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15.08.2008 19:50 msk Human Rights Uzbekistan
The four biggest groups representing the US retail and clothing industry are calling on Uzbekistan to end the widespread use of child labour in the harvesting of the country's cotton crop, Financial Times reports.
14.08.2008 09:32 msk Central Asia Politics
Kyrgyz human rights activists and some opposition figures support Georgia’s decision to withdraw from the union of former Soviet states, the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS).
13.08.2008 20:22 msk Analytics Central Asia
Uzbek language TV channels in south Kyrgyzstan will be limited in air time from August 15 if they do not meet language requirement to produce more than half of their programs in the state Kyrgyz language, Mayor’s office in southern Osh city has announced. The channels say language requirement is imp
12.08.2008 23:18 msk Central Asia Politics
Kyrgyzstan, current chairman of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) and a host of the Russian and American military airbases, finds it hard to balance between superpowers that are becoming inimical to each other over the Georgia-Russia conflict.
12.08.2008 21:31 msk Analytics Central Asia
While the international community focuses on the deteriorating security situation in Afghanistan, it is paying far too little attention to the storm brewing just beyond the country's northern borders, in Central Asia. That's a serious mistake. Instability in Afghanistan's neighborhood could further
11.08.2008 22:56 msk Analytics Central Asia
Building a railroad that would connect China with Europe and Middle East through Central Asia, although theoretically perspective, looks unrealizable in the nearest future due to economical and political challenges. Only for Kyrgyzstan building its part on a very difficult mountainous terrain will c
11.08.2008 10:03 msk Interview Kyrgyzstan
Central Asian states should stop focusing only on their own claims and positions over management of trans-border water resources and start negotiation process and be open to compromise, Vadim Sokolov, Deputy Director of Scientific and Information Centre at the Interstate Committee for Water Manageme
07.08.2008 20:13 msk Analytics Kyrgyzstan
A court sentenced nine medics to jail for infecting 24 children with HIV through negligence and ordered to pay compensation to victim’s families.
07.08.2008 02:39 msk Interview Kyrgyzstan
One of the major recent libel cases against the Kyrgyz Justice for All monthly legal bulletin will be heard on August 7 in Jalalabad city court in southern Kyrgyzstan.
05.08.2008 21:55 msk Politics Russia
American special military services are training Kyrgyz counterparts. Photo by Agentura.ru Despite officially released confirmation that arms seized earlier from the US officials were brought for a military training, many questions remain regarding the incident.
05.08.2008 05:25 msk Arts Uzbekistan
The World Heritage Committee asked the UNESCO headquarters to apply “reinforced monitoring” to the ancient Silk Road city of Samarkand. The Committee is concerned with preservation of several historical sites in Samarkand.
04.08.2008 20:38 msk Human Rights Uzbekistan
Representative of the internationally acclaimed Human Rights Watch , Igor Vorontsov who had been awaiting his accreditation received a notification in late July that he was banned in Uzbekistan with no right for future return to the country.
02.08.2008 04:21 msk Business Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyz small businesses will be affected severely by the looming energy crisis. This will inevitably result in the significant economic slowdown, observers say.
01.08.2008 19:01 msk Analytics Kazakhstan
Kazakh farmers will have to slaughter most of their cattle, as continuously dry weather poses serious threat of losing the entire livestock, the July 31 meeting of the farmers in South Kazakhstan region concluded.
31.07.2008 20:16 msk China Politics
In a backstreet of the old Silk Road city of Kashgar, Chinese authorities have been spray-painting signs on dusty mud brick walls to warn against what it says is a new enemy - the Islamic Liberation Party.
30.07.2008 21:55 msk Central Asia Politics
Kyrgyzstan has denied being responsible for the region’s severe water shortages. In a statement issued by Kyrgyzstan’s largest electricity producer, the company denied using excessive water, as well as not having fulfilled all international obligations.
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