Scams Enrage Karbala Residents
Politicians and militia accused of stealing electricity supplies.
31 Oct 07
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Herat Reeling From Violent Crime Wave
A spate of murders and kidnappings is denting the economic prospects of a formerly stable part of Afghanistan.
31 Oct 07
Kurds Struggle to Generate Own Supplies
Most power projects have not been completed or made little or no impact.
25 Oct 07
Climate of Fear Stymies Basra Reporters
Journalists risk death if they try to report candidly about the troubled city.
11 Oct 07
Refugees Still Waiting at Mokhtar Camp
Little help available for the thousands of people in a refugee camp outside Lashkar Gah.
20 Sep 07
First Hashish, Then Opium, Now Everything
Helmand’s only drug clinic cannot cope with the rising number of addicts.
20 Sep 07
Everything For My Bike
Young men in Helmand spend all their cash on motorcycles and accessories.
20 Sep 07
A Helmand Heroine
Fawzia Olumi runs many risks to promote women’s affairs in the province.
20 Sep 07
Sunni Patients Fear Baghdad Wards
Sunnis stay clear of hospitals for fear of being targeted by Shia death squads.
19 Sep 07
Georgia Boosts Iraq Deployment
President hopes extra deployment will help secure NATO membership.
18 Sep 07
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