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 Chernobyl Exchange Teen
  Demands to Stay in US

Furious Belarus officials call California host family 'kidnappers'

Los Angeles Times Los Angeles Times Sep 8, 08 8:25 CDT
(Newser) - A Chernobyl exchange teen who doesn’t want to leave her host California family has infuriated Belarus officials, who are demanding her return. Tanya Kazyra, 16, has spent the last nine summers with a Petaluma family as part of a humanitarian exchange health program for children suffering the effects of living in the Chernobyl region. Her host family is standing behind her. "I love her like a daughter," said her California "mom." More »

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Post-Soviet States No Longer Russian Puppets

Reactions to Georgia show self-interest

BBC BBC Aug 22, 08 1:56 PM CDT
(Newser) - Former cold warriors can be expected to see the Georgian conflict as signalling a return to simpler East-vs-West geopolitics, writes Bridget Kendall for the BBC. But the reaction of the post-Soviet states shows something very different: Former Soviet client states whose loyalty was assured 20 years ago—including Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Belarus—are now looking out for themselves first. More »

More about:  Russia • Georgia • NATO • Ukraine • invasion • Belarus • sovereignty

Gramm in Doghouse After 'Nation of Whiners' Crack

Top McCain adviser in trouble with candidate, claims he was misquoted

Time Time Jul 10, 08 4:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - After Phil Gramm, a ranking economic adviser to John McCain, described America as a “nation of whiners” suffering from a “mental recession,” the campaign trail is lit up over the topic, Time reports: From McCain himself, “Phil Gramm does not speak for me. I speak for me.” Asked about the Texan’s future job prospects, “I think Sen. Gramm would be in serious consideration for Ambassador to Belarus.” More »

More about:  Barack Obama • John McCain • recession • Dr Phil • Phil Gramm • Belarus

US Flip-Flops on Closing Belarus' DC Embassy

Shuttering was to be retaliation for republic's booting of Americans

Associated Press Associated Press May 1, 08 2:23 PM CDT
(Newser) - Washington backpedaled at the last minute from closing the Belarusian embassy today, the AP reports. The State Department aims to retaliate for yesterday's expulsion of most of the staff of the US embassy in Minsk—and could yet take action against Belarus diplomats, an official said. More »

More about:  diplomacy • US Embassy • ambassador • Belarus • diplomatic ties • Alexander Lukashenko

Belarus Expels US Diplomats

Souring relations take a turn for the worse after Washington's criticism, economic sanctions

Associated Press Associated Press Apr 30, 08 3:51 PM CDT
(Newser) - Belarus ordered most of the staff of the US embassy to leave the country today, a sign of souring relations between the states, the AP reports. The top US diplomat in the former Soviet republic says all but six staffers have been ordered out within 72 hours. More »

More about:  political prisoner • Belarus • Alexander Lukashenko

 China Off US Rights Blacklist 

State Dept. report drops China from top 10 worst abusers despite poor record

New York Times New York Times Mar 12, 08 10:26 CDT
(Newser) - The State Department has taken China off its list of the world's 10 worst human rights abusers, the New York Time s reports. China's human rights record "remained poor," the department's annual report said, with abuses including "extrajudicial killings, torture, and coerced confessions of prisoners." Officials declined to explain why the country was dropped from the list or whether it had anything to do with the Beijing Olympics. More »

Belarus Merger Could Return Putin to Office

New constitution
would give president
new lease on power

Christian Science Monitor Christian Science Monitor Dec 10, 07 1:47 PM CST
(Newser) - Vladimir Putin may release a secret weapon this week: a Russian political union with neighboring Belarus that could extend his leadership indefinitely. As the ex-KGB operative’s presidential terms run out, observers look to a merger of nations—including currency, legal system, and armed forces—as an opportunity for a new constitution allowing Putin to be provisional leader of the merged states, the Christian Science Monitor reports. More »

More about:  Vladimir Putin • constitution • KGB • Belarus • USSR

Russia's New Weight Tips Global Scales

Putin's policies on Kosovo, Iran, nukes ruffle US, Euro feathers

Christian Science Monitor Christian Science Monitor Oct 4, 07 12:22 PM CDT
(Newser) - Vladimir Putin's Russia is charging back into the international spotlight, the C hristian Science Monitor reports, challenging European and US policies on a variety of issues. Putin has thrown a wrench into Kosovo’s all-but-assured independence from Serbia, backing Belgrade’s efforts to keep the province. Russian planes recently violated Norwegian airspace, and the Kremlin has stalled on sanctions for Iranian uranium enrichment. More »

More about:  Russia • European Union • Vladimir Putin • NATO • Serbia • Ukraine • Kosovo • Cold War • Norway • US • Belarus

Nazi 'Mascot' Tells His Story

Jewish boy became
SS plaything, kept
secret until 1997

BBC BBC Aug 21, 07 11:33 CDT
(Newser) - A new book details the secret history of a Jewish boy who became a mascot for the Nazi SS. After fleeing a Belarus village on the day his family was massacred, the 5-year-old was rescued by a Nazi soldier who gave him a new name—Alex Kurzem— and identity as a Russian orphan, the BBC reports. He then became an entertainer for soldiers, and was advertised as “the Reich’s youngest Nazi.” More »

More about:  Nazi • World War II • Jews • Holocaust • orphan • Belarus • mascot

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