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Taliban fighters seize district in Eastern Afghanistan
Afghan officials say Taliban militants have overtaken a remote district in eastern Afghanistan after days of heavy fighting with police. Provincial officials say the insurgents took control of Barg-e-Matal district on Saturday after forcing police to...
US preparing for retaliatory strike if terror attack traced to Pakistan
Police in Pakistan say Taliban attackers carried out Friday's bloody attack on two mosques in Lahore belonging to the Ahmadi religious minority. Police said Saturday that the attackers were Pakistani Taliban fighters who trained in the North Waziristan...
"Outrageous" and "ridiculous": Police chased reporters away from the White House
On Tuesday, police chased reporters away from the White House and closed Lafayette Park in response to a gay rights protest. Protesters, several service members in full uniform, handcuffed themselves to fences outside the White House...
Yerevan: Police chief says Kyrgyz scenario 'impossible in Armenia'
Armenia's police chief warned the country's opposition leaders against staging the kind of revolt that brought down the government in Kyrgyzstan, RFE/RL's Armenian Service reports. Alik Sarkisian said at a press conference on April 14 that "[such...
Moldova arrests ex-Chisinau police chief for role in 2009
Chisinau's former police chief was arrested today in connection with the violent protests that led to hundreds of arrests of demonstrators in April 2009, RFE/RL's Moldovan Service reports. Iacob Gumenita was charged with abuse of power earlier this month...
Kyrgyzstan: Tulip revolution reloaded
By Erica Marat April 7 became yet another day of momentous change in Kyrgyzstan. More than 70 people died during clashes with police, and roughly 1,000 were injured in anti-government protests across the country (www.diesel.elcat.kg, April 8). The scope...
Rosa Otunbayeva, head of the Kyrgyz political opposition: We are now in control
Suzanne Presto Kyrgyz political opposition claims to have seized power The political opposition in Kyrgyzstan says it has seized power, after thousands of anti-government protesters clashed with police in the capital, Bishkek, and other cities...
Over 20 Moldovan policemen suspected of maltreating protesters suspended
Over 20 Interior Ministry (MAI) employees suspected of having maltreated participants in the last April riots have been suspended under an order by the interior minister. The list of names of these people was submitted both to the Moldovan leadership...
Kyrgyz police storm occupied government building seized by protesters in Talas
Police in the Kyrgyz city of Talas are reported to have stormed a government building seized by protesters. The move came after the group of protesters forced its way into the regional government's office in the northwestern city earlier in the day and...
Moldovan policemen involved in violent reprisals against protesters to resign
Moldovan Prime Minister Vlad Filat has asked Interior Minister Victor Catan to temporarily relieve of their duties the policemen who are suspected of having participated in violent reprisals against protesters on 7 April 2009, the government's press service...
