Uzbekistan

IMU & Taliban eye Central Asia again

AfPak countercurrents beyond the Oxus to AfPakAzUzbKazTurkKyr-istan. Several recent incidents on the Amu darya (Oxus River) which ...

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‘Tamerlane’s Children’

When we think about the countries of the world, often stereotypes spring to mind. Journalist Robert Rand found himself in Uzbekistan as a trailing spouse, for his wife was posted to work in Tashkent for the United Nations....

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F18News Summary: Uzbekistan; COMMENTARY;

FORUM 18 NEWS SERVICE, Oslo, Norway http://www.forum18.org/ The right to believe, to worship and witness The right to change one's belief or religion The right to join together and express one's belief...

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"All of this has happened before..." (Rusty Idols)

"...and all of it will happen again."In October 2002, on becoming concerned that torture and extra-judicial killings were taking place in Uzbekistan, Craig Murray made a controversial speech at a human rights conference in...

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H1N1 may have peaked, but not over

H1N1 cases starting to dwindle, even as Tamiflu-resistant cluster detected Dr. Toral Shah examines Sammi Jiminez, 4, in a tent clinic where patients with flu symptoms are treated outside the emergency room at Dell Children's...

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Uzbekistan: Ensure Fair Appeal for Human Rights Defender

Source: Human Rights Watch (New York) - Uzbek authorities should ensure that an appeal hearing that began today for a human rights advocate is fair and independent, Human Rights Watch said. The activist, Farkhad Mukhtarov, was ...

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Power Struggle Threatens Central Asian Electricity Grid

Defections from regiona distribution network may destroy Soviet-era effort to ensure equitable sharing of electricity. By Gulnura Toralieva in London (RCA No. 596, 20-Nov-09) Kazakstan’s decision to withdraw from the Central...

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A Knight's Tale:Cheating Times

Ross Knight is back on topical form. With the Irish furore over Thierry Henry causing the whole of Europe (including the French) to collectively raise a pint of Guinness in a toast of sympathy, it is worth looking at the...

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Fifa rule out Ireland replay

FIFA today dashed the Republic of Ireland's hopes replaying their World Cup qualifying play-off with France. The world governing body ruled that the result cannot be changed and the match cannot be replayed. FIFA said in a...

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Henry should have owned up, says Wenger

Arsene Wenger yesterday said Thierry Henry should have admitted to his blatant handball that sent France to the World Cup finals, as the Football Association of Ireland called for their controversial World Cup play-off in Paris...

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