Caucasus

Constitution Vote Baffles Armenia

Armenia is likely to have a new constitution next week, but few people understand what is changing.

22 May 03

Practical steps taken to improve law and order in troubled South Ossetia.

22 May 03

Exiled politician Rasul Guliev may be in the running for the presidency in this year’s election.

22 May 03

Smugglers may be exploiting international law to take Afghan heroin through the country en route to Russia and Europe.

22 May 03

The war-torn republic lacks basic resources to stem a tuberculosis epidemic.

22 May 03

Pro-presidential parties sail home as turnout hits an all time low.

22 May 03

Repelled by the corruption of state colleges, many young Dagestanis are turning to Islamic higher education.

22 May 03

Larisa Ovsepian's 14 adopted children come from diverse ethnic backgrounds - and advancing old age won't stop her adopting more.

15 May 03

An influx of Azerbaijani prostitutes, some the victims of crime, some the perpetrators, is shaking up eastern Turkey.

15 May 03

Concern is growing over the rise in night-time raids by masked Russian soldiers, with few of the men they detain ever seen again.

9 May 03

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