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Germany&#39;s mainstream political parties were sharply rebuffed yesterday when voters in two regional elections in formerly communist East Germany handed extremists their best results in years.
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Germany faced a surge of far-right parties in eastern state elections, worrying about their rise and the ensuing damage to the country&#39;s image.
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The gains made by parties of the extreme right and left in elections in two eastern German states on Sunday spark much negative comment in regional and national papers.
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Al Qaeda and the Taliban appear stronger in the region than at any time since the U.S. invasion.
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One unfortunate outcome of Ukraine&#39;s disputed presidential election is that it has brought into stark relief an east-west divide within that large country.
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PRAGUE, Nov 24 (IPS) - Millions in Eastern Europe remain convinced that  life was better for them before communism collapsed 15 years ago.
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The brutality and meticulous planning of the school hostage-taking and other recent terror attacks in Russia have focused new attention on the growing influence of Islamic extremists over Chechen rebels and raised suspicions of a global terror connection.
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With Maoist attacks on the rise in Nepal, authorities apprehend large-scale displacement of people. In fact, a good indicator of this âflight of passageâ is a newspaper report on Iraq-bound Nepalese that
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I recently took part in a conference in Belgrade entitled "Dealing with the past in ex-Yugoslavia." Although the rest of post-communist Europe confronted such questions a decade ago, the Balkan wars of the ...
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The extreme right may have seen their support surge in regional elections in two former Communist states in eastern Germany but analysts concluded that the results were better than expected for Chancellor ...
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A Chechen human rights researcher is warning that militant Islamic ideology is gaining currency in the Russian separatist region of Chechnya and broadening its appeal elsewhere in the tense North Caucasus.
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When the Soviet Union occupied Afghanistan in the 1980s, Sheikh Mohammad Asif Mohseni formed an Islamic force while in exile to fight alongside other holy warriors against the invaders.
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Members of former East Germany's ruling communist party could emerge as a powerful force in Sunday polls.
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MOSCOW (CP) - Russia's once-mighty Communist party, battling internal strife and facing electoral extinction, has embraced a surprising late-life mission: to champion democracy against the encroachments of an increasingly authoritarian Kremlin.
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Soldiers joined the uprising against Ceausescu in 1989 As many as two million people were killed or persecuted by the former communist authorities in Romania, an official report says.Comment
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BERLIN - Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder&#39;s Social Democrats (SPD) face a fresh rout in polls in two ex-communist states, where ire over his economic reforms could drive German voters into the arms of extremists.
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Once a symbol of post-Soviet industrial decay, many are reviving and boosting local economies.