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	<title>Breaking News &#187; Uzbekistan</title>
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		<title>AP answers your questions on the news, from a US soldier in Uzbekistan to solar panel safety</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 11:06:42 +0000</pubDate>
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Ask AP: Soldier in Uzbekistan, solar panel safety

A lot of the sunniest parts of the U.S. — like Florida and the Gulf Coast — are also prime hurricane country.
If you decide to take advantage of those rays by putting solar panels on your roof, is there a chance they could be ripped off in a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>EU scraps arms embargo against Uzbekistan, last sanction imposed after 2005 crackdown</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 09:35:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Raf Casert</dc:creator>
		
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EU scraps last Uzbek sanctions
LUXEMBOURG — The European Union on Tuesday dropped the last remaining sanctions against Uzbekistan imposed after a 2005 crackdown on an uprising.

EU foreign ministers said they ended the arms embargo against the Uzbek government to encourage it to further improve the human rights situation and the rule of law in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>From barren Central Asian steppes, a devastated sea is reborn _ and along with it hope</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2009 15:55:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Leonard</dc:creator>
		
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From ecological Soviet-era ruin, a sea is reborn

AKESPE, Kazakhstan — Standing on the shore under the relentless Central Asian sun, Badarkhan Prikeyev drew on a cigarette and squinted into the distance as one fishing boat after another returned with the day&#8217;s catch.
Until recently, this spot where the fish merchant was standing, in a man-made desert [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Russia-dominated NATO-style rapid-reaction force kicks off first military exercises</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 11:40:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Leonard</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ALMATY, Kazakhstan — Thousands of troops from Russia and four other ex-Soviet nations began military exercises in southern Kazakhstan on Friday, the first of its kind for the newly formed NATO-style rapid-reaction force.

Moscow is hoping the force will help bolster the power and prestige of the seven-nation Collective Security Treaty Organization, which Russia is hoping [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pakistani officials say army preparing for offensive in militant bastion</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 11:27:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Munir Ahmad</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ISLAMABAD — Pakistan&#8217;s army is ready to launch a major offensive in the al-Qaida and Taliban stronghold of South Waziristan, but is waiting approval from the government and first wants to reach deals with local warlords to support the operation, intelligence officials said Friday.

Earlier this week, scores of people fled the mountainous region close to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Officials say al-Qaida-linked Uzbek militant believed killed by US missile in Pakistan</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/officials-say-al-qaida-linked-uzbek-militant-believed-killed-by-us-missile-in-pakistan-184708/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 05:25:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Munir Ahmad</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ISLAMABAD — The al-Qaida-linked leader of the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan is believed to have been killed by a U.S. missile strike in Pakistan&#8217;s northwest, intelligence officials said Friday. The Taliban denied the claim.

Tahir Yuldash&#8217;s death would be a significant blow to the militant groups that have wreaked havoc along the Afghan-Pakistan border and the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2 Uzbeks from Guantanamo prison arrive in Ireland; Amnesty asks other EU nations to do more</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 10:15:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shawn Pogatchnik</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[DUBLIN — Two Uzbeks imprisoned since 2002 in the Guantanamo Bay prison have arrived in Ireland, and Amnesty International is appealing to other European Union nations to deliver on pledges to give new homes to U.S. terror detainees.

Justice Minister Dermot Ahern appealed Sunday for the media to give privacy to the Uzbeks. They were arrested [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Nightingale: Uzbek migrants find uneasy way to Russia on illegal &#8216;ghost bus&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2009 22:58:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mansur Mirovalev</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BUKHARA, Uzbekistan — On paper, the bus does not exist.

It has no schedule, and no route. It shows up mysteriously, and just as mysteriously, the dozens of men who await it know when it is coming.
Every year, the ghost bus — and its many cousins throughout Uzbekistan — transports hundreds of migrants to Russia, crossing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Uzbekistan condemns Russian plans to boost troops in Kyrgyzstan, where US also has base</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/uzbekistan-condemns-russian-plans-to-boost-troops-in-kyrgyzstan-where-us-also-has-base-129773/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 14:45:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Leonard</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ALMATY, Kazakhstan — Uzbekistan has sharply criticized Russia&#8217;s plan to boost its military presence in neighboring Kyrgyzstan, signaling a growing rift within a Moscow-dominated security alliance of ex-Soviet nations.

The Uzbek Foreign Ministry said in a statement late Monday that an increase in Russian troop numbers across its border could foment instability across Central Asia, a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Uzbekistan condemns Russian plans to boost troop numbers in Kyrgyzstan, where US has base</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 13:55:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ALMATY, Kazakhstan — Uzbekistan has condemned Russian plans to escalate its military presence in neighboring Kyrgyzstan saying it could foment instability across Central Asia.

The Uzbek Foreign Ministry&#8217;s statement late Monday signals a growing rift among members of a Russian-led security alliance of ex-Soviet nations.
Russia clinched a tentative agreement Saturday allowing it to significantly boost the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Russia clinches deal to open 2nd military base in Kyrgyzstan, where US also has base</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2009 15:23:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leila Saralayeva</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[CHOLPON-ATA, Kyrgyzstan — Russia clinched a tentative deal Saturday allowing it to establish a second military base in Kyrgyzstan, where the United States also has an important air base.

Under the terms of a joint memorandum, Russia could significantly boost the number of troops it has deployed in the Central Asian nation for a period of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kyrgyz security forces kill 3 suspected members of terrorist organization in shootout</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/kyrgyz-security-forces-kill-3-suspected-members-of-terrorist-organization-in-shootout-94509/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 18:12:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leila Saralayeva</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan — Kyrgyz security forces killed three alleged members of a terrorist organization in a shootout this weekend, authorities said Monday — the latest in a series of clashes with militants in this poor Central Asian nation.

Soldiers battled gunmen for several hours after surrounding a house in the western Osh region late Saturday night, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Russia&#8217;s Medvedev in regional summit talks with China&#8217;s Hu, Central Asian leaders</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/russias-medvedev-in-regional-summit-talks-with-chinas-hu-central-asian-leaders-81716/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2009 18:11:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vladimir Isachenkov</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[YEKATERINBURG, Russia — Russia played regional power broker Monday, hosting China and Central Asian nations for a summit that highlights the Kremlin&#8217;s efforts to maintain clout in former Soviet territory and raise its profile in Afghanistan.

Moscow is expected to use the meeting of leaders from the Shanghai Cooperation Organization to try to cement the six-nation [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Belarus skips Moscow security alliance summit amid dairy dispute with Russia</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/belarus-skips-moscow-security-alliance-summit-amid-dairy-dispute-with-russia-81397/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2009 01:40:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Gutterman</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MOSCOW — Two former Soviet republics refused to sign onto a deal Sunday to create a NATO-style rapid-reaction force for a Moscow-dominated security alliance, undermining a Kremlin bid to bolster its power and prestige amid a struggle with the West for regional clout.

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko angrily boycotted the Moscow summit of the Collective Security [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reports: Bus crash kills at least 26 in Uzbekistan</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/reports-bus-crash-kills-at-least-26-in-uzbekistan-49043/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/reports-bus-crash-kills-at-least-26-in-uzbekistan-49043/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 02 May 2009 18:16:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AP</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MOSCOW — Russian news agencies are reporting the deaths of at least 26 people in a bus crash in a remote southwestern region of Uzbekistan.

The reports say a bus with 50 people on board crashed into an excavator parked by the side of a highway in the former Soviet republic in Central Asia.
The RIA-Novosti and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>US commission says religious freedoms deteriorating in Russia, Turkey and 4 other nations</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/us-commission-says-religious-freedoms-deteriorating-in-russia-turkey-and-4-other-nations-46835/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/us-commission-says-religious-freedoms-deteriorating-in-russia-turkey-and-4-other-nations-46835/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2009 08:56:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William C. Mann</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — A congressionally backed panel said Friday that religious freedoms were deteriorating in Russia, Turkey and four other nations that were added to a watch list of countries where people&#8217;s rights to worship as they please or not to worship at all are at risk.

The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom also named Nigeria [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pakhtakor qualifies as Andreev seals 2-1 win over Saba in the Asian Champions League</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/pakhtakor-qualifies-as-andreev-seals-2-1-win-over-saba-in-the-asian-champions-league-34159/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/pakhtakor-qualifies-as-andreev-seals-2-1-win-over-saba-in-the-asian-champions-league-34159/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2009 05:04:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AP</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[TASHKENT, Uzbekistan — Pakhtakor is through to the second round of the Asian Champions League, after rallying to defeat Iran&#8217;s Saba Battery 2-1 in Group A on Wednesday.

The Uzbekistan side fell behind in the fifth minute to a goal from Mohammad Nori, but drew level in the 36th minute when Odil Ahmedov converted a penalty.
Stanislav [...]]]></description>
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