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IMAGES: Fighting for Gold in Kyrgyzstan
Bişkek :: Kyrgyzstan | 24 days ago
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Fighting for Gold in Kyrgyzstan Next K umtor open pit gold mine, the world's second highest gold mining operation is at the centre of a controversy...Image: Dump trucks are seen through a windshield of another vehicle at Kumtor open pit gold
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My hero: Charles Howard Bury by Wade Davis
Lhasa :: China | 6 months ago
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In 1905 Charles Howard Bury stained his skin with walnut juice and in disguise slipped into Tibet, crossing the high passes that led to Kailash. He later travelled to the Pamirs and Russian Turkestan, Kashmir and the Karakorum. Drawn always to the
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Russian, Kyrgyz climbers top Putin Peak
Bişkek :: Kyrgyzstan | 8 months ago
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Climbers from Russia and Kyrgyzstan have become the first to reach the summit of Putin Peak in Kyrgyzstan's Tian Shan range. The 14,583-foot-high peak was scaled in 19 hours, RIA Novosti reported. Vladimir Bogolyubov, the lead coach of Kyrgyzstan's
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Kazakh police hunting killers of 11 people in park
Almaty :: Kazakhstan | 9 months ago
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Associated Press Police in Kazakhstan say they are seeking to track down those responsible for the killing of 11 people in a national park near the commercial capital, Almaty. The Interior Ministry said Tuesday that 100 police officers are combing
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A Cultural Hub in Central Asia
Almaty :: Kazakhstan | 10 months ago
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Fueled by the country's mushrooming petrol dollars, the city comes alive in the spring and summer as residents enjoy atmospheric restaurants, cafe patios, yoga classes and art galleries. A new metro system that opened in December has interiors
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Primeval Xinjiang
Urumqi :: China | 11 months ago
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It is a land that is wild and unfettered, a land of snowcapped mountains and highland pastures...My impressions of Xinjiang started even before my plane landed. From my cabin window, I marveled at the unscarred beauty of Tianshan, the "heavenly
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Moderate quake hits China's Xinjiang province
Urumqi :: China | 11 months ago
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A 5.5 magnitude earthquake jolted China's Xinjiang province on Friday, according to the local seismological bureau. The quake hit Luntai county in northern Xinjiang. The epicenter of the quake was at a depth of 20 km, according to the seismological
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14 mysterious deaths Kazakhstan border guards.
On 5.6, the security forces custody Kazakhstan sole survivor of the mysterious murders that killed 14 border guards and a hunter last month to investigate. Charred bodies of 14 soldiers was found on 31.5 at a latch guard near the
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Burnt bodies found in Kazakhstan
Almaty :: Kazakhstan | 12 months ago
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Burnt bodies found at China border post Thirteen charred bodies have been found at a burnt-out border post near Kazakhstan's frontier with China. It is thought that 12 of the dead were border guards, and the other was a gamekeeper. Three other border
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Letter from China: Kazakh life
Urumqi :: China | 1 year ago
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Traditional lifestyle ... a boy trims sheep at the livestock market in Kashgar, China, at the feet of the Tian Shan mountain range. Photograph: Frederic J Brown/Getty Without a car, the only practical way to travel from Urumqi to Tianchi is by
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