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• Military destroys 6 militant sanctuaries, kills 15 in Orakzai

• Pakistan buys 100,000 tonnes of white sugar from China

• Pakistan restores Facebook, minus controversial content

• Pakistani journalist missing after Gaza-bound convoy intercepted

• Turkmen art exhibit suddenly cancelled

• Shvedova beats Kleybanova in French Open

• Tajik toll road operator chastised by commission

• Kyrgyz-Uzbek border feuding escalates

• Swat residents receive compensation from Gilani

• French journalists held for filming in off-limits area of Peshawar

• Pakistan, Iran finalise gas deal

• South Waziristan aerial attacks kill 8

• Pakistani power rates rise 20%

• Avalanche strikes Skardu; 1 missing, 16 injured

• Shoaib Malik’s cricket ban lifted by tribunal

• Kasymov replaces Scolari as Bunyodkor coach

• Amanmuradova, Istomin both fall in French Open

• Turkmenistan hosts International Children's Festival

• OSCE sponsors conferences in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan

• Kazakhstani, Chinese defence ministers pledge further co-operation

• Uzbek informant confesses on Swedish radio

• Russian-Kazakhstani customs union to proceed without Belarus

• Shvedova advances, Schukin falls in 2nd round of French Open

• Tajik Islamic party official faces human trafficking charges

• Tajiks picket Uzbek embassy in Bishkek

• Uzbeks imprison sportswriter Khamidov for 6 years

• CIS power conference opens May 28 in Uglich

• Kyrgyz government offers reward for Bakiyev's capture

• Afghan police killed Fazlullah’s deputy, not Fazlullah

• Suspected militants blow up 2 schools in Mohmand Agency

• 4 policemen shot to death in Quetta

• Militants attack worship places in Lahore, killing at least 80

• China to invest $1 billion in Pakistani IT sector

• HRCP concerned by alleged illegal detentions in Swat

• Pakistan partly restores YouTube; Facebook still blocked

• Taliban kill pro-government tribal elder, family in Bajaur

• Akgul Amanmuradova wins 2nd-round match

• SCO supreme court chief justices discuss gender equality, torture

• TALKO's secrecy surprises IMF

• Kazakhstan’s Nazarbayev receives high approval ratings

• Karimov tours, praises impoverished Andijan Oblast

• Security forces kill 15 militants in Orakzai

• 2 killed in Lahore court attack

• Hunza flood affects Pak-China trade

• Authorities seize heroin in Karachi, Lahore

• World Bank gives Pakistan deadline on power tariff, VAT

• FIA charges 5 in Bhutto murder case

• Uzbekistan criminalises negligent AIDS infection

• Kazakhs, Uzbeks win in French Open 1st round

• Uzbeks delaying NATO freight, Tajikistan says

• Kazakhstani Supreme Court upholds journalist’s conviction

• Ex-policeman claims Uzbek Interior Ministry has torture chamber

• Kyrgyz government amnesties human rights activist

• Turkmenistan plans gas pipelines to new markets

• Youth complain about interim government

• Rights activist calls for rehabilitation of Taliban relatives

• ADB to provide US $500m for Pakistan Railways

• Afridi to lead Pakistan in Asia Cup, England

• Security forces kill 13 suspected militants in Orakzai Agency

• TTP militants leaving N Waziristan

• Amanmuradova advances to 2nd round in French Open

• Tajiks complete 2nd round of polio vaccination

• Tajiks detain 3 suspected Popular Front members

• Atambayev denies corruption, accuses others

• More paramilitary troops deployed in Karachi

• 5 suspected militants in Swat surrender

• Afghan loya jirga delayed for 2nd time

• Butt rejects match-fixing allegations

• Evacuations as Hunza lake flooding looms

• China assures Pakistan of support

• Afghan province mourns 11 victims of Taliban

• Turkmenistan denies entry to journalist

• Environmentalists say Aarhus Centre failed to protect environment

• Kyrgyz situation discussed in Tashkent; Russia promises more aid

• Facebook ban affects major businesses and NGOs in Pakistan

• Aerial attacks kill 10 militants in N Waziristan

• Security forces kill 31 militants in Orakzai

• Fears of Hunza Lake bursting grow

• SCO foreign ministers to meet in Tashkent May 22

• Prosecutors open Dzhalal-Abad case against Bakiyevs

• Tajik schools move out of trailers

• Astana accused of hiding OSCE visit to Kazakhstani detainee

• Kazakhstan drops prosecution of foreign hydrocarbon consortium

• Wreckage of crashed Afghan plane found

• Nationwide protests slam ‘caricatures’ competition

• NATO seeks stronger ties with Pakistan

• Taliban publicly execute alleged spies in N. Waziristan

• Security forces kill 23 militants in Orakzai

• Spinners call off strike

• Pakistan adds YouTube to list of blocked sites

• Pakistan to pursue militants in N. Waziristan

• Karachi death toll reaches 23 as assassinations sweep city

• Uzbek authorities close Protestant church

• UN appeals for aid to Tajikistan

• OSCE calls for restraint in Kyrgyzstan

• 2 killed in ethnic clashes in S. Kyrgyzstan

• Tajik court sentences 36 members of banned organisation

• Uzbekistan begins polio vaccination drive

• Kyrgyzstan reportedly shuts off irrigation water to 2 Kazakhstani districts

• Kazakhstan plans to form council of elders

• Otunbayeva might run for president in June

• Pakistan serves notice to India on Kishan Ganga dispute

• Pakistan bans Facebook

• Security forces kill 60 Taliban militants

• WHO expresses confidence in Tajik polio vaccination drive

• Ex-Osh mayor charged with sparking latest unrest

• Kazakhstan to reopen Kyrgyz border once neighbour stabilises

• Kayani lauds army’s role in Malakand operation

• Salman Butt likely to be Test cricket captain

• President pardons interior minister

• Spinners begin twice-weekly protest

• Bomb blast kills 12 in Dera Ismail Khan

• Target killing of pro-peace mullahs, elders on the rise in Afghanistan

• Vinokourov defends Maglia Rosa

• Tajik wins judo gold in Cairo

• Jailed Kazakh activist battling new charges

• Adviser does not rule out Nazarbayev's resigning before end of term

• Tashkent reportedly shutting down Zeromax

• Kyrgyzstan mourns dead 40 days after uprising

• Airliner with 43 on board crashes in Afghanistan

• Militant commander surrenders to Mianwali police

• Lake level continues to rise

• Taliban militants free 40 kidnapped passengers

• Security forces kill 40 militants in Orakzai

• OSCE chairperson, Karzai meet in Kabul

• Kazakhstan's 'Kelin' wins Monaco film festival grand prize

• Pakistani cricket team fails to reach finals of T20

• UNDP performs 2 projects in Turkmenistan

• Turkmen president says he's ready for multiparty system

• Official details reconstruction efforts in Swat

• Jirga asks for 3 days to expel militants

• Girls’ schools in Quetta closed after Taliban threats

• Court grants 2-week remand for ex-banker in Punjab

• 60 people abducted in Kurram Agency

• IMF releases $1.3 billion tranche to Pakistan

• Tajiks defeat Cambodian rivals in AFC play

• Russian, Tajik officials discuss co-operation against Afghan drug smugglers

• International breast cancer conference opens in Tashkent

• Russia confirms 2nd case of polio

• FAO: Recession threatens C. Asian progress in fighting hunger

• Tajikistan seeks disaster aid; 10-year-old drowns in flood

• UN helps flood victims in Afghanistan

• 51 suspects held in Khyber Agency

• Pakistan to impose more taxes on unregistered retailers

• ICRC restricts activities in Quetta

• Russia confirms 1st case of polio from Tajikistan

• Senate approves Nazarbayev's 'leader of nation' status

• Latvian police now pursuing Maxim Bakiyev

• Fungus affects Afghan poppies

• UN concerned over mysterious illnesses in Afghan girls' schools

• Pakistan faces double-digit inflation

• Court orders seizure of former president’s property

• Pakistan imposes 15% duty on yarn

• Security forces capture over 60 suspected militants in Kala Dhaka

• Bakiyev supporters seize government buildings in south

• Tajikistan denies blocking Russian children from leaving

• Nazarbayev nears 'leader of nation' status

• 8 Uzbek Muslims convicted of forming illegal organisations

• Pakistan-Australia hockey match ends in draw

• 2 girls killed by grenade attack in Peshawar

• Taliban kills two individuals for ‘spying’ in N. Waziristan

• Pakistani man in Chile arrested on explosives violation

• UN welcomes ban on under-age police recruitment in Afghanistan

• Media organisations condemn suicide attacks in Pakistan

• Aerial strike kills 14 suspected Taliban in N. Waziristan

• FC Vakhsh routs Sri Lankan opponent 6-0 in President's Cup play

• Vinokourov takes overall lead in Giro d'Italia

• International AIDS conference scheduled for Almaty in mid-May

• IDB, Uzbekistan sign pact to renovate Tashkent sewers

• Kyrgyz government requests Latvians arrest Maxim Bakiyev

• Pakistan’s ambassador to Tehran wounded

• Astana to host action film festival at end of June

• Uzbek senators approve ban on private medical practise

• Kyrgyzstan's Otunbayeva meets with Russian leadership

• Tajik flood death toll reaches 24; Uzbeks release Tajik-bound freight

• Army Medical College gets 1st female principal

• Transport strike in Balochistan against power shutdowns

• Mob kills 8 suspected robbers in Punjab

• Troops capture Taliban citadel in Orakzai Agency

• Aerial attack kills 10 in N. Waziristan

• Man with ‘massage shoes’ arrested at Karachi airport

• Almaty to promote city bicycling

• Roundtables on religious freedom planned for Osh Oblast

• Uzbekistan allows 34 rail cars into Tajikistan

• UN General Assembly president discusses global peace and development with Pakistani leaders

• College teacher shot dead in Quetta

• Federal Law Secretary quits

• Pakistan test-fires two ballistic missiles

• 4 Uzbek wrestlers headed to Youth Olympics in Singapore

• Kazakhstani students allegedly forced into prostitution

• Uzbekistan bans private notaries

• Flooding kills 7 in Tajikistan, 40 missing

• Kazakhstan, Georgia discuss diplomatic, economic co-operation

• Tajiks consider Russian ban on fruit, nuts misguided, pro-Uzbek

• India tops Pakistan in field hockey 4-2

• China to donate $180m to Pakistan for law enforcement

• Unknown culprits open fire on journalist’s house in Islamabad

• Attackers kill 4 policemen in Mansehra

• 2 militant commanders killed in Swat fighting

• Uzbek takes 3rd place in Italian bike race

• New regional programme aims at migrant labour problem

• Interpol seeks Maksim Bakiyev

• Kazakhstan to send 3,700 tonnes of diesel to Kyrgyzstan

• Kazakh-Kyrgyz border reopens for freight shipments

• Mumbai bomber sentenced to death in India

• Taliban amputates hands of 3 men in Orakzai Agency

• Kidnappers release British journalist, ex-ISI officer in N. Waziristan

• Interim Kyrgyz government doesn't impress poll respondents

• Respublika publisher offers debt swap to BTA Bank

• 2 Kazakh journalists fined for covering banned demonstration

• Russia bans Tajik fruit and nut imports, citing polio

• Lukashenko refuses to hand over Bakiyev

• Kazakh lawmakers consider making Nazarbayev president for life

• FC Pakhtakor names acting coach

• Security forces kill 5 suspected suicide bombers

• Police officers arrested for flogging woman

• Pakistani exports reach $14 billion

• Supreme Court dismisses PCO judges appeal

• Aerial attack kills 4 in N. Waziristan

• Tajik journalists mark World Press Freedom Day with awards

• Uzbek lawmakers consider ban on private medical practise

• UN programme to aid female entrepreneurs opens in Kyrgyzstan

• Tajikistan lost US $250m in March, April disasters

• Kyrgyz police evict 1,000 squatters from Mayevka

• Troops battle Taliban in Orakzai Agency, Bajaur

• Pakistani citizen convicted in Mumbai attacks

• Kyrgyz, Uzbek boxers qualify for Youth Olympics

• Conference on stable energy supplies opens in Ashgabat

• ADB lends more than US $1 billion to Uzbekistan

• FIFA ranks Uzbek men's football team 94th

• Berdymukhamedov goes to China

• Investigative panel asks Kyrgyz government to refrain from reprisals

• Petrol prices increase

• Swat suicide attack kills 3, wounds 12

• Pakistan passes labour law