Kyrgyz Snow Leopards Face Extinction
Unscrupulous hunters and traders are making a killing selling endangered species on to the wealthy owners of private zoos.
Unscrupulous hunters and traders are making a killing selling endangered species on to the wealthy owners of private zoos.
Campaigners see proposed end to capital punishment for women as important step on road to death penalty moratorium.
Hold-up in delimitation process blamed for failure to clear mined frontier region.
Bishkek concerned that use of Manas air base against Iraq could endanger Kyrgyzstan.
Government rachets up security as Iraq war rumbles on - but the conflict's economic repercussions could be more worrisome.
Rumbling dispute in a remote part of Central Asia highlights the potential for conflict over land and water.
Defence sources in Moscow accuse Tajiks of setting unrealistic conditions for Russia’s military presence.
Activists say many non-Kazak members of returnee families are being denied citizenship.
Dozens of members of banned Hizb-ut-Tahrir arrested in government’s heartland.
Police foil an attempt to smuggle weapons-grade nuclear material for sale in Afghanistan or Pakistan.