Central Asia

Turkmen Pension Shock

Scenes of distress as elderly people are told they will now get a much-reduced pension or nothing at all.

19 Jul 06

Plans for new restrictions on Islamic groups following killings of police and soldiers in the south.

14 Jul 06

Expulsion of US diplomats seen as a shift towards Moscow and away from democracy.

14 Jul 06

Why have so many leading figures publicly lent their support to a foreign faith group?

14 Jul 06

Market prices go up as farmers salvage what they can from the insect invasion.

10 Jul 06

Squatters take over land belonging to a local leader who led anti-government protests.

10 Jul 06

Armed with shotguns and ready for a fight, voters turn out in force to support their local candidates.

3 Jul 06

The Uzbek authorities are using run-of-the-mill criminal charges to silence their critics.

29 Jun 06

Widespread scepticism that three explosions in quick succession can have been the work of teenage hooligans.

26 Jun 06

President Bakiev comes under fire for failing to identify culprits in 2002 bloodshed.

22 Jun 06

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