Daulet Kanagatuly
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New rules intended to stem flow of rural poor to urban areas.
Attempts to forge region-wide consensus undermined by continuing mistrust. By Daulet Kanagatuly in Almaty, Inga Sikorskaya and Dina Tokbaeva in Bishkek, and Lola Olimova in Dushanbe
Prosecutors investigating possible case of negligence after dam burst swamps village, killing 40. By Yana Bachevskaya in Taldykorgan, Daulet Kanagatuly and Nikolai Tsoy in Almaty
Compromise sought between American-style melting pot and monoethnic Kazak state. By Daulet Kanagatuly in Almaty
Regional customs arrangement as much about politics as about economics.
Nur Otan party celebrates decade as unassailable party of government, although analysts say it enjoys little real power.
Government changes mind and rules that passports can show ethnic origin after all.
Rights groups fear wider use of intercepts could erode civil liberties.