IWPR

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

Teachers Face Unusual Exam

A new government initiative in Turkmenistan appears designed to cut teachers’ salaries by setting them standards which many will fail to meet.

NGOs Denied Legal Status

The government of Turkmenistan appears to be taking the easiest route to controlling the country’s non-government organisations, NGOs – denying them registration.

Talabani criticises Istanbul conference

Al-Adala is issued daily by the Supreme Council of the Islamic Revolution in Iraq.

NGO staff kidnapped

Al-Mada is issued daily by Al-Mada institution for Media, Culture and Arts.

Al-Aloosi says Iraqis defying terror

Al-Sabah is a daily independent publicly owned newspaper.

WTO Membership on the Horizon

New Gold Find Unlikely to Alter Overall Slowing of Growth

Krajisnik Looks for New Defense Lawyer

He apparently wants the attorney who acted for OJ Simpson to represent him in appeal proceedings.

Foca Rape Sentence

Bosnian Serb handed lengthy prison terms for wartime rapes.