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 The 2003 Best of Turkmen Pupils Competition results have been announced in the capital of Turkmenistan. That was the first government-sponsored intellectual-and-creative contest in the country. Leili Arslanova, a secondary school leaver from the Murgabsky district, Maryisky region, was pronounced the winner. She proved to be the best and quickest as far as the citation of “Ruhnama” goes. Her excellent knowledge of this spiritual guide for the Turkmen people authored by president Saparmurat Niyazov and of his verses secured her victory. Full Story...Dissidents need no chieftains
 On July 1, a seminar called “On the way to democracy in Cuba” took place in Madrid. Problems of Cuba and of the dissidence in the island were discussed. Among others, Vaclav Havel, former president of Czekh republic, and Miguel Angel Rodriguez, former president of Costa Rica, were present. Oswaldo Paya, one of the leaders of the dissidents, addressed the gathering by telephone from Havana. The purpose of the seminar was to find the ways for gaining international support for the inner opposition in Cuba. Probably, the seminar and the telephone address were reasons behind the document signed by prominent Cuban dissidents. They named the text “Declaration of principles”. Full Story...Turkey decides to reconcile Armenia with Azerbaijan
Official Ankara has put forward the initiative to hold a summit of the foreign ministers of Turkey, Azerbaijan and Armenia. This was announced by Akhmed Unal Chevikez, Turkish Ambassador in Baku, at his meeting with the students of Baku’s Western University. Full Story...Death penalty will arrive after Jury
 A trial by jury has once again begun to operate in Moscow today. This institution was first introduced by Alexander II in 1864 and abolished by the Bolsheviks after the Revolution in 1917. All-around exultation about the gradual introduction of the institution of jury has been clouded by an expectation of something the judicial reform supporters
don’t particularly like to discuss. The absence of jury in at least one of the Russian regions is the only factor restricting the use the capital punishment in Russia today. Full Story... Temporarily vacant homes seized in Turkmenistan
 Between 22 April and 22 June, following an order from President Saparmurad Niyazov which was not made public, commissions were set up in Turkmenistan to carry out house-to-house searches. Full Story...Furniture for the President
 Ukrainian opposition parties have asked the country’s office of public prosecutions to investigate the legality of purchasing Italian furniture for President Leonid Kuchma’s presidential suite, and the office of his administration. His opponents say that “By spending more than 2.6 million US dollars on foreign goods, the president has insulted domestic industry.” Full Story...Comintern joins the “New Technology” age
 As of today the archives of the Comintern have joined the electronic age. The electronic version was officially “opened” on 27 June in Moscow, and is situated in the Russian State Archives of Socio-Political History (RSASH). This is the same place where the archives were located during the Soviet era. Full Story...Belarus Lyceum dissolved
 On 25 June, the Belarus authorities liquidated the country’s only lyceum teaching in the country’s native language, Belarussian: the Kolas National Humanitarian Lyceum. Full Story...There is no sex in Kirghizia but many cases of AIDS
 According to Kirghizia’s Health Ministry, there are 419 registered cases of AIDS in the republic, including foreign nationals. Nearly half of them live in the south, in Osh Region where, paradoxically, the influence of Islam is much stronger than in the north of the country. This information came on 24th June from the Osh Regional Centre for prevention and Treatment of AIDS. However, according to some
unofficial data, the number of those infected with the deadly virus exceeds this figure by at least five times. Full Story... Cuban dissidents address to the free world
 On June 25 it was 100 days since the beginning of a repression campaign initiated in March of this year against dissidents and independent journalists in Cuba. On the eve of this day, Cuban minister of the foreign affairs Felipe Perez Roque have introduced a book “Los Disidentes” (Dissidents), designed to discredit opposition in the eyes of citizen, to the media. On June, 26 the five of the remaining free leaders of Cuban opposition issued a common statement. Full Story...[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22] [23] [24] [25] [26] [27] [28] [29] [30] [31] [32] [33] [34] [35] [36] [37] [38] [39] [40] [41] [42] [43] |
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