Middle East

Azerbaijan: Muslim Girls Challenge the State

A few hundred devout Muslim women are fighting the Azerbaijani state for the right to wear headscarves

13 May 02

Russia may write off Armenian debts in return for large slices of the republic's industry.

13 May 02

Questions are being raised over foreign funding of Muslim organisations - and exactly what that money buys.

10 May 02

The launch of the US-funded radio station's new service for the North Caucasus is already creating waves in the region's largest republic.

12 Apr 02

Azerbaijan and Iran are falling out again over exploitation of Caspian Sea oil wealth

15 Mar 02

A protest by desperate women in the Nakhichevan reflects wave of popular discontent in the traditionally pro-Aliev province.

21 Feb 02

Tensions between Turkey and Armenia have eased a little after the former's decision to relax visa regulations.

11 Feb 02

With Heidar Aliev's visit to Moscow, Azerbaijan and Russia have buried more of their differences.

1 Feb 02

The decision to hand Arab terrorist suspects over to the Americans highlights powerlessness of the Bosnian authorities.

18 Jan 02

Influential clerics within the Croatian Catholic Church remain among the fiercest opponents of cooperation with The Hague war crimes tribunal.

24 Nov 01

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