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Rules allowing Cubans to buy and sell cars and homes, and to take out loans are steps taken to "modernise" the economy.
Patricia Grogg
Last Modified: 23 Dec 2011 12:28 GMT
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Security fears, shaky politics and stagnant economy have Iraqis concerned about the future of their country.
Gregg Carlstrom
Last Modified: 22 Dec 2011 08:46 GMT
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Hundreds of checkpoints and miles of concrete barriers snarl traffic but provide a tenuous security in Baghdad.
Gregg Carlstrom
Last Modified: 22 Dec 2011 08:45 GMT
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Long delays for visas mean thousands of former interpreters for US remain in Iraq, afraid of assassination.
Gregg Carlstrom
Last Modified: 22 Dec 2011 08:44 GMT
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Nearly half of Iraq's 18 provinces are now either semi-autonomous or considering a plan to break from Baghdad.
Gregg Carlstrom
Last Modified: 22 Dec 2011 08:44 GMT
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Hundreds of thousands of Iraqis who fled their neighbourhoods now live in squalor with little hope of returning home.
Gregg Carlstrom
Last Modified: 22 Dec 2011 08:27 GMT
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China is buying commodities and fuelling economic growth, but some worry the communist giant is creating dependency.
Chris Arsenault
Last Modified: 21 Dec 2011 18:41 GMT
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The head of Egypt's Al Nour party talks about religion in politics, relations with Israel and democracy.
Alaa Bayoumi
Last Modified: 21 Dec 2011 12:21 GMT
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After decades of war and sanctions, many young Iraqis think their country's prospects are bleak.
Gregg Carlstrom
Last Modified: 20 Dec 2011 09:46 GMT
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Six months after fighting erupted between troops and ethnic rebels, aid is finally starting to arrive.
Marwaan Macan-Marker
Last Modified: 19 Dec 2011 12:21 GMT
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Deported Palestinian prisoner Talal Shreim and his family describe their ordeal at the hands of the Israeli authorities.
Nour Samaha and Mohammad Alsaafin
Last Modified: 19 Dec 2011 12:15 GMT
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Nine people have been killed and over 300 wounded in Tahrir square as protesters clash with military troops and police.
Lazar Simeonov
Last Modified: 18 Dec 2011 14:12 GMT
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A year after Mohammed Bouazizi set himself alight, little has improved in the town where the Arab Awakening began.
Yasmine Ryan
Last Modified: 18 Dec 2011 09:01 GMT
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