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What Drove Afghan Policeman to Kill UK Troops?
Western and Afghan forces try to find out why an otherwise normal young man snapped and killed men he had worked with for months.
Special Report: Opposition in south Caucasus
Opposition Battles Bias, Indifference to Change
Governments of south Caucasus mostly left with a clear run despite allegations of repression.
Democratic Republic of Congo
New Evidence of Abuse of Women Prisoners
Former inmate describes how corrupt jail staff collude in sexual exploitation of female convicts.
Special Report
Iraqi School Books Criticised for Sectarian Bias
Minorities say new religious curriculum places unfair emphasis on Shia Islam.
Karzai Credibility Still in Question Despite Poll Win
By Jean MacKenzie
Why Turkey Should Confront its Past
By Seda Muradyan
IWPR Exposes Media Bias Claims in Georgia
IWPR Probes Iraq Language Gap
IWPR Giving a Voice to Pakistani Youth
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Open Government, Tajik-Style
Suicide Cases Rising in Tajik Badakhstan
Afghan Women Tell of Harsh Conditions Back Home
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What Drove Afghan Policeman to Kill UK Troops?
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Karzai Credibility Still in Question Despite Poll Win
Afghan Election Updates 2009
Afghans Reconciled With Election Results
Bumper Wheat Crop Brings Cheer to North
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Afghanistan: Sept ‘09
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Afghan Election Updates 2009
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Original Perspectives on Regional News
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Interview: Turkmen Activist’s Trial Shows Authorities’ True Colours
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End of EU Sanctions Sinks Hope of Change in Uzbekistan
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Kyrgyzstan: Journalist Alisher Saipov's Murder Left Unsolved
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Tajiks Clear the Air With Moscow
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Kyrgyz Squatters With Nowhere to Go
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“The challenges of organizing a new poll within a few weeks are daunting, and it may ultimately prove impossible to carry out,” forecasts IWPR editor Hafizullah Gardesh.
Jean MacKenzie, IWPR Afghanistan director, assesses reports of low voter turnout and allegations of fraud in country’s presidential and provincial councils elections.
In the first half of this year, 36 activists were killed, according to the Philippine Human Rights Reporting Project, a program of the Institute for War and Peace Reporting.
As a disheartened man in Zimbabwe told IWPR , "Funeral costs are rising each week ... and no matter how much you put in, you are likely to be buried like a pauper."
"[The Change list’s] success has changed the way politics is done in Iraqi Kurdistan," said Hiwa Osman, country director for the Institute for War and Peace Reporting, and former press secretary to President Talabani.
Yaqub Ibrahimi is a reporter for the IWPR whose stories about the increasing power of regional [Afghan] warlords are widely seen as a key factor in his brother’s arrest.
IWPR’s John MacLeod said campaigning for the July 23 Kyrgyz presidential election all comes down to personalities and resources.
Experts say that saffron is being grown in 16 provinces of Afghanistan, but the bulk of the product comes from Herat, in the west of the country, reports IWPR trainee Farooq Faizi.
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“The
challenges of organizing a new poll within a few weeks are
daunting, and it may ultimately prove impossible to carry
out,” forecasts IWPR editor Hafizullah Gardesh.
Jean
MacKenzie, IWPR Afghanistan director, assesses reports of
low voter turnout and allegations of fraud in country’s presidential
and provincial councils elections.
In
the first half of this year, 36 activists were killed, according
to the Philippine Human Rights Reporting Project, a program
of the Institute for War and Peace Reporting.
As
a disheartened man in Zimbabwe told IWPR , "Funeral costs
are rising each week ... and no matter how much you put in,
you are likely to be buried like a pauper."
"[The
Change list’s] success has changed the way politics is done
in Iraqi Kurdistan," said Hiwa Osman, country director for
the Institute for War and Peace Reporting, and former press
secretary to President Talabani.
Yaqub
Ibrahimi is a reporter for the IWPR whose stories about the
increasing power of regional [Afghan] warlords are widely
seen as a key factor in his brother’s arrest.
IWPR’s
John MacLeod said campaigning for the July 23 Kyrgyz presidential
election all comes down to personalities and resources.
Experts
say that saffron is being grown in 16 provinces of Afghanistan,
but the bulk of the product comes from Herat, in the west
of the country, reports IWPR trainee Farooq Faizi.