Belarus

Best Places For Smokers Traveling Abroad: A Top-10 List

LA Times | Mark Milian | Posted 11.01.2009 | World


With so many places around the world instituting smoking regulations, increasing taxes and, quite literally, kicking smokers to the curb, it's getting...

First Day Of Fall 2009: See Harvest Photos!

Huffington Post | Posted 09.22.2009 | Green


With the first day of fall upon us, we put together a tribute to the autumn harvest. From grapes and tobacco found in Bulgaria to coconuts from India...

The Scandal of International Religious Persecution

Doug Bandow | Posted 10.22.2009 | World


Doug Bandow

There is a good argument for treating religious liberty as the first freedom. If a government is unwilling to protect basic freedom when it comes to religious faith, then it is unlikely to tolerate political free-thinking either.

Lenin Statue Kills Belarusian Man

AP | Posted 09.10.2009 | World


MINSK, Belarus — A massive statue of Soviet founder Vladimir Lenin collapsed on a man who was hanging from it Monday, killing him on the spot, a...

Goodbye/Hello 7 "Human Rights Gone Wrong"

Patt Cottingham | Posted 06.13.2009 | World


Patt Cottingham

Goodbye to seating inhumane governments and regimes at the human rights table. Hello to removing inhumane governments and regimes at the human rights table.

Wine Guy Gary Vaynerchuk Gets Million-Dollar Book Deal

Dygest.net | Dygest.net | Posted 05.04.2009 | Home

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Gary Vaynerchuk is like the James Brown of Web 2.0 - the hardest-working man in the social media business. Forget turning water into wine, Vaynerchuk ...

Protesters Burn Presidential Portraits in Minsk

GroundReport | Posted 04.26.2009 | World


GroundReport

Published by GroundReport.com, a democratic global citizen news platform with over 4,000 international reporters. By Volha Birukova Protesters ...

Metropolitan Kirill Elected New Patriarch Of Russian Orthodox Church

Radio Free Europe | Jeffrey Donovan | Posted 02.28.2009 | World


The Russian Orthodox Church has overwhelmingly elected Metropolitan Kirill as its new leader, succeeding the late Patriarch Aleksy II, the shepherd of...

Defiance is Not Just Another Holocaust Movie: Jews Can Be Tough Guys, Too

Michael Russnow | Posted 01.10.2009 | Entertainment


Michael Russnow

It is extraordinarily moving in ways that surprise us and reassure us even as some of our favorites are slain and we wonder whether everything they're doing is all for naught.

Belarus bomb explosion wounds more than 50

AP | YURAS KARMANAU | Posted 07.12.2008 | Home


MINSK, Belarus — A homemade bomb tore through a crowd that included the country's authoritarian president early Friday, wounding more than 50 pe...

US diplomats leave Belarus amid escalating diplomatic spat

AP | YURAS KARMANAU | Posted 05.11.2008 | Politics


MINSK, Belarus — Eleven U.S. diplomats left Belarus on Saturday after being declared persona non grata amid escalating diplomatic tensions betwe...