By empty (11/28/2004 issue of the CACI Analyst)

More than 200 protesters from the Yabloko party and the Union of Rightist Forces picketed the Ukrainian embassy in Moscow in support of Ukrainian opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko on 28 November. Wearing orange scarves and waving orange flags, the symbols of Yushchenko\'s presidential campaign, the demonstrators chanted \"We Won\'t Be Overcome.\" A smaller group of counter demonstrators, led by the leader of the Working Russia party, Viktor Anpilov, gathered nearby to support Ukranian Prime Minister Yanukovych.

By empty (11/26/2004 issue of the CACI Analyst)

A recent UNICEF study shows that Tajikistan has the highest child mortality rates in Central Asia. According to the study, 78 children per 1,000 do not survive their first year; 106 per 1,000 do not live to the age of five. The most frequent causes of death were accidents during childbirth (22 percent), pneumonia (20 percent), and diarrhea (12 percent).

By empty (11/25/2004 issue of the CACI Analyst)

A Pakistani general has accused an Islamic militant leader from Uzbekistan of instigating attacks in Pakistan\'s tribal region of Waziristan. The military commander in South Waziristan, Safdar Hussain, said three suspected militants from Central Asia had confessed under interrogation to having received orders from the leader of the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan, Tahir Yuldash. The general accused Mr Yuldash of financing and masterminding what he called terrorist attacks in Pakistan.