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No Safe Haven for Outlaws

Al-Sabah is a daily independent, publicly-owned newspaper.

Local Budgets Forced to Pay for National Assembly

A presidential decision forcing provincial governments to pay for a meeting of the Halk Maslahati – a national congress that has more formal powers than the Turkmen parliament – is yet another drain on their limited resources.

Sadrists Claim to Disarm Militias

Al-Sabah al-Jadeed is an independent daily paper.

Syria Agrees to Assist Iraq

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

Security Stepped up Ahead of Election

The government of Turkmenistan has imposed tighter security measures in advance of the election of a president to replace Saparmurad Niazov. Surveillance and other means of controlling the population have become tougher than ever.

No Foreign Traders, Please

Searching for Answers

Once patronised largely by the uneducated, fortune-tellers' are now appealing to wider section of the population, particularly women.

Displaced Given Helping Hand

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

Peshmerga Not Part of Security Plan

Al-Ittihad is published daily by the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan.

Students Urged to Study

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