Kazakh Newspaper In Hot Water Over Crossword Clue

KOKSHETAU, Kazakhstan, June 22, 2011 (RFE/RL) — A Kazakh weekly newspaper is facing calls for its closure over a crossword clue critics say was insulting to the Kazakh nation, RFE/RL’s Kazakh Service reports. The row is over a crossword in the May 26 issue of the Russian-language “Stepnoi Mayak” (Steppe Lighthouse) newspaper in the northern […]