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October 27, 2010 | Pulitzer Center
Uzbekistan Today
A look at the architecture and people of Uzbekistan's main cities, Tashkent and Samarkand.
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Eurasia
October 23, 2010 | World Affairs Journal
New Best Friends: The West Courts a Repressive Uzbekistan—Again
Uzbekistan has one of the most repressive political systems in the world, but these days the country’s strongman Islam Karimov is back in Washington’s good graces.
September 08, 2010 | The Leonard Lopate Show
The Leonard Lopate Show: Scott Carney On the Sale of Human Eggs
Scott Carney speaks about his reporting on the sale of human eggs on The Leonard Lopate Show.
September 01, 2010 | Stanley Center for Peace and Security
Halting the Slide Toward Failure
More than a billion people across 60 nations are living in fragile or failing states, like Haiti, Bosnia, the DRC and East Timor. What is needed to stabilize these particular countries?
August 20, 2010 | Pulitzer Center
Seduced by the Sex Worker Link
Sometimes certain information can propel itself forward regardless of its factual accuracy. In this case, one single sliver of hearsay printed four years ago sparked an entire body of academic literature that on closer inspection has no basis in reality.
August 18, 2010 | Pulitzer Center
International Baby Maker
Technological advances in fertility offer increasingly broad markets, presenting soon-to-be expectant parents with an array of options for genetics and conception.
August 17, 2010 | Pulitzer Center
Importing Egg Donors from Ukraine to Cyprus
Though human egg harvesting is legal in Cyprus, one clinic comes under fire for violation of even lax Cypriot guidelines, including allegations of dangerous over-harvesting and over-stimulation of patients.
August 13, 2010 | Pulitzer Center
It’s not Altruism, It’s Selling
Altruism can't be bought; low payments for human eggs creates incentive enough for only the most desperate women.
August 13, 2010 | Pulitzer Center
Meeting Natasha: The Scout
With no other means of income, illegal Russian immigrants in Cyprus often resort to a dangerous yet relatively lucrative option: selling their eggs.
August 12, 2010 | Fast Company
Unpacking the Global Human Egg Trade
Modern fertility technology has made parenthood a possibility for thousands more people, but it has also created a lucrative market -- and ethically questionable -- global trade in human genetic material.
August 12, 2010 | Pulitzer Center
The Cyprus Scramble: An Investigation into Human Egg Markets
Through a trick of favorable currency exchange and lax laws the island nation of Cyprus is one of the fastest expanding markets for human eggs. Here an implantation costs between $8,000 and $14,000. In the U.S. the price floats between $20,000 and $30,000.
August 04, 2010 | Pulitzer Center
More Than Just a Soccer Team
Tashkent's Bunyodkor soccer team is omnimpresent in Uzbek politics, economics and culture.