Islamabad Courts Northern Alliance
Pakistan is seeking a rapprochement with the Northern Alliance in a bid to retain some influence in Afghanistan
14 Nov 05
Middle East
UK Troop Delay Threatens Afghan Stability
Further delays in the deployment of British troops in Afghanistan could undermine efforts to stabilise the country and secure humanitarian aid shipments.
14 Nov 05
Kazak Anger Over Foreign Labour
Foreign companies and their workers are increasingly unwelcome in Kazakstan.
14 Nov 05
Jailed Taleban Face Uncertain Fate
Former fundamentalist fighters holed up in jail controlled by General Dostum hope he will let them go in the end.
14 Nov 05
Afghan Coup Claims Under Scrutiny
A crackdown on an alleged plot against the interim government may be just another phase in the war of nerves between its ethnic Tajik and Pashtun factions.
14 Nov 05
Yugoslavia's Eastern Front
Bulgaria's pro-Western policy is met by a threat of war from Serbian extremist Seselj. But while ready to accept NATO troops, Sofia tries to play a regional diplomatic role.
10 Nov 05
Living The Life Of Behgjet
Behgjet Pacolli, the Kosovo Albanian multi-millionaire who weds Italian pop icon Ana Oxo tomorrow and whose business links with the Kremlin may yet bring down Boris Yeltsin, is living proof that fact can be stranger than fiction.
10 Nov 05
More Sleaze Revelations From Independent Media In Sarajevo
Sarajevo's independent media keep on uncovering more sleaze in the ruling Bosnian Muslim party, adding to the worries of its aging leader.
10 Nov 05
The Secretly Sick Man Of Europe - Tudjman Fights Disease And HDZ Decline
The health of President Franjo Tudjman is subject of much speculation in Croatia in the run-up to parliamentary elections. If the opposition wins a two-thirds majority, it may attempt to chop back his near absolutist powers.
10 Nov 05
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