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Russia: SCO Summit Promises to be "Afghani"

Russia: SCO Summit Promises to be "Afghani"

15.06.2009 11:36 msk Politics Russia

The heads of states comprising the Shanghai Cooperation Organization converge on Yekaterinburg for another, two-day, summit. The presidents of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan are coming from Moscow where they attended a meeting of the CIS Collective Security Council, yeste

Shootings at Kyrgyz-Uzbek border

Shootings at Kyrgyz-Uzbek border

11.06.2009 17:20 msk Ferghana Valley Kyrgyzstan

The tragedy, which took place at Kyrgyz-Uzbek border on June 7th, became the reason of disturbance among the population of Karasuu city in the Osh Oblast of Kyrgyzstan, the birthplace of killed Ulugbek Usmanov.

Ferghana Events: 20 years later. History without a lesson?

Ferghana Events: 20 years later. History without a lesson?

10.06.2009 21:32 msk Uzbekistan

The Ferghana tragedy occurred on June 4 exactly two decades ago. Mass disturbances and pogroms took place in the Ferghana region of the Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic , directed against the Meskhetian Turks. The center (it was Moscow then) evacuated victims - thousands of them - into other regions

Tajikistan: Survival through revival of ancient crafts

Tajikistan: Survival through revival of ancient crafts

10.06.2009 11:33 msk Tajikistan

Tajikistan gained sovereignty nearly 17 years ago. Civil war that lasted five years took over 100,000 lives and made as many women and children widows and orphans. The war devastated national economy, both industry and agriculture. Tajikistan has not recovered yet: unemployment grows, factories idle

NATO airbase in Kyrgyzstan: Leaving or staying

NATO airbase in Kyrgyzstan: Leaving or staying

08.06.2009 12:26 msk Interview Kyrgyzstan

Referring to deterioration of the situation in his country, President of Afghanistan Hamid Karzai asked his Kyrgyz counterpart Kurmanbek Bakiyev to permit NATO to retain its airbase at Manas . The request appeared several months after the decision to have the counter-terrorism coalition shut down it

The Great Wall: The government of Uzbekistan to take total control over Internet

The Great Wall: The government of Uzbekistan to take total control over Internet

05.06.2009 13:15 msk Analytics Uzbekistan

During the last four-five years the government of Uzbekistan has been strictly blocking the access of its citizens to "unwanted" web-sites. The target of prohibition is not porn resources, but mostly independent political and opposition mass media. Such web-sites as Ferghana.Ru as well as many separ

The residents of Chek village in the border area are asking to relocate them to Kyrgyzstan

The residents of Chek village in the border area are asking to relocate them to Kyrgyzstan

04.06.2009 13:16 msk Ferghana Valley Kyrgyzstan

The residents of Chek village in the border area are asking President Kurmanbek Bakiev to relocate them to Kyrgyzstan . According to the letter, addressed to the Head of state, if the requirement is not fulfilled the local residents are going to start protest actions.

Arkady Dubnov: The Afghanis tolerate armed occupiers but it is getting increasingly more difficult to do so

Arkady Dubnov: The Afghanis tolerate armed occupiers but it is getting increasingly more difficult to do so

02.06.2009 11:26 msk Afghanistan Interview

The US Mission to NATO regularly invites Western journalists to Afghanistan to show what is being done there in terms of security and how. Six European journalists representing Austria, Hungary, Slovenia, Iceland, Georgia and Russia made the trip from Kabul to Kandahar to Bamian to Kabul again this

Art photo in Uzbekistan: Negative outweighs positive

Art photo in Uzbekistan: Negative outweighs positive

02.06.2009 10:02 msk Arts Uzbekistan

Fragment of photo "By the Window" by Umida Akhmedova. Maidanak

The invasion of gypsy moth in the capital of Uzbekistan

The invasion of gypsy moth in the capital of Uzbekistan

27.05.2009 11:01 msk Uzbekistan

The favorite dainty of Lymantria dispar is the hardwood. Such "green" city as Tashkent faces the invasion of oobits every spring time. The trees in the city center are all covered by gluttonous grubs. Moreover, they fall at the heads of walkers and crunch under foot. The old lamp-posts are also besi

Kazakhstan: The prohibited book of Rakhat Aliyev does not pose as much hazard

Kazakhstan: The prohibited book of Rakhat Aliyev does not pose as much hazard

26.05.2009 14:51 msk Analytics Kazakhstan

The Russian version of "The God Father-in-Law", the book of Rakhat Aliyev , published in Germany, is distributed via internet in PDF format to everyone, willing to read it. Supernormal readers’ interest to "The God Father-in-Law" is fueled by the prohibition of Prosecutor-General’s Office of Kazakhs

Soviet-Era Uranium Waste Sites Now Threaten Central Asia

Soviet-Era Uranium Waste Sites Now Threaten Central Asia

20.05.2009 14:30 msk Ferghana Valley Tajikistan

Storage sites for uranium tailings that were built in Soviet times in Tajikistan are now leaking radiation into the surrounding atmosphere and ground water supplies, undermining the health and well-being of the people of a republic and a broader region that lack the resources to clean up a problem t

Uzbek Gastarbeiters learn new trades in the United States

Uzbek Gastarbeiters learn new trades in the United States

20.05.2009 12:13 msk Migration Uzbekistan

Uzbek intelligentsia found itself in a definitely bizarre, if not outright paradoxical, situation. Well-educated, smart, and talented as they are, these people are compelled to seek employment abroad where they end up doing backbreaking and low-paid menial labor more often than not. As a matter of f

Most prominent lawyers in Uzbekistan to lose their licenses for unprofessional performance

Most prominent lawyers in Uzbekistan to lose their licenses for unprofessional performance

18.05.2009 18:03 msk Human Rights Uzbekistan

Prominent Tashkent-based lawyers Rukhiddin Kamilov and Rustam Tulyaganov that several times protected independent journalists, human rights activists, opposition members, religious leaders and sufferers of illegal actions, performed by police and special services, will lose their licenses under the

Miroslav Niyazov: We have acute shortage of political forces, able to lead the country out of crisis

Miroslav Niyazov: We have acute shortage of political forces, able to lead the country out of crisis

15.05.2009 14:39 msk Interview Kyrgyzstan

On May 15 Reporter-Bishkek newspaper published the interview with former Kyrgyz Republic Security Council Secretary, Miroslav Niyazov. Ferghana.Ru presents the interview to the readers, where he says about possible loss of statehood by Kyrgyzstan, complex situation in the country and disability and

Kyrgyzstan: Three journalists became the winners of Alisher Saipov annual award

Kyrgyzstan: Three journalists became the winners of Alisher Saipov annual award

12.05.2009 15:47 msk Ferghana Valley Kyrgyzstan

On May 12, 2009 the Alisher Saipov annual award for achievements in journalism was presented in Osh, the southern capital of Kyrgyzstan. Young journalists from southern Kyrgyzstan became the winners in three nominations. Next year the geography of award will cover entire republic.

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