Middle East

Uzbekistan: The Yanks are Coming

The arrival of US personnel in southern Uzbekistan has turned the lives of local people and Uzbek servicemen upside down.

21 Feb 05

There are fears that the force's anger at the prosecution of officers blamed for protestors' deaths may spill over into a national strike.

21 Feb 05

Market traders go on strike following authorities’ latest bid to regulate their industry.

21 Feb 05

Authorities seek to thwart first steps towards reviving Erk party as a political force.

21 Feb 05

Help for ethnic Kazaks returning home is distributed unevenly, say activists.

21 Feb 05

Muslim militancy makes little headway in Bukhara, one of Islam's holiest cities

21 Feb 05

Some Taleban commanders are making a fortune out of donkey convoys supplying Northern Alliance-held territory.

21 Feb 05

International officials are in a race to stabilize Afghanistan following the Taleban withdrawal from Kabul.

21 Feb 05

Osama bin Laden's intelligence gathering operation appears to have helped him escape a US missle attack on an al-Qaeda base.

21 Feb 05

Poaching scandal threatens to blow up into political row as protected species turns up at Russian airbase.

21 Feb 05

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