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07 Jan 2013

Kyrgyzstan + 1 other
Clash Reported on Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan Border

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— EurasiaNet

By RFE/RL

January 07, 2013

Tensions between the main ethnic groups of the Ferghana Valley flared again over the weekend, rekindling memories of clashes in southern Kyrgyzstan between Uzbeks and Kyrgyz in June 2010 that left hundreds dead and injured and caused widespread property damage.

Residents of the Uzbek enclave of Soh in southern Kyrgyzstan reportedly attacked Kyrgyz border guards and took Kyrgyz citizens hostage on January 5.

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22 Oct 2012

Kyrgyzstan + 3 others
Central Asia: disabled citizens find avenues to advancement blocked

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— EurasiaNet

As a child, Feruza Alimova dreamed of becoming a lawyer so she could help disabled people.

But the 22-year-old cannot pursue a law degree because a bone deformity keeps her homebound. Her parents, who make a living growing cotton and tobacco in the Kyrgyzstani hamlet of Chekabad, in the Ferghana Valley, spend a large chunk of their income on expensive medications for Feruza and two other children suffering a similar bone condition.

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06 Aug 2012

Armenia + 2 others
Destination Karabakh for Armenian-Syrian refugees?

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— EurasiaNet

As reported earlier by EurasiaNet.org, the arrival in Armenia of Armenian-Syrian refugees is creating some friction. Now, some politicians from both Armenia proper and Nagorno-Karabakh are floating a controversial remedy; encouraging those fleeing the Syrian violence to settle in the breakaway republic.

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26 Jul 2012

Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan Faces Grain Shortage, Livestock Deaths

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— EurasiaNet

By Natalia Yefimova-Trilling

Last week, Kyrgyzstan’s prime minister set some ambitious goals for the country’s farming sector: On July 20, Omurbek Babanov told hundreds of local officials that Kyrgyzstan must become a “regional leader” in agriculture, not just fully meeting domestic demand, but exporting 90 percent of its produce to cover “the needs of neighboring states.”

For now, however, this vision looks like a mirage in the summer haze.

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18 Jun 2012

Azerbaijan
MIT Warns Baku to Prepare for Earthquake

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— EurasiaNet

Residents of Baku, a handsome city awash in petrodollars, have been given something new to worry about by earthquake forecasters from the Massachusetts Institute for Technology.

While buildings in the Azerbaijani capital are soaring ever upwards, seismic tension down below is building ever deeper, and could cause a devastating earthquake, MIT scientists announced in a June 14 statement.

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08 May 2012

Afghanistan + 1 other
Kyrgyz Community in Afghanistan Looking for a Way Out

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— EurasiaNet

by Chris Rickleton

A slight, kalpak-wearing man from Afghanistan with weathered cheeks, Abduvali Abdulrashid looks out of place at a posh sushi joint in downtown Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan’s capital. He’s a one-man advocacy delegation, seeking Bishkek’s help so that roughly 1,500 ethnic Kyrgyz nomads in Afghanistan can migrate to their titular homeland.

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01 May 2012

Kyrgyzstan
Climate Change Creates Agricultural Uncertainty

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— EurasiaNet

by Michael Igoe

Water, water everywhere in Kyrgyzstan – except when and where it’s needed. Kyrgyzstan is a Central Asian nation that traditionally has been well endowed with water. But, in an era marked by global warming, old assumptions about water supplies are changing, and farmers are getting nervous.

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25 Apr 2012

Kyrgyzstan
Agricultural woes give way to food security concerns

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— EurasiaNet

Kyrgyzstan was renowned during the Soviet era as a producer of milk products, meat and produce, but food self-sufficiency in the Central Asian nation is a thing of the past. The growing dependency on imports is fast emerging as a national security issue.

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17 Apr 2012

Georgia
For IDPs, Orthodox Easter Reinforces Pain of Separation

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— EurasiaNet

April 16, 2012 - 1:54pm, by Molly Corso

Orthodox Easter was celebrated on April 15 in Georgia. This year, Misha Tabatadze could not join in the traditional pilgrimage to visit the graves of loved ones. He could not light a candle in the cemetery where his daughter, Etuna, is buried, or place a brightly dyed red egg on her grave.

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16 Apr 2012

Kyrgyzstan
Harsh winter triggers mass livestock deaths

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— EurasiaNet

Villagers in Daroot-Korgon, high in southwest Kyrgyzstan’s Chon-Alai range, can finally see the ground. But following the harshest winter in memory, many herders are facing a struggle to stay on their feet.

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05 Apr 2012

Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan: Zhanaozen still traumatized three months after violence

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— EurasiaNet

Spring is in full swing, but the signs of regeneration are slow in coming to Zhanaozen, the city in Kazakhstan that was the scene of deadly violence last December.

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23 Mar 2012

Kyrgyzstan
Memories of Osh violence continue to haunt children

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— EurasiaNet

The physical damage done to Osh, the city in southern Kyrgyzstan that was engulfed in interethnic violence almost two years ago, is steadily being repaired. The psychological scars, on the other hand, may take generations to heal.

Children are the ones having the toughest time. Many of those who were caught up in the violence are experiencing acute psychological trauma, according to experts. And there are limited resources to treat them.

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12 Mar 2012

Turkey + 1 other
Syrian strife could have unsettling impact on southern province

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— EurasiaNet

With the escalation of civil warfare in Syria, the flow of refugees heading across the border into Turkey is set to pick up. Some observers in southern Hatay Province, which is the destination for the bulk of the refugees, caution that the influx raises the specter of sectarian tension on the Turkish side of the border.

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29 Dec 2011

Kazakhstan
Investigators Probe Police Shootings in Zhanaozen

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— EurasiaNet

Prosecutors in Kazakhstan have opened an inquiry into the shooting of protestors by police in the western oil town of Zhanaozen on December 16.

Investigators opened the case into the fatal shootings on December 27, the prosecutor’s office announced two days later. Security forces are being investigated for “exceeding authority or official powers with the use of weapons and special tools.”

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17 Aug 2011

Afghanistan
Afghanistan: Can a Taliban Rulebook Stanch Civilian Deaths?

Report
— EurasiaNet

When the United Nations released its mid-year review of civilian deaths in July, arguing that 80 percent were caused by anti-government elements, there was a loud protest by Taliban leaders. Pointing to their own code of conduct, they refuted the assertion. UN officials – hoping to limit the random bombings, explosions and suicide attacks that are responsible for most civilian deaths – see the reaction as an opportunity for engagement.

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27 Jul 2011

Kyrgyzstan
Reconstruction Competes against Redevelopment in Osh

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— EurasiaNet

July 26, 2011 - 2:12pm, by David Trilling

There is a pile of neatly stacked bricks in the corner of Tokhtokhan’s yard, placed there by helpful neighborhood boys. Her home in central Osh, destroyed during last year’s ethnic violence between Kyrgyz and Uzbeks, is ready to be rebuilt. But work is at a standstill because her reconstruction hopes have run up against redevelopment plans being pushed by city officials.

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The Central Eurasia Project aims, through its website, meetings, papers, and grants, to foster a more informed debate about the social, political and economic developments of the Caucasus and Central Asia. It is a program of the Open Society Institute-New York. The Open Society Institute-New York is a private operating and grantmaking foundation that promotes the development of open societies around the world by supporting educational, social, and legal reform, and by encouraging alternative approaches to complex and controversial issues. The views expressed in this publication do not necessarily represent the position of the Open Society Institute and are the sole responsibility of the author or authors.

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12 Jul 2011

Georgia
Fight Against HIV/AIDS Brings Georgians, Abkhaz Together

Report
— EurasiaNet

Although divided by a separatist conflict and decades of tension, Abkhaz and Georgians have proven willing to set mutual grievances aside when humanitarian matters come into play. One such area is the treatment of those infected with HIV/AIDS.

The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), a Stockholm-based European Union agency, reports that Georgia has one of Europe’s highest rates of full-blown AIDS cases – 6.5 per 100,000 people compared with 1 case per 100,000 people in the European Union.

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The Central Eurasia Project aims, through its website, meetings, papers, and grants, to foster a more informed debate about the social, political and economic developments of the Caucasus and Central Asia. It is a program of the Open Society Institute-New York. The Open Society Institute-New York is a private operating and grantmaking foundation that promotes the development of open societies around the world by supporting educational, social, and legal reform, and by encouraging alternative approaches to complex and controversial issues. The views expressed in this publication do not necessarily represent the position of the Open Society Institute and are the sole responsibility of the author or authors.

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01 Jul 2011

Azerbaijan
Post-flood reconstruction effort: a target for criticism

Report
— EurasiaNet

By Vladic Ravich

First came the floods, which in May 2010 killed three people and left thousands homeless. Then came the flood of complaints about compensation. More than a year after central Azerbaijan’s Kura and Araz Rivers burst through dams, reconstruction of damaged houses and other buildings has begun, but, along with the work, plenty of local suspicion about who gets what and why.

EurasiaNet:

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08 Jun 2011

Kyrgyzstan
A Nation (Still) Divided

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— EurasiaNet

by Ted Trautman

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A year since ethnic violence in southern Kyrgyzstan left over 400 Kyrgyz and Uzbeks dead, the region, on the surface, seems to have returned to normal. But the two communities are struggling to restore mutual trust, with hopes for reconciliation bogged down in blame.

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20 Apr 2011

Kyrgyzstan + 1 other
Kyrgyzstan-Tajikistan: Clashes on Volatile Border Growing Vicious

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— EurasiaNet

Until recently, Aksai, an ethnic Kyrgyz village on the border between Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan, had seemed so small and insignificant that most cartographers failed to include it on their maps. But now it has become a flashpoint, with a recent standoff there underscoring the potential for interethnic violence along the poorly defined frontier.

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