Kyrgyzstan: Deadly Disease Peril
Cash crisis in health service so acute that specimens of anthrax are ferried to an infectious diseases laboratory by public transport.
22 Feb 05
Central Asia
Moscow Extradites Controversial Tajik Politician
Russia sends former interior minister back to uncertain fate in Tajikistan.
22 Feb 05
Despair Drives Women to Drugs Trade
Central Asian drugs-traffickers are offering Kyrgyz women lucrative employment and an escape from grinding poverty
22 Feb 05
Kyrgyz Protestors Challenge Election Defeat
Once dubbed an "island of democracy in Central Asia", Kyrgyzstan is facing widespread unrest in the wake of this month's disputed parliamentary elections.
22 Feb 05
Islamic Defeat in Tajikistan
The Islamic opposition fails to become a credible political force after disastrous election results
22 Feb 05
An Opposition Enigma in Kyrgyzstan
Can Felix Kulov, a former vice-president and ex-mayor of Bishkek, muster a serious presidential challenge to the incumbent Askar Akaev? Political observers in Bishkek certainly think so.
22 Feb 05
Kyrgyz General Blames Fighting on Drug Barons
Russian and Central Asian troops are to launch joint military exercises this month in anticipation of fresh incursions across the Kyrgyz-Tajik border
22 Feb 05
Golden Valley Darkens
Islamic fundamentalists are exploiting economic hardship in the once prosperous Fergana Valley of Uzbekistan.
22 Feb 05
Militants Threaten Kyrgyz Frontier
Hundreds of armed militants appear poised to stir up trouble in the Batken border region of Kyrgyzstan
22 Feb 05
Iran Forges Tajik Links
Tehran forges closer links with Tajikistan in an effort to advance its economic and security interests in the region
22 Feb 05
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