IWPR
Institute for War & Peace Reporting
London-based Azzaman is issued daily by Saad al-Bazaz.
London-based Asharq al-Awsat, a pro-Saudi independent paper, is issued daily.
Kurdistani Nwe is a political daily issued by the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan.
Hawlati is and independent newspaper issued weekly in Sulaimaniyah.
Corruption in Turkmenistan’s airline agencies is creating an artificial shortage of tickets, so that hundreds of passengers are forced to stand in queues all night, or else pay large bribes to secure a seat.
By Goran Jungvirth in Zagreb (TU No 475, 3-Nov-06)