Felicity Arbuthnot wonders how the Distinguished Humanitarian Leadership award can be given to someone involved in the war in Afghanistan.
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First Madeleine Albright, now Prince Harry: the strange world of humanitarian awards
- Felicity Arbuthnot
- May 8, 2012
- 3
Eurovision re-opens old wounds in the Caucasus
Azerbaijan’s hosting of the event on 26 May has caused tensions in the region as Armenia pulls out.
Filed in: Armenia Azerbaijan Conflict Music
- Onnik Krikorian
- May 1, 2012
- 0
Kyrgyzstan
Nick Megoran revisits one of the poorest of the former Soviet republics and finds that instability, corruption and ethnic tensions remain.
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- Nick Megoran
- March 1, 2012
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Tajik women rally after divorce-by-text
Twenty years after the collapse of the Soviet Union, Tajikistan is experiencing a strange new disintegration of its own. Angela Robson reports.
Filed in: Tajikistan
- Angela Robson
- September 1, 2011
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Armenia
Facts, figures and ratings in our latest country profile.
Filed in: Armenia
- Richard Swift
- September 1, 2011
- 0
Canada quits Afghanistan, almost
Canadian troops are withdrawing from Afghanistan this month. In theory, at least, reports Wayne Ellwood.
Filed in: Afghanistan Canada
- Wayne Ellwood
- July 1, 2011
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Ramzan Kadyrov
- May 1, 2011
- 0
Is talking to the Taliban a betrayal of Afghanistan’s women?
Orzala Ashraf and Michael Semple, both passionate workers for peace, have very differing points of view. Comment on our debate.
Filed in: Afghanistan Conflict Peace
- May 1, 2011
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A sea returns to life, a sea slowly dies
Paul Lauener’s stirring report from the Aral Sea, scene of both environmental miracle and disaster.
Filed in: Dams Kazakhstan Uzbekistan Water
- Paul Lauener
- November 1, 2010
- 1
The Rough Guide to the Music of Afghanistan
By Various Artists
Filed in: Afghanistan
- Louise Gray
- November 1, 2010
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