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• Peace in Kygryzstan

  A PSA being run on CNN and other international channels. It’s in Russian but basically the people are holding signs showing their various ethnicities. And they are saying things like, “My children were born here” and “I develop science in Kyrgyzstan.” It’s a nice message and though I gather it’s designed more to prevent the […]

  6/23/10 • (Comments Off on Peace in Kygryzstan)

• First Hand Account from Osh

  Chris Merriman has an interesting Osh eye witness account by an NGO volunteer who had been living in South Kyrgyzstan. If this isn’t enough a teaser, nothing is: I just had the most terrifying experience of my life. I’m going to let you know so you can get a small picture of what it is […]

  6/15/10 • (Comments Off on First Hand Account from Osh)

• Another Huffington Post Controversy

  The Kazakhstan Embassy has seen fit to respond to an article on Huffington post giving Kazakhstan a low midterm grade for its OSCE Chairmanship. Mr. Ardaq Adilet made a number of comments criticizing the article and these have been complied into a special report sent out by the Kazakhstan Embassy to the US. I always […]

  5/25/10 • (Comments Off on Another Huffington Post Controversy)

• Request to Extradite Kyrgyz Officials

  According to the latest news, a number of officials under Bakiyev’s government have escaped to Kazakhstan, but now the opposition government wants to extradite them and put them on trial. The interim government also asked Kazakhstan – where Bakiyev is believed to be hiding – to extradite his son Murat Bakiyev, former prime minister Daniyar […]

  4/18/10 • (Comments Off on Request to Extradite Kyrgyz Officials)

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  Bakiyev Resigns

  History made in #Kyrgyzstan: Roza @otunbayeva looks at #Bakiev resignation letter faxed from #Kazakhstan, #freekg: from @Baisalov via on Twitpic. Click “read more” to see the picture.

  4/16/10 • (Comments Off on Bakiyev Resigns)

• Tweet

  Bakiyev willing to step down: http://m.npr.org/story/125894049 EDIT: Or was he just answering a hypothetical?

  4/13/10 • (Comments Off on Tweet)

• Eyewitness Accounts from Americans

  A couple of eyewitness accounts of the events in Kyrgyzstan from an American expat living there. If you want a narrative of one person’s day and what they saw on 7 April, check out Part I and Part II. Note that the author of the blog, Kazakh Nomad, is not the author of the narrative, […]

  4/13/10 • (Comments Off on Eyewitness Accounts from Americans)

• Video From Bishkek

  Amazing video. Go to the Youtube site to check out others by the same author. Although not showing any bloodshed, it’s quite shocking to see how well armed some of the protesters are. Where do people get automatic rifles? You can also see, in this encounter, on the main street of Bishkek a couple of […]

  4/07/10 • (1)

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  Disabled People Suffer

  There was a sad article the other day in Eurasianet about problems faced by disabled in Kyrgyzstan. I post it here because unfortunately many of the same problems exist in Kazakhstan. After doing a bit of research on the subject, I see there’s still a lot of work to be done to integrate disabled people […]

  11/24/09 • (3)

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  Proof that Apples Do Come from Kazakhstan

  Oxford University has just published research demonstrating that apples really did originate in Kazakhstan, by tracing genes in apples. The Story of the Apple, by Dr Barrie Juniper describes his research. He also notes that sadly due to Soviet policies and a focus on the oil economy, the apple forests of Kazakhstan are all but […]

  8/25/09 • (Comments Off on Proof that Apples Do Come from Kazakhstan)

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