Who Benefits from Streamlined Indictments?
Tribunal judges claim cuts to indictments will speed up trials - prosecutors fear it will jeopardise their prospects of winning cases.
24 Jan 07
Middle East
Georgia: Winter Gas Gamble
After rejecting Russian gas, Georgia looks to Azerbaijan and Turkey for emergency supplies.
11 Jan 07
Security Crisis Puts Paid to Baghdad Wedding Joy
Once lively, loud occasions, marriage ceremonies are now restrained, rather downbeat affairs.
22 Dec 06
Left on the Shelf
The number of so-called old maids, or unmarried women, in Iraq has increased over the last two decades.
20 Dec 06
Turkey a Magnet for Migrant Workers
High unemployment in Turkmenistan is forcing thousands of people to work as illegal migrants in Turkey.
18 Dec 06
Turkmen Army Unfit for Service
Army recruiters in Turkmenistan will take anyone, no matter how unfit, to fill the ranks of an army whose main job is to provide a free labour force. IWPR has learned that the military is even calling up people with disabilities in its desperate attempt t
18 Dec 06
Activists Defy Extremists in Call for Tolerance
Female civil society campaigners work with clerics from different faiths to promote dialogue and unity.
16 Dec 06
Turkmen-Iran Free Trade Zone Withers
Hopes that business and cultural links would be boosted have been dashed by lack of interest from both Turkmen and Iranian governments.
15 Dec 06
Sunnis Fight Off Insurgents
Sunnis targeted by al-Qaeda groups in western Iraq have formed their own militia.
11 Dec 06
Students Abuse University Admissions Scheme
Well-connected students exploit programme designed to get former peshmerga into higher education.
9 Dec 06
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