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Periscope.(various; world news)(Statistical Data Included)
RUSSIA
A Loss for Liberty
It's no secret in Moscow that Russian President Vladimir Putin has long had a beef with Radio Free Europe-Radio Liberty. It's no surprise either: one could hardly have expected the ex-KGB officer to embrace a radio station created during the cold war to broadcast American-style news deep behind enemy lines. But until recently, Putin only hinted at his dislike. That changed last Thursday, when he removed the legal basis for the station to be located in Russia.
During the cold war, Radio Free Europe-Radio Liberty--known in Russian as Radio Svoboda--was a rare source of unvarnished news for Russians. In 1991, the then ...
- House-to-house search for Mullah Omar.
- News wire article from: United Press International January 4, 2002 700+ words
...Kabul said the troops are looking for Mullah Omar in a narrow tribal belt in southwestern...Mohammed Amin Farhang, who said, "Mullah Omar may have already been arrested." A...television network that he has "heard Mullah Omar has been arrested." Mullah Omar is...
- For Pashtuns, a tradition of heroes with special powers; In barely literate...
- Newspaper article from: The Christian Science Monitor February 6, 2003 700+ words
...Science Monitor MARDAN, PAKISTAN -- Mullah Omar - the Pashtun founder of the Taliban...decisions on these dreams. For some, Mullah Omar has the potential to transform himself...to some. Others say that the longer Mullah Omar eludes American forces - the US military...
- Mullah Omar vows to retake Afghanistan.
- News wire article from: PPI - Pakistan Press International November 12, 2004 700+ words
...independence, reported BBC on Friday. Mullah Omar sent a two-page message to the Afghan...brotherhood and steadfastness than before. Mullah Omar led the Taliban regime that ruled Afghanistan...US-led forces marched on the city. Mullah Omar said the jihad, or holy war, being...
- Report: Mullah Omar already captured.
- News wire article from: United Press International January 4, 2002 700+ words
...state television network that he has "heard Mullah Omar has been arrested." Mullah Omar is the second most wanted man in Afghanistan...toppled the Taliban regime, both bin Laden and Mullah Omar slipped out of Kandahar before the anti...
- The Mysterious Mullah Omar; Tracing the elusive footsteps of the Taliban's...
- Magazine article from: Newsweek March 5, 2007 700+ words
...second communication he's gotten from Mullah Omar this year--after not one word since...Ghul Agha received an audiocassette of Mullah Omar praising the virtue of self-sacrifice...few years, we heard only rumors about Mullah Omar," he says. "Now we hear from him...
- Osama, Mullah Omar alive, well: Taliban commander.
- News wire article from: PPI - Pakistan Press International June 15, 2005 700+ words
...and Afghanistan's former Taliban leader Mullah Omar are alive and well. Bin Laden is safe and...government in 2001 said " I am in contact with Mullah Omar and take directions from him. Mullah Omar is still leading the Taliban. Amirul Momineen...
- Osama, Mullah Omar still alive: Yusufzai.
- News wire article from: PTI - The Press Trust of India Ltd. May 16, 2005 700+ words
...chief Osama bin Laden and Taliban leader Mullah Omar are alive and would soon send a video...both the terrorists. "Both Osama and Mullah Omar are alive. There is no evidence to...there is no doubt about the presence of Mullah Omar as he regularly sends audio cassettes...
- Taliban chief Mullah Omar alive and active: report.
- News wire article from: PTI - The Press Trust of India Ltd. December 20, 2004 700+ words
New York, Dec 20 (PTI) Mullah Omar, the elusive one-eyed head of...resuscitate his ebbing movement. "Mullah Omar has never been more active...Laden is believed to feel that Mullah Omar's guerrillas are not putting...