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Monday 28 December 2009
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![The Glory Memorial, a Soviet-era monument by sculptor Merab Berdzenishvili - Georgian officials ordered the Glory Memorial to be razed to make way for a new parliament building. The memorial, dedicated to the thousands of Georgian soldiers who lost their lives fighting for the USSR in World War II, stood in Kutaisi, Georgia's second-largest city.]()
December 20, 2009Soviet-Era Monument Demolished In Georgia
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![A woman casts her ballot at a polling station in the town of Prizren in Kosovo. - Voters across Kosovo cast ballots on December 13 in runoffs to elect mayors in the country's <b><a href="http://www.rferl.org/content/Monitors_Praise_Smooth_Ballot_in_Kosovo_Elections/1879887.html">first elections</a></b> since unilaterally declaring independence from Serbia in 2008.
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December 18, 2009Photos Of The Week: December 12-18
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![A Mongolian tour guide dressed in traditional costume. - Mongolia has sought to build up its tourism industry in the 20 years since it abandoned communism and switched to a market economy. This has led to a proliferation of so-called "tourist camps," where foreign visitors can sleep in yurts, tour the countryside on horse- and camelback, and watch modern-day Mongolian warriors re-enact traditional battles.]()
December 11, 2009Mongolia -- Land Of Milk & Mutton
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![U.S. President Barack Obama poses with his Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo. - As Obama <a href="http://www.rferl.org/content/Wartime_Leader_Obama_To_Accept_Nobel_Peace_Prize/1899957.html"><b>accepted the Nobel Peace Prize</a></b> on December 10, he faced the difficult task of reconciling the peace award with his decision to send 30,000 troops to escalate the war in Afghanistan.
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December 11, 2009Photos Of The Week: December 5-11
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![Iranian students reenact the death of Neda Agha-Soltan, who was shot during postelection protests in Tehran in June. - These progovernment students <b><a href="http://www.rferl.org/content/Reenactment_Of_Nedas_Death/1894397.html">demanded the extradition</a></b> of the doctor who allegedly attempted to save Neda, who they accuse of being responsible for her death.
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December 03, 2009Photos Of The Week: November 28-December 4, 2009
