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NEWS ABOUT: Uzbekistan

Uzbekistan stories: 6 news summaries

(Newser) - Ireland has agreed to resettle two Uzbek detainees from the US’ Guantanamo Bay detention center, Ireland’s foreign minister tells the Irish Times. The detainees are among those who are not considered a threat, but can’t be returned to their home countries. Dermot Ahern, a longtime proponent of closing... More »

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rendition • Guantanamo Bay • Ireland • detainee • Uzbekistan • detainees • Dermot Ahern

Kyrgyzstan Issues Eviction Notice to US

Forces have 6 months to leave; Uzbekistan offers new supply route

Feb 20, 09 7:32 AM CST
(Newser) - Kyrgyzstan has issued an eviction notice giving US forces six months to depart an air base key to the transit of troops and supplies to the war in Afghanistan, the AP reports. But in spite of its rocky relationship with the US, nearby Uzbekistan has offered an alternative route for... More »

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US military • air base • army supplies • Kyrgyzstan • Uzbekistan • Afghanistan war • supply route • Manas Air Base

 Power Returns 
 to Kabul, but 
 Bribes Persist 

Deal boosts electricity access, business in struggling Afghan capital

Feb 11, 09 5:33 AM CST
(Newser) - For the first time since the fall of the Taliban, the glow of light hangs over Kabul late into the night, GlobalPost reports. An energy deal with Uzbekistan is bringing unprecedented access to electricity to the Afghan capital, where most neighborhoods only had power for about four hours every second... More »

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Afghanistan • Kabul • power • electricity • Uzbekistan

Nations Try
to Block Iran's Nuclear Supply

US, Europe think
Tehran is nearly
out of uranium

Jan 24, 09 11:28 AM CST
(Newser) - Iran is running out of uranium, and Western countries are stepping up diplomatic efforts to keep Tehran from replenishing its supply, the Times of London reports. Iran, which may be out of uranium in months, has so far pursued its nuclear ambitions with a stockpile acquired from South Africa... More »

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Iran • nuclear weapons • uranium enrichment • Kazakhstan • Democratic Republic of Congo • uranium • Uzbekistan • nuclear energy • yellow cake

 US to Expand Routes 
 Into Afghanistan 

Safer roads will depend on cooperation of Central Asian nations

Dec 31, 08 9:40 AM CST
(Newser) - More than four-fifths of the supplies for allied troops in Afghanistan travel via Pakistan along a treacherous route, prompting the US to plan new supply lines in the embattled region. The fragility of the current setup was laid bare after a Pakistani counter-militant offensive shut down the Khyber Pass yesterday,... More »

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Afghanistan • Russia • NATO • Pakistan • Azerbaijan • army supplies • Turkmenistan • Khyber Pass • Uzbekistan • Tajikistan

 China Off US Rights Blacklist 

State Dept. report drops China from top 10 worst abusers despite poor record

Mar 12, 08 10:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - The State Department has taken China off its list of the world's 10 worst human rights abusers, the New York Times reports. China's human rights record "remained poor," the department's annual report said, with abuses including "extrajudicial killings, torture, and coerced confessions of prisoners." Officials declined... More »

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China • Iran • Russia • North Korea • torture • Zimbabwe • Syria • human rights • Sudan • State Department • Cuba • Amnesty International • 2008 Beijing Olympics • Belarus • Burma • human rights abuse • Eritrea • human rights violations • Uzbekistan

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