Central Asia

Kazakstan: Lethal Trade in Fake Medicine

In spite of ban on unauthorised drug sales, Kazaks continue to buy potions from market traders - sometimes with deadly results.

22 Feb 05

Upcoming curbs on advertising could finish off many independent papers.

22 Feb 05

Impoverished doctors have been charging patients for medicines and services that should be free.

22 Feb 05

A penniless Fergana resident cycles 300 km to the capital to take state-run newspapers to task for "ignoring" the problems facing ordinary people.

22 Feb 05

Growing border problems with neighboring states explain Bishkek's moves to strengthen ties with Moscow.

22 Feb 05

Turkmenbashi moves to cut his country off from the outside world.

22 Feb 05

Akaev opponents insist they have been targeted since the president coasted to victory in a referendum earlier this month.

22 Feb 05

Rash of teen suicides blamed on poverty and lack of prospects for the young.

22 Feb 05

Itinerant workers desperate for jobs in Russia find it hard to get past Uzbek border guards.

22 Feb 05

For once, arid regions of southern Kazakstan and Uzbekistan have more water than they can cope with.

22 Feb 05

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