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Women Learn to Mask Loss of Virginity
Cheap artificial hymen resolves social stigma in society that frowns on premarital sex.
6 Nov 09
Fear of Damascus Regime Stymies Protest
Recent minibus driver strike rare protest in country where majority daren’t consider collective action to improve their lives.
6 Nov 09
Russians Maintain Tenuous Homeland Link
Shahodat Saibnazarova reports from the Tajik capital on a conference of Russians from across Central Asia.
5 Nov 09
Dismay as Kazak Court Upholds Zhovtis Conviction
Western diplomats join OSCE and rights activists in questioning judge’s decision that trial was sound.
3 Nov 09
International Justice/ICTY: Sept ‘09
Balkan listeners to IWPR radio show approve of its impartial handling of conflict-related justice stories.
3 Nov 09
Are Returning Migrants Behind Tajik Crime Wave?
The recent murder of a currency trader in the capital Dushanbe has led some to point the finger at Tajik workers forced to return home because of the global economic crisis.
30 Oct 09
Tajikistan Comes to Terms With Immigrant Labour
Although it is a country where hundreds of thousands of people go abroad in search of work, Tajikistan is also host to several thousand foreign worker.
30 Oct 09
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