Central Asia

KYRGYZSTAN: Muslim Anger Over Protestant Converts

A confrontation is growing between members of the majority faith and recent Christian converts amid a battle for the nation's souls.

21 Feb 05

President Karimov says harsh methods against fundamentalists are justified, while rights activists warn they only fuel their militancy.

21 Feb 05

An anticipated escalation in the government's campaign against Hizb ut-Tahrir has prompted the Islamic radicals to scale down their operations.

21 Feb 05

Uzbek women increasingly see suicide as the only way to end their suffering.

21 Feb 05

The latest epidemic is unlikely to be the last unless the country can upgrade its decaying network of water pipes.

21 Feb 05

The government is struggling to make safe decaying Soviet-era nuclear waste pits.

21 Feb 05

Huge quantities of old books are being pulped as a result of decrees forbidding their export and ideological purges of the country's libraries.

21 Feb 05

A long-running territorial dispute with Uzbekistan is fraying Kazak nerves.

21 Feb 05

Impoverished city dwellers found rich pickings in leftovers from the US airbase until Bishkek's sanitary inspectors stepped in.

21 Feb 05

The Kyrgyz government is facing escalating unrest sparked by the arrest of two prominent politicians.

21 Feb 05

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