Hotel guests across Uzbekistan should have copies on hand of the Koran, Bible, and other sacred books, say Uzbek officials more accustomed to reining in religious fervor.
An Uzbek militant has carried out a suicide truck bombing in the predominantly Shi'ite town of Fua in Idlib Province, part of a major attack against Bashar al-Assad's Syrian forces by Islamist factions led by Syria's Al-Qaeda affiliate, the Al-Nusra Front.