Pakistan’s Sassy TV Star, Veena Malik
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October 7, 2011
June 29, 2011
Taliban raid on Kabul hotel leaves 8 civilians, 2 policemen dead
At least eight civilians and two policemen were killed in a raid by a group of Taliban on a landmark hotel in the Afghan capital of Kabul on Tuesday night where senior provincial governors were staying, police say. At least eight militants, some of them suicide bombers, were involved in the attack on the heavily-guarded [...]
June 24, 2011
Podcast: Can Anyone Fill Bonner’s Shoes? Plus, Voices From Syria And A Crossword Controversy
The Blender Is there anyone among Russia’s young activists who can fill the void left by the death of Yelena Bonner? Has Russia lost its greatest moral voice? In this week’s show, we look at the legacy of Russian rights activist Yelena Bonner, whose death on June 18 silenced one of the most outspoken critics [...]
June 24, 2011
Russian Press at a Glance, Friday, June 24, 2011
POLITICS The presidents of Russia, Armenia and Azerbaijan will meet on Friday in the Volga city of Kazan in an attempt to move closer to a settlement of the two-decade conflict between Baku and Yerevan over Nagorny Karabakh. The summit could bring a long-awaited breakthrough as Russian President Dmitry Medvedev is expected to present a [...]
June 23, 2011
Uncertain World: Twenty years after the Balkan tragedy
On June 25, 1991, Slovenia and Croatia, two republics of the former Yugoslavia, declared independence. Although political tensions provoked by ethnic strife started in Yugoslavia long before that, that day 20 years ago is seen as the beginning of a bloody fratricidal war that was to be the genesis of seven new European states. Fyodor [...]
June 23, 2011
June 22, 2011
Russian Envoy Sees Role Rebuilding Afghanistan
Afghans constructing a building in Kabul last week. Russia has embarked on a series of projects in Afghanistan. KABUL, Afghanistan — Russia wants to enlarge its presence in Afghanistan and rebuild the country where Soviet troops fought a disastrous decade-long war, Russia’s envoy to Kabul said, describing ties between the two former foes as the best in 20 years. Although Russia has refused to send troops [...]
June 21, 2011
Central Asia in stagnation
Russia can no longer afford to pay for its nominal allies with tax-payer money. Libya, Algeria, Syria, and Egypt all owed money to the Soviet Union, but what did we receive in return? And what do we expect to receive from Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko? Russia has finally stopped lending large sums of money to [...]
June 18, 2011
Charges against bin Laden officially dropped
A federal court in New York officially dismissed on Friday the 13-year-old federal court case against Osama bin Laden, the former al Qaeda leader who was killed in a U.S. raid in May, U.S. media reported. Manhattan Federal Court Judge Lewis Kaplan granted a request from prosecutors to drop all charges against bin Laden, given [...]
June 17, 2011
The new, aging face of al Qaeda
Ayman al-Zawahiri, al Qaeda’s longtime No. 2, has been chosen as the new leader of the global terrorist organization, according to postings on Jihadist websites. Zawahiri, a former doctor from Egypt, has been hiding from U.S. special services for nearly a decade. He will turn 60 on June 19. Islamists are not known to make [...]
June 16, 2011
Al Qaeda appoints al-Zawahiri as new chief
Ayman al-Zawahiri, the leader of the Egyptian Islamic Jihad terrorist organization, has been appointed the new chief of al-Qaeda, Arabic-language websites reported on Thursday. Al-Zawahiri, 59, a qualified surgeon, was former al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden’s personal advisor and physician. Bin Laden was killed by U.S. Special Forces during a raid on his hideout in [...]
June 16, 2011
Uncertain World: SCO’s 10 year search for balance
Created for the purely practical purpose of settling border disputes between China and the former Soviet republics in Central Asia, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization has evolved into a major regional and global political player since its founding 10 years ago. Fyodor Lukyanov The leaders of its member states met in Astana this week to mark [...]
June 15, 2011
Ahmadinejad Joins China, Russia Leaders At Regional Summit
Iran’s President Mahmud Ahmadinejad has launched a new attack on the West at a regional summit in Kazakshtan. Ahmadinejad, speaking at a meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in the Kazakh capital, Astana, called for a new world order to replace the current one, which he said was “managed and run by slavers and [...]
June 15, 2011
Pakistan counts on full-scale SCO membership ‘soon’
Pakistan expects to receive full-fledged membership at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization soon, President Asif Ali Zardari said on Wednesday. “We hope that our membership application will be put on a fast track,” he told a six-nation summit in Astana. “In the meantime, Pakistan will participate in all of the SCO’s peace and development programs.” The [...]
June 14, 2011
Afghanistan Looms Over SCO Summit
President Dmitry Medvedev joined other heads of state in the Kazakh capital on Tuesday evening for the opening of a two-day summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization that is expected to be dominated by Afghanistan. Medvedev will meet with Afghan President Hamid Karzai to discuss bilateral relations on the sidelines of the 10th anniversary summit Wednesday, the Kremlin said in a statement. Afghanistan’s future is key for the SCO [...]