North Ossetia

Counterfeit Currency Crisis

Forged notes flood Afghanistan as its people grapple with new currency.

21 Feb 05

Moneychangers feel the pinch after new currency introduced.

21 Feb 05

Farmers are still planting poppies across many provinces – and will continue to do so until compensation is offered.

21 Feb 05

Bored with turgid domestic television, Afghans rig up once-banned satellite dishes for some light relief.

21 Feb 05

Freezing winds lay waste to farmland around the capital.

21 Feb 05

Detention highlights the authorities’ growing suspicion towards some parts of the Muslim community in predominantly Christian North Ossetia.

17 Feb 05

President’s supporters appear unconcerned as two factions continue boycott in support of a referendum to oust him.

9 Feb 05

President Saakashvili has appointed a new prime minister to replace the late Zurab Zhvania, but filling the space he left will be more difficult.

9 Feb 05

Freak accident removes key figure of Georgian revolution at a critical stage.

3 Feb 05

Life and death of a radical Islamist leader from a small mountain village in the Caucasus.

3 Feb 05

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