Russia -- Prime Minister Vladimir Putin attends a United Russia party's congress in Moscow, 23Sep2011

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With this weekend's announcement that he will run for president in the March 2012 election, Vladimir Putin appears on track to become Russia's longest-serving ruler since Josef Stalin. More

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If American drone strikes violate Pakistani sovereignty, what about all of the foreign militants who not only launch attacks across the border into Afghanistan but are also a huge security threat to the people of Pakistan? More

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NATO peacekeepers are busy blocking "alternative" border crossings into Serbia set up by Kosovar Serbs as they continue to protest the presence of Kosovo police and customs officials on the border.
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The Kyrgyz parliament has overturned a presidential veto and converted the Channel 5 television company into a parliamentary TV channel.
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A Uyghur man from China's northwestern Xinjiang Province who has been jailed for entering Kazakhstan illegally is worried he will be deported to China.
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Protest In Azerbaijani Capital Against Prostitution

More than 300 residents of a Baku district have staged a protest against the use of local cafes for soliciting by prostitutes.
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Parents Of Dead Azerbaijani Soldiers Criticize Probe

The parents of Azerbaijani soldiers killed earlier this year in what the Defense Ministry called "a serious crime" say officials did not properly investigate the case.
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Kyrgyz President Roza Otunbaeva has proposed that the United Nations develops mechanisms to hold authoritarian rulers responsible for their actions.
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Writing for "The Washington Post," RFE writer at large James Kirchick argues that President Alyaksandr Lukashenka's recent pardons of political prisoners of Belarus actually follow a rather familiar pattern.
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