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27.03.2007 13:41 msk Arts Turkmenistan
The I International Festival of Folklore and Theater will take place in Turkmen cities between April 1 and 7. Eighteen troupes from fifteen countries are expected. The guest list includes Hunan Opera and Ballet Theater (China), Istanbul and Dijarbekir theaters (Turkey), Michurin and Chita theaters (
26.03.2007 10:53 msk Human Rights Kyrgyzstan
The Jogorku Kenesh (national parliament) discussed abolition of prosecution for polygamy. Acting legislation (Article 153 of the Criminal Code) stipulates up to two years imprisonment for polygamy. Its abolition was suggested by Justice Minister Marat Kaiypov.
26.03.2007 10:50 msk Analytics
Picture: fragment of the photo by M. Penson "Collective farmers on the Tashkent region set out for the Chirchik construction site", 1939
22.03.2007 19:33 msk Analytics Uzbekistan
Rafik Saifullin Ferghana.Ru Galery Independent Uzbek political scientist Rafik Saifullin spoke at the Moscow Carnegie Center on March 21. Much as they wanted to, Moscow journalists and experts did not hear anything new from Saifullin. His speech lasted 1.5 hours but contained little by way of inform
21.03.2007 12:00 msk Ferghana Valley Kyrgyzstan
Osh city administration ordered insulting anti-Uzbek graffiti (at the intersection of Alisher Navoi Street and Aitiyev Street) painted over. City fathers believe that the perpetrators must have aimed at staging a provocation.
21.03.2007 11:49 msk Human Rights Uzbekistan
Ruslan Sharipov Winner of Golden Pen'2004 Award of the World Association of Newspapers, laureate of Freedom of Expression'2004 Award, recipient of Human Rights Watch and IWPR grants, journalist, human rights activist Ruslan Sharipov departed Uzbekistan in October 2004, fleeing prosecution at the han
21.03.2007 10:40 msk Religious life Uzbekistan
Official Tashkent mobilized loyal ministers of religion and ulems [plural for alim, literally a knowledgeable man - Moslem theologian] to further Islam Karimov's policy. Religious leaders tour the country, meeting with the local authorities, law enforcement agencies, activists, and imams for the pur
19.03.2007 16:03 msk Analytics Uzbekistan
Commenting on the recent visits of prime ministers of Russia and Pakistan to Tashkent, some observers assumed that Uzbekistan was changing its pro-Russian foreign political course. The visits followed one another, and observers noticed the enthusiasm with which the local media covered the visit of S
19.03.2007 12:13 msk Analytics
Analysis of history of the peoples of Central Asia as presented by the Russian and regional historiography reveals a number of distinctive features typical of domestic and, broader, post-Soviet science. Particularly distinctive of them include an appeal to the sources of establishment of ethnic nati
19.03.2007 12:11 msk Ferghana Valley Kyrgyzstan
Graffiti in Osh streets. Photo by Ferghana.Ru news agency "Sarts, Get Out" (see photo) graffiti appealed at the intersections of Alisher Navoi and Aitiyev streets in the city of Osh. Who sprayed it on the walls of the building of the former municipal truck fleet or why is anybody's guess for the tim
16.03.2007 16:05 msk Interview Kazakhstan
Inkar.Info or Internet Radio began its work in Kazakhstan on March 1. Here is an interview with the author of the unusual project, prominent Kazakh journalist and publicist Sergei Duvanov.
16.03.2007 13:31 msk Ferghana Valley Kyrgyzstan
Jangi Asr or New Age, Uzbek society in the city of Jalalabad in the southern part of Kyrgyzstan, appeals to imam of the city mosques to try and impart to the youth importance of secular education.
15.03.2007 19:49 msk Analytics Uzbekistan
Russian media outlets all but missed the visit of the prime minister of Pakistan to Tashkent, Uzbekistan. A single news agency mentioned the matter - and only briefly. Can Moscow be that indifferent with regard to the relations between the countries that seriously aspire for regional leadership?
14.03.2007 16:01 msk Religious life Uzbekistan
Early March dotted all I's and crossed all T's in a certain scandal. A group of Uzbek, small-time businessmen from the Russian city of Ivanovo, had been accused of involvement with "extremist religious Akramia" and participation in the events in Andijan in May 2005. Investigation lasted eighteen mon
14.03.2007 16:00 msk Business Turkmenistan
RusEnergy reports that foreign companies drew the conclusion that it is possible to make a profit in Tajikistan refining oil and not just developing oil and gas fields and exporting raw materials.
14.03.2007 11:34 msk Tajikistan
Ferghana.Ru sources in Dushanbe report that Major General Suhrob Kasymov handed in his resignation from the post of commander of the Separate Brigade of Special Forces of the Interior Ministry on February 27. The president let his comrade-in-arms go. Kasymov's second-in-command Colonel Hurshed Mahma
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