Central Asia

Hungry Kyrgyz Reduced to Eating Pets

Desperately poor Kyrgyz consume dog and cat meat in order to survive.

21 Feb 05

Opposition buoyed by discovery of film footage contradicting government's version of recent bloody protest.

21 Feb 05

Opposition prevented from venting criticism of the government at international conference aimed at attracting foreign investment

21 Feb 05

Dushanbe relieved as Afghan refugees holed up on the Tajik border start returning home.

21 Feb 05

Uzbek minority loses hope as Niazov attempts to "Turkmenise" the country.

21 Feb 05

Desperate citizens are taking to the streets to air their grievances, in defiance of the authorities.

21 Feb 05

Moscow threatens to punish Bishkek for cosying up to the United States.

21 Feb 05

While teachers publicly applaud the president's higher education reforms, many privately fear that they will wreak havoc.

21 Feb 05

Hizb ut-Tahrir activists arrested distributing leaflets calling for a Caliphate and a Jihad against Israel.

21 Feb 05

Moscow is unlikely to back Tashkent's bid to resurrect an old Soviet plan to divert water from Siberia to its drought-ridden cotton fields.

21 Feb 05

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