 125099707 WASHINGTON -- North Korea has delivered a long-delayed accounting of its nuclear activities. Fri, 27 Jun 2008 02:24:47 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/125099707/top100/ 95179 | Religion: Anglicans Perilously Close To Split Over Gay Clergy http://en.redtram.com/go/125099670/top100/ 125099670 The Anglican church communion, numbering some 77 million peopleworldwide, is facing the possibility of a complete fracture over thequestion of gay clergy. Fri, 27 Jun 2008 02:24:29 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/125099670/top100/ 95179 | Analysis: Do Azerbaijan's Ethnic Minorities Face Forced Assimilation? http://en.redtram.com/go/125099488/top100/ 125099488 Over the past 10 days, representatives of ethnic minorities in Azerbaijan have issued two separate public statements affirming their fear of assimilation and soliciting international support. Azerbaijani commentators have dismissed those appeals as unfounded and orchestrated by Moscow. Fri, 27 Jun 2008 02:23:29 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/125099488/top100/ 95179 | Armenia: Controversial Parliamentary Commission Begins Work http://en.redtram.com/go/125099492/top100/ 125099492 On June 16, the pro-government factions within the Armenian National Assembly voted unanimously in favor of setting up an ad hoc commission to investigate the March 1-2 clashes in Yerevan between supporters of defeated presidential candidate Levon Ter-Petrossian and security Fri, 27 Jun 2008 02:23:29 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/125099492/top100/ 95179 | U.S. Envoy To OSCE Says Kazakhstan Lagging In Reforms http://en.redtram.com/go/125099438/top100/ 125099438 The deputy chief of the U.S. mission to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), Kyle Scott, has told RFE/RL's Kazakh Service after his arrival in Kazakhstan that there are lingering concerns over that country's implementation of democratic Fri, 27 Jun 2008 02:23:10 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/125099438/top100/ 95179 | World: One-Quarter Of World's Population Would Like To Live Elsewhere http://en.redtram.com/go/125099392/top100/ 125099392 Would you like to live permanently in another country other than your own? If you're an average citizen of the world, the chances are better than one in four that the answer is yes. Fri, 27 Jun 2008 02:22:58 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/125099392/top100/ 95179 | Council Of Europe: Harsh Rhetoric Emerges From Summer Session http://en.redtram.com/go/125099274/top100/ 125099274 The Council of Europe this week puzzled many of its newer member states. Fri, 27 Jun 2008 02:22:28 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/125099274/top100/ 95179 | Analysis: Georgia Reverses Decision To Cut Defense Spending http://en.redtram.com/go/125099262/top100/ 125099262 Among other proposed amendments to the annual budget, the Georgian Finance Ministry has submitted to parliament a request to increase defense spending for 2008 by 295 million laris ($202.8 million), or approximately 29 percent, civil.ge reported on June 24. Fri, 27 Jun 2008 02:22:24 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/125099262/top100/ 95179 | Iraq: Bush, Talabani Signal Progress On Thorny Security Pact http://en.redtram.com/go/124815745/top100/ 124815745 WASHINGTON -- The United States and Iraq are signaling progress in negotiating what's called a Status-of-Forces Agreement (SOFA), which would set the rules for the presence of U.S. forces in the country. Thu, 26 Jun 2008 13:40:45 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/124815745/top100/ 95179 | Afghanistan: Kabul Accuses Pakistani Spies Of Attack On Karzai http://en.redtram.com/go/124815742/top100/ 124815742 Tensions between Afghanistan and Pakistan have been rising for months. Now, they have hit a new peak. Thu, 26 Jun 2008 13:40:43 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/124815742/top100/ 95179 | Germany: 60 Years Later, Berlin Airlift Remembered http://en.redtram.com/go/124815740/top100/ 124815740 Sixty years ago, the people of West Berlin were under blockade. 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