Turkey

Blow To Armenia's Shadow Economy

Local market traders say a new law punishes them and lets the big fish off the hook.

7 Apr 05

Many young Afghans are turning to Bollywood movies for style tips – but only in the more cosmopolitan areas of the capital.

3 Mar 05

The controversial commander Abdul Rashid Dostum has little chance of winning votes outside his own constituency.

3 Mar 05

Afghanistan looks to foreign visitors - and their money - to boost the country and its economy.

3 Mar 05

A lasting peace may be the only way of stemming the flood of Afghan asylum seekers.

3 Mar 05

Residents of the capital and its suburbs are now allowed to wander freely at night - but most are too scared to.

2 Mar 05

Rug weavers and merchants display their wares at northern fair, but admit they have some way to go to recover market position at home and abroad.

2 Mar 05

Talks are bogged down on the closure date of two Russian bases on Georgian soil.

24 Feb 05

Turkomans and Arabs object to Kurdish plans to draw oil-rich Kirkuk into a separate autonomous region of Iraq.

22 Feb 05

Few in the Middle East believe Washington seeks to intervene in Iraq for anything but self-interested reasons.

22 Feb 05

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