Tuesday, October 16, 2012


  • Shutting Up Shop

    A growing number of officials and former officials from the government of Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili have gone missing since Saakashvili's party lost power in legislative elections on October 1.

  • Treatment Of Putin Protester Sparks Outrage

    Russian investigators probing a large anti-Putin rally in Moscow in May have asked that one of the protesters be forcibly detained in a psychiatric ward. The severity of the charges against the demonstrators have stunned many.

  • Video Karadzic Denies War Crimes Charges

    Bosnian Serb wartime leader Radovan Karadzic has begun his defense at the UN war crimes tribunal by denying all allegations, saying instead he should be praised for his efforts to promote peace.



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Video Georgia Looks Toward End Of Russian Wine Embargo

Russia hit Georgia six years ago with a wine embargo. Suddenly, the market that had consumed 80 percent of Georgia’s wine exports closed. Now there is serious talk of lifting the embargo. Voice of America's James Brooke reports from Sighnaghi, Georgia, on how the country’s wine industry has fared during the past six years and its future.

Photogallery 50 Years Since Cuban Missile Crisis

One of the Cold War's gravest superpower confrontations kicked off in earnest on October 14, 1962, when images from a U.S. spy plane confirmed the construction of Soviet missile bases in Cuba, about 150 kilometers from U.S. shores.

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Armenia's Christian Heritage Under Threat

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After Elections, Many Georgian Officials Go Missing, Leave Town

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Pakistan Taliban Threaten Media

The leader of the Pakistani Taliban has reportedly issued instructions to his subordinates in several cities to attack media organizations after the shooting of 14 year-old Malala Yousufzai.
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Ukraine's TVi Struggles to Survive

The survival of TVi, an independent television station in Ukraine, is at risk as a result of what many believe is a government-orchestrated campaign to silence the station in advance of parliamentary elections later this month.
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