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		<title>Uzbek slavery in Kazakhstan</title>
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Translator&#8217;s Note: Translated from Jamil&#8217;s post (RUS).
On March 14, 2011, Mukhiddin Khojimuradov suggested to his compatriots Khairulla and Sunatullo Yuldashevs from Chinaz region of Tashkent oblast that they move to Kazakhstan&#8217;s city of Turkestan, where ...]]></description>
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		<title>On the ground photos from Turkmenistan&#8217;s &#8220;election&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[neweurasia's Annasoltan has obtained photographs of "advertisements" for Turkmenistan's upcoming presidential electino (12 February). These are actually relatively difficult to come by, so check them out!]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;The State is for Man&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Is Turkmenistan's upcoming presidential election really just a totalitarian ploy for false legitimacy, or is it something much more... pitiful? neweurasia's Annasoltan gives her thoughts]]></description>
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		<title>Sublime in the snow</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The snowfall in Tajikistan is legendary, but you&#8217;ve really got to experience it to understand why. Thursday was +14 degrees, today it will be
-11; such abrupt changes make it a difficult trip to pack for. ...]]></description>
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		<title>Going GONGO in Turkmenistan&#8217;s presidential &#8220;election&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Turkmenistan's upcoming presidential poll is truly a strange creature. neweurasia's Annasoltan reviews how it has evolved in the last few months, including the role of government-organized NGOs (GONGOs). "For a sham election," she writes, "trying to keep track of [it] has proven really annoying."]]></description>
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		<title>Kumtor truck convoys in Barskayn + unhappy new hydrology report</title>
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The rather crappy photos above are of Kumtor tractor trailer convoys in the Issyk-Kul region of Kyrgyzstan. The close-up shows one convoy parked outside of Barksayn (Барскаун, a.k.a., Barskoon, Barkaun, etc.), the second shows a ...]]></description>
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		<title>A year ago today&#8230; ah, crap.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[What was happening in Kyrgyzstan about a year ago from now? neweurasia's Marat Sartpaev takes a look back. "Well, today we've passed through our first-ever peaceful transfer of power at the presidential level," he writes. "Yes, it's just the same old elite I suppose, but hey, at least this time there weren't snipers on the roof."]]></description>
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		<title>New &#8220;Light&#8221; shed on media in Moscow: Tajik journalist attacked and recovering</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dodojon Atovulloev, according to Wikileaks, is:
“One of the foremost journalists from Tajikistan, Atovulloev has fearlessly sought to get the news out on his native country, where violence and state authoritarianism have been the norm for ...]]></description>
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		<title>Who deserves the Gold Pen in Uzbekistan?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Uzbekistan is having its seventh-annual National Journalism Prize Oltin Qalam (Golden Pen), with awards from several state ministries, the UN, UNESCO and the World Bank. The contest’s aim: to award the best achievements in journalism. Celebrating press freedom… in Uzbekistan… seriously? neweurasia's Tomyris reports.]]></description>
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		<title>The Beam In Your Own Eye</title>
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&#8220;And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother&#8217;s eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thy own eye?&#8221;
Matthew 7:3

Official Uzbek media keep downgrading Tajikistan&#8217;s Emomali Rahmon regime by reprinting online ...]]></description>
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