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Latest News : Kyrgyzstan sees OSCE police mission after Oct poll
Source: Reuters * OSCE police mission initially due in Kyrgyzstan in August * Opponents of deployment fear Kosovo-style breakaway * U.S. "deeply concerned" about ethnic tension (Adds U.S. and other ...

Latest News : Kyrgyzstan: OSCEmission should come after October election
Vienna - A planned international observer mission to Kyrgyzstan should be postponed until after the October elections, a senior diplomat from the troubled Central Asian country said Thursday in the Austrian capital Vienna.

Latest News : Kyrgyzstan official says OSCE police advisers should only start after October elections
VIENNA - A Kyrgyz official says an international group of police advisers should delay its mission after the country's elections. In June, Kyrgyzstan, which hosts U.S. and Russian military bases, witnessed violence between Kyrgyz mobs and minority Uzbeks.

Latest News : Kyrgyzstan launches $200 million hydroelectric dam
TOKTOGUL, KYRGYZSTAN : Kyrgyzstan launched a $200 million hydroelectric power station on Monday, the first in the nation since the fall of the Soviet Union.

Latest News : Kyrgyzstan: Ensure Safety, Fair Trial for Rights Defender
Source: Human Rights Watch (New York) - The Kyrgyz government should ensure that Azimjon Askarov, an ethnic Uzbek human rights defender arrested in connection with the June violence in southern Kyrgyzstan, is given a fair and ...

Putin informs Kyrgyzstanâ€™s Social Democratic Party on $10M aid
MOSCOW, September 2 (Itar-Tass) -- Russiaâ€™s Prime Minister Vladimir Putin met with the leader of Kyrgyzstanâ€™s Social Democratic Party Almazbek Atambayev on Thursday, press secretary of the prime minister Dmitry Peskov said.

Inspectors miss the flight to Kyrgyzstan
The reset of the relationship of the United States with Russia is being put to the test for the first time. Kyrgyzstan poses a tough challenge: can the reset really work in a high-stakes game in which the vital interests of the two sides are sharply divergent?

Kyrgyzstan official says OSCE police advisers should only start after October elections
A Kyrgyz official says an international group of police advisers should delay its mission until after the country's elections.

Russia urges OSCE to take delicate approach in assisting Kyrgyzstan
Moscow, September 3 - Russia's envoy to the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, Anvar Azimov, has called on OSCE member states not to impose their assistance in stabilization efforts in Kyrgyzstan because it could do harm to the Kyrgyz interim government.

Clawing back credibility in Kyrgyzstan
American airmen sometimes call the Manas Transit Center in Kyrgyzstan "the frontier of freedom".

Bishkek balks on OSCE mission
BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan, Sept. 2 (UPI) -- The interim government of Kyrgyzstan is contemplating the deployment of an international police force in the country, a spokesman said. Kyrgyzstan - Asia - Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe - Bishkek - Business and Economy

Kyrgyzstan launches new hydroelectric power plant
Source: Reuters * First Kyrgyz hydro plant since Soviet Union * More hydro projects planned * Intense competition for C.Asian water By Olga Dzyubenko TOKTOGUL, Kyrgyzstan, Aug 30 (Reuters) - Kyrgyzstan ...

Russiaâ€™s government approves 10 mln dollarsâ€™ aid for Kyrgyzstan
MOSCOW, September 2 (Itar-Tass) -- The presidium of Russiaâ€™s government approved allocating ten million dollars in financial aid to Kyrgyzstan, Deputy Minister of Economic Development Alexei Likhachev said following the meeting on Thursday.

OSCE Police Mission for Kyrgyzstan Stalls
An OSCE police advisory mission had been expected to be deployed in strife-torn southern Kyrgyzstan by the end of August. But given the Central Asian nationâ€™s muddled political situation, it now looks like the deployment wonâ€™t happen until late October, if at all.

Russia sends five tonnes humanitarian aid to Kyrgyzstanâ€™s schools
BISHKEK, September 1 (Itar-Tass) -- Russia has sent humanitarian aid for Kyrgyzstanâ€™s schools. A part of the cargo, weighting in total some 5 tonnes, arrived in Bishkek on Wednesday. It contained school supplies, Russiaâ€™s Embassy in Kyrgyzstan said.

Uzbek diaspora leaders in Kyrgyzstan accused of instigating riots
The Kyrgyz Prosecutor General's Office has charged prominent Uzbek diaspora leaders in southern Kyrgyzstan with instigating deadly interethnic clashes in May and June.

Kyrgyzstan unable to rebuild for free homes destroyed in June disorder
Kyrgyzstan does not have sufficient budget funds to allow it to rebuild for free homes that were destroyed during violence in the south of the country in June, a deputy prime minister said on Saturday.

OSCE mission in troubled Kyrgyzstan postponed after protests
Bishkek/Moscow - The Organization for Security and Cooperationin Europe (OSCE) has postponed a planned mission to the troubled central Asian republic of Kyrgyzstan, a senior source confirmed to the German Press Agency dpa Wednesday.

Independence Day of Kyrgyzstan on August 31, 2010
Today (Tuesday) is the Independence Day of Kyrgyzstan. Kyrgyzstan is a country in Central Asia. Landlocked and mountainous, it borders Kazakhstan to the north, Uzbekistan to the west, Tajikistan to the southwest and the People's Republic of China to the Southeast. Bishkek is the capital and largest city.

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The CSTO has faced plenty of (deserved) criticism for its failure to help Kyrgyzstan during the terrible ethnic violence there this summer. But few people have offered advice on how to reform the organization to make it more effective.

In Central Asia, a new headache for U.S. policy
BISHKEK, KYRGYZSTAN - Beset by mounting casualties on the battlefield and deepening disquiet at home over the United States' longest war, President Obama's Afghan policy now faces another big headache: the unraveling of central authority in Kyrgyzstan, a Central Asian nation that hosts a U.S. ai... Asia - Central Asia - Social Sciences - Japan - Bank of Japan

The CSTO joint air defense initiative appears to be bearing some fruit, with Russian air defense radars in Kyrgyzstan ...
Within the framework of military-technical cooperation with countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States, Russia will upgrade radar stations in Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan, as well as will supply spare parts and equipment for air defence hardware of CIS states...

OSCE to deploy Police Advisory Group to Kyrgyzstan
VIENNA : Ambassador Herbert Salber, the Director of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) Conflict Prevention Center on Wednesday said that the organization is prepared to deploy the Police Advisory Group to Kyrgyzstan, which was requested by its Government.

Kyrgyzstan launches new hydroelectric power plant
Source: Reuters (Corrects spelling of name of hydroelectric plant) * First Kyrgyz hydro plant since Soviet Union * More hydro projects planned * Intense competition for C. ...

Viewpoint: We love BYUâ€™s independence
Trinidad and Tobago, Malaysia and Kyrgyzstan werenâ€™t the only ones celebrating independence Tuesday. Starting in 2011, BYU football is declaring itself free from the tyranny of the Mountain West Conference. The anthems are blaring all around Cougar Nation as dark blue flags wave high in the sky. All we need now is watermelon and fireworks, and weâ€™re ready for Independence Day to come again this ...

Gerry Simpson: Locked in a Tinderbox
Torture and arbitrary detention are longstanding problems in Kyrgyzstan, but the massive targeting of ethnic Uzbeks for unlawful arrest and mistreatment amid ethnic insults and threats is new.

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The authorities need to show that Askarovâ€™s trial will be scrupulously fair. It is one of the first high-profile cases related to the violence in southern Kyrgyzstan and will send an important signal for the trials to follow.

SCO anti-terror exercise in Kazakhstan
MOSCOW, Sept. 3 (UPI) -- Russia is sending ground forces to Kazakhstan to participate in a joint anti-terrorist exercise. Kazakhstan - Russia - Asia - Government - Business and Economy

Uzbekistan bans 'pompous' breaking of Ramadan fast
Uzbekistan has banned the public breaking of the daily Ramadan fast, an Uzbek cleric said Friday, after local Islamic religious authorities condemned "lavish" celebrations by rich believers.

Suicide blast kills two Tajik police, wounds 25
Two suicide bombers in an explosives-packed car slammed into a police station in Tajikistan on Friday, killing two police officers and wounding at least 25 others, interior ministry officials said.

Suicide blast kills senior Tajik police officer
A suicide bomber in an explosives-packed car slammed into a police station in Tajikistan on Friday, killing a senior police official and wounding at least 25 others, interior ministry officials said.

Suicide blast at Tajikistan police base, 25 hurt
A suicide bomber in an explosives-packed car wounded at least 25 police officers in an attack on their base in Tajikistan Friday that left the building in flames, interior ministry officials said.

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The humanitarian impulses of the Manas Transit Center air base in Kyrgyzstan have been well documented . But now they are apparently taking the next step and cooperating directly with the Peace Corps there.

Car bomb hits Tajikistan police station, 25 hurt
A car packed with explosives rammed into a police station in northern Tajikistan on Friday, triggering a powerful blast that injured at least 25 people, interior ministry officials said.

David Trilling
Remember the proposed U.S. anti-terror training center in southern Kyrgyzstan, the Osh Polygon, that caused such a stir? The Washington Post reported earlier this month that it remained "on track," but the U.S. apparently has quietly decided to give up the idea.

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Remember the proposed U.S. anti-terror training center in southern Kyrgyzstan, the Osh Polygon, that caused such a stir? The Washington Post earlier this month that it remained "on track," but the U.S. apparently has quietly decided to give up the idea.

Kyrgyz Unrest
Since their home was torched in June during the ethnic clashes in southwestern Kyrgyzstan, 30-year-old Dilbar Kasimova and her four children live in an UNHCR-provided tent on a street in Cheremushki District, Osh. At least 390 people died and thousands more were injured during the violence.

Suicide blast kills Tajik police
Two suicide bomber have slammed into a police station in Tajikistan, killing two police and wounding 25.

Council Special Report
The Internet, since its debut in 1989, has revolutionized commerce, communication, military action, and governance. Much of the modern world is simply inconceivable without it. This revolution, however, has not come without a price.

CORRECTED - UPDATE 1-Kyrgyzstan launches new hydroelectric power plant
(Corrects spelling of name of hydroelectric plant)

Kyrgyz Launch Hydroelectric Dam
TOKTOGUL, Kyrgyzstan â€” Kyrgyzstan launched a $200 million hydroelectric power station on Monday, its first since the collapse of the Soviet Union, in a move likely to intensify competition for Central Asia's scarce water resources.

Suicide blast kills two Tajik police
Two suicide bombers in an explosives-packed car have slammed into a police station in Tajikistan, killing two police officers and wounding at least 25.

Scott played vital role in getting troops and cargo into -- and out of -- Iraq
The last combat troop shipped out of Iraq a week before President Obama's Aug. 31 deadline, all while personnel at Scott Air Force Base were also working to move 98,000 military personnel into Afghanistan and providing humanitarian relief to the people in flood-devastated Pakistan.

Suicide blast kills senior Tajik cop
A suicide bomber in an explosives-packed car has slammed into a police station in Tajikistan, killing a senior police official, interior ministry officials say.

International Writers Program holds five events
In the next nine days, the International Writing Program will hold five free public events. On Sept. 7 at 7 p.m., Milosz Biedrzycki will read from his poetry, and H.M. Naqvi will read from his dÃ©but novel, Home Boy, at Prairie Lights Books, 15 S. Dubuque St.

Tajik police station car bomb injures 25
A car packed with explosives rammed into a police station in northern Tajikistan, leaving at least 25 people injured.

Summer of conflict
Angry mobs patrolled the streets of Osh, Kyrgyzstan with sticks, machetes and guns. Stores were looted and burned. Many were shot and killed. Surrounded by chaos, Matt Kupfer '12 and Emily Canning (GRAD) hid inside their homes, uncertain of the future.

The nonprofit news and information resource
Today, the U.S. Fund for UNICEF announced a two-year, $1.25 million commitment by The UPS Foundation; bringing the organizationâ€™s total support for UNICEF to $2 million for 2010 and 2011, including $400,000 of cash and in-kind support for Haiti earthquake relief efforts.

Winning teams to join the Karakoram winter games: Simone & Denis for GII, Poles for Broad Peak
Posted: Sep 03, 2010 07:40 am EDT As mentioned yesterday, Pakistan is about to enjoy the most exciting winter climbing season ever.

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