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...[in Kyrgyzstan] enjoy huge support from Russia, but when they gain power, Moscow can then enjoy influence through them.” Kyrgyzstan is scheduled to hold parliamentary elections on October 10. Numerous reports in the past 15 months about the impeding construction...
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EurasiaNet
http://www.eurasianet.org/node/61937
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...to Mr. Peskov "Vladimir Putin informed Almazbek Atambaev about the decision to allocate $10 million of grant aid for Kyrgyzstan that was made during the governmental session". Besides, Dmitry Peskov said that the parties discussed the issues of "providing...
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Ferghana
http://enews.ferghana.ru/news.php?id=1839
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...Soviet Union * More hydro projects planned * Intense competition for C.Asian water TOKTOGUL, Kyrgyzstan, Aug 30 (Reuters) - Kyrgyzstan launched a $200 million hydroelectric power station on Monday, its first since the collapse of the Soviet Union, in a...
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Reuters Alert Net
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/LDE67T0FJ.htm
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...but also Central Asia, is expected to decline. Even as Beijing hopes that Russia can help stabilise the situation in Kyrgyzstan, it is also weary of Moscow and Washington turning the Kyrgyzstan situation to their advantage. More than just trade and economic...
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Channel News Asia
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/eastasia/view/1064971/1/.html
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NEW DELHI - The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Monday asked the government to arrange safe passage for more than 100 Indians, who are trapped in Kyrgyzstan’s Osh and Jalalabad towns after ethnic riots erupted in the Central Asian republic.
“We are
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Simple Thoughts
http://blog.taragana.com/politics/2010/06/14/arrange-safe-passage-for-indians-in-kyrgyzstan-bjp-43264/
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...— Officials in the impoverished Central Asian nation of Kyrgyzstan say the United States plans to build a $5 million military base for training local troops to assist in the fight against international terrorism. Kyrgyzstan already hosts a U.S. ...
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Simple Thoughts
http://blog.taragana.com/politics/2010/06/14/russia-to-consider-military-aid-for-kyrgyzstan-43220/
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...in the Central Asian nation. (AP Photo/fergana.ru ) MOSCOW — The Kremlin says it won't immediately send Russian troops to Kyrgyzstan, which has asked Moscow for military assistance to help quell ethnic violence. But Russian President Dmitry Medvedev's spokeswoman,...
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Atlanta Journal Constitution Vendor
http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/russia-wont-immediately-send-547501.html
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The recently held Kyrgyz-Chinese economic forum in Bishkek has put an emphasis on the disproportion in the balance of payment in mutual trade between Kyrgyzstan and China in favour of the latter.
There is no doubt that China is a very important
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Uz Report
http://business.uzreport.com/mir.cgi?lan=e&id=69791
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(New York, December 3, 2009) - The Kyrgyz government should immediately stop harassing human rights monitors doing research in southern Kyrgyzstan, Human Rights Watch said today. On December 2 Kyrgyz authorities denied entry to prominent Tajik human
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Human Rights Watch
http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2009/12/03/kyrgyzstan-allow-rights-monitors-country
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“In every drop of water there is a grain of gold.” - Aral proverb
Since the 1991 collapse of the USSR, foreign investors have looked at the former Soviet space as a land rich in underdeveloped resources waiting for Western technology and finance to
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OilPrice.com
http://www.oilprice.com/article-central-asias-most-precious-resource-water-not-oil.html
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The representatives of Kyrgyz special services, Public Prosecutor’s office and law enforcement agencies showed up in the house of Askar Akaev, the former President of Kyrgyzstan, in Bishkek. They ordered to take all personal belongings and free the
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Ferghana
http://enews.ferghana.ru/article.php?id=2589
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(New York) - The Kyrgyz authorities should immediately release the
human rights activists Bakhrom Hamroev and Izzatilla Rakhmatillaev and allow them to continue their fact-finding work without further interference, Human Rights Watch said
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Reuters Alert Net
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/HRW/2c7247288713d3c0175b9c418489f976.htm
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COUNTRY PROGRAM SUMMARY:
In 1994, Mercy Corps became one of the first non-governmental organizations to work in the newly independent Kyrgyz Republic. Today, its programs reach more than 350,000 people in all major urban and rural communities of the
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Relief Web
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/res.nsf/db900SID/OCHA-7XHDYL?OpenDocument&RSS20=07-P
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BISHKEK -- Kyrgyzstan plans to pay its debt for Uzbek natural gas by December 1, RFE/RL's Kyrgyz Service reports. Deputy Prime Minister Akylbek Japarov told RFE/RL that the gas debt will be discussed by the Kyrgyz parliament on October 30.
Kyrgyzstan's
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Spero News
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/speroforum/nroq/~3/d-asBOfj0D4/Kyrgyzstan-To-Pay-Gas-Debt-To-Uzbekistan
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Sasha, a 17 year-old ethnic Korean student in Bishkek, only knows one word in Korean: hello. She has lived all her life in the former Soviet Union, speaks Russian, and physically resembles a Kyrgyz so much that few can guess her true ethnicity. She
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EurasiaNet
http://www.eurasianet.org/departments/insightb/articles/eav102209a.shtml
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The governments of Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan have reached agreement on all issues discussed during the visit of Kazakhstan Prime Minister Karim Masimov to Bishkek last week, TCA reported citing the press service of the Kyrgyz government.
Complete
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Uz Report
http://business.uzreport.com/aziya.cgi?lan=e&id=67842
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A creeping authoritarianism has overcome Kyrgyzstan. Repressive laws on peaceful gatherings have strictly curbed freedom of assembly, legislation has stifled freedom of the press and the recent presidential elections were widely condemned as neither
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ISN
http://www.isn.ethz.ch/isn/Current-Affairs/Security-Watch/Detail/.?ots591=4888CAA0-B3DB-1461-98B9-E20E7B9C13D4&lng=en&id=106661
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Interviev with Ivar Dale,head of the Norwegian Helsinki Committee in Central Asia.
Ryskeldi Satke -On October 12 2008 you were turned back by Kyrgyz Border Control at the Manas airport in Kyrgyzstan refusing to grant entry into the country. There
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AgoraVox
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Torrent.kg, the biggest torrent site in the Asian country of Kyrgyzstan, has been shut down on allegations of copyright infringement. The police seized the site’s servers pending an investigation, but in the meantime the country now has its own version
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Torrent Freak
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Torrentfreak/~3/gskNd9lStT8/
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Common sense and self-respect forgotten, candidate for President Kurmanbek Bakiyev gratefully accepted the outrageous outcome of the election. Judging by these results, Bakiyev performed better in the election than presidents Vladimir Putin, Dmitry
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Ferghana
http://enews.ferghana.ru/article.php?id=2562
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ALMATY, Aug. 2 (Xinhua) -- The Russia-dominated Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) is standing at a crossroads and Moscow is trying to transform the loose security alliance into a fully-fledged group.
The presidents of seven
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Xinhua
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-08/02/content_11814902.htm
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New security stronghold planned in Central Asia
Seven former Soviet states are discussing the creation of a joint security stronghold in Kyrgyzstan at an informal meeting of the member states of the Collective Security Treaty Organization.
The
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Global Research
http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=viewArticle&code=20090731&articleId=14591
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Analysts and reporters familiar with Kyrgyzstan’s presidential election last week are skeptical of the results giving incumbent President Kurmanbek Bakiyev a landslide victory. Official results showed Bakiyev winning 76 % of the vote.
“Most people
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Voice of America
http://www.voanews.com/english/newsanalysis/2009-07-31-voa13.cfm?rss=europe
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This Central Asian nation that hosts a key U.S. military air base votes Thursday in a presidential election that is almost certain to tighten the incumbent's grip on power in the former Soviet republic.
If re-elected, Kurmanbek Bakiyev is expected to
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Miami Herald
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/1162594.html
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MOSCOW—A high-ranking Kremlin aide said Wednesday that Russia aims to establish a second military base in Kyrgyzstan, where the United State also has an important air base, Russian news agencies reported.
The comments by Sergei Prikhodko underlined how
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Boston Globe
http://www.boston.com/news/world/europe/articles/2009/07/29/russia_wants_second_base_in_kyrgyzstan?rss_id=Boston.com+--+Latest+news
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Protesters around the world called on Iran Saturday to end its clampdown on opposition activists, demanding the release of hundreds rounded up during demonstrations against the country's disputed election.
Groups including Human Rights Watch and
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Miami Herald
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/1162019.html
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BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan — European monitors said Friday that Kyrgyzstan's presidential election was marred by ballot-box stuffing and widespread irregularities in vote counting.
A police officer carries a ballot-box for the presidential
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Centre Daily Times
http://www.centredaily.com/news/world/story/1415821.html
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BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan -- Election officials in Kyrgyzstan said early Friday that partial results from the presidential election give incumbent Kurmanbek Bakiyev an overwhelming lead of around 90 percent of votes counted.
The Central Election
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The State
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In democratic countries, elections are an opportunity to change leaders. In authoritarian states — as Iran reminds us — elections may also represent a chance to overthrow a regime. Such is the case today in another Central Asian country, Kyrgyzstan,
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TampaBay.com | St. Petersburg Times
http://www.tampabay.com/opinion/essays/article1020813.ece
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Kyrgyzstan enjoys a reputation of being the most democratic state in Central Asia, but that image stands to be tainted by the early presidential election to be held on July 23.
The opposition appears to have weakened considerably and is crying foul,
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GlobalSecurity.org
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/news/2009/07/mil-090722-rferl04.htm
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* Kyrgyz leader: in talks with Russia on new military hub
* Says Russia to help train anti-terror forces in C.Asia
* Says unrest continues to spill over from Afghanistan
ALA-ARCHA, Kyrgyzstan, July 20 (Reuters) - Russia may open a new military
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Reuters Alert Net
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/LK594842.htm
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The Kremlin is playing a geopolitical game of can-you-top-this in Central Asia. Russia is looking to offset its failure to dislodge American troops from Kyrgyzstans air base at Manas by securing Bishkeks agreement to open a Collective Security Treaty
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EurasiaNet
http://www.eurasianet.org/departments/insightb/articles/eav071309.shtml
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BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan — A new agreement allowing the U.S. to maintain its air base in Kyrgyzstan for Afghan operations will help to ensure stability across Central Asia, a top American diplomat said Sunday.
Several months after ordering
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Centre Daily Times
http://www.centredaily.com/news/world/story/1393429.html
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Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan - Lacking the oil or gas revenues that fill the coffers of its richer neighbors, the small Central Asian republic of Kyrgyzstan
has always suffered from a weak economy. Locals joke that Kyrgyzstan is the one country in the world
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Christian Science Monitor
http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/0705/p06s13-wosc.html
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Kyrgyzstan said Thursday that a new deal allowing the U.S. to continue using a Kyrgyz air base to ship military supplies to Afghanistan was meant to support the fight against terrorism.
The agreement, an abrupt about-face four months after
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Taiwan News
http://www.etaiwannews.com/etn/news_content.php?id=986929&lang=eng_news&cate_img=logo_world&cate_rss=WORLD_eng
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BISHKEK: President Barack Obama, trying to prevent the closure of a US air base in Kyrgyzstan, has sent a personal appeal to the Central Asian nation urging it to expand cooperation, Kyrgyzstan said on Thursday. The Muslim nation gave the United States
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Lebanon Daily Star
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=10&categ_id=2&article_id=102926
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The problem of afghan drug trafficking ( heroin and opium) through Central Asia to Russia and Europe has become one of the most serious and difficult tasks for the Governments of Central Asian States for 17 years since the dissolution of the USSR with
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AgoraVox
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Agoravox-TheCitizenMedia/~3/NZDym9Q4qog/article.php3
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I must convey my gratitude and praise to Zaman Kyrgyzstan, which has been in publication in the Turkish and Kyrgyz languages since 1992, for the special supplement they issued in connection with my official visit to Kyrgyzstan, which
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Today's Zaman
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http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/detaylar.do?load=detay&link=176323
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BISHKEK: Bright bolts of fabric, toys and construction materials still crowd the shelves of Central Asia’s largest bazaar but its once ubiquitous Chinese traders are beginning to dwindle in number.
Tucked away from the crush of bargain hunters in the
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A Pakistan News
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/APakistanNews/~3/YLkAuEO77g8/chinese-traders-leave-as-kyrgyzstan-closes-markets-121992
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NEW YORK, May 13, 2009 - A review hearing related to last year's protests in southern Kyrgyzstan is a crucial opportunity for the Kyrgyz authorities to investigate the defendants' torture allegations and to ensure justice, Human Rights Watch said today.
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YubaNet
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Yubanet/~3/eG8Qew3sz8g/Human-Rights-Watch-Kyrgyzstan-Investigate-Torture-Allegations.php
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WASHINGTON, May 12 (Reuters) - A U.S. Senate panel on Tuesday approved millions of dollars to help Kyrgyzstan improve its air traffic control system, as Washington seeks to keep access to airfields in the Central Asian country.
Kyrgyzstan decided in
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Reuters Alert Net
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N12316898.htm
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...direct payments to the budget and Social Fund only) between 1996 and 2007. With the new agreement in force, the government of Kyrgyzstan expects to earn $3.432 billion by 2026, the year when the gold mine is expected to be worked out. Along with everything...
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Ferghana
http://enews.ferghana.ru/news.php?id=1153
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Visa-free travel between Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan does not mean that crossing the border between the two Central Asian states is free of hassles. Uzbeks and Kyrgyz traders alike complain that convoluted customs procedures and corruption are hampering
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EurasiaNet
http://www.eurasianet.org/departments/insightb/articles/eav042709b.shtml
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The new agreement concerning Kumtor, a gold mine in the Issyk-Kul region of Kyrgyzstan, was signed on April 24. According to 24.kg news agency, the document was signed by Prime Minister Igor Chudinov and Centerra Gold Inc. President Stephen
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Ferghana
http://enews.ferghana.ru/news.php?id=1140
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Geography
Area: 77,181 sq. mi.
Cities: Bishkek (capital), Osh,
Cholpon Ata, Karakol.
Terrain: 90% mountainous, with
some desert regions. Elevation extremes--lowest
point: Kulundy village in the Batken province 401 m; highest
point: Jengish Chokusu
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Scoop - New Zealand News
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0904/S00333.htm
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Interview with Bakyt Beshimov,leader of Social Democratic Party parliamentary faction of Kyrgyzstan.
Ryskeldi Satke - There is only slightly more than three months left until the Presidential elections. An opposition candidate has been announced. At
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AgoraVox
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Agoravox-TheCitizenMedia/~3/F1Xs0Gov1eE/article.php3
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A woman collects water in a refugee camp in the Democratic Republic of Congo
There is not much water in Central Asia, and most of what is there is located in the region's eastern mountains. Now, 'downstream' countries are trying to regulate how
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ISN
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http://www.isn.ethz.ch/isn/Current-Affairs/Security-Watch/Detail/.?ots591=4888CAA0-B3DB-1461-98B9-E20E7B9C13D4&lng=en&id=99112
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BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan, April 17 (UPI) -- Security experts from Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Kazakhstan and Turkey met Friday at a conference to address ways to reform Kyrgyzstan's police.
The conference, sponsored by the Organization for Security and Cooperation
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United Press International
http://www.upi.com/Emerging_Threats/2009/04/17/Kyrgyzstan-focuses-on-police-reform/UPI-71801240005309/
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BISHKEK, April 17 (Xinhua) -- President Kurmanbek Bakiyev said on Friday that Kyrgyzstan will build two new hydroelectric stations despite protests from Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan.
Bakiyev said the decisions of Kyrgyzstan to build new
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Xinhua
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-04/17/content_11200757.htm
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One of Bishkek’s many Chinese restaurants.
Chi, one of the restaurant’s co-owners, is a 31-year-old accountant from Urumqi, the capital of China’s western Xinjiang region. Upon coming to Kyrgyzstan 18
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Transitions Online
http://www.tol.cz/cgi-bin/go.cgi?P-4_I-317_S-3_A-20508
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