History of Afghanistan - Pre-Islamic period of Afghanistan - Invasions of Afghanistan - Islamic conquest of Afghanistan - First Anglo-Afghan War 1839-1842 - Second Anglo-Afghan War 1878-1880 - Third Anglo-Afghan War 1919 - Saur Revolution April 1978 - Soviet war in Afghanistan 1979-1989 - Civil war in Afghanistan 1989–1992 and collapse of the Najibullah government - Civil war in Afghanistan 1992–1996 leads to the Taliban controlling most of Afghanistan - Taliban and Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan 1996-2001 - USA cruise missile strikes on Afghanistan August 1998 - Civil war in Afghanistan 1996–2001 Taliban period - War in Afghanistan 2001–present - USA, UK and ISAF invasion following the 2001 September 11 attacks

Economy of Afghanistan: Economy of Afghanistan - NZZ 8. Juni 2011: Selbstbeurteilung der Afghanistan-Hilfe der USA als wenig effektiv - NZZ 9. September 2011: Nach jahrzehntelangen Kriegszerstörungen steht Afghanistan vor wirtschaftlichem Kollaps - 30 July 2012: Hundreds of millions of US taxpayer dollars may have been wasted on poorly managed infrastructure projects in Afghanistan, a report to US Congress says

Mining in Afghanistan: Mining in Afghanistan - Balkhab Copper Mine - Shaida Copper Mine - Mes Aynak mine

Coal mining - 15 September 2013: Afghanistan's coal miners endure some of the most dangerous and primitive conditions in the world - 15 September 2013: At least 27 miners were killed and 20 others injured in a coal mine collapse at the state-controlled Abkhorak mine in Ro-e-Dohab district

Agriculture in Afghanistan: Agriculture in Afghanistan - Irrigation in Afghanistan - Pomegranate production in Afghanistan

Opium production in Afghanistan: Opium production in Afghanistan - 13 November 2013: Afghan opium cultivation has hit a record high, the UN says, and the expansion of poppy to 209,000 hectares will embarrass aid donors after more than 10 years of efforts against illicit economy

Afghan Armed Forces: Afghan Armed Forces - Military history of Afghanistan

2014: 5 April 2014: More than 350,000 Afghan troops have been put on duty to thwart attacks on polling stations and voters in presidential election - 9 April: Afghanistan surprises with smooth and calm elections

Taxation in Afghanistan: Taxation in Afghanistan

Politics of Afghanistan: Politics of Afghanistan - Constitution of Afghanistan - Afghan Supreme Court - Political parties in Afghanistan

Elections in Afghanistan - 2009 Afghan presidential election - Afghan parliamentary election September 2010 - Fraud allegations - 31 October 2012: Next Afghan presidential election set for April 2014 - 31 octobre: Les talibans pourront se présenter à la présidentielle de 2014, selon le chef de la commission électorale afghane Manawi

Afghan presidential election 5 April 2014: Afghan presidential election 5 April 2014 - 16 September 2013: The independent election commission of Afghanistan began the candidate registration process for 2014 presidential election - 15 October: Votes sell for about $5 in Afghanistan as presidential race begins - 2 February 2014: Two campaign team members murdered at start of democratic process to find successor to Hamid Karzai - 4 April 2014: Afghans fear violence ahead of historic election but analysts expect a heavy turnout despite fears because voters actually feel like they have a choice after more than 12 years of war and lack of progress - 6 April: Relief in Afghanistan after largely peaceful landmark election and a massive turnout, including in some of the most dangerous areas of the country, of seven million out of 12 million eligible voters or about 58% - 13 April: First results show Ghani and Abdullah on course for runoff vote in Afghanistan polls

Parliament and government: 4 August 2012: Afghan parliament votes to sack key ministers - security lapses and allegations of corruption - 5 August 2012: Karzai 'accepts' dismissal of key ministers - 7 August: Afghan defence minister to step down - 13 August: Afghan officials met with jailed Taliban leader in Pakistan

Social movements and protests in Afghanistan: Protests in Afghanistan - 2012 Afghanistan Quran burning protest - 11 July 2012: Dozens of women, men and rights activists took to the streets of Kabul on Wednesday to protest over the recent public execution of an Afghan woman and to demand justice - 17 September: More than 1.000 people in the Afghan capital Kabul are taking part in an angry demonstration against the US-film mocking Islam

Society, demographics, culture and human rights in Afghanistan: Afghan society - Demography of Afghanistan

Culture of Afghanistan: Culture of Afghanistan - Languages of Afghanistan - Music of Afghanistan - 20 January 2013: Afghanistan's Institute of Music helps revitalise a ruined culture and gives children a chance to transform their lives

Education in Afghanistan: Education in Afghanistan - Category: Education in Afghanistan - 16 October 2012: The number of girls enrolled in education in 2010 was 79%, up from 4% in 1999 during Taliban rule, Unesco says

Health in Afghanistan: Health in Afghanistan - WHO 2014: Afghanistan's public health issues and concerns - 25 February 2014: Despite years of aid, medical care in Afghanistan remains severely limited as casualty rates from violence climb, according to MSF report

Children in Afghanistan:

2012/2013: 10 February 2012: Hamid Karzai accuses NATO on Thursday of killing eight children in a coalition airstrike in eastern Afghanistan - 31 August 2012: The decapitated bodies of a 7-year-old girl and a 12-year-old boy found in the country's south and east - 6 September 2012: Third of children in Afghan south acutely malnourished - 10 June 2013: Taliban fighters beheaded two boys aged 10 and 16 as a warning to villagers not to cooperate with the Afghan government - 19 July: A bomb killed five young children and a woman when it exploded after being made at the home of a Taliban commander in eastern Afghanistan

2014: 8 January 2014: 10-year-old Afghan girl Spozhmai who says her brother sought to use her as a suicide bomber is asking President Karzai to find her a new home - 13 January: Afghan girl Spozhmai told journalists how her family forced her to attack a police checkpoint with a suicide vest

Human Rights in Afghanistan: Human rights in Afghanistan

Torture in Afghanistan: Torture in Afghanistan - Bagram torture and prisoner abuse - 11 October 2011: UN finds 'systematic' torture in Afghanistan - 20 January 2013: The UN says torture in Afghan prisons continues to be widespread despite its recommendations in a similar report in 2011 - 'few investigations and no prosecutions for those responsible' - 1 June 2013: Britain must investigate torture in Iraq, Afghanistan, UN says

Religion in Afghanistan: Religion in Afghanistan - Islam in Afghanistan - Buddhism in Afghanistan - Freedom of religion in Afghanistan

Ideology of Taliban: Ideology of Taliban - Taliban propaganda - 21 April 2013: Taliban punished two Afghans with amputations, police and one of the victims said

Terrorism in Afghanistan

Taliban treatment of women

Women's rights in Afghanistan: Women's rights in Afghanistan

2012: Human Rights Watch report 28 March 2012: Imprisonment of Afghan women and girls for flight from unlawful forced marriage or domestic violence - NZZ 17. April: Laut Behördenberichten haben islamische Extremisten und Gegner von Mädchenschule 150 Mädchen an einer weiterführenden Schule mit kontaminiertem Wasser vergiftet und einige schwer verletzt - 5 July: Woman, children beheaded in Afghan 'dishonour killing' - 8 July: Taliban publicly execute woman accused of adultery in front of a crowd near Kabul - 11 July: Dozens of women, men and rights activists took to the streets of Kabul on Wednesday to protest over the recent public execution of an Afghan woman and to demand justice - 13 July: Female Afghan politician Hanifa Safi killed in a bomb attack in eastern Afghanistan - 24 July: Afghan cleric charged with raping 10-year-old schoolgirl - HRW 18 September: Free Women Jailed for ‘Running Away’ - 30 September: Violence stalks women workers in Afghanistan - 10 December: Afghan women's affairs official in Laghman province Nadia Sidiqi, just months after her predecessor was blown up by a bomb, shot dead by suspected Taliban - 11 December 2012: Afghan women victims of violence are still being failed by the justice system, according to a new UN report

2013: 23 January 2013: After her daughter Khatera was threatened and then murdered, Anisa Azam sued the Afghan police for failing to do their job - 18 May: Afghanistan's parliament failed to pass a law on Saturday banning violence against women - 24 May: Women on Afghan frontlines to fight Taliban - 25 juin: Huit femmes et un enfant d'une même famille ont été tués par une bombe dans la province de Kandahar, alors qu'ils se rendaient à une cérémonie de fiançailles - 4 July: Afghan women's rights activists react with alarm after court reverses conviction in torture of young woman - 4 July: Helmand's top female police officer and mother of three Islam Bibi was killed on her way to work, after receiving death threats from Taliban and even from her family - 14 juillet 2013: À l'école de Dah Yaya des filles apprennent à dire 'non' aux choix qui leur sont imposés - 20 July: One of President Karzai's main religious advisers will not overturn a decree issued by clerics in the north reimposing Taliban-style curbs on women - 13 August: Taliban kidnapped female MP Fariba Ahmadi Kakar who was travelling by car through Afghanistan's central Ghazni province with her children - 5/6 Septembe: Suspected Taliban militants shot dead the Indian author Sushmita Banerjee, married to Afghan businessman Jaanbaz Khan in the Paktika province, running a health clinic and writer of a popular book about her dramatic escape from the Taliban in the 90s, saying 'The way I fought against Taliban, every woman should too' - 16 September: Gunmen shot the top female police officer Negar in Helmand province - 17 September: An unpublished UN report on female police officers in Afghanistan found accounts of pervasive sexual assault and harassment by their male colleagues - 10 December: Police rescue woman from Taliban stoning to death - 19 December: Alarm rises for Afghan women prisoners after Western troops leave

2014: 4 January: Violent crime against women in Afghanistan hit record levels and became increasingly brutal in 2013, the head of its human rights commission Sima Samar says - 8 March: Herat marks International Women’s Day by launching the first Herat International Women’s Film Festival

Media of Afghanistan: Media of Afghanistan

Newspapers in Afghanistan - Radio stations in Afghanistan - Television in Afghanistan

21 March 2014: Afghan journalists boycott Taliban coverage following the assault on Kabul’s Serena Hotel killing nine civilians, including a local journalist, his wife and two young children - 23 March 2014: Hundreds of journalists and international media organisations are enforcing a voluntary ban on broadcasting Taliban attacks, after Taliban murdered nine innocent civilians including five and three-year-old children in Kabul

Internet in Afghanistan: Internet in Afghanistan

List of journalists killed during the War in Afghanistan (2001–present): List of journalists killed during the War in Afghanistan (2001–present)

2014: 24 January 2014: Journalist Noor Ahmed Noori, working for radio station in Afghanistan, found burned and mutilated inside a bag in Helmand province - On 11 March 2014 Swedish journalist Nils Horner shot dead in a street in Kabul in execution-style - 11 March 2014: Swedish journalist Nils Horner, who also had British citizenship, was shot to death on Tuesday while he was talking to a translator on a street in Kabul - 12 March: Taliban splinter group says it killed British-Swedish reporter Nils Horner - 21 March: Afghan journalists boycott Taliban coverage after Kabul hotel attack kills reporter Sardar Ahmad and children - 4 April 2014: A gunman in Afghan police uniform shot two foreign journalists in eastern Khost province killing photographer Anja Niedringhaus and injuring reporter Kathy Gannon

Crime in Afghanistan: Crime in Afghanistan

Terrorism in Afghanistan: Terrorism in Afghanistan - Terrorist incidents in Afghanistan by type - Terrorist incidents in Afghanistan by year

Victims of the Taliban: Taliban - Victims of the Taliban - Taliban treatment of women

Opium production and illegal drug trade in Afghanistan: Opium production in Afghanistan - Illegal drug trade in Afghanistan

Corruption, fraud etc.: Corruption, fraud etc. in Afghanistan - Corruption in Afghanistan - Shirini - Integrity Watch Afghanistan

2013: 5 March 2013: The former chiefs of Kabul Bank Sherkhan Farnood and Khalilullah Ferozi have been sentenced to five years in jail for the multi-million dollar fraud that almost led to its collapse in 2010

Law and law enforcement in Afghanistan: Law of Afghanistan - Law enforcement in Afghanistan - Afghan National Police - Afghan Public Protection Force

Foreign relations of Afghanistan: Foreign relations of Afghanistan

Afghanistan/France relations: Afghanistan/France relations - French forces in Afghanistan - 20 November: France ends Afghan combat role - 29 April: The outgoing French ambassador to Afghanistan Bernard Bajolet blamed the country’s rampant corruption and the drug trade on the country's failure to establish itself as an independent country

Afghanistan/India relations: Afghanistan/India relations - 4 October 2011: 'Strategic partnership' between Afghanistan and India signed by Karzai and Singh in Delhi - 12 November: Afghan President Karzai is in New Delhi, holding delegation-level talks with PM Manmohan Singh - 12 November: India and Afghanistan to intensify cooperation, especially in the sectors of agriculture, small business and mining - 3 July 2013: Three Indian workers were killed in Tuesday's Taliban attack on a guest house in Kabul - 3 August: A suicide blast outside the Indian consulate in Jalalabad has reportedly left at least eight people dead and another 12 injured - 5 September: Suspected Taliban militants shot dead the Indian author Sushmita Banerjee, writer of a popular book about her dramatic escape from the Taliban in the 90s, in eastern Afghan province of Paktika - 11 December: Hamid Karzai heads to India waving wish list of military hardware

Afghanistan/Pakistan relations: Afghanistan/Pakistan relations

since 1980: Afghan-Pakistani Haqqani network 1980–present, USA and ISI's fosterling - 9 July 2013: Former ISI chief Ahmed Shuja Pasha has admitted that the deadly Haqqani network was created by it and USA's CIA and claimed that the insurgent group's chief Haqqani had 'in fact been invited to the White House by President Reagan'

2012/2013: 24 December 2012: Pakistan shares the Kabul government's goal of transforming the Taliban insurgency into a political movement, an Afghan official says - 21 June 2013: Afghanistan and Pakistan trade accusations at UN over the whereabouts of Islamist extremists on their border - 26 August: President Karzai seeks Pakistan's help to arrange peace talks with Taliban

Afghanistan/Qatar relations: Afghanistan/Qatar relations - 20 June: US welcomes Qatar's decision to take down a sign that cast the Taliban's new office in Doha as a rival Afghan embassy saying the militant group can't represent itself 'as an emirate, government or sovereign' - 20 June: Afghan government anger at opening of Taliban office in Qatar leads US to suspend plans to attend talks

Afghanistan/Sweden relations: 'Swedish Committee for Afghanistan' aid organisation active in Afghanistan since 1980 - On 11 March 2014 Swedish journalist Nils Horner shot dead in a street in Kabul in execution-style - 11 March 2014: Swedish journalist Nils Horner was shot and killed in Kabul in an attack that many worry reflects the growing danger for foreigners in Afghanistan’s capital

Afghanistan/Turkmenistan relations: Afghanistan/Turkmenistan relations - Trans-Afghanistan Pipeline - Afghanistan Oil Pipeline

Afghanistan/United Kingdom relations: Afghanistan/United Kingdom relations: Anglo-Afghanische Kriege - War in Afghanistan since 2001 - 18 January 2012: UK troops quizzed over Afghan child abuse - 21 July 2012: More than 800 historic artefacts stolen from museums in Afghanistan returned to Afghanistan - 11 October 2012: Seven UK marines arrested on suspicion of a murder which occurred in Afghanistan in 2011 - 14 October: Five UK marines charged with murder - 24 January 2013: Playing royals in action - the third-in-line to the throne Harry confirmed he shot dead insurgents from the cockpit, saying he took the enemy 'out of the game' - 29 May 2013: Afghans unlawfully held by British forces at Camp Bastion - 29 May: UK to transfer scores of detainees to Afghan facilities - 1 June 2013: Britain must investigate torture in Iraq, Afghanistan, UN says - 4 June: Two British soldiers convicted of abusing Afghans - On 11 March 2014 Swedish journalist Nils Horner shot dead in a street in Kabul in execution-style - 11 March 2014: Swedish journalist Nils Horner, who also had British citizenship, was shot to death on Tuesday while he was talking to a translator on a street in Kabul

Afghanistan/United Nations relations: Afghanistan/United Nations relations - UN resolutions concerning Afghanistan - 1 July 2013: UN deputy chief reiterates commitment to country’s long-term development in Afghanistan - 3/4 April 2014: UN's Ban Ki-moon urges all Afghan men and women to fully participate in Presidential and Provincial Council elections on April 5, as UNAMA condemns deadly attack on foreign journalists in the Tani district of Khost province

Afghanistan/USA relations: Afghanistan/USA relations - The Guardian: US gave silent backing to Taliban rise to power

CIA activities: CIA activities in Pakistan

1980–present: Afghan-Pakistani Haqqani network 1980–present, USA's and ISI's fosterling - 9 July 2013: Former ISI chief Ahmed Shuja Pasha has admitted that the deadly Haqqani network was created by it and USA's CIA and claimed that the insurgent group's chief Haqqani had 'in fact been invited to the White House by President Reagan'

2011: 31 May 2011: Karzai bans Nato strikes on Afghan homes - 17 July 2011: Nato begins security handover to local forces in Bamiyan - 16 November: Karzai lays out conditions for US partnership demanding night raids by US and Nato stopped - 5 December: Afghan conference in Bonn as Nato troops eye exit and Pakistan is boycotting the talks - 28 December: President Karzai backs Taliban Qatar office plan

2012: AP 4 January 2012: Taliban to open Qatar office for talks with US - 7 January: Karzai demands US cede Afghan prison control - 30 January: Several Taliban negotiators have begun meeting with American officials in Qatar, where they are discussing preliminary trust-building measures - 16 February: After 11 years of war Afghanistan and USA in 'Taliban talks', Karzai says - 11 mars: Un soldat américain a tué 16 personnes, dont neuf enfants et trois femmes, dimanche matin dans la province de Kandahar - 12 March: The Afghan Parliament demands that the US soldier who killed 16 villagers in their homes should be put on public trial in Afghanistan - 13 March: Hundreds of university students took to the streets in Afghanistan's eastern city of Jalalabad Tuesday to protest the rampage by a US soldier who killed 16 villagers - 15 March: The US soldier accused of killing 16 Afghan villagers has been flown by US military from Afghanistan out to Kuwait - 16 March: US 'did not co-operate' with Kandahar probe - Karzai, in meeting with families of 16 victims, says his investigators were denied access to the accused US soldier - 17 March: US soldier accused of killing 16 Afghan civilians in Kandahar identified as Staff Sergeant Robert Bales - 17 March: British BBC considers the 'personality' of the murder (back in the USA) of Afghan civilians and children and not the situation of the victims and their families - outcry for justice? USA and UK are the murder and responsible, some hundreds of years - 2 mai: Attentat des Taliban à Kaboul et six morts après la visite surprise de Barack Obama à Kaboul aussi prononcant un discours télévisé à l’adresse des Américains depuis la base militaire de Bagram - 7 July: In Kabul US secretary of state Hillary Clinton designating Afghanistan a major non-NATO ally shortly before major aid conference in Tokyo - 10 September: US to transfer Bagram prison to Afghans - 25 September: Afghans hail action over US Marines abuse - 5/6 November: Najeeban in southern Afghanistan is a ghost village, deserted by the surviving inhabitants after a murderous rampage, as Sergeant Robert Bales is due in US court for a military hearing and prosecutors say they will seek death penalty for Robert Bales, accused of killing 16 civilians - 11 November: US military court hears Afghan massacre accounts - 12 November: US Sergeant Bales watches as child after child describes the bloodbath that left their parents and other loved ones dead - 19 November: Afghan president Karzai says US forces continue to capture and detain Afghans in violation of a deal signed earlier this year

Kandahar massacre 11 March 2012 and trial 2013: Kandahar massacre 11 March 2012 - 5 June 2013: US Sgt. Bales pleads guilty in Afghan massacre - 21 August 2013: Afghan victims confront US soldier accused of massacre - 24 August: US army sergeant Bales who murdered 16 Afghan villagers in a horrific rampage was sentenced to life in prison with no possibility of parole

2013 three-city US tour of Afghan youth orchestra: 9 February 2013: Afghan youth orchestra begins first three-city US tour

2013: 24 February: The Afghan government demands the withdrawal of US special forces from Wardak and Logar within two weeks accusing them of fuelling 'insecurity and instability' in the volatile provinces - 25 March: US to hand over Bagram jail to Afghans - 29 April 2013: For more than a decade, wads of US dollars packed into suitcases, backpacks and, on occasion, plastic shopping bags have been dropped off every month or so at the offices of Afghanistan's president - 'courtesy' of the CIA - 19 June: After the Afghan militants opened an office in Qatar to oversee peace negotiations, US officials will meet with Taliban representatives within days - 19 June: The Taliban today claimed responsibility for an overnight attack at Bagram air base that killed four US troops, just hours after US said its officials would meet the insurgents for talks - 19 June: The Afghan government lashed out at US efforts to broker peace with the Taliban, suspending security talks with Washington and threatening to boycott contacts with the insurgents - 20 June: US welcomes Qatar's decision to take down a sign that cast the Taliban's new office in Doha as a rival Afghan embassy saying the militant group can't represent itself 'as an emirate, government or sovereign' - 20 June: Afghan government anger at opening of Taliban office in Qatar leads US to suspend plans to attend talks - 17 July: Afghan suspect blames US commandos for civilian murders - 13 September: Deadly truck bomb hits US consulate in Afghanistan - 13 October: Dispute on immunity for US troops blocks Afghan-US security pact - 21 November: Afghanistan and USA agree on post 2014 military deal text - 21 novembre: Ouverture de la Loya Jirga, examen de l'accord avec les Etats-Unis - 24 November: Afghan council endorses US security deal and seeks immediate signing - 26 November: US says may pull out all troops from Afghanistan as Karzai holds up deal - 13 December: USA can't be aggressive, intimidatory, Afghanistan president Karzai says

War in Afghanistan since 2001: War in Afghanistan since 2001

Civil war in Afghanistan 1992–1996 leads to the Taliban controlling most of Afghanistan - Taliban and Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan 1996-2001 - Civil war in Afghanistan 1996–2001 Taliban period

Terrorism in Afghanistan

International Security Assistance Force (ISAF)

"Afghan War Diary" - War crimes in Afghanistan - Civilian casualties of the war in Afghanistan (2001-present)

May 2011: 1 May 2011: 12-year-old boy suicide attack - NZZ 18. Mai: Provinz Tahar - Tote bei Protesten nach Nato-Angriff - NZZ 29. Mai: 12 Kinder bei Nato-Luftangriff getötet

June 2011: NZZ 18. Juni: Karzai bestätigt Gespräche USA-Taliban - NZZ 23. Juni: Obama kündigt Abzug von 10.000 Soldaten bis Ende 2011 an - Obama announces withdrawal of 10.000 troops this year and another 23.000 by the end of September 2012 - NZZ 23. Juni: Nach den USA kündigen weitere Länder Truppenabzug an - Deux journalistes francais retenus en otage par les Talibans libérés après 547 jours

July 2011: 7 July: Afghan protests at civilians deaths in Nato air strike - UN: Deadliest six months for Afghan civilians (14 July 2011) - Nato begins security handover to local forces in Bamiyan 17 July 2011 - NZZ 23. Juli: Kommandoübergabe auch in Masar-i-Scharif Juli 2011 - 28 July: BBC reporter Ahmed Omed Khpalwak among 17 victims killed in Afghan Taliban blasts

September 2011: 7 September: Nato suspends Afghan prison transfers - torture allegations - 8 September: Nato-led forces killed BBC-reporter Ahmed Omed Khpulwak - shot dead by an US-soldier (compare July 28) - 11 September 2011: Five Afghan civilians (including a 3-year-old girl) killed, several Afghans and dozens of US-soldiers wounded in a Taliban suicide bombing targeting US-base in Wardak province - 21 September: Afghans gather to mourn Burhanuddi Rabbani killed by a suicide bomber - 23 September: Karzai vows to continue Afghan peace effort

October 2011: NZZ 29. Oktober: Schwerer Taliban-Angriff auf Nato-Truppen in Kabul

November 2011: 2 November: Turkey summit to map out Afghan future - NZZ 24. November: Sechs Kinder bei Nato-Luftangriff in der Provinz Kandahar getötet

December 2011: 8 December: Kabul in grief after Ashoura shrine blast as Karzai vows to take up the issue with Pakistan

January 2012: 12 January: US military to probe 'marine abuse video' - 13 January: US Marines identify desecrators of corpes in Afghanistan as the international community condemns the new US crime - 13 February: US Marine unit in Afghanistan abuse video identified - NZZ 18. Januar: Ermittlungen gegen britische Afghanistan-Soldaten wegen Mißbrauchs von Kindern - 19 January: Ongoing atrocities against civilians despite promised talks - 20 January: France suspends Afghan troop training after a deadly attack of an Afghan army soldier - NZZ 21. Januar: Frankreich erwägt rascheren Abzug aus Afghanistan

February 2012: 4 February 2012: Afghan civilian deaths rise for fifth year, UN says - 10 February: Hamid Karzai accuses NATO on Thursday of killing eight children in a coalition airstrike in eastern Afghanistan - 23 February: Violence over the burning of copies of the Quran by NATO troops at a military base in Afghanistan - 26 February: Withdrawal of all foreign advisers in Afghanistan announced after killing of two US military officers in Kabul's interior ministry

March 2012: 11 March: US soldier kills Afghan civilians in Kandahar - NZZ 15. März: Karzai will Nato früher aus Afghanistan haben - ISAF-Truppen sollen sich ab sofort aus Dörfern zurückziehen – Taliban sagen Gespräche mit den USA ab - NZZ 16. März: Schon wieder getötete afghanische Kinder, diesmal durch Nato-Helikopterabsturz auf ein Wohnhaus in Kabul

April 2012: 16 April: Sunday Taliban assault on Afghan capital 'over' - officials say all Taliban fighters involved in Kabul attack are dead - NZZ 17. April: Laut Behördenberichten haben islamische Extremisten und Gegner von Mädchenschule 150 Mädchen an einer weiterführenden Schule mit kontaminiertem Wasser vergiftet und einige schwer verletzt - 19 April: Probe ordered into behaviour depicted by images showing US troops posing with mangled bodies of suspected suicide bombers

May 2012: NZZ 13. Mai: Rückschlag für Dialog mit den Taliban - afghanischer Vermittler Maulwi Arsala Rahman ermordet - 19 May: 13 dead in Afghan suicide bombing at a lunch gathering of Afghan police and local civilians in southeast Afghanistan - 21 May: 'Hard days ahead' in Afghanistan, Obama says at a Nato summit in Chicago dominated by the issue of withdrawal from Afghanistan - 27 May: An airstrike by the US-led NATO coalition killa eight members of a family in eastern Afghanistan, Afghan authorities say

June 2012: 6 June: 17 civilians have been killed in a NATO airstrike in eastern Afghanistan, the head of Logar provincial council says - 9 June: Visiting Logar province US general apologises for Afghan deaths - 9 June: Start of French troop pullout in July confirmed hours after four French soldiers were killed - 22 juin: Les talibans attaquent un hôtel proche de Kaboul - 26 June: Four villages in country's east create National Uprising Movement to protect residents from violence

July 2012: 8 July: Donors at an international conference in Tokyo have pledged to give $16bn in civilian aid over four years, in an attempt to safeguard Afghanistan's future - 9 July: Roadside bombs and attacks killed and injured Afghan civilians, policemen and Nato members - 13 July: Female Afghan politician Hanifa Safi killed in a bomb attack in eastern Afghanistan - 14 July: Suicide bomber kills 22 in northern Afghanistan - MP Ahmad Khan Samangani killed in the attack - 14 July: The deadly suicide bombing in Samangan Province targeted a wedding party for MP Ahmad Khan's daughter - 15 July: Afghan minister Obaidullah Obaid survives a bomb attack on his motorcade in northern Afghanistan

August 2012: 20 August: New Zealand signals exit from Afghanistan earlier in 2013 than planned - 27 August: Taliban attack an Afghan army post in the troubled southern province of Helmand - 28 August: A group of 17 civilians - 15 men and two women - have been killed by the Taliban in southern Afghanistan

September 2012: 1 September: A suicide bombing at a large NATO military base in central Afghanistan kills at least six Afghan civilians - 4 September: Suicide bomber killed at least 25 civilians and wounded dozens at a funeral for a village elder in the village of Shagai in the Durbaba district - 8 September: Taliban claims responsibility for a 'teenage' suicide bomber attack that kills six people, the dead and wounded all street sellers aged between 12 and 17 - 10 September: At least 16 people killed in blast targeting policemen at crowded intersection in urban capital of Kunduz province - 15 September: The Taliban say they carried out an attack on Nato's Camp Bastion in revenge for the film made in the US seen as insulting to Islam - 16 September: Four foreign soldiers and one Afghan policeman killed in latest 'insider' attack in Zabul province - 16 September: Nato air strike kills at least eight women and children in Laghman and injured seven - nobody protects the Afghan people and civilians against deadly attacks and war crimes, repeated again and again - 18 September: Hezb-e-Islami group claims responsibility for a female suicide attack on a minibus in Kabul killing 12 people, including several foreigners working for an international courier company

October 2012: 1 October: Suicide bomber wearing police uniform kills 13 in Khost, including at least three police and three Nato soldiers - 13 October: At least eight people were killed in attacks in southern Afghanistan - 15 October: Afghan officials say that a NATO air strike killed three children while it was targeting Taliban planting mines on a road in Helmand province's Nawa district - 26 October: In a second suspected insider attack in two days two US troops die in the southern Uruzgan province - 26 October: Attack by man in police uniform leaves over 40 killed and injured outside mosque in northern province of Faryab - 30 October: Apparent insider attack kills two NATO troops in Nahri Sarraj district - 31 October: A roadside bomb blew up a civilian truck in Musa Qala that killed 10, including seven young women and three children

November 2012: 4 November: A roadside bombing in southern Afghanistan has killed a district police chief, as fighters increasingly target Afghan security forces amid the draw-down of foreign troops - 11 November: A mother and her newborn baby were among six family members killed in a roadside bombing in eastern Afghanistan - 11/12 November: Nato soldier killed in the latest 'insider' attack in a joint camp in Nad Ali district of Helmand province while 11 Afghan civilians lose their lives in land mine blasts - 21 novembre: Un attentat suicide dans l'enclave diplomatique de Kaboul mercredi matin a fait deux morts - 23 November: A Taliban suicide bomber kills two people and wounds 40 others, including women and children, in an attack in Wardak province - 29 November: A roadside bomb exploded under a passenger van in the Deh Rawood district of Uruzgan province, killing 10 people, most of them women and children

December 2012: 2 December: Taliban suicide attack on Afghan NATO base kills 12 in Jalalabad - 10 December: Suspected Taliban gunmen shoot dead women's affairs official in Laghman, while Nimroz province police chief dies in roadside bombing - 17 December: Collecting firewood several young girls have been killed in a landmine explosion in Nangarhar province - 20 December: A roadside bomb kills two policemen and five civilians in Zaranj, Nimroz province - 24 December: A female Afghan police officer shot and wounded a Nato advisor in Kabul police headquarters - 26 December: A Taliban suicide bomber killed three people in an attack on a US base in the eastern town of Khost, the base that is believed to be used by the CIA - 27 December: Four Afghan policemen were killed and two wounded in a Taliban attack in the southern province of Uruzgan

January 2013: 6 January: At least four people were killed and 15 others wounded in a twin suicide attack inside a meeting of community leaders in Spin Boldak - 8 January: Afghan soldier kills British soldier, wounds six - 16 January: Taliban target Afghan intelligence HQ in deadly attack - 21 January: Fierce gunfight after co-ordinated Taliban-claimed attacks on traffic police headquarters in western Kabul - 27 January: At least 10 people have been killed after a roadside bomb detonated in Kandahar

February 2013: 9 February: A landmine explosion ripped through a civilian vehicle in Nad Ali district of Helmand province and killed six members of a family - 13 February: A NATO air strike killed 10 Afghan civilians, including five children, in the Shigal district of Kunar province - 19 February: Karzai signs ban to limit Nato air strike assistance - 24 February: On Sunday morning three suicide bombings in outlying provinces and a shootout in Kabul - 24 February: The Afghan government demands the withdrawal of US special forces from Wardak and Logar within two weeks accusing them of fuelling 'insecurity and instability' in the volatile provinces - 27 February: At least nine injured, mostly army personnel, after bomber detonates near bus carrying Afghan soldiers

March 2013: 3 March: Nato troops kill two Afghan boys due to alleged mistaken identity - 9 March: As new US defence secretary visits Kabul nine people killed in apparent suicide attack at Kabul defence ministry and at least nine people - eight of them civilians and one a policeman - killed in a suicide bombing in Khost city - 12 March 2013: Two US soldiers were killed and 10 wounded in a suspected insider attack in Afghanistan, after President Karzai accused US of colluding with the Taliban to justify its presence in the country - 26 March: Taliban claims responsibility after eight suicide bombers kill five security officers in attack on a base in Jalalabad - 30 March: A Nato helicopter strike kills two children close to Ghazni city in southern Afghanistan - 31 March: Kabul government seeks to explore the possibility of talks with Taliban

April 2013: 4 April: Taliban killed over 50 people and injured 100 others in a seven-hour-long attack on a court complex in Farah city - 4 April: An airstrike by US-led forces killed four policemen and two civilians in the Deh Yak district of Ghazni province - 5 April: A bomb strapped to the back of a donkey killed one policeman and wounded three civilians in the Alingar district in Laghman province - 6 April: Six Nato personnel were killed on Saturday in two separate attacks in Qalat city and in the southern province of Zabul - 8 April: Nato airstrike kills 11 children in Afghanistan's Kunar province, officials say - 12 avril: Au moins treize soldats afghans ont été tués lors d'une attaque des talibans contre un avant-poste de l'armée dansle district de Nari, de la province de Kunar

May 2013: 2 May 2013: Three British soldiers killed in a blast in Helmand province - 5 May: Seven US soldiers were killed in two separate attacks in Afghanistan in Maiwand district and in the western province of Farah on Saturday - 16 May: Suicide attack on Nato convoy in Kabul kills six civilians - 24 May: Taliban attack UN compound in Afghan capital, two gunmen killed - 25 May: Mosque blast kills 12 people in Ghazni province's district of Andar - 29 May: 7 foreign aid workers rescued after militants detonated a suicide bomb and waged a gun battle at the International Committee of the Red Cross in Jalalabad, killing an Afghan security guard

June 2013: 4 June: Afghanistan road bomb kills three children and their father, injuring the mother critically - 10 June: All seven militants who launched an attack Monday on Kabul airport died in the assault - 11 June: Suicide blast in Kabul kills at least 17 people at Supreme Court - 18 June: Afghan forces take lead on security from Nato - 25 juin: Échec d'une attaque des Taliban sur le palais présidentiel à Kaboul - 25 juin: Huit femmes et un enfant d'une même famille ont été tués par une bombe dans la province de Kandahar, alors qu'ils se rendaient à une cérémonie de fiançailles - 26 June: Karzai and Obama commit to Taliban talks despite attack

July 2013: 2 July: Seven people killed in Kabul attack on Nato supply firm in Kabul - 8 July: Afghan forces killed 18 Taliban and lost five of their own troops in operations in the country's east - 9 July: 17 Afghan civilians, 12 women, four children and one man, killed by a roadside bomb in Herat's Obe district - 18 July: Taliban kill eight Afghan workers on their way to US military base south of Kabul - 31 July: Civilian casualties in the Afghan war rose 23% the first half of this year due to Taliban attacks and increased fighting between insurgents and government forces, the UN says

August 2013: 2 août: Vingt-deux policiers afghans et 76 talibans ont été tués au cours de combats dans la province de Nangarhar - 3 August: Reports say a suicide bomber launched an attack near Indian consulate in Jalalabad leaving at least eight children dead and several injured - 28 August: Taliban executed 12 Afghan civilians in two separate incidents, including five aid workers - 31 August: A suicide bomber detonated his explosives near a police checkpoint and a bank in southern Afghanistan, one of two attacks that killed 18 people

September 2013: 2 September: A group of Taliban suicide bombers attacked a US base near the border with Pakistan on Monday morning, leading to multiple explosions, a gunfight and the closure of a key road - 13 September: Deadly truck bomb hits US consulate in Afghanistan

October 2013: 15 octobre: Le gouverneur de la province afghane du Logar a été tué mardi par l'explosion d'une bombe cachée dans un microphone - 27 October: A roadside bomb killed 18 civilians and wounded five as they rode a small bus home after attending a wedding in the Ghazni province

November 2013: 16 November: Deadly suicide blast in Kabul ahead of security talks

January-March 2014: 18 January: Up to 21 people were killed, mostly foreigners and including IMF and UN staff, in a Taliban attack on a popular restaurant in Kabul - 26 January: A Taliban suicide bomber has attacked a military bus in Kabul, killing at least four people - 21 February: Three male suicide attackers wearing burqas attacked a police headquarters close to Kabul, killing one policeman - 23 February: The Taliban attacked an Afghan army base in Kunar province, killing 19 soldiers and kidnapping seven - 6 March: A NATO airstrike in eastern Afghanistan accidentally killed five Afghan soldiers - 14 March: A roadside bomb in Helmand province kills six civilians, including two women and two children - 18 March: Suicide bomber kills at least 13 civilians in Maimana, the capital of Faryab province - 20 March: Taliban assault on police station in Jalalabad kills 10 police officers and a civilian - 21 March: Nine people - three women, two children and four foreigners - were killed in a highly secure Kabul hotel by four teenaged Taliban fighters, who were killed too

Natural disasters: Natural disasters in Afghanistan - 21 May 2012: Flood waters ravaged the provincial capital Sar-e-Pul in northern Afghanistan, killing at least 19 people and destroying hundreds of homes - 4 August: Flash floods in Afghanistan kill more than 40 people

Armenia - History of Armenia - Geography of Armenia

Economy of Armenia: Economy of Armenia - Agriculture in Armenia

Politics of Armenia: Politics of Armenia - Armenian parliamentary election 6 May 2012 - NZZ 6. Mai 2012: In Armenien haben die Wahlen für ein neues Parlament begonnen - 7 May: Partial results show 44.41 percent of the vote for President Serzh Sarkisian's Republican party - Armenian presidential election 18 February 2013 - 17 February: Armenia president predicted to dominate polls - 19 February: Incumbent Serzh Sargsyan garners over 58 percent of vote, official results show, amid claims of voting violations

Armenian Genocide: Armenian Genocide 1915-1923

Armenian Genocide recognition

Nagorno-Karabakh conflict: Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and war 1988-1994 - 20 July 2012: Wahlsieg von Amtsinhaber Saakjan in Präsidentschaftswahlen - Kämpfe mit aserbeidschanischen Truppen

Foreign relations of Armenia: Foreign relations of Armenia

Armenia/Azerbaijan relations - Armenia/Azerbaijan relations in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 - 6 June 2012: Deadly clashes along Azeri-Armenia border

Armenia/Georgia relations

Armenia/Iran relations

Armenia/Russia relations

Armenia/Turkey relations

Armenia/USA relations

Azerbaijan - History of Azerbaijan - Geography of Azerbaijan

Economy of Azerbaijan: Economy of Azerbaijan - Agriculture in Azerbaijan

Politics of Azerbaijan: Politics of Azerbaijan - Elections in Azerbaijan - Human rights in Azerbaijan

Azerbaijani presidential election 9 October 2013 - 9 October: Azerbaijan votes in presidential election - 10 October: Azerbaijan's Ilham Aliyev hails poll 'triumph' amid concerns

Social movements and protests: 2011 Azerbaijani protests (ongoing) - 26 January 2013: Azerbaijan police brutally dispersed an unauthorised rally, protesting against the police using excessive force against peaceful protests, in central Baku, beating up and arresting scores of people

Nagorno-Karabakh conflict: Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and war 1988-1994

Foreign relations of Azerbaijan: Foreign relations of Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan/Armenia relations - Armenia/Azerbaijan relations in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 - 6 June 2012: Deadly clashes along Azeri-Armenia border

Azerbaijan/European Union relations - European Parliament resolution of 12 May 2011 on Azerbaijan - NZZ 28. Juni: Rechtsausschuss des Europarates fordert die Freilassung von 50 inhaftierten politischen Oppositionellen

Azerbaijan/Russia relations

Bangladesh - Geography of Bangladesh - Partition of India by the 'British Empire' 1947 - Partition of Bengal 1947 - History of East Pakistan 1947-1971 - Bangladesh Liberation War 1971 - Indo Pakistani War of 1971 - History of Bangladesh - Demographics of Bangladesh

Economy of Bangladesh: Economy of Bangladesh - List of companies of Bangladesh

Energy in Bangladesh: Energy in Bangladesh - Fossil fuels in Bangladesh - Natural gas in Bangladesh - Oil and gas companies of Bangladesh - Electricity sector in Bangladesh - Renewable energy policy of Bangladesh

Bangladesh textile industry: Bangladesh textile industry - Textile industry - employment and labour - 1 May 2013: Savar, a suburb of Dhaka, is a dusty, chaotic industrial center littered with factories that produce clothes for leading Western brands, whose building codes are often unenforced, regulatory oversight is flimsy, and whose men wielding power often travel with armed guards

Tazreen Fashion factory fire 2012: Dhaka fire in the Tazreen Fashion factory 24 November 2012 - 25 November: At least 100 workers killed by a fire in the multi-floor Tazreen Fashion factory in the Ashulia district on the outskirts of the capital Dhaka - 26 November: Another fire that broke out in a 12-storey building housing four different garment factories in Dhaka, has been almost brought under control, police say - 27 November: Bangladesh is observing a day of mourning for the more than 100 victims of a clothing factory fire on Saturday - 29 November: Three mid-level managers held for preventing workers from leaving factory premises after fire alarm went off - 7 December: Tazreen Fashion factory fire exposes safety gap in the supply chain - 17 December: The Tazreen Fashion factory fire killing 111 workers was caused by sabotage and managers at the plant prevented victims from escaping, the head of an official inquiry says

Smart Export Garments Ltd factory fire 2013: 27 January 2013: The unlicensed 'Smart Export Garments Ltd' factory in Dhaka where seven women workers died in a fire Saturday, was making clothing for Spanish giant Inditex and several French brands

Dhaka garments factory collapse April 2013: Four garment factories housing building collapse in Dhaka 24 April 2013 - 24 April 2013: At least 15 people were killed and many more feared dead when an eight-storey building housing a market and garment factory collapsed in the town of Savar outside Dhaka - 25 April: The death toll from the building collapse in Dhaka has risen to 160, with people trapped under the rubble of a complex that housed garment factories supplying retailers in Europe and North America - 27/28 April: Factory bosses were arrested, 72 hours after the deadly collapse of a building where low-cost garments were made for Western brands, as the death toll rose to 348 and angry workers protested on the streets of the capital - 29 avril: Un incendie a éclaté dans les décombres de l'immeuble de Dacca, mettant fin à tout espoir de retrouver de nouveaux survivants dans les ruines - 10 May: The death toll from the Dhaka garments factory collapse soared past 1,000 on Friday, while the list of the dead from the fire on 8 May 2013 at a sweater manufacturer showed the entanglement of the industry and top Bangladeshi officials - 10 May: Woman rescued in the rubble of the collapsed Rana Plaza building 17 days after collapse - 14 mai: Fin des recherches dans l'immeuble effondré où périrent plus de 1.100 ouvriers du textile, mais des dizaines de proches éplorés attendaient toujours des nouvelles de leurs disparus - 24 juin: Des centaines d'ouvriers du textile et des survivants de l'effondrement du Rana Plaza ont manifesté deux mois après l'accident, en réclamant des comptes au gouvernement sur les personnes toujours portées disparues et sur le volet financier - 25 July: The mayor of Savar arrested over Rana Plaza factory disaster in April

September 2013: 13 September: A two-day meeting of clothing retailers, with key names including Walmart, Benetton, Mango staying away, and pressure groups aimed at reaching a compensation deal for victims of two Bangladesh factory disasters ended in failure

Dhaka garment factory fire 8 May 2013: Dhaka garment factory fire 8 May 2013 - 9 May 2013: Eight people were killed when a fire broke out ih a clothing factory in the Mirpur industrial district of Dhaka, belonging to the Tung Hai Group, a large garment exporter whose retailers include Britain's Primark and Inditex Group of Spain

October 2013: 8 October: A fire at a garment factory outside Bangladesh's capital has killed at least 10 people on Tuesday

2014: 10 March: Several thousand Bangladeshi garment workers have lost their jobs after their factory, where they stitched clothes for Western retailers, was discovered with serious safety problems and shut down

Agriculture in Bangladesh: Agriculture in Bangladesh, including rice and jute, wheat, maize and tea - most Bangladeshis earn their living from agriculture

Forestry in Bangladesh: Forestry in Bangladesh

Fishing in Bangladesh: Fishing in Bangladesh

Water in Bangladesh, water supply and management: Water in Bangladesh - Bodies of water of Bangladesh - Rivers of Bangladesh - Water supply and sanitation in Bangladesh - Water management in Dhaka

Sharing the water of the Ganges

30 June 2013: About 450 employees fell ill after complaining of contaminated water at their workplace near the Bangladeshi capital, the second such incident to hit the same garment factory in recent days

Wetlands of Bangladesh: Wetlands of Bangladesh

Environmental issues in Bangladesh: Environmental issues in Bangladesh - Floods in Bangladesh - Climate change in Bangladesh

Waste management in Bangladesh

Tourism in Bangladesh: Tourism in Bangladesh - Visitor attractions in Bangladesh - World Heritage Sites in Bangladesh

Labour in Bangladesh: Labour in Bangladesh - Women in Bangladesh's garment industry

Child labour in Bangladesh - 26 October 2009: ILO report on child labour in Bangladesh - 15 May 2013: Combating child labour through education

Poverty in Bangladesh: Poverty in Bangladesh

List of slums in Bangladesh

2013: 3 February 2013: Hundreds of homes burned in a fire in shantytown in the capital Dhaka

Politics of Bangladesh: Politics of Bangladesh - List of political parties in Bangladesh - 2006-2008 Bangladeshi political crisis - Government of Grand Alliance 2009-present - Political parties in Bangladesh

Elections in Bangladesh - 10 April 2013: Bangladesh's election commission has declared April 29 as the date to hold presidential election in the country - 22 April 2013: Abdul Hamid won presidential elections following the death of Zillur Rahman on 20 March 2013 - 1 August 2013: Bangladesh court cancels registration of right-wing party Jamaat-e-Islami - 2 December: Bangladesh's 18-party opposition coalition confirms poll boycott on deadline day

Bangladeshi general election January 2014: Bangladeshi general election 5 January 2014 - 2 January: One person was killed on the first day of BNP's countrywide nonstop blockade to foil the January 5 general election - 4 January: Dozens of voting booths were attacked on the eve of elections and an activist was killed in clashes with Awami League supporters in Patgram - 5 janvier: Nombreux lieux de vote attaqués dans le cadre des législatives au Bangladesh - 5 January: The violence against Bangladesh's general election continues - 6 January: Low turnout mars Bangladesh polls - 6 January: Ruling Awami League wins the violence-plagued election whose outcome was never in doubt after the boycott - 7 January: Pressure mounts on Bangladesh PM after walkover re-election, as the USA demands a swift re-run that would include all the major parties

Social movements and protests 2012/2013: NZZ 12. März 2012: Tausende fordern Rücktritt der Regierung in Bangladesh - größte Demonstration seit der Wahl von 2008 - 24 April 2012: Bangladeshis strike over missing politician

2012 Tazreen Fashion factory fire protests: Tazreen Fashion factory fire 24 November 2012 - 26 November 2012: Garment workers staged mass protests to demand the end to 'deathtrap' labour conditions after Bangladesh's worst-ever textile factory fire in Tazreen Fashion factory, as a new blaze in Dhaka sparked fresh panic and terror - 27 November: Protesters and factories workers across the country took to the streets for a second day to express their anger over the Tazreen Fashion factory fire

9 December 2012: Opposition parties have called a general strike after at least two people were killed in clashes during nationwide road blockades demanding a caretaker government to ensure elections due in 2014 are fair

2013: 7 January 2013: Police clash with anti-government protesters trying to enforce a general strike called to denounce a fuel price hike

2013 Shahbag protests - 4 March 2013: Bangladesh remains tense on day two of nationwide bandh, after 24 people have died overnight in clashes across the country related to a death sentence given to a top Islamist opposition leader for his role in atrocities

April 2013: 27 April: Police fired tear-gas and rubber bullets at hundreds of thousands of workers protesting the death of more than 300 colleagues in the collapsed building in Dhaka

May 2013: 1 mai: Des dizaines de milliers de manifestants au Bangladesh défilaient mercredi pour réclamer la pendaison des propriétaires d'ateliers de confection - 20 May: Bangladeshi police fired rubber bullets and tear gas at thousands of garment workers Monday as they demanded a wage hike at a protest in a manufacturing hub outside the capital Dhaka

September 2013: 23 septembre: Jusqu'à 200.000 ouvriers ont manifesté lundi pour le troisième jour consécutif et des dizaines de milliers d'ouvriers du textile ont bloqué des rues, exigeant un salaire mensuel minimum équivalent à 100 dollars - 25 September: Police have used batons, rubber bullets and tear gas to stop protests by garment workers in Bangladesh who want higher wages

November 2013: 12 November: Thousands of garment workers demanding higher pay clashed with police for a second day, leaving dozens of people injured and at least 200 factories closed

Bangladeshi society, demographics and human rights: Bangladeshi society - Demographics of Bangladesh - Human rights in Bangladesh - Freedom of religion in Bangladesh - Religious violence in Bangladesh

Women in Bangladesh: Women in Bangladesh - Women's rights in Bangladesh - Women in Bangladesh's garment industry

Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee (BRAC) - women's welfare in Bangladesh

Education and culture in Bangladesh: Education in Bangladesh - Culture of Bangladesh

Child labour in Bangladesh: Child labour in Bangladesh - 26 October 2009: ILO report on child labour in Bangladesh - 15 May 2013: Combating child labour through education

Health in Bangladesh: Health in Bangladesh

Media of Bangladesh: Media of Bangladesh - List of journalists killed in Bangladesh since 1992 - 30 December 2012: 2012 South Asia mourned the murder of 25 media persons, 13 journalists in Pakistan, five in India, three in Bangladesh, and two each in Nepal and Afghanistan, a report says

Bangladeshi television and radio channels - Newspapers in Bangladesh

Internet in Bangladesh: Internet in Bangladesh - 4 April 2013 Bengali blog blackout - 25 April 2013 and 2 May 2013: Worldwide Protests for Free Expression in Bangladesh

Religion in Bangladesh: Religion in Bangladesh - Freedom of religion in Bangladesh

Buddhism in Bangladesh - Hinduism in Bangladesh - Islam in Bangladesh

Religious violence in Bangladesh: Religious violence in Bangladesh - Hathazari violence February 2012 - Fatehpur violence March 2012 - Chirirbandar violence August 2012 - Ramu violence September 2012 - 30 September 2012: Hundreds of Muslims have set fire to at least 10 Buddhist temples and 2.100 homes in southern Bangladesh after picture of allegedly desecrated Quran on Facebook - 1 October: Troops deployed after new attacks on Buddhists

Crime in Bangladesh: Crime and drug trafficking in Bangladesh

2012: 16 June 2012: Journalist Zamal Uddin stabbed to death at Kashipur Bazar in Jessore district

2013: 23 December 2013: Bangladesh police brought charges over the Tazreen factory garment factory fire, accusing the owners and 11 others of negligence that led to the loss of 111 lives

2014: 9 February 2014: Fugitive owners of fire-disaster Tazreen Fashions factory sent to jail

Corruption in Bangladesh: Corruption in Bangladesh - Anti Corruption Commission Bangladesh - 18 October 2005: Bangladesh has been ranked as the most corrupt country on earth in the latest list of corrupt nations published by Transparency International - Corruption Perceptions Index 2012 Bangladesh rank 144 - Bangladesh has been ranked 136th in the Corruption Perceptions Index 2013

Terrorism in Bangladesh: Terrorism in Bangladesh - 2001 Ramna Batamul bombings - 2004 Dhaka grenade attack - 2005 Bangladesh bombings - 2 December 2013: Bangladeshi ministers escape bomb attacks ahead of next month's general elections

Bangladesh Liberation War 1971, war tribunal since 2011 and protests: Bangladesh Liberation War 1971 - 1971 Bangladesh atrocities - 10 August 2011: Bangladesh war tribunal to start work in Dhaka - International Crimes Tribunal (Bangladesh) - 5 February 2013: Abdul Kader Mullah, senior Jamaat-e-Islami party leader, sentenced to life for crimes against humanity during 1971 war - 16 February 2013: At least four people are killed as opposition activists clash with police during protests over war crimes trial - 9 May 2013: Muhammad Kamaruzzaman sentenced to death in the fourth verdict in Bangladesh's war crimes tribunals - 15 July 2013: Special Bangladeshi court sentenced top Islamist Ghulam Azam to 90 years in prison for masterminding atrocities during the 1971 war - 17 July 2013: Bangladesh Islamist leader Mohammad Mojaheed sentenced to death for 1971 war crimes - 17 September: Bangladesh Supreme Court sentences Islamist leader Abdul Quader Mollah to death for war crimes - 12/13 December 2013: Bangladesh executes Islamist leader Abdul Quader Molla for war crimes

2013 Bangladesh riots and anti-Hindu violence: 2013 Bangladesh riots - 28 February: At least 30 people are reported to have been killed and hundreds injured in protests after member from Jamaat-e-Islami party Delwar Hossain Sayedee was sentenced to death for war crimes - 1 March 2013: Death toll over death sentence for convicted Delwar Hossain Sayedee reaches 42, as new round of clashes erupt in Bangladesh - 3 March: Bangladesh deploys troops in the north as six more people were killed in fresh clashes - 5 March: Jamaat-e-Islami activists clashed with security forces for a fifth day on Monday during a nationwide strike called to denounce war crimes trials, leaving at least three people dead and dozens injured

2013 Bangladesh Anti-Hindu violence - 19 December 2013: Eight Awami activists sentenced to death by a fast-track Bangladeshi court for hacking to death a Hindu man during a nationwide strike in 2012 - 7 January 2014: Seven BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami activists arrested for attacks on Hindus in Jessore and Dinajpur, after members of the community voted despite opposition's call to boycott Sunday's elections

2013 Shahbag protests: 2013 Shahbag protests - 16 February 2013: One of the organisers of the Shahbagh protest blogger Ahmed Rajib Haider’s throat was slit after he was hacked to death by the attackers, police say - 28 February 2013: Calls grow for banning Jamaat-e-Islami in BD - 2 March 2013: Police arrested five students on charges of murdering anti-Islamist blogger Ahmed Rajib Haider whose death triggered nationwide turmoil

Demand for a new blasphemy law, persecution and murder of bloggers: 18 February 2013: Reporters Without Borders strongly condemns the murder of Ahmed Rajib Haider, who was hacked to death in Dhaka on 15 February - 6 April 2013: Hundreds of thousands of Islamists rallied in Dhaka on Saturday to demand the execution of bloggers for allegedly defaming Islam - 6 May: At least 22 people were killed as Bangladeshi police fought pitch battles with tens of thousands of Islamists in Dhaka demanding blasphemy law - 10 June: Protestors clashed with police in several towns as the latest strike declared by the nation's largest Islamic party paralysed much of the country - 27 October: Three killed as political strike grips Bangladesh - 27 November: Bangladesh opposition supporters blocked roads and ripped up railway tracks in protests against the announcement of an election date, leaving four people dead and plunging the nation into fresh turmoi

Foreign relations of Bangladesh: Foreign relations of Bangladesh

Bangladesh/Burma relations: Bangladesh/Burma relations - 13 June 2012: Bangladesh turns away Rakhine refugees - 22 July: More than 300.000 from Myanmar live in makeshift camps along its border with Bangladesh as unregistered refugees

Bangladesh/Germany relations: Bangladesh/Germany relations - 24 April 2013: After the deadly collapse of a block housing garment factories in Dhaka, a website of a company, which had two factories in the building, listed 27 main buyers, including firms from Britain, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Spain, and the United States

Bangladesh/India relations: Bangladesh/India relations - 6 September 2011: Bangladesh and India today signed an agreement on demarcation of land boundaries - Teesta river waters treaty on hold

Bangladeshis in the Middle East: Bangladeshis in the Middle East

Bangladesh/Saudi Arabia relations: Bangladesh/Saudi Arabia relations - 8 October 2011: Saudi public beheading of eight Bangladesh workers condemned

Bangladesh/United Arab Emirates relations: Bangladesh/United Arab Emirates relations - Bangladeshis in the United Arab Emirates

Bangladesh/United Kingdom relations: Bangladesh/United Kingdom relations - British Raj - British rule in the Indian subcontinent between 1858 and 1947 - 26 April 2013: British low-cost fashion line Primark and Spanish giant Mango have acknowledged having their products made in the collapsed factory bloc in Dhaka, that has so far claimed the lives of over 250 local workers - hundreds of thousands of workers walked out of their factories in solidarity with their dead colleagues on Thursday

Bangladesh/United Nations relations: Bangladesh/United Nations relations - 19 November 2013: Bangladesh must introduce sweeping reforms in its garment industry to maintain economic growth, the ILO says - 8 December 2013: UN launches effort to end political deadlock over the general elections on January 5 - 10 March 2014: UN envoy says Bangladesh needs billions of dollars to adapt to climate change as donors fail to match pledges with money

Bangladesh/USA relations: Bangladesh/USA relations - 27 November 2012: Walmart admits goods made at Bangladesh fire factory near Dhaka - 27 November: US retailer ends relationship with unnamed Bangladesh textile firm - 27 juin 2013: Les Etats-Unis ont imposé des sanctions commerciales au Bangladesh invoquant les dangereuses conditions de travail

Natural disasters in Bangladesh: Natural disasters in Bangladesh - Environment of Bangladesh

Floods and landslides in Bangladesh: Floods in Bangladesh - July/August 2007 South Asian floods - 27 June 2012: More than 50 people have been killed in landslides after three days of rains

Tropical cyclones, tornadoes and storms in Bangladesh: Tropical cyclones in Bangladesh - 23 March 2013: Tornado in eastern Brahmanbaria district leaves 20 dead, 200 injured - Cyclone Mahasen May 2013 - 17 May 2013: At least 45 deaths related to cyclone Mahasen were reported in Bangladesh, Myanmar and Sri Lanka

Brunei - Geography of Brunei - History of Brunei - Demographics of Brunei

Economy of Brunei: Economy of Brunei - Companies of Brunei - Brunei LNG, established in 1969, owned by the Government of Brunei (50%), Shell Overseas Trading Limited and Mitsubishi Corporation (both 25%) - Brunei Shell Petroleum Co Sdn Bhd

Society, demographics and human rights in Brunei: Bruneian society - Demographics of Brunei - Human rights in Brunei

22 October 2013: Sultan of Brunei introduces tough Islamic punishments including death by stoning

Politics of Brunei: Politics of Brunei - Political parties in Brunei - Brunei People's Party, established in 1956 to bring Brunei into full independence from the United Kingdom, is a banned party since 1962 - National Development Party, registered political party, but legislative elections have not been held in Brunei since 1962 - Brunei National Solidarity Party, banned in 1988, legislative elections have not been held in Brunei since 1962

Legislative Council of Brunei: Legislative Council of Brunei

Foreign relations of Brunei: Foreign relations of Brunei - ASEAN–China Free Trade Area

Brunei/Indonesia relations: Brunei/Indonesia relations

Brunei/Japan relations: Japanese occupation of British Borneo 1941-1945

Brunei/Malaysia relations: Brunei/Malaysia relations - Brunei and Malaysia

Brunei/Netherlands relations: 3 January 2012: Tainted ‘symbiotic partnership’ between Brunei regime and Shell

Brunei/United Kingdom relations: Brunei/United Kingdom relations - British Borneo 1846-1963 - Brunei Revolt 1962-1966, in 1962 rebels began co-ordinated attacks on the oil town of Seria (targeting the Royal Dutch Shell oil installations) and on police stations and government facilities around the protectorate - Brunei and Malaysia - Brunei pulled out of the Malaysia Agreement 1963 and became independent from the United Kingdom on 1 January 1984 - Brunei Shell Petroleum Co Sdn Bhd

Burma - Birmanie - History of Burma - Geography of Burma

Economy of Burma: Economy of Burma - Agriculture in Burma - 31 October: Opium production 'on the rise in SE Asia' and Burma as the world's second-largest producer of opium, UN study says

Society and human rights in Burma: Burmese society - Human rights in Burma

Education in Burma: Education in Burma

Schools in Burma - 2 April 2013: Muslim school fire kills at least 13 in Yangon

Media of Burma: Media of Burma - Censorship in Burma

Newspapers in Burma: Newspapers in Burma

Politics of Burma: Politics of Burma - Political parties in Burma - National League for Democracy - Aung San Suu Kyi

Elections in Burma: Elections in Burma - Burmese general election 2010

2012-2013: Burmese by-elections 2012 - 6 juin 2013: Aung San Suu Kyi a déclaré jeudi qu'elle souhaitait briguer le poste de président, à deux ans des élections de 2015

Internal conflict in Burma: Internal conflict in Burma since 1948

Protests in Burma: Protests in Burma

Since 2007: 2007 Burmese anti-government protests

7 July 2011: Crowds throng as Suu Kyi visits Bagan - 29 November 2012: Riot police fired water cannon to disperse people near the central town of Monywa protesting against the expansion of a copper mine jointly owned by the Burmese military and Chinese arms manufacturer Norinco - 30 November: Opposition leader Suu Kyi criticises police behind crackdown on mine protest that injured dozens, including Buddhist monks - 2 December 2012: Police apologise for mine crackdown as government forms commission to be headed by Aung San Suu Kyi to investigate raid

2011-2013 Burmese political reforms and ongoing repression: 2011-2012 Burmese political reforms - 29 June 2011: Military regime warns Suu Kyi ahead of tour of country - 4 July 2011: Aung San Suu Kyi for the first time travelling since release - trip to Bagan - 14 August: Pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi made first political trip outside Rangoon since release, calling for national unity - 19 August: Auung San Suu Kyi meets army backed President Thein Sein amid government's attempts to soften its image - 12 octobre 2011: Des dizaines de prisonniers politiques vont être libérés - 18 November: Suu Kyi's democracy party to rejoin Burma politics - 2 December: Opposition leader Suu Kyi says after a meeting with Hillary Clinton that improved ties with USA can help democratisation

2012: 10 January 2012: Suu Kyi to run for Myanmar parliament in April by-elections - 13 January: Myanmar frees more political prisoners - ceasefire with Karen rebels signed - NZZ 17. Januar: Burmas Präsident stoppt das Militär und stärkt Schutz von Minderheiten - 12 February 2012: Myanmar MPs tackle first budget in decades - Burmese by-elections 1 April 2012 - 1 April: Voting under way for 45 seats in parliament, with pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi among those standing - 2 avril: L'opposante Aung San Suu Kyi élue députée, selon la Ligue nationale pour la démocratie gagnant 43 sièges sur 44 - 2 April: Pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi says she hopes Sunday's by-elections marked the start of a new era in Burma - 16 juin 2012: Aung San Suu Kyi reçoit son Prix Nobel de la Paix 1991 à Oslo - 20 August: Burma ends media censorship - 7 September: Myanmar appoints first female Cabinet minister - 17 September: Burma has released more than 500 prisoners, including some of the country's remaining political detainees and a number of foreigners - 30 September: Thein Sein 'would accept Suu Kyi as president'

2013: 10 mars 2013: Aung San Suu Kyi, réélue à la tête du LND à l’occasion du tout premier congrès du parti, appelle à l’unité - 25 May: Two-child limit for Muslims in parts of Myanmar - 24 July 2013: The government reportedly agreed to release some 70 political prisoners, after President Thein Sein vowed to free all dissidents by the end of the year

Religion in Burma: Religion in Burma - Freedom of religion in Burma

2012 Rakhine state riots: 2012 Rakhine state riots - 10 June 2012: Violence involving Buddhists and Muslims has left 17 people dead and hundreds of properties damaged in the western state of Rakhine - 11 June: Curfew imposed in Rakhine following clashes between Buddhists and Muslims - 13 June: UN envoy visiting Rakhine state - 18 August: Burma sets up a commission to investigate recent violence between Buddhists and Muslims in the west of the country - 25 October: New wave of sectarian violence in western Myanmar leaves five people dead and dozens injured, triggering another exodus of Muslims to emergency camps - 28 October: More than 22.000 people have been displaced in Rakhine state, surging towards already overcrowded camps after new communal violence that has left dozens dead - 30 October: Fear, mistrust grip Myanmar's volatile Rakhine region - one Buddhist was shot dead and another wounded when security forces opened fire in Kyauknimaw

2013: 22 March 2013: Two days of clashes between Buddhists and Muslims in Meikhtila town leave at least 20 people dead - 23 March: Army patrols central city of Meikhtila where several days of clashes between Buddhists and Muslims left dozens of people dead and scores of buildings in flames - 24 March: Dozens of houses and a mosque have been torched as communal violence spread again in central Myanmar - 22 April: Myanmar accused of 'ethnic cleansing' - 22 April 2013: Video shows police standing by while Buddhist rioters attack minority Muslims in the town of Meiktila - 22 April 2013: Ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity committed against Myanmar's ethnic Rohingya people, according to a report by Human Rights Watch - 1 May: Buddhists hurling bricks overran a pair of mosques and set hundreds of homes ablaze in central Myanmar, injuring at least 10 people - 25 May: Two-child limit for Muslims in parts of Myanmar

2014: 28 February: Medecins Sans Frontieres' shock at Myanmar suspension, providing emergency assistance to tens of thousands of Rohingya people

Foreign relations of Burma: Foreign relations of Burma - Southeast Asian Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone Treaty

Tripoint of Burma, Laos and Thailand: The 'Golden Triangle' (Burma, Laos, Thailand) designates the confluence of the Ruak River and the Mekong River

Burma/Bangladesh relations: Burma/Bangladesh relations - 13 June 2012: Bangladesh turns away Rakhine refugees - 22 July: More than 300.000 from Myanmar live in makeshift camps along its border with Bangladesh as unregistered refugees

Burma/India relations: Burma/India relations - 28 May: Manmohan Singh in first visit to Burma by an Indian prime minister since 1987 - 29 May: PM Manmohan Singh meets Aung San Suu Kyi - 14 novembre: Aung San Suu Kyi devait rencontrer à New Delhi le Premier ministre indien Manmohan Singh

Burma/South Korea relations: 14 May 2012: South Korean President Lee Myung-bak in key Burma visit

Burma/Thailand relations: Burma/Thailand relations - 29 mai: Aung San Suu Kyi attendue à Bangkok pour son premier voyage en 24 ans

Burma/United Nations relations: Burma/United Nations relations - 30 April 2012: UN's Ban Ki-moon urges Burma to unite on path to change - 14 juin: Devant la Conférence internationale du travail, l'opposante Aung San Suu Kyi appelle à investir en Birmanie

Burma/USA relations: Burma/USA relations - 5 April 2012: US to soften sanctions on Myanmar - 20 September: Recognised for campaign to fight for good governance Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu handed US Congressional medal - 9 November: Later this month as part of a November 17-20 tour of Southeast Asia Barack Obama will become the first US President to visit Myanmar - 21 May 2013: US president Obama urges the president of Myanmar in Washington to take steps to halt violence against Muslims and move ahead with economic and political reforms

Natural disasters: Cyclone Nargis 2008 - 25 August 2012: At least 85.000 people have fled their homes after the worst flooding in years submerged hundreds of thousands of hectares of rice fields - Cyclone Mahasen May 2013

Cambodia - Geography of Cambodia - History of Cambodia - Demographics of Cambodia

Economy of Cambodia: Economy of Cambodia - Economic history of Cambodia - List of companies of Cambodia

Cambodia's garment industry: Cambodia's garment industry - 16 May 2013: Part of a shoe factory in Kampong Speu province, west of Phnom Penh, crashed on to employees as they were working, leaving at least two people dead - 20 October 2013: Clothes on your back - inside Cambodia's garment industry - 8 janvier 2014: Les ouvriers du textile au Cambodge fabriquent dans des conditions controversées et pour moins de 100 dollars par mois les vêtements vendus en Occident par Nike ou Gap

Agriculture and natural resources of Cambodia: Natural resources of Cambodia - Deforestation in Cambodia

Agriculture in Cambodia

Tourism in Cambodia: Tourism in Cambodia

Poverty in Cambodia: Poverty in Cambodia - Child labour in Cambodia

2012: 22 April 2012: Dam on Mekong's tributary threatens livelihood of Cambodia's poor

Taxation in Cambodia: Taxation in Cambodia - 3 October 2013: Overview of Cambodian tax system

Military of Cambodia: Military of Cambodia

Politics of Cambodia: Politics of Cambodia - Political parties in Cambodia - Elections in Cambodia

Cambodian general election 28 July 2013: Cambodian general election 28 July 2013 - 29 July 2013: National Rescue Party alleges widespread irregularities in parliamentary poll that saw ruling party claim victory - 31 July: Cambodia's opposition party says it won general election 63-60, challenging the ruling party's earlier declaration of victory and calling for an independent commission to investigate poll irregularities - 7 September: Cambodian opposition rallies as final poll results loom

Social movements and protests: Trade Unions in Cambodia - Global Witness' campaign in Cambodia

2012: 26 April 2012: Cambodian environmental campaigner Chut Wutty who investigated illegal logging shot dead by police

2013: 2013–2014 Cambodian protests

2013/2014 Cambodian garment workers’ strikes and protests: 28 May 2013: Cambodian police clash with thousands of mostly female garment workers, 23 hurt when police using stun batons moved in to end a protest over pay at a factory that makes clothing for US sportswear company Nike - 11 June: Hundreds of workers have been fired from the factory making sportswear for US giant Nike following a series of protests over pay, unionists say denouncing the move as unacceptable and illegal - 6 septembre: Plus de 700 ouvriers du textile au Cambodge ont vu leur licenciement annulé dans une usine fournissant Gap et H&M, après la mobilisation de milliers de leurs collègues - 12 November 2013: More than 30 people were arrested after protests erupted and police, killing one woman and wounding eight people, tried to break up a strike by garment workers from a factory supplying H&M and Gap

2014: 3 January 2014: Cambodian police opened fire on protesting garment workers, demanding a minimum wage of $160 per month, and left at least three people dead - 4 janvier: La police disperse un rassemblement de l'opposition à Phnom Penh et interdit de nouveaux rassemblements, au lendemain de la répression d'une manifestation d'ouvriers du textile - 5 January: As police indefinitely bans further rallies, Cambodia's opposition leaders are summoned to court on suspicion of inciting civil unrest - 21 January: Cambodia arrests 11 persons, comprising union leaders and land-rights advocates, as activists try to deliver petitions to foreign diplomats in the Cambodian capital following a ban on protests

Society, demographics and human rights in Cambodia: Cambodian society - Demographics of Cambodia - Human rights in Cambodia - Religion in Cambodia - Freedom of religion in Cambodia

Culture of Cambodia: Culture of Cambodia - Languages of Cambodia - Courtship, marriage, and divorce in Cambodia

Youth in Cambodia: Youth in Cambodia - Child labour in Cambodia

Education in Cambodia: Education in Cambodia

Health in Cambodia: Health in Cambodia

Khmer Rouge rule of Cambodia: Khmer Rouge rule of Cambodia - Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia ECCC - Website ECCC - Four Khmer Rouge leaders go on trial 27 June 2011

Foreign relations of Cambodia: Foreign relations of Cambodia - Southeast Asian Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone Treaty

Cambodia/France relations: Cambodia/France relations - French 'Protectorate' of Cambodia 1863-1953 - French Indochina 1887-1954 - Indochina Wars

Cambodia/Thailand relations: Cambodian-Thai border dispute 2008-2011 - International Court of Justice 18 July 2011: Thai-Cambodian troops 'must leave Preah Vihear temple' - 12 November 2013: Cambodia, not Thailand, has sovereignty over border land around temple, UN’s highest court says

Cambodia/United States relations: Cambodia/United States relations - CIA activities in Cambodia since 1954 - Operation Menu - covert USA bombing campaign in eastern Cambodia and Laos 1969-1970 - Cambodian Campaign 1970 by the USA and South Vietnam during the Vietnam War - 28 May 2013: Cambodian police clash with thousands of mostly female garment workers, 23 hurt when police using stun batons moved in to end a protest over pay at a factory that makes clothing for US sportswear company Nike

Natural disasters: 2011 Southeast Asian floods

Caucasus - Geography of the Caucasus - North Caucasus - South Caucasus - History of the Caucasus - Peoples of the Caucasus - Languages of the Caucasus

North Caucasian Federal District: North Caucasian Federal District - District fédéral du Nord-Caucase - Nordkaukasus Föderationskreis

Chechnya: Chechnya - History of Chechnya - First Chechen War 1994-1996 - Second Chechen War 1999-2000, Insurgency phase 2000–2009 - 21 October 2012: Raids involving both local and federal Russian troops destroyed 90 bases across several republics in North Caucasus, Russia says

Politics of Chechnya - 6 August 2012: Interior ministry troops among the dead after suspected bombers strike outside Grozny - 21 September: At least 12 people killed in fighting between army and Islamist fighters in Chechnya and Kabardino-Balkaria

Dagestan: Dagestan - 4 May 2012: Two blasts near a police post killed at least 15 people and wounded more than 20 in Dagestan - NZZ 20. Mai: Sieben Tote bei Anti-Terror-Einsätzen im Nordkaukasus - 19 August: Masked gunmen burst into a mosque in the troubled Russian Caucasus region of Dagestan, wounding eight - NZZ 28. August 2012: Selbstmordattentat auf Islamgelehrten und Amoklauf in Kaserne - 20 May 2013: Two car bombs killed at least three people and wounded dozens of others on Monday in Dagestan's provincial capital Makhachkala - 25 May: Female suicide bomber, a widow of two Islamic radicals killed by security forces, injures 18 people

Ingushetia: Ingushetia - 19 August 2012: Six policemen have died in Ingushetia region in a suicide bombing at the funeral of their colleague

South Ossetia: South Ossetia - South Ossetian referendum 11 September 2011

South Ossetian presidential election 2011/2012: South Ossetian presidential election 13 November 2011 - NZZ 14. November 2011: Präsidentenwahl ohne Entscheidung - Stichwahl am 27. November - Alla Dzhioyeva wins the presidential election with 8955 votes to Bibilov's 6205 but the Supreme Court declared the elections invalid - South Ossetian presidential election 25 March and 8 April 2012 - 9 April 2012: Ex-KGB agent Tibilov wins in South Ossetia - Leonid Tibilov elected president with 54% of the vote

Foreign relations of South Ossetia

South Ossetia/Abkhazia relations

South Ossetia/Georgia relations

South Ossetia/Russia relations

People's Republic of China (PRC) - Geography of the PRC - History of China - Demographics of the PRC

Economy of the PRC: Economy of the PRC - List of companies of China - Companies of China by industry - List of State-owned enterprises in China - List of the largest companies of China

Economic history and business cycles: Economic history of China since 1949 - Historical GDP of the People's Republic of China - History of trade of the People's Republic of China

2005-2011 Chinese property bubble: Chinese property bubble (2005–11)

2011-2014: 'Twelfth Guideline' 2011–2015 of five-year plans of China - NZZ 30. September 2011: Auch Chinas Industrie schrumpft geringfügig - 15 July 2013: China's economic growth slows more as trade slumps

Financial system, services and banking in China:Chinese financial system - Financial services companies of China - Banking in China - Foreign exchange reserves of the People's Republic of China - Stock exchanges in China

Industry of the PRC: Industry of the PRC - Technological and industrial history of the PRC - Manufacturing companies of China

Automotive industry in China

Machinery manufacturing

Electronics industry in China - Software industry in China

Textile industry in China - China's cotton textile industry is the largest in the world, producing yarn, cloth, woolen piece goods, knitting wool, silk, jute bags, and synthetic fibers

Military industry: Military industry of the PRC - Weapons of the PRC

Foreign trade of the PRC: History of foreign trade of the People's Republic of China - Foreign trade: largest trading partners of the PRC - NZZ 19. März 2012: Weltweiter Waffenhandel boomt - das Volumen der Rüstungsgeschäfte hat in den vergangenen fünf Jahren um 24 Prozent zugenommen - auffällig sei der Aufstieg Chinas als Waffenexporteur, vor allem Pakistan habe chinesische Rüstungsgüter wie Schiffe und Kampfflugzeuge gekauft - 18 March 2013: With a rising volume of weapons exports between 2008 and 2012 of 162% compared to the previous five year period, China has become the world's fifth-largest arms exporter with Pakistan the main recipient, according to Sipri - 10 January 2014: PR of China surpasses USA as world's largest trading nation as annual trade in goods passes the $4tn mark

25 mars 2013: Président Xi Jinping en Afrique, le premier partenaire économique depuis quatre ans

Energy in the PRC: Energy in China - Fossil fuels in China - Coal in China - Petroleum in China - Natural gas in China - Nuclear power in China - Renewable energy in China

Petroleum industry and China National Petroleum Corporation: Petroleum industry in China - Oil companies of China - China National Petroleum Corporation with 30 international exploration and production projects

Energy policy of the PRC and coal power: Energy policy of the PRC - Coal power in the PRC

Mine accidents: Accidents and deaths - List of coal mining accidents in China

2008: 2008 Shanxi mudslide, caused by the collapse of an unlicensed mine landfill

2011: 4 November 2011: Mine disaster - dozens trapped in coalmine - 5 November: Several miners rescued from the Qianqiu coal mine

2012: 31 August 2012: At least 37 miners killed in Sichuan province after explosion at coal mine - 3 September: A coal mine explosion in the Gaokeng Coal Mine in Jiangxi province's Pingxiang city has killed at least 14 people just days after a blast in the country's south-west left 44 dead - 24 November: 18 Chinese miners die in coal-gas explosion in the state-owned Xiangshui coalmine in Guizhou province - 5 December: A gas blast in the Shangchang Coal Mine in Yunnan province left 17 people dead - 18 December: At least six people killed in an explosion at Niulanchu Coal Mine in Hunan Province

2013: 23 January 2013: Coal mine blast kills ten, three missing in Guizhou province's Liupanshui city - 13 March: 21 miners on Tuesday killed and four others missing after a coal and gas outburst at the Machang coal mine in Guizhou Province - 29/30 March 2013: After a landslide buried 83 people in Tibet's Lhasa Maizhokunggar county gold mine area, working for a subsidiary of the state-owned China National Gold Group Corp., search continues for trapped miners - 30 March: At least 28 people are killed in an explosion in state-owned Babao Coal Mine in the city of Baishan in Jilin province - 11 May 2013: An explosion at a coal mine in Guizhou province has killed 12 miners and injured two others - 12 May: An explosion at a coal mine in China's south-west Sichuan province has killed at least 27 people - 13 December: A blast at the Baiyanggou coal mine in the Xinjiang province killed 21 people

2014: 12 April 2014: 22 people still trapped in a coal mine in Qilin district of Qujing city

Labor relations in the PRC: Labor relations in the PRC - Labor in the PRC - China Labor Watch

2012: 10 October 2012: 12 Chinese construction workers killed, 24 hurt in dormitory blaze - 10 October: Five killed in expressway tunnel collapse in south Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region - 4 December 2012: Fire in clothing factory in Shantou city in Guangdong province kills 14 people

2013: 20 May 2013: A massive blast ripped through an explosives factory on Monday in Shandong province's Caofan township, killing at least 12 people and leaving others buried in the debris - 3/4 June: Fire at Chinese poultry plant kills more than 100, poultry plant representative detained - 23 November: Oil refiner Sinopec's pipeline explosion kills 47 people

2014: 7 March 2014: An explosion on Friday at Kailuan Group chemical plant in the city of Tangshan killed one person and left 12 others missing - 13 March: 31 people were killed and nine were missing after two lorries carrying dangerous chemicals collided in a tunnel in Shanxi province, triggering a huge explosion

Agriculture in the PRC: Agriculture in the PRC - History of agriculture in the People's Republic of China - Crops include wheat, rice, corn, sorghum, millet, potatoes, soybeans, barley, oats, buckwheat, field peas, beans, peanuts, rapeseed, sesame seed, sunflower seed, safflower seed, leaf tobacco, tea, cotton and silk - Rice production in China - Peach production in China

Rural Credit Cooperatives

2012: 22 août 2012: La différence de revenus chez les ruraux inquiète

Fishing industry in China: Fishing industry in China - Aquaculture in China

Water in China: Water in China - Water resources of China - Bodies of water of China - Rivers of China

Rural society, urbanization and social issues in the PR of China: Rural society in the PRC - Urbanization in the PRC - Social issues in the PRC - 11 September 2013: China billionaires pass 300 as richest get richer

Poverty in the PR of China: Poverty in the PRC - 18 January 2013: China's National Bureau of Statistics breaks long silence on inequality statistic - 8 February 2013: In wealthy Hong Kong, the poorest live in metal cages

Forced evictions in the PR of China: Forced evictions in the PRC - 11 October 2012: Forced evictions in China have risen significantly in recent years as local officials sell off land to property developers, rights group says

Housing in China: Housing in China - 29 June 2009: Chinese authorities are holding nine people in connection with the collapse of a 13-storey block of flats, raising fresh questions about corruption and shoddy practices in China's construction industry - 4 April 2014: A woman killed while six others rescued when a residential building collapsed in Zhejiang province's Fenghua city after the building was identified as dangerous last year

The rich and luxuries in the PR of China: Chinese billionaires - List of Chinese billionaires by net worth - 9 October 2012: China is set to become the world's second biggest market for luxury goods after the United States in five years, overtaking France, Britain, Italy and Japan - 28 February 2013: Asia has more billionaires than any other continent, followed by North America and Europe - 11 September 2013: China billionaires pass 300 as richest get richer

Chinese offshore accounts: 21. Januar 2014: Rechercheergebnisse des ICIJ zu mehr als 21.000 Offshore-Firmen von Kunden aus China - 26. Januar 2014: Offshore-Leaks, reiche Chinesen und ihre Tricks

Tourism in China: Tourism in China - Visitor attractions in China - World Heritage Sites in China

Chinese space program: Chinese space program - 29 June 2012: China's space capsule returns to Earth after a mission which saw the country's first manual docking procedure and its first woman in space - 14 December 2013: China's first lunar rover lands on moon

Military of the PR of China: People's Liberation Army (Military) - Military equipment of the PRC - Army Ground Force military equipment - NZZ 9. Juni 2011: China baut Flugzeugträger - 24 August: China's missile advances aimed at thwarting US defenses, analysts say - 25 November 2012: China lands J-15 jet on Liaoning aircraft carrier - 28 January 2013: Military carries out anti-missile test - 25 March 2013: China to buy two dozen fighter jets and four submarines from Russia - 22 November: China tests first stealth combat drone - 19 January 2014: China is building its second aircraft carrier and the country aims to have at least four such ships

List of Chinese military accidents since 1980s: List of Chinese military accidents since 1980s

PR of China and weapons of mass destruction: People's Republic of China and weapons of mass destruction - Nuclear weapons - Nuclear missiles of the People's Republic of China

Military budget of the PRC: Military budget of the PRC - NZZ 4. März 2012: China plant für 2012 die Aufstockung seines Militäretats um 11,2 Prozent auf 672 Milliarden Yuan - NZZ 17. April 2012: China und Rußland erhöhen ihre Militärausgaben auch 2011 kräftig - 5 March 2013: China hiked its defence budget by a whopping 10.7% to $115.7 billion - 5 March 2014: China to increase the military budget by 12.2% this year to $131.57 billion, seeking to develop more high-tech weapons and to beef up coastal and air defenses

Financial system, taxation and budget in China: Chinese financial system - Taxation in China - State Administration of Taxation - 19 March 2013: Report on China's central, local budgets 2012/2013 - 3 May 2013: China's 2013 draft budget report

27 June 2011: Chinese local governments massive debts revealed - 31 December 2013: China's local governments debt stirs alarm

Politics of the PRC: Politics of the PRC - Communist Party of China (CPC)

18th national congress of the CPC - 8 November 2012: Knowing the challenges China's communist party will get some new leaders but answers again that one single almighty party will maintain firm political control - 14 November: CPC party congress behind closed doors closes - 15 November: After being appointed head of the party Xi Jinping repeats that 'the party faces many severe challenges'

12th National People's Congress elections from October 2012 to February 2013

10 November 2013: Communist Party begins talks on economic reform

Government of the PRC: Government of the PRC - 1 October 2012: China marks National Day amid tensions - 15 March 2013: Li Keqiang named as China's prime minister

26 October 2012: Billions in hidden riches for family of Chinese prime minister Wen Jiabao - 26 October: China blocks New York Times website over Wen Jiabao report - 5 November: Communist Party has launched an inquiry into the alleged wealth of Premier Wen Jiabao's family at his own request

Corruption in the PRC: Corruption in the PRC - Category: Corruption in China

2012: 13 July 2012: Thomas and Raymond Kwok, co-heads of Sun Hung Kai Properties charged in corruption scandal

2013: 6 February 2013: Police chief Zhao Haibin in the province of Guangdong has been sacked after reports he owned hundreds of houses and a false identity card - 10 April: China formally charged former railways minister Liu Zhijun with corruption and abuse of power - 8 July: China's ex-rail minister Liu Zhijun gets suspended death sentence for graft

Bo Xilai trial since August 2013: Bo Xilai trial since August 2013

September-December 2013: 1 September 2013: Authorities announced an investigation into the head of a commission that oversees the China's state-owned companies - 2 September: The inquiry into the former CNPC chairman Jiang Jiemin to be investigated for graft in a current crackdown will focus on an oil firm he headed linked to other senior figures - another former top CNPC official Zhou Yongkang, who went on to become China's security tsar and a member of its highest-ruling body, the Politburo Standing Committee, is also to face a corruption inquiry - 22 November: China corruption watchdog to target senior officials in revamp - 29 December: More than 500 lawmakers in Hengyang city have resigned after being implicated in a bribery scandal, while another 56 provincial legislators have been sacked

2014: 6 janvier 2014: Dans leur campagne anti-corruption, les autorités chinoises ont traité en 2013 plus de 27'000 affaires, concernant 37'000 personnes, avec un taux de condamnation très élevé

Zhou Yongkang corruption scandal: Zhou Yongkang corruption scandal - 30 March 2014: Chinese authorities seize $14.5 billion assets from family, associates of ex-security chief Zhou Yongkang, who is at the centre Cnina's unprecedented corruption scandal

Hong Kong: Hong Kong Special Administrative Region - Politics of Hong Kong - Hong Kong legislative election 9 September 2012 - 10 September: Albert Ho (Democratic Party) will step down after his party won only four of 35 seats but pro-democratic candidates win 27 seats out of the 70 in the Legislative Council

Hong Kong society: Hong Kong society - 8 February 2013: In wealthy Hong Kong, the poorest live in metal cages

Human rights in Hong Kong - 25 mars 2013: Pas de droit de résidence pour les domestiques philippines et indonésiennes

Trade unions in Hong Kong

Crime in Hong Kong - Organised crime in Hong Kong

2 October 2012: A collision between two passenger boats off Hong Kong has left at least 36 people dead

Society, demographics, culture and human rights in the PRC: Chinese society - Demographics of China

Urban and rural society in China: Rural society in China - Urban society in China - Urbanization in China - Social issues in China - Poverty in the PRC

Migration in China: Migration in China

Foreign groups of migration in China

Human rights: Human rights in the PRC - Category: Human rights in the PRC - Category: Political repression in the PRC - Censorship in the PRC

Media in the PRC: Media of China - Television in the People's Republic of China - Radio in the People's Republic of China - Newspapers in China

2014: 11 April 2014: After showing signs of opening up, China's official media suffered a setback, with TV anchor Cui Jianbin being forced off air during a live show after he criticised officials for corruption and a newspaper suspended from publication due to an alleged bribery scandal

Government control of the media in the PRC: Government control of the media in the PRC - 8 May 2012: China expels Al Jazeera journalist Melissa Chan marking the first such expulsion of an accredited foreign correspondent in over a decade - 8 mai: La chaîne Al-Jazira ferme le bureau chinois de sa chaîne anglophone - 23 October 2013: New Express in Hunan province calls for journalist's release, saying Chen Yongzhou was targeted over corruption stories - 26 February: Ex-chief editor of the Ming Pao daily Kevin Lau Chun-to in critical condition after being attacked in street days after thousands march for press freedom

Censorship in China: Censorship in China - 4 January 2013: Journalists at major Chinese newspaper 'Southern Weekly' have called for a propaganda chief to resign, in a rare protest against censorship - 7 January 2013: Journalists at major Chinese newspaper 'Southern Weekly' have gone on strike in a rare protest against censorship in the Guangdong province - 8 January: China newspaper dispute sparks petition and more protests, also of middle school students and white-collar workers - 9 January: Reports from China suggest journalists at the newspaper 'Southern Weekly' embroiled in a censorship row are returning to work after an agreement was reached - 10 January: 'Southern Weekly', at the centre of anti-censorship protests, appeared on newsstands in Beijing and Shanghai on Thursday as usual, but not its home city Guangzhou - 10 January: Latest edition of Southern Weekly contains no reference to editorial row, after deal on relaxing government censorship - 23 October 2013: New Express in Hunan province calls for journalist's release, saying Chen Yongzhou was targeted over corruption stories - 2 January 2014: Censored China Southern Weekly newspaper insists on right to truth - 13 March: China arrests citizen journalists for reporting Tiananmen protests including an apparent self-immolation

Internet in China: Internet in China - 22 May 2013: Chinese authorities have arrested 13 people for Internet posts that sparked a rare protest in Beijing - 29 June: Chinese Internet users celebrated the return of two rare bronze animal heads looted by European powers more than a century ago

Social movements, protests and repression: Category: Protests in the PRC

Tiananmen Square protests 1989 and aftermath: Tiananmen Square protests 1989 - 4 June 2013: Chinese police blocked the gate of a cemetery housing victims of the Tiananmen crackdown on its 24th anniversary - 4 June 2013: Hong Kong to mark Tiananmen anniversary with huge vigil

Hong Kong 1 July marches since 1997: Hong Kong 1 July marches since 1997

2010 Chinese labour unrest: 2010 Chinese labour unrest - Trade unions in China

2010 Macau labour protest: 2010 Macau labour protest - 2010 Macau transfer of sovereignty anniversary protest, about universal suffrage, housing prices etc.

2011-2014 Chinese protests: 2011 Chinese protests - 2011 Chinese pro-democracy protests

Timeline since June/July 2011: NZZ 5. Juni: Großdemonstration in Hongkong zum 4. Juni - Hong Kong 1 July march 2011 - Mass protest against Hong Kong government and growing rich-poor divide (1 July march 2011)

August 2011: NZZ 17. August: Gut organisierte Protestbewegung erreicht Produktionsstopp des gefährlichen Chemiewerks in Hafenstadt Dalian

November/December 2011: - NZZ 19. November: Mehr als 7000 Streikende in chinesischer Schuhfabrik in Dongguan, die u.a. Schuhe für 'Adidas' und 'Nike' mit Hungerlöhnen herstellt - 24 novembre: Grève chez un fournisseur d'Apple et d'IBM en Chine - NZZ 23. Dezember: Bürgerproteste in Südchina eskalieren - tödliche Gewalt gegen Demonstranten in der Provinz Guangdong

March 2012: Protests of Wukan 2011/2012 - 3 March 2012: China protest village Wukan holds council elections

July 2012: 2 July: Protests in Hong Kong amid swearing-in of Chief Executive - 1 July 2012 – 3 July 2012 Shifang protest - 3 July: Chinese officials have halted the construction of a copper alloy plant in Shifang city, Sichuan province, following protests by local residents - 28 July 2012: Qidong protests ended after the government promised to suspend a proposed waste water pipeline project - 23 July: Nearly nine million users of China's popular microblog express outrage at government after Beijing floods leave 37 people dead - NZZ 26. Juli: China hat zum ersten Mal Demonstranten in Hongkong bestraft, die in der Sonderverwaltungszone gegen die chinesische Führung protestiert hatten - 1x Protestieren = 14 Monate Arbeitslager - 28 July: A local government in eastern China drops plans for a water-discharge project after thousands of residents protested and clashed with police over pollution concerns - 30 July: Hong Kong protests China 'patriotism' classes

September 2012: NZZ 1. September: Tausende demonstrieren in Hongkong gegen 'patriotisches Schulfach' - 3/4 September: More protests of thousands over Hong Kong 'national education' row - 4 September: Hong Kong students and teachers protested on Tuesday for a sixth straight day against plans to introduce Chinese patriotism classes - 8 September: After weeks of protests Hong Kong backs down over Chinese patriotism classes - 24 September: Foxconn halts production at plant after mass brawl - violence from security guards reported

October 2012: 27 October: More than 1.000 people concerned about pollution in the eastern Chinese port city of Ningbo have demonstrated against plans to expand a petrochemical plant - 28 October: Authorities in Ningbo city relent and agree not to expand local petrochemical plant after a week of street protests

January 2013: 1 January: Tens of thousands of protesters have marched on Hong Kong streets, demanding greater democracy and the resignation of the city's embattled leader - 4 January: Journalists at major Chinese newspaper 'Southern Weekly' have called for a propaganda chief to resign, in a rare protest against censorship - 7 January 2013: Journalists at major Chinese newspaper 'Southern Weekly' have gone on strike in a rare protest against censorship in the Guangdong province - 10 January: 'Southern Weekly', at the centre of anti-censorship protests, appeared on newsstands in Beijing and Shanghai on Thursday as usual, but not its home city Guangzhou - 20 January: Dejected over his failure to obtain overdue wages, a man killed himself by triggering explosives attached to his body in China's Guangzhou province - 23 January: Hundreds of factory workers at Shanghai Shinmei Electric Company angry over two-minute bathroom breaks and fines for starting work late held their Japanese and Chinese managers hostage for a day and a half before police broke up the strike

May 2013: 4 May: Protests in the city of Kunming on Saturday over planned chemical plant - 9 May: With anti-riot vans and helmeted paramilitary forces, police in Beijing smothered a southern district for a second day after protests by hundreds of migrant workers over the death of a 22-year-old woman - 16 May: Nearly 1,000 people took to the streets of Kunming in a renewed protest against a proposed chemical plant - 22 May: Chinese authorities have arrested 13 people for Internet posts that sparked a rare protest in Beijing

June 2013: 4 June: Relatives of workers, killed as fire engulfed a chicken processing plant in northeast China blocked traffic and scuffled with police, demanding answers after at least 120 people died and more than 70 were injured - 25 June: Beijing workers in the US factory 'Specialty Medical Supplies' holding US executive Chip Starnes say wages have not been paid

4 June 2013: 4 June 2013: 24th anniversary of Tiananmen Square protests of 1989

July 2013: 1 July: Thousands have turned out for the annual pro-democracy march in Hong Kong demanding democratic reform and protesting against the leadership of CY Leung

2014: Occupy Central 2014, proposed nonviolent occupation protest for universal suffrage that would take place in Central, Hong Kong in July 2014

January-March 2014: 2 January: Thousands rally on New Year's Day for Hong Kong democracy, demanding a greater say in choosing their future leaders - 16 February: Runners in Hong Kong's annual street marathon voice support for press freedom - 25 February: Li Guixin in the smoggy northern city of Shijiazhuang the first person in the country to sue the government for failing to curb air pollution - 26 February: Ex-chief editor of the Ming Pao daily Kevin Lau Chun-to in critical condition after being attacked in street days after thousands march for press freedom - 28 February: Journalists held vigils condemning the violence, as news editor Kevin Lau is improving - 7 March: Chinese IBM workers strike amid Lenovo sale unrest - 25 March: Relatives of lost passengers flight MH370 protest in Beijing, accusing Malaysia of 'delays and deception' a day after it confirmed the plane crashed, and clash with police

April 2014: 16 April: Tens of thousands of workers on strike at the Yue Yuen Industrial factory in Dongguan which makes shoes for Nike and Adidas

Crackdown on dissidents in the PRC: Detained and jailed activists, people - and dissidents since 1989

2010/2011: Friedensnobelpreis 2010 an Liu Xiaobo - 2011 crackdown on dissidents in the PRC

June-December 2011: NZZ 22. Juni 2011: Ai Weiwei gegen Kaution freigelassen - Ai Weiwei - NZZ 29. Dezember 2011: Dritter Prozeß gegen Anwältin Ni Yulan - die Geschichte einer staatlichen Zerstörung von Menschen - Ni Yulan

April 2012: 10 avril 2012: L'ex-avocate chinoise pour les droits de l'homme Ni Yulan a été condamnée à Pékin mardi à deux ans et huit mois de prison pour troubles à 'l'ordre public' - son époux écope de deux ans de prison - 27 April: Following his dramatic escape from house arrest Chen Guangcheng - who is blind - in US embassy

May 2012: 2 May: Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng says he gave up his refuge in the US embassy in Beijing after Chinese authorities made threats to family members - 3 mai: Chen souhaite désormais quitter la Chine 'où il ne se sent pas en sécurité' - 26. Mai: Chen Guangfu, der Bruder des in die USA ausgereisten Chen Guangcheng, ist seinem Anwalt zufolge spurlos verschwunden

June/July 2012: 7 June: Chinese dissident Li Wangyang, imprisoned after 1989 Tiananmen Square protests, found hanged in hospital - 20 July: China's Ai Weiwei loses appeal against tax fine - NZZ 23. Juli: Menschenrechtsaktivist Xiao Yongin China zu 18 Monaten Arbeitslager als polizeiliche Strafe ohne Prozeß verurteilt wegen geäußerter Zweifel, dass der mit ihm befreundete Dissident Li Wangyang Selbstmord begangen habe

November 2012: 19 November: At least two activists died in custody before or during China's Communist Party congress and tens of thousands had their movements restricted, rights groups say

December 2012: 28 December: Further hardening its cyberlaws, China's measures allow the government to delete and censor posts it deems 'illegal'

June 2013: 9 June 2013: A Chinese court sentenced the brother-in-law of jailed Nobel Peace Prize laureate Liu Xiaobo to 11 years in prison

October 2013: 28 October 2013: Three Chinese anti-corruption activists were due to face trial Monday on charges of 'illegal assembly', in a case seen as a sign of an official clampdown on citizens' demands for reforms

January-March 2014: 17 January: Anti-corruption activist Xu Zhiyong, who has called on officials to reveal their wealth, faces charges he broke the law by organising protests - 26 January: China jails rights activist Xu Zhiyong for four years - 24 March: Court gives 18-month prison term to Gu Yimin over plan to mark 1989 Beijing crackdown

April 2014: 15 April: Four Chinese rights lawyers, who were investigating detention centre in Jiansanjiang, allege torture by police - 17 April: A Chinese court jailed blogger Qin Zhihui for three years in a government-led crackdown on so-called Internet rumours

Chinese culture: Chinese culture - Culture of the People's Republic of China - Chinese culture by province - Chinese people - Chinese literature

22 June 2013: Toddler falling out of window in China rescued by courageous men - 29 June 2013: Chinese Internet users celebrated the return of two rare bronze animal heads looted by European powers more than a century ago

Languages of China: Languages of China - 5 September 2013: More than 400 million Chinese are unable to speak the national language Mandarin, and large numbers in the rest of the country speak it badly, state media says

Education in the PRC: Education in the PRC - History of education in China

Higher education in China

History of science and technology in China: History of science and technology in China - History of science and technology in the People's Republic of China - Science and technology in the People's Republic of China - Research institutes in China

Archaeology of China - 5 December 2013: Chinese archaeologists excavated a 4,500-year-old city Neolithic Chinese city in eastern Anhui Province

Children's rights in the PRC: Children's rights in the PRC - One-child policy - Heihaizi - children born outside the One child policy

NZZ 12. Juni 2011: Bleivergiftung auch von über 100 Kindern in chinesischen Kleinfabriken - zum Welttag gegen Kinderarbeit - 3 February 2014: China's unwanted and abandoned babies once mostly girls, now of both genders mostly sick

Women in the PRC: Women in China - Women's rights in China - One-child policy - 16 November 2013: China will relax its strict family planning policy to allow some couples to have two children - 9 December: China farmer kills self after officials seized his entire source of income until next year's harvest for violating the one-child policy

Globalization and women in China

Health in the PRC: Health in China - Medicine in China - Chronic disease in China

Health disasters in the PRC: Health disasters in China - 2002–2004 outbreak of SARS - 'Influenza A virus subtype H7N9' (bird flu virus) infections 2013 - 18 May 2013: Death toll from new bird flu in China rises to 36,the WHO says

Pollution in the PRC - China Pollution Map Database - Industrial pollution - 2009 Chinese lead poisoning scandal - 31 August 2013: A liquid ammonia leak from a refrigeration unit in Shanghai killed at least 11 people

Food safety in the PRC: Food safety in the PRC - Food safety incidents in the PRC - Protein adulteration in China - 2008 Chinese milk scandal - 4 août 2011: Pékin annonce l'arrestation de 2000 personnes et 5000 fermetures commerciales après plusieurs scandales alimentaires

Organ transplantation in the PRC: Organ transplantation in the People's Republic of China

Capital punishment in the PRC: Capital punishment in the PRC - 2009 the Dui Hua Foundation estimates that 5,000 people were executed in China, far more than all other nations combined

Crime in the PRC: Crime in the PRC - Category: Crime in the PRC - 10 March 2013: Courts in China convicted and punished 5.24 million criminals in past five years, which in an increase of 25.5% from 2003 to 2007

2012: 7 April 2012: Arrests made in China kidney-for-iPhone case - 18 May: China jails smuggling king Lai Changxing 'for life' - 6 September: Foshan driver Hu Jun sentenced to three-and-a-half years in prison for causing the death of the two-year-old girl

2013: 8 June: China bus fire in the coastal city of Xiamen kills 47, probed as criminal case - 20 July: A man in a wheelchair,Ji Zhongxing, set off a homemade bomb in a crowded terminal at Beijing's main airport, injuring himself - 23 July: Airport bomb exposes public anger at abuses in China

Human trafficking in China: Human trafficking in China - 2007 Chinese slave scandal - Human trafficking in Hong Kong - 18 May 2013: A picture of two bridges leads man, kidnapped and sold to another family 23 years ago, back to his family in Guangan city - 28 February 2014: 1,094 suspects for baby trafficking were held across the country on February 19

School attacks in China: School attacks in China (2010–2011) - 21 September 2012: Three children were killed and 13 injured in Pingnan, Guangxi - 14 December: A knife-wielding man slashed 22 children and an adult at an elementary school in Chenpeng village in Henan province - 25 December: A Chinese man has rammed his car packed with firecrackers and a gas tank into a group of schoolchildren, injuring 13 - 29 March 2013: Two boys were beaten to death by a staff member at their school in Yulin, in the southeastern Guangxi Zhuang region - 13 December 2013: Chinese court sentences man to death for stabbing 23 children at the school in Henan province in December 2012

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