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Kyrgyz Parliament Sacrifices 7 Sheep to Expel 'Evil Spirits'

BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan - Lawmakers in Kyrgyzstan's raucous parliament have sacrificed seven sheep in what they call a bid to drive evil spirits out of the chamber. Parliament press officer Shairbek Mamatoktorov said almost all the deputies attended Thursday morning's traditional ceremony. He says meat from the slaughtered...

Putin's Peak: Kyrgyzstan Names Mountain After Russian Leader

Lawmakers in Kyrgyzstan have gone to great heights to honor Vladimir Putin, naming one of their country's high peaks after the Russian prime minister. The Kyrgyzstan Parliament voted nearly unanimously Thursday to name a mountain in the Tian Shan range as the "Peak of Vladimir Putin," Agence France-Presse...

Suspected Israeli Neo-Nazi Arrested After Extradition

JERUSALEM -- A non-Jewish Israeli immigrant from Russia suspected of leading a neo-Nazi youth gang was arrested here after he was extradited from Kyrgystan to Israel. Israeli officials say Dmitri Bogotich, 24, headed a gang that assaulted the homeless, foreign workers, drug addicts and religious Jews. Eight members of the...

British Royals Slammed in Diplomatic Dispatches

LONDON (Nov. 30) -- Prince Andrew is a "rude" boor who holds unflattering views of Americans, the French and British anti-corruption investigators. Prince Charles, his older brother and heir to the throne, might not be a worthy successor to Queen Elizabeth II. Those are just some of the damning diplomatic assessments of...

Dancing Bear-Gate Strikes The Washington Post

ANALYSIS (Nov. 3) -- The Washington Post has a long and storied tradition of groundbreaking journalism, the pinnacle of which still arguably remains the Watergate investigation. As recently as Monday, staff writer Andrew Higgins produced a great story on U.S. military contracts to shady operators in...