Moldova Sets Up Commission To Evaluate Communist EraMoldova's acting President Mihai Ghimpu has approved the creation of a special commission to assess the country's communist past, RFE/RL's Moldovan Service reports.The commission will be led by historian Gheorghe Cojocaru and will include around 25 writers, philosophers, and historians. It will deal with the decades before the break-up of the Soviet Union up to 1991, and will produce a report by June 1. The commission will reportedly for the first time be able to study the Moldovan archives of the former Soviet Union's secret police, which have thus far been closed to scholars and the public. sponsored by  Muslim philanthropists gather at UN-backed event to discuss hunger, developmentMuslim philanthropists, along with Government and business leaders from around the world, are gathering in Doha, Qatar, to discuss hunger, development and technology at a United Nations-backed gathering which kicked off today. Secretary-General marks first International Day for Nowruz with call for peaceCelebrating the first-ever United Nations International Day of Nowruz, the spring festival of Persian origin, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today appealed to people around the world to draw on the holiday's rich history to promote peace and goodwill. Copyright (c) RFE/RL, Inc. Reprinted with the permission of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, 1201 Connecticut Ave., N.W. Washington DC 20036.
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