Defense minister: Armenia to acquire "long-range" weapons
Armenia's defense minister, Seyran Ohanian, says that Armenia plans to buy "long-range, precision-guided weapons," though it hasn't specified of what sort and from whom. Reports RFE/RL:Ohanian's...
View ArticleTurkmen Border Guards Shoot Uzbek Citizen: Human Rights NGO
The Initiative Group of Independent Human Rights Activists of Uzbekistan in Kashkadarya region report that Turkmen border guards have shot and killed an Uzbek citizen, according to the independent...
View ArticleAliyev's Azerbaijani Empire Grows, As Daughter Joins The Game
BAKU -- On the drive between Baku's international airport and the capital center, travelers are met by a brigade of sleek roadside signs advertising a company called SW Holding.But as innocuous as the...
View ArticleIn Kyrgyzstan, Uzbeks Criticize Osh Reconstruction Plan
When the violence in Kyrgyzstan's southern city of Osh subsided in June, one thing was plain: whole neighborhoods of minority Uzbeks had been burned to the ground, while most buildings belonging to...
View ArticleStoning Of Afghan Couple For Adultery Sparks Debate On Shari'a Law
Afghan President Hamid Karzai has added his voice to those condemning the Taliban-orchestrated execution by stoning of a young couple charged with adultery.read more
View ArticleTurkmenistan Tips Its Hand On Future Energy Exports
Turkmenistan, so key to the energy plans of so many, had long shown its readiness to break Russia's stranglehold on its gas and oil exports. But Ashgabat has offered few hints as to who it prefers as...
View ArticleArmenia not afraid of Azerbaijan's S-300s
What does Armenia's military think of Russia selling its S-300 air defense system to Azerbaijan? Bring it on. Armenia has hosted Russian S-300s for at least a decade, and Russia has trained some...
View ArticleTajikistan's Official Calm Belies Potential Prison Break Crisis
A major international manhunt is under way after dozens of enemies of the Tajik state broke out from prison this week, but you wouldn't know it from the official reaction.read more
View ArticleKarzai Aide Scandal Underscores Afghan Anticorruption Failures
For years, Mohammad Zia Salehi managed to keep a low profile, even while wielding significant influence in the murky world of Afghan politics.That all changed in July, when the administrative head of...
View ArticleIn One Azerbaijan Village, 'Carrying Water Is Women's Work'
CELEBILER, Azerbaijan -- In this small, dusty village in central Azerbaijan, daily life for the local women begins at dawn and ends at sunset.What happens in between, say several Celebiler women, is...
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