Central Asia

Niazov Closing Off Turkmenistan

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

Parliamentary deputies claim corrupt officials are blocking their efforts to improve regulation of export market.

22 Feb 05

Some Russians say they no longer feel they belong, as parliament debates a law to give Kyrgyz language a greater role.

22 Feb 05

Central Asia’s only legal Islamic party polishes its image by attacking clandestine group.

22 Feb 05

As Ashgabat is reinvented into a modern city, some of its residents are paying the price as their homes disappear.

22 Feb 05

Not all the Soviet soldiers came home when the war in Afghanistan ended in 1989.

22 Feb 05

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