Azerbaijan's defense minister, Safir Abiyev, has told a French diplomat that Baku's patience is wearing thin with the Nagorno-Karabakh peace process, and that the resumption of armed conflict is growing increasingly likely.
With the second anniversary of Armenia's deadly March 1, 2008 presidential election clashes approaching, former president Levon Ter-Petrosian, who has not come to terms with his defeat at the polls two years ago, is reportedly preparing for demonstrations and early elections.
Both Armenia and Azerbaijan have sent letters to United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon, both of which blame the other side for the 1992 Khojaly massacre in disputed Nagorno-Karabakh.
The exchange, known as Prince's Market, operates in a courtyard that is accessed through a tiny dark alley, situated in Kabul's busy downtown commercial district. On a typical day it is packed with entrepreneurs who are long accustomed to operating under adverse conditions.
In what is the first report of its kind, rights activists have documented a wide variety of abuses in Turkmenistan's prison system. The report portrayed Turkmen prisons as spawning grounds for serious diseases.
As Tbilisi's first-ever mayoral race heats up, one prominent opposition group appears on the verge of breaking up. The group's leader, former United Nations Ambassador Irakli Alasania, sparked the internal crisis by endorsing an initiative to produce a unified candidate to challenge incumbent mayor Gigi Ugulava.
