Middle East

Aliev Illness Galvanises Opposition

As President Heidar Aliev looks set to mark his 80th birthday in a Turkish hospital, the Azerbaijani opposition is weighing its options.

9 May 03

High unemployment in Georgia spawns rogue job centres which rob their customers.

9 May 03

Descendents of Caucasus emigres hoped to make new lives back in their ancestral lands, but many are giving up in disappointment

1 May 03

Dramatic proof of president's shaky health raises doubts as to whether he can really seek a third term in office this autumn.

25 Apr 03

Thousands of Kurds forced to leave Nagorny Karabakh a decade ago find themselves under threat once more.

11 Apr 03

Council of Europe is pressing for a special international tribunal to deal with war crimes in Chechnya.

11 Apr 03

Tbilisi is beginning to try to combat the steady loss of its artistic heritage.

3 Apr 03

A Russian Orthodox church in Baku has opened its doors for the first time in eight decades.

3 Apr 03

Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia support United States to various degrees, but worry about war's impact on their own region.

20 Mar 03

The annual pilgrimage to Mecca this February brought big money to some Dagestanis, and a lot of trouble to others.

14 Mar 03

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