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Uzbekistan: Classics Turned into Toilet Paper

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

Government officials are increasingly reluctant to open up to foreign media.

21 Feb 05

High-level talks with Moscow leader fail to meet Tajik expectations of Russian investment.

21 Feb 05

Crunch time as Ashgabat forces dual passport holders to choose to stay or leave the country.

21 Feb 05

Excessive passport stamping on the Tajik-Uzbek frontier is causing problems for shuttle traders and border residents.

21 Feb 05

New research reveals mass exploitation and enslavement of women farm workers.

21 Feb 05

Isolationist regime sacks thousands of professionals for being educated outside the country.

21 Feb 05

Resettlement programme in trouble as migrants ask to go back to their old homes in the mountains.

21 Feb 05

Turkmens are fed up with state television's obsession with President Niyazov

21 Feb 05

Harsh border controls around the numerous enclaves dotted along both sides of the Kyrgyz-Uzbek border cause misery for local people

21 Feb 05

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