Full Coverage: South West Asia

24.01.2007 Despite initial fears that instability would follow December's death of President-for-Life Saparmurat Niyazov, the situation in Tukmenistan has remained calm. But the presidential election is approaching under growing signs of public discontent.

05.01.2007 Nancy Pelosi isn't the only woman to have broken a long-standing "marble ceiling" recently. In Iran, Tunisia, and the United Arab Emirates women have been elected as well.

05.01.2007 Amid new revelations that the Iran Syria Policy and Operations Group is intensifying its secretive planning on Iran, Iranian Nobel Laureate Shirin Ebadi and longtime human rights activist Jody Williams are calling for non-violent solutions to the U.S.-Iran stalemate.

04.01.2007 Thirteen homes of Hare Krishna families were bulldozed in December outside the Kazakh capital in what is being called a "land grab" and a move to intimidate a non-traditional religious minority.