Central Asia

Uzbek Film Industry in Crisis

State censorship and under funding has crippled Uzbek filmmaking.

20 Nov 05

United States embassy regrets use of force against protesters calling for return of farm seized by local authorities.

20 Nov 05

Some believe Russian troops’ departure from Afghan frontier will boost drug trade, but others say trafficking was rampant anyway.

20 Nov 05

The looting and violence that followed the March revolution has failed to dent Turkish investor confidence.

20 Nov 05

Activists blame authorities after Shymkent congress is violently disrupted but president vows to punish perpetrators.

20 Nov 05

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

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

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

20 Nov 05

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