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Talabani: Iran Could Help Combat Terror

London-based Asharq al-Awsat is a pro-Saudi paper, issued daily.

Turkmen Leader Takes Officials to Task for Cotton Disgrace

The Turkmen president’s blanket ban on drafting in public-sector workers to help with the cotton harvest will have far-reaching effects on attempts to fulfil a production target that already looks beyond reach.

Leaving Turkmenistan Gets Even Harder

Getting out of Turkmenistan is becoming more difficult as the security agencies widen their net and bar more people from leaving the country.

African Refugee Heads Up Victims Unit

Gloria Atiba-Davies seeks to ensure victims do not suffer further trauma when relating their suffering to investigators and judges.

Protest over Cemetery Destruction

Residents of Karadamak on the southern outskirts of Ashgabat have been protesting, albeit with little public furore, against the construction of a high-rise apartment block on top of a cemetery where their relatives are buried.

Milosevic arrest; extradition; tribunal detention video

By IWPR staff in The Hague (TU No 478, 24-Nov-06)

Perisic Prosecutors Asked to Cut Indictment

By Katherine Boyle in The Hague (TU No 478, 24-Nov-06)

Del Ponte's Blaskic Appeal Rejected

By Katherine Boyle in The Hague (TU No 478, 24-Nov-06)

Heads Roll but Agricultural Crisis Just Gets Worse

Security Concerns

Roadside bombs, car bombs and street clashes - the deteriorating security situation has affected all Iraqis, especially women.