Central Asia

Big Party for Kyrgyz Government

Four small parties team up to form loyalist bloc, offering a possible vehicle for presidential succession.

21 Feb 05

Authorities refuse to allow psychiatric tests on death-row convict despite disturbed behaviour.

21 Feb 05

Gypsies return to nomadic way of life, after failure of attempts to integrate them into society.

21 Feb 05

Law enforcers hunt down "undesirables" on eve of conference.

21 Feb 05

Sufferers fear they will be denied live-saving insulin as suppliers lose patience with government’s failure to pay its bills.

21 Feb 05

Uzbeks Take Chances as Migrant Labour.

21 Feb 05

The mahalla used to be a benign social institution - now it is part of a police state.

21 Feb 05

Dariga Nazarbaeva may be paving the way to succeeding her father after announcing plans to set up a party.

21 Feb 05

President’s supporters launch petition to keep him in power.

21 Feb 05

Poverty is driving teenagers into the sex trade – and drug addiction is keeping them there.

21 Feb 05

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