Wednesday, April 20, 2016


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NATO To Discuss 'Unsafe' Russian Jets With Moscow

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg says the Western military alliance and Moscow will discuss the "unsafe behavior" of Russian jets that flew close to a U.S. plane and ship when the two sides convene on April 20 for their first formal meeting in nearly two years.


A pictured shared on social media of the Afghan migrant girl Setayesh Qoreishi who was killed outside Tehran on April 10.

Video Killing Of Afghan Girl Prompts Outrage In Iran

The horrific killing of a six-year-old Afghan migrant girl outside Tehran has sparked unprecedented condemnation in Iran, which hosts at least 1 million refugees and seasonal laborers from its eastern neighbor. More

Video Shakespeare Like You've Never Heard Him

Centuries after William Shakespeare wrote them, his plays are still performed in a multitude of languages. To mark 400 years since the Bard's death on April 23, 1616, actors from the Balkans to Central Asia perform Hamlet's famous soliloquy. More

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Taliban Attack On Kabul Claims Hundreds Of Casualtiesi
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April 19, 2016
Taliban militants used a massive suicide truck bomb to attack an office belonging to Afghanistan's main security agency in Kabul. Afghan officials said at least 28 people were killed and about 300 wounded. (RFE/RL's Radio Free Afghanistan)
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Video Taliban Attack On Kabul Claims Hundreds Of Casualties

Taliban militants used a massive suicide truck bomb to attack an office belonging to Afghanistan's main security agency in Kabul. Afghan officials said at least 28 people were killed and about 300 wounded. (RFE/RL's Radio Free Afghanistan)
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Video Ukrainian Protesters Attack Convoy Of Former Pro-Russian Governor

The convoy of Mykhaylo Dobkin was attacked by protesters on April 18 in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv. Dobkin is the former governor of the region whose pro-Russian politics has angered many Ukrainian veterans who fought against Russia-backed separatist. (RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service)
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Video Skopje Street Protests Continue With Eggs And Paint

Large-scale protests in Skopje continued on April 18, as the political crisis in Macedonia showed no signs of abating. Demonstrators threw paint and eggs at the Triumphal Arch, and a monument to Alexander The Great (RFE/RL's Balkan Service)
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Video Nearly 2 Million Children Targeted In Pakistan Polio-Vaccination Drive

Health officials in Pakistan hope to vaccinate nearly 2 million children over three days in a new drive to combat polio. In the past, campaigns have been suspended because health workers were targeted by Taliban militants. (RFE/RL's Radio Mashaal)
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Video Russia-Led Alliance Opens Spying War Games In Tajikistan

Military intelligence units from five member states of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) gathered for training exercises in Tajikistan. (RFE/RL's Tajik Service)
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Video Thousands Protest In Skopje As Macedonia Sets Early Elections

Thousands rallied on the streets of the Macedonian capital Skopje in the largest of four consecutive nights of anti-government protests on April 15, soon after the president dissolved parliament and announced early elections for June 5.
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Video Northern Iraqi Village Liberated From IS Militants

Islamic State militants have lost their hold on the northern Iraqi village of al-Nasr. After a 10 day battle, Iraqi soldiers and Kurdish Peshmerga fighters liberated the village. (RFE/RL's Radio Farda)
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Video Hroysman Confirmed As Ukraine's New Prime Minister

Ukraine's parliament approved Volodymyr Hroysman as the country's new prime minister. It's considered in the biggest government shake-up since a 2014 uprising resulted in a pro-Western government coming to power. (RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service)
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Video Professors On Hunger Strike At Tbilisi University

Five professors with the Georgian Technical University in Tbilisi have been on hunger strike since Monday. They demanded the resignation of the school's rector, chancellor, and the abolition of the Academic Council. (RFE/RL's Georgian Service)
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Video Three Presidents Visit Migrant Camp In Macedonia

The Macedonian, Croatian, and Slovenian presidents spoke with migrants in the camp in Vinojug, Macedonia, near the border with Greece. It's close to where Macedonian police fired tear gas and rubber bullets at migrants on the Greek side of the frontier earlier this week.
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Video Eggs Fly As Macedonian President's Pardons Spark Protests

Anti-government protesters threw eggs at the office of Macedonia's President Gjorge Ivanov, soon after he pardoned politicians and others implicated in a vast wiretapping operation.
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Video Protests In Bishkek As Kyrgyz 'Foreign Agents' Law Nears Approval

Kyrgyz human rights activists gathered outside of parliament in Bishkek to protest against a proposed "foreign agents" law being considered by lawmakers. The bill is similar to one in force in Russia since 2012, which NGOs say has been used to silence dissent. (RFE/RL's Kyrgyzstan Service)
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Video Garbage Piles Up In Pakistani Town As Collectors Strike

Rotting garbage has been piling up this week on the streets of Bannu in northern Pakistan. Municipal garbage collectors have stopped gathering the trash until they are paid their salaries. They say they haven't been paid for four months. (RFE/RL's Radio Mashaal)
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Video Shopkeepers In Pakistan's Swat Close To Protest Taxes

Thousands of traders in Pakistan's northern district of Swat closed their stalls and rallied in the streets on April 12 to protest the imposition of customs duties. (RFE/RL's Radio Mashaal)
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Video Kyrgyz Prime Minister Resigns

Kyrgyz Prime Minister Temir Sariev announced his resignation, but insisted he was innocent of corruption allegations made by one of his own ministers.
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Video Armenians March To Honor Nagorno-Karabakh Dead

Thousands of people took to the streets of Yerevan to pay respect to ethnic Armenians killed in recent fighting in Nagorno-Karabakh.
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Video Tear Gas Thrown At Inauguration Of Kosovo's President

Opposition protesters tried to disrupt the inauguration ceremony of Kosovo's newly elected president, Hashim Thaci, by throwing a tear gas. (RFE/RL's Balkan Service)
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Video Protester Arrested For Wearing Putin Mask In Red Square

Moscow police have once again arrested anti-Putin protester Roman Roslovtsev.
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Video Russia's Prime Minister Arrives In Yerevan

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev says he remains ready to act as an intermediary in resolving the conflict between Armenian and Azerbaijan over the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh. Medvedev arrived in Armenia's capital on April 6. (RFE/RL's Armenian Service)
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Video Kyrgyzstan Marks Anniversary Of Bloody Revolution

Ceremonies were held in Bishkek as, for the first time, Kyrgyzstan marked the anniversary of its 2010 revolution with a national holiday.
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Video Iraqis Flee Fighting With Islamic State Militants

More than 2,000 people have fled areas near Mosul, where Iraqi troops and Kurdish Peshmerga fighters are attempting to dislodge Islamic State militants.
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Video Devastation In Nagorno-Karabakh Village

There were scenes of devastation in the village of Talish, in Azerbaijan's breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh, following rocket attacks that reportedly took place before a cease-fire was declared.
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Video Cease-fire Appears To Be Holding In Nagorno-Karabakh

A cease-fire between Azerbaijan and Armenian-backed separatists was reported to have held overnight from April 4-5 in the disputed region. On April 6, Azerbaijan alleged that Armenia broke the ceasefire, but this could not be independently confirmed.
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Video Sarajevo Celebrates With Giant Coffee Break

People in Sarajevo celebrated on April 6 the anniversary of the city's liberation from Nazi occupation in 1945. They were able to drink coffee from what is claimed to be the largest coffee pot in the world, holding some 650 liters of the beverage. (RFE/RL's Balkan Service)
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Video Serbian Pensioners Rally To Protest Cuts

Several hundred pensioners gathered in the Serbian capital, Belgrade, to call on politicians to do more to help the elderly. They said recent cuts in state pensions have led some to the brink of starvation. (RFE/RL's Balkan Service)
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Video Islamic State Militants Pushed Out Of Strategic Iraqi City

Iraqi forces have taken the strategic city of Hit back from Islamic State militants. (RFE/RL's Radio Farda)
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Video Azerbaijani Power Station Destroyed Ahead Of Nagorno-Karabakh Cease-Fire

A power station in the Azerbaijani town of Agdam was reportedly destroyed a day before an April 5 cease-fire was due to take effect in the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh.
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Video Deadly Blast Hits Basra

The southern Iraqi port of Basra was hit by a suicide car bomber, as Islamic State militants claimed responsibility for bombings across the country.
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Video Ukrainians Lobby Dutch Ahead Of Referendum

The Ukrainian foreign minister joined campaigning in Amsterdam, days before the Dutch vote in a referendum on whether Ukraine's Association Agreement with the European Union should be ratified.
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Video Deadly Floods Hit Northwest Pakistan

Torrential rains caused flooding that claimed dozens of lives in Pakistan's Khyber-Pakhtunkwa Province.
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Video Closing Statements In Kyrgyz Revolution Trial

The defendants made their final statements in a trial relating to the 2010 revolt that toppled Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiev.
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Video Five Sentenced For Beating Azerbaijani Journalist To Death

A court in Baku sentenced five defendants to prison for beating to death a journalist last August after the victim had criticized a professional soccer player on social media. (RFE/RL's Azerbaijani Service)
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Video OSCE's Steinmeier Meets Tajik President

Frank-Walter Steinmeier, the German foreign minister and the chairman-in-office of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, met with Tajik President Emomali Rahmon in Dushanbe on April 1 at the end of a Central Asian tour. (RFE/RL's Tajik Service)
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Video Islamabad Protest Ends After Talks With Government

Islamists who had occupied a high security zone in front of Pakistan's federal parliament since March 27 ended their protest after talks with government officials. The demonstrators in Islamabad had demanded the enforcement of Sharia law in the country.
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Video Sikhs Reopen Pakistani Place Of Worship

The Sikh minority in the Pakistani city of Peshawar reopened a gurdwara, or place of worship, which had been closed for seven decades. (RFE/RL's Radio Mashaal)
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Video Pakistan Deploys More Forces To Deal With Protesters In Capital

Fresh troops have been deployed in the Pakistani capital, Islamabad, to dislodge protesters. Supporters of convicted murderer Mumtaz Qadri demonstrated for a fourth day. They are angry Qadri was executed last month for killing a provincial governor. (RFE/RL's Radio Mashaal)
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Video Afghan Cricket Team Comes Home To Hero's Welcome

Afghanistan's national cricket team came home to a hero's welcome after an outstanding performance at the World T20 cricket tournament in India. (RFE/RL’s Afghan Service)
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Video Afghan And Pakistani Artists Make Music Together

Musicians from Afghanistan and Pakistan came together to build closer ties between their countries. Performers from both nations shared the same stage at a cultural festival in the Pakistani city of Karachi. (RFE/RL'S Radio Mashaal)
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Video Supporters Of Governor's Assassin Arrested After Clashes In Pakistan

Supporters of a Pakistani governor's assassin were arrested in Islamabad following demonstrations.
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Video Moldovans March For Unification With Romania

Frustrated with corruption and economic turmoil, thousands of Moldovans marched through the streets of Chisinau on March 27 to demand their country be reunited with Romania. (RFE/RL's Moldovan Service)
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Video Syrians Remain Stuck On Macedonia-Serbia Border

More than 200 Syrian refugees remain trapped on Macedonia's border with Serbia after the closing of the so-called "Balkan route". For more than 20 days, they have lived in small camping tents, in cold, wet, and muddy conditions.
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Video Heavy Rain Causes Fatal Mudslides In Pakistan

Four laborers became the latest casualties in Pakistan, where two weeks of heavy rain has led to around 80 deaths. (RFE/RL's Radio Mashaal)
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Video Pakistani Hindus Celebrate Holi

It's that time of year again... Hindus in Pakistan have been throwing colored powder at each other to celebrate Holi. (RFE/RL's Radio Mashaal)
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Video Ukrainian Journalist Buried 16 Years After Killing

Relatives of Heorhiy Gongadze say questions still need to be answered about who ordered his killing and why, 16 years after his headless corpse was found in a wood near Kyiv.
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Video Bosnia War Victims Depart For Hague Ahead Of Karadzic Verdict

Members of an association of Bosnian war victims departed for The Hague, where the UN war crimes tribunal is due to deliver its verdict in the trial of former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic on Thursday.
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Video Protesters Allege Kosovar Prime Minister Threatened Journalist

Journalists in Kosovo protested after allegations the country's prime minister threatened one of their colleagues -- for breaking the story about his brother claiming asylum in Germany. (RFE/RL's Balkan Service)
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Video Ukrainian Pilot Savchenko 'Does Not Acknowledge Verdict'

Demonstrators gathered outside a court in southern Russia as a judge began delivering the verdict in the case of Ukrainian pilot Nadia Savchenko, who is charged with complicity in the killing of two Russian journalists. Savchenko's lawyer said she refuses to acknowledge the verdict.
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Video Azerbaijan Welcomes New Year With Norouz Festivities

Residents of the Azerbaijani capital, Baku, gathered to watch dance performances and carnival acts during the holiday of Norouz, the Persian New Year, on March 21. (RFE/RL's Azerbaijani Service)
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Video Crowds Celebrate Norouz In Kabul

Large crowds took part in festivities in Afghanistan's capital to mark Norouz, the new year on the Persian calendar. Participants in the celebrations raised a prayer pole symbolizing the seventh-century Caliph Ali at the Karte Sakhi mosque. (RFE/RL's Radio Free Afghanistan)

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March 31, 2016

Czech Republic Honors Klose, Pechacek, RFE/RL For Defending Freedom

Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka honors longtime RFE/RL executives for their "work for democracy, human rights and freedom,” thanks RFE/RL “for being a stable point of objectivity in the cosmos of disinformation.”
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March 18, 2016

RFE/RL Condemns Pressure Tactics Against Moscow Bureau

On March 18, RFE/RL's Moscow bureau administrator was approached at her home by two unknown men identifying themselves as journalists with Russia's NTV channel and seeking personal information.
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March 17, 2016

In Azerbaijan, No Pardon For Ismayilova

RFE/RL reacted with dismay that investigative journalist Khadija Ismayilova, a leading contributor to its Azerbaijani Service, was not among the several political prisoners pardoned and released from prison today in Azerbaijan.
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