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A facile and naïve plan being discussed in Washington risks backfiring on Iran’s minority Christians.
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But China appears to be trying to make sure no more escape.
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The electricity sector has been embroiled in the same infighting affecting other parts of government.
Kremlin-linked “propaganda factory” eyes Central Asia, China
The Dialogue of Civilizations Research Institute is also targeting India.
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Uzbekistan: The mixed legacy of Bukhara’s 1920 uprising
One hundred years after the Red Army established the Bukharan People's Soviet Republic, residents are ambivalent about its meaning.
Northern Aral's promise stunted by dam height, international disputes
Humans have rehabilitated a small part of the disappeared Aral Sea. For now.
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