Kyrgyz Taxis Take Left Turn
Parliament is reviewing legislation that would ban the use of right-hand drive cars as taxis. Alina Kenjeeva reports that taxi drivers with Japanese-import cars are worried for their future.
Doorstepping Seen as Key Campaign Method
Candidates in the forthcoming Kyrgyz presidential election are focusing on meeting potential voters rather than on media appearances.
Uzbekistan: Soviet Pesticides Leave Bitter Legacy
Farmland still contaminated with DDT from past decades, experts say.
Low Expectations of Presidential Poll Among Kyrgyz Voters
Informal survey suggests most people believe current president won’t face serious challenge.
Turkmenistan: New Pipeline, Old Horizons?
Authorities want capacity to shift gas to market from giant field, but many proposed export routes currently look less than viable.
Tajikistan's Under-Age Market Workers
As Tajikistan tries to curb child labour in the cotton fields, many children are hard at work at urban markets.
Tajik Drivers Alarmed at Toll Road
The introduction of tolls on the major highway leading from the capital Dushanbe to Khujand, the main town in northern Tajikistan, has not gone down well with drivers.
Witness Says Stanisic Supplied Croatia's Serbs With Weapons
He tells court that the paramilitary leaders Arkan and Medic saw former Serbian security chief Jovica Stanisic as their “boss”.
Seselj Refuses Check-Up From Enemy Doctor
He also tells tribunal judges that his right to a fair trial has been violated.
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