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Afghan Lord is shocked to learn that he as an Afghan cannot order alcohol in a foreign restaurant in Kabul anymore.

Posted by Ben Paarmann

Recent Links also in Central Asia & Caucasus

Unzipped: Gay Armenia comments on reported changes to legislation concerning HIV/AIDS in Armenia. In particular, the blog notes, this looks likely to include mandatory sex education classes in Armenian schools.

Unzipped comments on news that the Armenian government is considering polling citizens on policy issues, with much speculation that the initiative is linked to ongoing negotiations with Azerbaijan to resolve the conflict over Nagorno Karabakh. The blog believes such a development is fraught with dangers and says that if such a referendum is intended to work for peace, it could also achieve the opposite.

Sean Guillory of Sean's Russia Blog posts a graphic illustration for yet another one of PM Putin's crude remarks and writes about the Paul Klebnikov Fund’s event: “What is Russia Thinking? The Word from the Last of the Independent Media.”