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Share of timber export from Altai Krai to Uzbekistan increases by 34%

During 6 months of 2008, Altai Krai has exported timber to Uzbekistan for US$49 million.

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Wed Oct 08, 2008

Rocky Mountain News

Cirstea wins Tashkent Open for first WTA title

Published October 5, 2008 at 7:27 a.m. TASHKENT, Uzbekistan _ Sorana Cristea of Romania won her first WTA Tour title Sunday, rallying to beat Sabine Lisicki of Germany 2-6, 6-4, 7-6 in the Tashkent Open final.

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Mon Oct 06, 2008

Mail & Guardian

Dozens killed in Kyrgyzstan quake

A weekend earthquake killed up to 70 people in Kyrgyzstan and levelled a village in the south of the Central Asian nation, the emergencies ministry said on Monday.

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EUobserver.com

Clock ticking on EU sanctions against Uzbekistan

EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS - EU sanctions on Uzbekistan expire on 13 November despite the country's relapse into disturbing human rights abuses, with Germany exploiting the EU legal system to try and scrap a visa ...

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Sun Oct 05, 2008

Arab Times

Cabinet agrees to expand role of panel overlooking 'expat affairs'

KUWAIT, Sept 29, : The Cabinet agrees with the National Assembly on the list of priorities and proposed projects to be featured in the Parliament's next session, said Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State ...

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Fri Oct 03, 2008

IntelliBriefs

Uzbekistan: Harvest by force

A cotton field near Samarkand, Uzbekistan The use of school-students to pick cotton further tarnishes the reputation of Islam Karimov's repressive state, says Andrew Stroehlein.

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Thu Oct 02, 2008

Muslim Uzbekistan

Uzbekistan releases oldest political prisoner

The Uzbek authorities released the country's oldest political prisoner on Wednesday - the 83-year-old Ahmatjon Adylov who has been in jail for almost 24 years.

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Inside Bay Area

Muslims end fasting for Ramadan

A month of self-control exploded with elation, food and cotton candy Wednesday, as more than a thousand Muslims ended Ramadan at the San Mateo County Expo Center.

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Related Topix: Fasting, Health, World News, San Mateo County, CA, Religion, Islam, San Mateo, CA

Uzbekistan.neweurasia.net

Child labor is banned, but what about students' labor?

Recently, the Uzbek Prime Minister Shavkat Mirziyayev has signed a decree that puts a ban on using the child labor in cotton plantations in Uzbekistan.

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Tue Sep 30, 2008

UzReport

Uzbekistan's Muslim Board head congratulates people with Eid al-Fitr

Chairman of Uzbekistan's Muslim Board Usmonhon Alemov congratulated the country's Muslims on Eid al-Fitr and the end of Ramadan on 30 September.

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Mon Sep 29, 2008

Tennis

Lisicki reaches second round at Tashkent Open

Lisicki reaches second round at Tashkent Open TASHKENT, Uzbekistan -Fourth-seeded Sabine Lisicki of Germany advanced to the second round of the Tashkent Open with a 6-0, 6-2 win over Dilyara Saidkhodjaeva of ...

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UzReport

National University of Uzbekistan marks 90th jubilee

Raising the intellectual and spiritual potential of the youth, formation of the new generation in the spirit of patriotism, high morality, respect for national and universal values is a task crucial for the ...

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Related Topix: World News, National University

Sat Sep 27, 2008

UzReport

Famous Japanese designer Takada Kenzo to arrive in Uzbekistan

Famous Japanese designer Takada Kenzo will visit Uzbekistan to attend the Week of Design and Fashion - Style.uz, which will take place in Tashkent and Samarkand in October , Fund Forum of Culture and Art of ...

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Thu Sep 25, 2008

EurasiaNet

Uzbekistan: Authorities Tighten Grip on Religion During Ramadan

Uzbek authorities have stepped up surveillance of mosques and tightened control on religious activity since the start of the holy month of Ramadan.

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Related Topix: Life, Holidays, Ramadan Begins, World News,

UzReport

Uzbekistan approves programme on environment protection for 2008-2012

Prime Minister of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyayev signed a resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers on 19 September to approve an action programme on protection of environment in Uzbekistan for 2008-2012. The ...

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UzReport

Drug smuggling bids foiled in Uzbekistan - TV

For some people, it is normal to earn their living at the expense of others' quiet life, happiness and health.

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Wed Sep 24, 2008

UzReport

Uzbekistan's Independence Day marked in France

The Uzbek embassy in France together with Uzbekistan's permanent representative office at UNESCO has held a festive reception devoted to the 17th anniversary of Uzbekistan's Independence Day.

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Tue Sep 23, 2008

Today's Zaman

Russia and the remaking of the - near abroad' (2) by G oeNER -ZKAN*

The Shanghai Cooperation Organization has conformed to the Russian view that the conflict in South Ossetia is tantamount to shaking, if not entirely changing, the global balance of power that has orbited around ...

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Interfax

Illicit drug flows growing from Afghanistan, Tajikistan - Uzbekistansecurity service

Uzbekistan's National Security Service has exposed a chain of organized criminal groups, which transited drugs from Tajikistan through Uzbekistan to other countries, the National Security Service's press center ...

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Sun Sep 21, 2008

IWPR

Uzbek-Turkmen Rapprochement Slow in Coming

The official Turkmenistan.gov.tm website reported on September 16 that President Gurbanguly Berdymuhammedov and his Uzbek counterpart Islam Karimov had a phone call in which they discussed the prospects for ...

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