Tajikistan: New Hurdles for Tajik Migrants
Itinerant workers desperate for jobs in Russia find it hard to get past Uzbek border guards.
22 Feb 05
Central Asia
Opening the Floodgates
For once, arid regions of southern Kazakstan and Uzbekistan have more water than they can cope with.
22 Feb 05
Kyrgyz Metal Mystery
Parliamentary deputies claim corrupt officials are blocking their efforts to improve regulation of export market.
22 Feb 05
Velvet Discrimination in Kyrgyzstan
Some Russians say they no longer feel they belong, as parliament debates a law to give Kyrgyz language a greater role.
22 Feb 05
Tajikistan: Islamic Party Slams Banned Rival
Central Asia’s only legal Islamic party polishes its image by attacking clandestine group.
22 Feb 05
Turkmenistan: People Cleared to Smarten Up Capital
As Ashgabat is reinvented into a modern city, some of its residents are paying the price as their homes disappear.
22 Feb 05
When Ahmad was Alexander
Not all the Soviet soldiers came home when the war in Afghanistan ended in 1989.
22 Feb 05
Kyrgyzstan: New Government, Old Faces
Is President Akaev building a slimmed-down government for reform, or just rearranging an entourage of old friends?
22 Feb 05
Snooping Kazak Officials
There are fears the authorities could soon be handed a license to eavesdrop on their critics.
22 Feb 05
Kyrgyzstan: Top University Rocked by Dispute
Clash between two senior academics resolved by sending both on sabbatical – but the row may not be over.
22 Feb 05
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