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The mass sickness among the students of three schools in Afghanistan's northern Konduz Province over the weekend has raised alarm in a region under constant attack by Taliban militants. While authorities investigate the incidents, some suspect a new insurgent tactic to discourage girls' education, which the Taliban opposes.
Religious leaders from Azerbaijan, Armenia, and Russia have called for a peaceful resolution to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. The call came as the head of Armenia's Apostolic Church made his first-ever visit to Azerbaijan today.
Finance ministers from the Group of 20 rich and emerging countries have said the global economy is pulling from recession faster than expected despite growing concerns over Greece's debt crisis.
Several thousand Ukrainians have rallied in front of parliament to protest against a deal allowing Russia to keep its navy in Ukraine's Crimea for another 25 years.
Armenia today marked the 95th anniversary of the mass killing of Armenians under Ottoman Turkey, amid fresh tensions with Ankara over the World War I massacre.
A British citizen has been arrested in Kyrgyzstan on charges of laundering money under the rule of ousted President Kurmanbek Bakiev.
Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou has asked the European Union and International Monetary Fund to help bail his country out of its ever deepening financial crisis.
Armenia's president has confirmed that Yerevan is suspending parliamentary ratification of a historic deal to normalize ties with Turkey. But he says Armenia is not fully leaving the process.
Iran has begun large-scale military exercises in the Persian Gulf, amid a continuing standoff with the West over Tehran's disputed nuclear program.
In his first public comments from exile, Kyrgyzstan's ousted leader said he remains the legitimate president of the country and called on the international community not to recognize the interim government in Bishkek.
Ukraine has agreed to a lengthy extension for the Russian Black Sea Fleet's base in Crimea in exchange for a major discount on Kyiv's imports of Russian gas.
The race to form a new Iraqi government has been thrown open by an Iraqi judicial panel's order for a recount of more than 2.5 million ballots cast in Baghdad during the March 7 parliamentary election.
Kyrgyzstan's interim government has pledged to hold an independent inquiry into the April 7 shooting on antigovernment protesters that killed more than 80 people and injured hundreds more.
Worry and anger mount among Afghans over death sentences carried out by Iranian authorities against Afghan prisoners in recent weeks.
Russia's mass-circulation "Komsomolskaya pravda" newspaper recently published photos of 22 women who police suspect could become suicide bombers. The newspaper defends the move, saying it is in the public interest. Critics say it violates the rights of people who have committed no crime.
Vote counting has begun in Kosovo's first elections since the territory declared independence from Serbia nearly two years ago. But officials were already grappling with apparent irregularities in the landmark voting.
In a telephone interview with RFE/RL's Radio Farda, Shirin Ebadi says officials in the latest raid broke the law in several respects and are targeting her in the wake of recent UN criticism of the rights situation in Iran.
International negotiations in Geneva designed to build confidence between Russia and Georgia have broken down over Moscow's demand that representatives from the breakaway regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia be allowed to participate fully.
Friends, relatives, and supporters of slain Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya are marking the second anniversary of her death -- and asking why her killers have not been brought to justice.
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