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13 hrs ago | Trend

Emergency Ministry: Earthquake in Uzbekistan caused no casualties or destruction

The earthquake that occurred in Uzbekistan on Saturday night at 3.18 caused casualties or damage, Ministry of Emergency Situations told Trend.

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Related Topix: Earthquake, Natural Disasters, World News, US Geological Survey, Technical Services, Geology, Science, Tajikistan,

Thu May 23, 2013

EurasiaNet

U.S., Kyrgyzstan Reach Compromise On Manas 'Black Box'

The "black box" flight recorder from the U.S. Air Force jet that crashed in Kyrgyzstan has been found , and the U.S. and Kyrgyzstan have reached an agreement on the sensitive issue of sharing access to the information contained therein.

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Related Topix: World News, Asia, US Military, US Air Force, Commercial Aircraft, Boeing Aircraft, Aircraft, Boeing 707

Wed May 22, 2013

Alabama Live

Thirty four new citizens welcomed during Mobile naturalization ceremony

Thirty four petitioners for U.S. citizenship, right, listen to Dennis Langan, of the Exchange Club of Mobile, during a naturalization ceremony in U.S. District Court on Friday, May 17, 2013.

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Related Topix: Mobile, AL, us Travel, Travel, World News, Drama Movies, Action Movies, Genghis Khan, History Movies, Adventure, University of South Alabama

NewEurasia.net

The first great Festival of Education in Bishkek

Great festival for children, teenagers and their parents was held last weekend in the capital of Kyrgyzstan.

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Related Topix: Family, Teenagers, World News, Asia

Tue May 21, 2013

WLNE-TV Providence

Kyrgyzstan bent on evicting US air base in 2014

The lawyer for the family of missing Utah woman Susan Powell said Tuesday that even as local police close the active part of their investigation into her disappearance, federal authorities continue to review the case - a... BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan - Kyrgyzstan's president has reaffirmed that next year the Central Asian nation will evict the U.S. air ... (more)

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Related Topix: World News

Mon May 20, 2013

EurasiaNet

Kyrgyzstan: Renewed Rancor in Latvian Relations

Last week, Inside the Cocoon wrote about an Atlantic Council-sponsored conference on Kyrgyzstan and the potential for a conflict of interest.

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Related Topix: Asia, World News

Sun May 19, 2013

Global Voices Online

Does Kyrgyzstan need Russia's Customs Union?

Discussions surrounding potential membership of the Customs Union that currently comprises Belarus, Russia, and Kazakhstan are not new to Kyrgyzstan's public.

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Related Topix: Vladimir Putin, World News,

Fri May 17, 2013

Inter Press Service

Kyrgyz Officials Outline Restructuring Plan for Lucrative Gold Mine

Bishkek and Toronto-listed Centerra Gold are engaged in a protracted legal dispute over Kumtor, the largest gold mine operated by a Western company in Central Asia.

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Related Topix: Asia, World News, Kurmanbek Bakiyev

Weekday Magazine

Security Clampdown In Jalal-Abad After Ethnic Clash

Local authorities have increased security measures in Kyrgyzstan's Ala-Buka district in Jalal-Abad Oblast after several dozen Kyrgyz and ethnic Uzbek youths clashed there.

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Related Topix: World News,

Charter97

Lukashenka to meet "warm reception" in Bishkek

"Meken Sheytteri, Aprel Bairagy and Aikol Ala-Too movements are going to organise a rally during Lukashenka's visit and demand him to extradite former president Kurmanbek Bakiyev to Kyrgyzstan," the movement leader said.

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Related Topix: Kurmanbek Bakiyev, Asia, World News

Thu May 16, 2013

Transitions Online

Young, Loud, and Turkmen

Ashgabat may be the capital of one of the most closed societies in the world and home to Central Asia's most repressive regime, but even here the walls occasionally shake with the sound of rock 'n' roll.

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Related Topix: World News, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Asia,

Weekday Magazine

Chinese Mining Company Operations In Kyrgyzstan Blocked By Protesters

The Chinese Kaidi company's gold-mining operations in the Chon-Alai district have given rise to protests among locals.

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Related Topix: World News

Wed May 15, 2013

Charter97

Bakiyevs finance extremist groups

The government of Kyrgyzstan plans to take further measures seeking the extradition of the country's former president Kurmanbek Bakiyev and his brother Zhanysh Bakiyev in connection with a verdict of the Military Court.

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Related Topix: World News, Asia, Kurmanbek Bakiyev

NewEurasia.net

Presentation of the video version of the Kyrgyz great heritage

The epic "Manas" is one of the greatest cultural achievements of the Kyrgyz people.

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Related Topix: Asia, World News

Tue May 14, 2013

EurasiaNet

Kyrgyzstan: Former "Prince" Dodges US Prosecution

Officials and lots of citizens in Kyrgyzstan are reeling from the news that the Central Asian nation's most hated son will continue living a free and comfortable life abroad.

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Related Topix: World News, Asia, Prison, Kurmanbek Bakiyev

EurasiaNet

Kyrgyzstan: Conference Generates Controversy Before Convening

A conference focusing on Kyrgyzstan's present problems and future choices threatens to become sidetracked by a conflict-of-interest controversy.

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Related Topix: Travel, Tajikistan Travel, Asia Travel, World News, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan Travel, Kyrgyzstan Travel, Asia, Kurmanbek Bakiyev

Mon May 13, 2013

EurasiaNet

Kyrgyzstan: Officials Outline Restructuring Plan for Lucrative Gold Mine

As officials in Kyrgyzstan prepare to negotiate with their country's largest investor in Bishkek this week, new details are emerging about how the Kyrgyz government wants to restructure the agreement covering operations at the country's flagship gold mine.

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Related Topix: Asia, World News, Kurmanbek Bakiyev

Airport Business

Gazpromneft-Aero Inks Refueling Deal For All Turkish Airlines Flights

Gazpromneft-Aero, the Gazprom Neft aviation fuel business operator, has signed a long-term agreement with Turkish Airlines for all of the carrier's flights to be refuelled at Manas International Airport in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.

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Related Topix: World News

Sun May 12, 2013

Global Voices Online

Kyrgyzstan: Victory Day Celebrated and Debated

Just over sixty-eight years ago, on May 9, 1945, Nazi Germany capitulated, marking the end of World War Two.

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Related Topix: World News, Asia

Thu May 09, 2013

Foreign Policy

A Turbulent Valley in a Turbulent Decade - By Joshua Foust

In 2005, the Central Asian republic of Kyrgyzstan experienced its own version of the "color revolutions" that had already swept through other parts of the former Soviet Union.

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Related Topix: World News, Asia, Kurmanbek Bakiyev, Prison