Turkmenistan

New Uzbek Premier May Signal Political Shift

President shows signs that he wants ministers around him who are tough managers as well as personally loyal.

21 Feb 05

A new decree will allow the authorities to further control the flow of information in the republic, activists warn.

21 Feb 05

Police downplay fears of terrorist involvement in Almaty explosions but speculation is raging about the bombers’ true motives.

21 Feb 05

Former ambassadors now active in politics are forbidden from running for office because they’ve lived outside the country.

21 Feb 05

Officials want to clamp down on mosques that feed militant Islam, but mullahs say they are being unjustly targeted.

21 Feb 05

Suspicions are growing that security forces could have used envoy’s family members as hostages to force him to return home after defection.

21 Feb 05

Voters will have little choice in the parliamentary ballot, and still less hope of affecting change in the repressive republic.

21 Feb 05

Disagreements over water have postponed ratification of a friendship treaty between Kazakstan and Kyrgyzstan.

21 Feb 05

If the new Afghan government bows to international pressure to ban poppy cultivation the economic consequences could be catastrophic.

21 Feb 05

The US has said it won't contribute to the Afghan peacekeeping force, but it is stepping up military deployment elsewhere in the region.

21 Feb 05

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