Tajikistan

Gas Blasts Claim Tajik Victims

Casualties are mounting in Tajikistan where keeping warm in winter has deadly consequences.

20 Nov 05

In the Chu valley, marijuana traffickers run rings round the under-resourced police.

20 Nov 05

Ruling party claims resounding victory, but its opponents say the vote was fixed.

20 Nov 05

Pro-government candidates take a clear lead as first results emerge, but some observers say this election was more about money than politics.

20 Nov 05

Latest row over Kazakstan’s “softness” on terror is part of wider-ranging regional rivalry.

20 Nov 05

Declining opportunities for women mean many are confined to male-dominated lives at home.

20 Nov 05

Poor showing in the recent parliamentary ballot leaves only three female candidates with a chance of being elected.

20 Nov 05

Moscow police "deport" illegal migrants by taking all their cash and throwing them out of the city.

20 Nov 05

As protests continue across the country, some observers say the show of solidarity comes too late.

20 Nov 05

Complaints that the general election was unfair have provoked a backlash against an already weak opposition.

20 Nov 05

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