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AIDS 2010 to highlight epidemic in Eastern Europe, Central Asia regions (News-Medical-Net)
AIDS 2010, the International AIDS Conference to be held July 18-23 in Vienna, Austria, will "highlight the situation in Eastern Europe and Central Asia, regions experiencing fast growing [HIV/AIDS] epidemics largely through unsafe injecting drug use," conference organizers announced Wednesday, Agence France-Presse reports.
03/11/2010 - 11:52 PM
CENTRAL ASIA: CHINA SEEKS TO BUILD REGIONAL HIGH-SPEED RAILWAY (EurasiaNet)
China wants to build a high-speed railway across Central Asia, a leading Chinese rail expert says. Wang Mengshu told the South China Morning Post that Beijing plans to link the Western Chinese city of Urumqi with Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan. The railway could later be extended to Europe.
03/08/2010 - 05:08 PM
Torture, abuse mark Uzbekistan's rights record: U.S. (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Uzbekistan jailed political opponents, routinely tortured prisoners and committed other serious rights violations last year, effectively making it Central Asia's most authoritarian state, the United States said.
03/12/2010 - 01:55 AM
Central Asia Defence And Security Report Q1 2010 - New Market Report Published (OfficialWire)
As part of the Soviet Union, Central Asia was primarily valuable for its natural resources and not for its manufacturing or industrial base.
03/08/2010 - 07:50 AM
Uzbekistan's human rights shame (Edinburgh Evening News)
UZBEKISTAN jailed political opponents, routinely tortured prisoners and committed other serious rights violations last year, effectively making it Central Asia's most auth
03/12/2010 - 07:15 AM
Torture, abuse mark Uzbekistan's rights record-USA (AlertNet)
Source: Reuters * Uzbekistan jails opponents, uses torture - U.S. report * Rights record poor across ex-Soviet Central Asia By Maria Golovnina ALMATY, March 12 (Reuters) - Uzbekistan jailed political ...
03/12/2010 - 02:14 AM
Genghis Khan, Asian conqueror, on women's rights (San Diego Union-Tribune)
"The Secret History of the Mongol Queens: How the Daughters of Genghis Khan Rescued His Empire" (Crown Publishers, 334 pages, $26), by Jack Weatherford: If anyone in central Asia 800 years ago could be called a feminist, one was Genghis Khan.
03/11/2010 - 05:03 PM
EFCA Promotes Income-Generating Activity in Tajikistan (Girodivite)
For immediate release Thursday 11 March 2010, by Emanuele G. - 0 letture The “clubs” of public associations of Tajikistan conducted three meetings in various regions of the republic at the initiative of Eurasia Foundation of Central Asia (EFCA). The events attended by over 50 representatives of public associations registered in Tajikistan took place in Dushanbe and two largest cities of Khatlon ...
03/11/2010 - 10:20 AM
Uzbek Oligarchs Under Pressure (Institute for War and Peace Reporting)
A wave of arrests of powerful businessmen in Uzbekistan may be no more than an attempt to seize control of their assets, say NBCentral Asia experts. On March 9, media outlets reporting on Central Asia said a series of prominent Uzbek businessmen had been targeted by the authorities.
03/11/2010 - 10:01 AM
In pictures: A journey along Central Asia's longest river (BBC News)
BBC Uzbek's Rustam Qobil charts the twists and turns as he travels the length of the Syrdarya River, one of Central Asia's main lifelines.
03/05/2010 - 07:51 PM
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