Full Coverage: South West Asia

30.03.2007 World leaders agreed more than 100 years ago on a process to settle international disputes like the one causing sabres to rattle in London and Tehran this week, says the Transnational Foundation. Why don't they use it?

25.03.2007 The Taliban convicted eight people of disclosing their whereabouts to foreign troops and executed them in February. The strict interpretation of Sharia law has teachers, aid workers, and others worried for their safety.
From: Institute for War and Peace Reporting

21.03.2007 More than 6 million children in Afghanistan are heading back to school this week, as the UN Children's Fund and partners distribute essential school supplies and teaching materials around the country to meet their needs.

13.03.2007 Less than three weeks after the official opening of Turkmenistan’s new government-sponsored Internet cafes, the centers are stifled by erratic connections, heavy fees, and most discouragingly of all -- soldiers at the doorways.

09.03.2007 Thirty-four women's rights activists were arrested in Tehran Sunday ahead of a planned Women's Day gathering outside the country's Parliament.

06.03.2007 Small loans, irrigation equipment, sports clubs, and development projects help enterprising villagers recover from Tajikistan's 1992-1997 civil war.

06.03.2007 NEW YORK, Mar 6 (OneWorld) - A U.S. plan to develop a new hydrogen bomb could spark production of new nuclear weapons by other countries, including several foes of the Bush administration, warn some of the nation's leading arms control and disarmament advocacy groups.

05.03.2007 Young people in Armenia are taking leadership roles in their towns and villages and gaining valuable skills through a program to engage youth in Armenia’s civic life.

01.03.2007 SAN FRANCISCO, Mar 1 (OneWorld) - A delegation of U.S. religious leaders called Monday for Washington to negotiate with Tehran, following the delegation’s landmark two-and-a-half-hour meeting with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

01.03.2007 Azerbaijan has become a major source of world oil. But the nation's number of registered drug addicts has also tripled over the past ten years, and a crime underworld has wrapped its tentacles around the oil industry.