Lexington Herald-Leader Human Rights Watch: Persecution after Uzbek violence | MOSCOW -- | Three years after gunning down unarmed protesters in the city of Andijan, Uzbek authorities are still persecuting people they believe are linked to the unrest, an international rights gr... (photo: AP/Efrem Lukatsky, File)
The Guardian Tajik spring | Despite its poverty and remoteness, Tajikistan's progress offers some hope for its neighbours this crucial region | Articles | April 10, 2008 4:20 PM | Spring in Tajikistan is brief and fragile; a c... (photo: Public Domain)
Knox News Johnson: Spoiled by cheap food | High food prices are killing people - literally. At least five people died in Somalia last week when violent protests erupted over rising food prices and a collapsing c... (photo: WN / Renzelle Mae Abasolo) FoodKillingPhotosPricesSomalia
Canada Dot Com Food crisis continues to get worse | KANDAHAR AIRFIELD, Afghanistan -- Export restrictions and higher taxes in neighbouring countries are worsening an already dire food crisis in Afghanistan. | Rick Corsin... (photo: AP Photo / Rafiq Maqbool) AfghanistanDroughtFoodPhotosPovertyWar
Asia Times Iran woos Farsi-speaking nations | By Kaveh L Afrasiabi | There are many interrelated reasons why the United States policy of isolating Iran has failed, one being the prominent regional role played by Te... (photo: WN.Jamal Penjweny) IranPeoplePhotosPoliticsUSA
Asia Times An oil-addicted ex-superpower | By Michael T Klare | Nineteen years ago, the fall of the Berlin Wall effectively eliminated the Soviet Union as the world's other superpower. Yes, the USSR as a politic... (photo: AP / Alexander Zemlianichenko) DefenceOilPhotosUSUSSR
The Australian 'Time to talk to Taliban' | A KEY adviser and cousin of Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai has warned that fighting in the strife-torn country could drag on for 10 years or more unless the insurge... (photo: AP Photo ) AfghanistanPhotosPoliticsTalibanTerrorism
