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Standard history textbooks used in Azerbaijani schools. (Photo: Shahla Sultanova)
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History Lessons in Armenia and Azerbaijan
Haykuhi Barseghyan
Shahla Sultanova
27 Feb 12
In each country, school textbooks teach one version of history that sustains animosity towards the other.
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Relatives wait outside police station in Kenkiak where family members of suspects were taken for questioning. (Photo: Alima Abdirova)
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Kazak Police Eliminate "Islamic" Cop-Killers
Almaz Rysaliev
Saule Mukhametrakhimova
12 Jul 11
Real threat posed by Islamic radicals not as great as incident suggests, analysts say, although resentment of the authorities is widespread.
Islam – or rather the regime’s interpretation of it – is likely to figure large in any new constitution.
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Rights Disregarded Under Sudan's Weak Constitution
Katy Glassborow
Assadig Mustafa Zakaria Musa
8 Jul 11
As Khartoum prepares for future without South Sudan, women’s groups say its recent human rights record doesn’t bode well for new era.
Representatives of the African Union, United Nations, and the Government of the Sudan meet in Addis Ababa to discuss the UNAMID mission in Darfur. (Photo: UN Photo/Olivier Chassot)
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Funding False Hopes in Darfur
Simon Jennings
Katy Glassborow
19 Apr 11
Governments that pay for humanitarian effort must act to curb interference by Khartoum.
UN peacekeepers distribute water to Darfuris. (Photo: UNAMID - Olivier Chassot)
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UN Accused of Caving In to Khartoum Over Darfur
Simon Jennings
Katy Glassborow
7 Jan 11
Agencies said to be reluctant to confront Sudanese government about obstructions to humanitarian aid effort.
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The monument to Bosniak victims in Kozarac is one of the only memorials for non-Serbs that has been permitted by officials in Republika Srpska. Each of the 1,226 candles represents one person who died. (Photo: Sanda Ullen)
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Calls for War Memorials Divide Bosnia
Rachel Irwin
Velma Šarić
6 Dec 10
Little consensus on whether monuments commemorating wartime atrocities help or hinder reconciliation process.
The conflict in Iraq created tens of thousands of widows, some of whom accept polygamous marriages as an answer to their problems. (Photo: Metrography) The HIV/AIDS centre in Osh, southern Kyrgyzstan, has recently received new testing equipment. (Photo: Isomidin Ahmedjanov) The monument to Bosniak victims in Kozarac is one of the only memorials for non-Serbs that has been permitted by officials in Republika Srpska. Each of the 1,226 candles represents one person who died. (Photo: Sanda Ullen) Relatives wait outside police station in Kenkiak where family members of suspects were taken for questioning. (Photo: Alima Abdirova) Islam – or rather the regime’s interpretation of it – is likely to figure large in any new constitution. Prison rights activist Vadim Kuramshin outside a penal institution near Granitny in Akmola region, scene of a riot in August. (Photo: Vadim Kuramshin)
A revival in militia violence could severely test Iraq’s security forces. (Photo: Kamaran Najm - Metrography) Uzbek migrant workers get little support from their government if they run into trouble abroad. (Photo: Andrey Kudryashov/IWPR archive) Supporters of mutta say it protects vulnerable women from exploitation by offering them a flexible marriage contract, backed by a religious authority. (Photo: Sirwan Aziz/Metrography) Recent demonstration by students in Sulaimaniyah over killing of journalist. (Photo: Metrography - Sartip Osman) The mountainous terrain of eastern Tajikistan allows locally-born militants to slip away from government troops. (Photo: Flickr/Irene2005) Standard history textbooks used in Azerbaijani schools. (Photo: Shahla Sultanova)