washingtonpost.com - Central AsiaCentral AsiaA Disarming Presence- May 9, 2005 Marla Ruzicka moved her one-woman human rights crusade to Iraq, where she was killed Saturday in a suicide bombing at age 28.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64144-2005Apr18.html?nav=rss_world/asia/cen... In a Jail in Cuba Beat the Heart of a Poet- May 9, 2005 PESHAWAR, Pakistan -- Among the old leather volumes in the library of Abdul Rahim Muslim Dost is a black plastic binder full of rumpled letters he wrote, sent from the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12399-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_world/asia/cen... Senate Approves Spending Bill- May 9, 2005 The Senate unanimously approved yesterday an $81 billion bill to finance the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, provide relief to Asian tsunami victims and construct a massive embassy in Baghdad.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7684-2005Apr21.html?nav=rss_world/asia/cent... Misgivings About an Old But Risky Practice- May 9, 2005 Although statistics on the prevalence of marriage between first cousins in Afghanistan are not available, officials suggest the practice is widespread and deeply ingrained.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A59531-2005Apr16.html?nav=rss_world/asia/cen... |