Wednesday, February 13, 2013


  • Closing The Smoking Gap

    Until recently, cigarettes were seen as an indulgence enjoyed mainly by Kazakhstan's men. But now, rising spending power and shrinking social stigmas mean more Kazakh women are picking up the habit.

  • 'High Five' Spells Trouble For Iran Diplomat

    Who cares if Tehran's ambassador to Germany, Reza Sheikh Attar, and Green Party Chairwoman Claudia Roth joyfully greeted each other over the weekend? Iranian hard-liners, that's who.

  • Bring On The Goons

    Moscow gets a new volunteer squad to help migration authorities catch illegal migrants. Rights campaigners are deeply concerned about the decision.



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Video Crumbling Classrooms In Northwest Pakistan

Pakistani schoolchildren in the Shabqadar district of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Province attend overcrowded classes in a leaky 100-year-old schoolhouse made of mud. The aging facilities are only one indication of the struggling educational system in this poor region. (Produced by Shah Nawaz Tarakzai, RFE/RL's Radio Mashaal)

Photogallery In Belarus, Mobile Grocer Provides Crucial Lifeline

RFE/RL's Belarus Service made midwinter visits to a handful of villages outside Minsk that have no grocery stores. Residents around Vialeyka, around 100 kilometers northwest of the capital, instead get their groceries from an "autalauka," a sort of mobile shop that was more widespread throughout the Soviet Union decades ago. (12 PHOTOS)

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