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A group of Iraqi political leaders says the kidnapping of relatives of Prime Minister Iyad Allawi will have no impact on the policies of his government.

A group of journalists and executives at TV Channel 5 — an RFE/RL affiliate partner and the only television station remaining in Ukraine not controlled by the government — have…

Former Taliban leader Abdul Salam Rokety has told Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty that the October 9 presidential election marked a defeat for the Taliban in Afghanistan.

RFE/RL President Thomas A. Dine today sent a letter to Armenian President Robert Kocharian, denouncing the “Soviet-style” cancellation of the new RFE/RL Armenian Service news and analysis program.

A new television program created by and featuring news and analysis from RFE/RL’s Armenian Service, was abruptly pulled from the schedule of the local Armenian television station “Kentron” on October…

Correspondents with RFE/RL’s Russian and Azerbaijani Services have faced new harrassment by local law enforcement officials within the past week as a result of their coverage of the Caucasus region.

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty correspondent Andrei Babitsky was released from jail in Moscow today after appealing yesterday’s sentence by a lower court judge.

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty Correspondent Andrei Babitsky was sentenced today on trumped-up charges by Russian authorities.

RFE/RL Russian Service Correspondent Andrei Babitsky was harassed and detained today by police at Vnukovo Airport in Moscow, where he was attempting to fly to southern Russia to cover the…