Plenty of Oil But No Petrol
Insurgents blowing up pipelines add to technical hitches that prevent Iraq refining its oil and keep petrol queues long.
18 Nov 05
Syria
Brisk Business for Passport Forgers
The process is risky and expensive, but many Iraqis are willing to pay for fake documents to get them to the West.
18 Nov 05
The Aid Bottleneck
Despite continuing commitment from the international community, reconstruction efforts in Iraq are making little progress.
18 Nov 05
Abkhazia Offers Citizenship to Diaspora
A new law will offer citizenship to anyone of Abkhaz origin, even if they were not born in the republic.
10 Nov 05
Low Ballot Turnout Expected in Volatile Sunni Region
Under siege and wary of politics, many residents will avoid the constitutional referendum.
12 Oct 05
Ethnic Groups Tussle Over Northern City
Turkomans and Arabs object to Kurdish plans to draw oil-rich Kirkuk into a separate autonomous region of Iraq.
22 Feb 05
Comment: Democracy Lives on Main Street
The United States needs to look beyond existing political parties to establish genuine pluralism in Iraq.
22 Feb 05
Comment: Japan is Welcome Here
Iraqis felt a surge of happiness at seeing Japanese troops bowing to the citizens of Samawa.
22 Feb 05
Analysis: Towards a New Iraqi Politics
Iraqi civil society activists want to get rid of old style top-down politics of exclusivity and intrigue.
22 Feb 05
Interview: Beyond Regime Change
Opposition leaders in Northern Iraq believe the US has moved closer towards supporting fundamental political regime changes, including de-Ba'athification.
22 Feb 05
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