Refugees from the clashes two weeks ago in the south of Kyrgyzstan have been returning in large numbers across the border from Uzbekistan. The UN refugee agency told the BBC that figures provided by Tashkent showed that some 70,000 people, mainly ethnic Uzbeks, had gone back so far. But thousands of refugees are...
Human Rights Watch says Kyrgyzstan's army abetted ethnic violence against minority Uzbeks
KDVR
KDVR
BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan (AP) — A prominent rights groups says Kyrgyzstan's armed forces abetted and may even have actively taken part in deadly...
Uzbeks Tortured, Beaten, Mistreated In Kyrgyzstan: Report
Huffington Post
Huffington Post
BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan — A prominent human rights group said Monday that Kyrgyzstan's armed forces abetted and may even have actively taken part in violence by ethnic Kyrgyz mobs against the minority Uzbek community...
Human Rights Watch: Kyrgyzstan's army abetted ethnic violence against minority Uzbeks
Star Tribune
Star Tribune
BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan - A prominent human rights group said Monday that Kyrgyzstan's armed forces abetted and may even have actively taken part in violence by ethnic Kyrgyz mobs against the minority Uzbek community that...
Turkmenistan ex-leader Niyazov's golden statue toppled
BBC News
BBC News
The gold-plated statue of Turkmenistan's late leader, Saparmurat Niyazov, has been removed from its giant plinth in the capital, Ashgabat. President Kurbanguly Berdymukhamedov, who took power after the strongman's...
Turkmenistan dictator's golden statue is toppled
The Independent
The Independent
A prominent golden statue of Turkmenistan's former dictator has been taken down, further...
Afghanistan, Turkmenistan renew pipeline pledge
Newsday
Newsday
August 31, 2010 (AP) — Afghanistan and Turkmenistan say they remain committed to building a long-delayed pipeline to pump natural gas south to Pakistan and India, in spite of the ongoing Taliban insurgency....
Turkmenistan to invest $1.9 billion in Olympic City
DNA India
DNA India
Turkmenistan said on Saturday that it planned to invest an initial $1.9 billion to build a new "Olympic City" sports facility, although the ex-Soviet Central Asian republic has not announced any...
Turkmenistan, Afghanistan ink pipeline framework deal
Daily Star Lebanon
Daily Star Lebanon
By Agence France Presse (AFP) Wednesday, September 01, 2010 - Powered by ASHGABAT: Turkmenistan and Afghanistan have signed a framework agreement on moving forward a stalled project to build a gas pipeline from the...
Prominent ex-US Senator says success in Kyrgyzstan can help spread democracy in Central Asia
KDVR
KDVR
BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan (AP) — A former U.S. Senator says success in promoting democracy in the turbulent Central Asian nation of Kyrgyzstan could...
Kyrgyzstan opens first unit of Kambarata-2 hydropower project
Energy Business Review
Energy Business Review
Kyrgyzstan has opened the first unit of the Kambarata-2 hydropower project, which is located...
Kyrgyzstan: OSCE mission should come after October election
m&c
m&c
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...
Par-king of the Jungle: Kazakh circus owner stashes lion in van overnight as he takes catnap
Hartford Courant
Hartford Courant
ALMATY, (AP) — Where better to leave a lion overnight than in a dingy van in a parking lot? At least that's what a circus owner in northern Kazakhstan thought when he went off for a catnap at the end of a long...
Kazakh circus owner leaves lion in van overnight
The Miami Herald
The Miami Herald
ALMATY, Kazakhstan -- Where better to leave a lion overnight than in a dingy van in a parking lot? At least that's...
In pictures: Kazakh art
BBC News
BBC News
An exhibition of art from Kazakhstan is due to open at Christie's in London on 1 September. The works have never been seen outside central Asia before. The above work, Young Kazakhs, was painted during the...

