Azeri Bride Kidnappers Risk Heavy Sentences
Lawmakers have cracked down, but activists fear promise of long prison terms for kidnappers may prove hollow.
Lawmakers have cracked down, but activists fear promise of long prison terms for kidnappers may prove hollow.
From Baku to Dushanbe, anger and frustration is growing over government curbs on the Muslim headscarf.
Central Bank head believes modern financial systems will be key to improving the Afghan economy.
Authorities seek harsh powers to head off Ukrainian-inspired election trouble, a fear which opposition members dismiss as nonsense.
Tashkent government plays down USA's alleged discovery of traces of deadly gases at an Uzbek air base.
Kazak internet service providers restrict access to opposition web sites.
Relations between Pakistan and Iran could improve as a direct result of the Afghan government accord.
Growing numbers of Kyrgyz villagers are turning to drug production to escape poverty.
The clerks at the Yugoslav Foreign Ministry have nothing to do - their bosses are barred from travelling and almost no-one wants to visit them - which somewhat handicaps their work.