Central Asia

Cattle Disease Sweeps Kyrgyzstan

Poor health controls and cash shortages have led to brucellosis-infected meat being offered for sale across the republic.

22 Feb 05

Hold-up in delimitation process blamed for failure to clear mined frontier region.

22 Feb 05

How long will pro-US Tashkent tolerate Russian broadcasts critical of American bid to topple Saddam?

22 Feb 05

Bishkek concerned that use of Manas air base against Iraq could endanger Kyrgyzstan.

22 Feb 05

Government rachets up security as Iraq war rumbles on - but the conflict's economic repercussions could be more worrisome.

22 Feb 05

Authorities step up drive to stop local criminal preying on overseas visitors.

22 Feb 05

Poaching poses a serious threat to an increasingly depleted Caspian species.

22 Feb 05

Rumbling dispute in a remote part of Central Asia highlights the potential for conflict over land and water.

22 Feb 05

Turkmen president orders young people to get their hair cut.

22 Feb 05

Japanese government concerned at poor management of a loan scheme that farmers say was unworkable from the start.

22 Feb 05

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