Central Asia

Sad Fate of Tajik Orphans

Poverty and bureaucracy frustrate efforts to find homes for orphans and abandoned children.

20 Nov 05

Has Moscow allowed the Turkmen president to strip ethnic Russians of their rights for the price of a gas contract?

20 Nov 05

Local businessmen accused of being Islamic subversives say they were framed – and so do many of their townsmen.

20 Nov 05

So many traders lost goods to looting and arson in March that some are considering pulling out of the Kyrgyz market.

20 Nov 05

Over the past year, growing anger towards the government coupled with the harsh realities of life have sparked a series of incidents.

20 Nov 05

Demonstration turns violent as Tashkent authorities send in soldiers to shoot at crowds.

20 Nov 05

Fleeing Andijan residents say "only death" now awaits them back in Uzbekistan.

20 Nov 05

Karasuu residents seem unperturbed by reports that the frontier town could be stormed by Uzbek troops.

20 Nov 05

Victims of the Andijan killings recount how Uzbek security forces tried to ambush fleeing survivors.

20 Nov 05

Interim authorities in Bishkek say there’s a possibility that hundreds of Uzbeks who fled into Kyrgyzstan in the last few days may be sent home.

20 Nov 05

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