 RFE/RL Central Asia Report 8/21/2009 4:21:10 PM A review of RFE/RL reporting and analysis about the five countries of Central Asia.For more stories on Central Asia, please visit and bookmark our Central Asia page . |
| Turkmenistan Eases Study Abroad Rules Turkmen authorities have annulled a recently approved rule that requires students to obtain permission from several state agencies if they want to study abroad, RFE/RL's Turkmen Service reports. More Tajik Ambassador to Pakistan Zubaidullo Zubaidov says Pakistan should remove Tajikistan from a list of countries that illegally send young people to study in Pakistani schools, RFE/RL's Tajik Service reports. More  Early Ramadan Raises Health Concerns For the first time in decades, Muslims will be observing the Islamic holy month of Ramadan in what will be the peak of summer in the northern hemisphere. The timing has prompted concerns over how believers can deal with sunrise-to-sunset food and water abstention during the year's hottest days, while maintaining their health. More The death of a mayor in southern Uzbekistan who apparently committed suicide is being investigated as a possible murder, RFE/RL's Uzbek Service reports. More  Alleged Kazakh KNB Agents To Stand Trial In Austria The Kazakh president's former son-in-law says several agents from Kazakhstan's Committee for National Security (KNB) will go on trial in Austria next month, RFE/RL's Kazakh Service reports. More  Kazakh Flu Fears Lead To Designer Face Masks A Kazakh fashion studio is producing what it calls "glamour surgical masks" as the fear of contracting swine flu spreads across the country, RFE/RL's Kazakh Service reports. More A British newspaper says it has evidence that the Kazakh ambassador to Britain has been a spy since 1988, RFE/RL's Kazakh Service reports. More A Tajik education official has announced that schoolchildren will for the first time be required to take course on Islam, RFE/RL's Tajik Service reports. More  Boxer's Shooting Latest In Series of Suspicious Deaths The recent shooting death of Kazakh boxer Yermek Serikov is the latest in an ugly series of sports-related crimes. Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, more than 20 prominent sportsmen in former Soviet republics have died under suspicious circumstances. More  Tajik-Afghan Prisoner Exchange Still On Hold A Tajik-Afghan agreement on a prisoner exchange signed last year has still not been implemented, RFE/RL's Tajik Service reports. More  Jailed Kyrgyz Oppositionist Transferred To House Arrest Jailed Kyrgyz opposition leader Alikbek Jekshenkulov has been transferred from jail to house arrest, RFE/RL's Kyrgyz Service reports. More  Guarantor Of Stability Or Recipe For Disaster? Russia's recently announced plan to set up a new military base in Central Asia has incited considerable debate, as proponents and detractors debate whether such a facility will boost or bedevil security efforts in the region. More  Tajik Park Bans Kissing Kissing and hugging between young couples will no longer be tolerated in the central park of the southeastern Tajik city of Kulob, park director Sharaf Aziziov has told RFE/RL's Tajik Service. More  One Of The 'World's Worst Daughters' After running last week a list of the worst-behaved sons of world leaders, "Foreign Policy" magazine this week looks at the daughters. More |
