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Kyrgyzstan & Tajikistan: Disputed Border Heightens Risk of Conflict
Khujand :: Tajikistan | 10 months ago
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Ask an ethnic Kyrgyz in the cramped village of Tash-Tumshuk what country he lives in and he will reply confidently, Kyrgyzstan. Shout over the mud-brick fence to the ethnic Tajik next door and he will, with equal conviction, say he lives in
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Kyrgyzstan: Latest Adoption Scandal Pro-Children or Just Politics?
Bişkek :: Kyrgyzstan | 10 months ago
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Kids in Kyrgyzstan's state childcare institutions are again at the center of the country's lackluster war on corruption. Though a long-standing moratorium on international adoption in Kyrgyzstan was lifted last year, authorities seem bent on bringing
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Fighting erupts near Kyrgyz, Uzbek border
Upi :: Philippines | 10 months ago
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Casualties were reported when gunfire erupted near the ill-defined border separating Uzbekistan from Kyrgyzstan, border guards stated. Kyrgyz border guard officials said skirmishes erupted over road construction in an undemarcated border area. "A
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Kyrgyz court fines journalist for inciting hatred
Bişkek :: Kyrgyzstan | 11 months ago
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The Pervomaysky district court in the capital, Bishkek, ruled Tuesday that Vladimir Farafonov had insulted the Kyrgyz people, but decided against the eight-year jail sentence called for by prosecutors. Farafanov declined to attend the sentencing due
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Kyrgyz deputies may revoke gold mine license
Bişkek :: Kyrgyzstan | 11 months ago
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Parliament in Kyrgyzstan in is considering stripping the operating license of a company mining a major gold field in the Central Asian nation after it was accused of doing damage to the environment. Deputies supporting the motion Friday also said the
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Kyrgyzstan: What Are Kyrgyz Kids Learning?
Pisa :: Italy | 11 months ago
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According to official statistics, literacy among 15-to-24-year-olds in Kyrgyzstan remains high, standing at 99.75 percent. Yet public schools face serious difficulties delivering a quality education, say experts, parents and test scores. Increasingly,
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SPEAKING FREELY : North-south divide fuels Kyrgyz mistrust
Bişkek :: Kyrgyzstan | 11 months ago
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North-south divide fuels Kyrgyz mistrust Speaking Freely is an Asia Times Online feature that allows guest writers to have their say...Grievances over the violence that shocked the Kyrgyz Republic in the summer of 2010 are still felt in the northern
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Ethnic tensions smolder in Kyrgyzstan
Bişkek :: Kyrgyzstan | 11 months ago
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According to official statements, around 500 people were killed; according to unofficial data more than 2,000...According to official reports, 3,746 houses were destroyed during these tragic events, and most of these homes belonged to Uzbeks.
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Kyrgyzstan: Officials Sound Alarm on Arms Proliferation
Bişkek :: Kyrgyzstan | 11 months ago
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A spokesman at Kyrgyzstan's Interior Ministry has acknowledged that only about half of the small arms that went missing during the country's 2010 political and ethnic violence have been accounted for. The huge number of weapons floating about is
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Kyrgyzstan: Reconciliation Elusive Two Years After Osh Violence
Bişkek :: Kyrgyzstan | 12 months ago
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As southern Kyrgyzstan marks the second anniversary of ethnic clashes between its Kyrgyz and Uzbek communities, local and international rights activists are concerned about wounds that continue to fester, and what they describe as ongoing
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