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![Across Borders And Battle Lines, Four Mothers Affected By War
In recent interviews with four mothers of the dead from different sides of the war, RFE/RL found little talk of politics or ideology…[read more]](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1l6bl5Wj01qkgi6go1_r1_500.jpg)
Across Borders And Battle Lines, Four Mothers Affected By War
In recent interviews with four mothers of the dead from different sides of the war, RFE/RL found little talk of politics or ideology…[read more]
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Dance-Off At Uzbekistan’s Norouz
What do you get when you put together a U.S. diplomat, a septuagenarian Central Asian dictator, and a giant public celebration of the New Year?
The answer, at least in the eyes of state broadcasters in Uzbekistan, is great television…[read more]
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@AzadiRadio interviews #NATO #ISAF spokesman Jacobson on protests against Koran burning: “It is a clear mistake. It is just not understanding what it meant to take religious material for destruction and in particular, to have Korans involved in it. It is a very clear mistake.”
Photo by Radio Azadi’s Sayaed Jan Sabawoon.
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Pakistani journalist Ahmed Rashid, a noted author on Taliban and Al-Qaeda militancy in the region, speaking today in a phone interview with RFE/RL’s Abubakar Siddique about a classified NATO report obtained by news organizations in Afghanistan saying Taliban and other militants receive support from elements within Pakistan’s intelligence services.
“It’s very well known amongst NATO militaries [and] amongst the U.S. military. I was told by senior American generals that they approached [U.S.] President [George W.] Bush and Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld back in 2005 about the support that the Taliban were getting from Pakistan. But it was ignored by Bush at that time. So this is nothing new, I think, for anyone. But the fact that it should be leaked and that it should come in such language, I suppose, is going to create quite a furor.” -
In case you missed it, take a look at what the Iranian government announced last week: Want A ‘U.S. Drone’? You Can Order One From Iran
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![Kim Dotcom, The Pirate The U.S. Wants To Take Down
Kim Dotcom, the founder of one of the world’s largest file-sharing websites, is accused by U.S. authorities of being a money launderer who built up a fortune through Internet piracy.
When Dotcom was arrested in New Zealand on January 20, police who raided his country estate at the request of the U.S. FBI had to cut him out of a safe room where he was barricaded…[READ MORE]](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ly9873TmAC1qkgi6go1_500.jpg)
Kim Dotcom, The Pirate The U.S. Wants To Take Down
Kim Dotcom, the founder of one of the world’s largest file-sharing websites, is accused by U.S. authorities of being a money launderer who built up a fortune through Internet piracy.
When Dotcom was arrested in New Zealand on January 20, police who raided his country estate at the request of the U.S. FBI had to cut him out of a safe room where he was barricaded…[READ MORE] -
![Want A ‘U.S. Drone’? You Can Order One From Iran
Iranian state radio has said that an Iranian company is sending the United States a model of the American surveillance drone captured by Tehran…[READ MORE]](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxzjutvHZM1qkgi6go1_500.jpg)
Want A ‘U.S. Drone’? You Can Order One From Iran
Iranian state radio has said that an Iranian company is sending the United States a model of the American surveillance drone captured by Tehran…[READ MORE] -
Iran Sentences U.S. Man To Death For ‘Spying’
Iran’s semi-official Fars news agency says Iran’s Revolutionary Court has sentenced an Iranian-U.S. man to death for spying for the CIA.
Fars said Amir Mirzai Hekmati, 28, a U.S. former Marine who also holds Iranian citizenship, was “sentenced to death for cooperating with a hostile nation and spying for the CIA.” -
U.S. Probe Cites Mistakes In Deadly Pakistan Air Strike
A young child holds a placard while posing with tribesmen as they stand on a NATO flag during a demonstration in Islamabad following the deadly air strike.
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![U.S. Launches ‘Virtual’ Embassy For Iran
The United States has launched what it’s billing as a “virtual Iranian embassy” in an effort to engage with that country more than three decades after the U.S. Embassy in Tehran was closed and diplomatic relations were cut with Iran…[READ MORE]](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvtsb14kH41qkgi6go1_500.jpg)
U.S. Launches ‘Virtual’ Embassy For Iran
The United States has launched what it’s billing as a “virtual Iranian embassy” in an effort to engage with that country more than three decades after the U.S. Embassy in Tehran was closed and diplomatic relations were cut with Iran…[READ MORE]
