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Regional News Roundup - June 13, 2008
Central Asia: Child labor alive and thriving
(RFE/RL) - As World Day Against Child Labor is marked as part of continuing efforts to stamp out the practice around the globe, there are hundreds of thousands of underage children in Central Asia skipping school to work as unskilled laborers in cities or on farms.
Proposed regional grouping a non-starter
(IWPR) - Uzbek president Islam Karimov’s proposal to merge two associations of former Soviet states has come as a surprise to many observers, as his country has shown a distinct reluctance to be part of regional groupings.
Water squabbles irrigate tensions in Central Asia
(Reuters) - Central Asia is one of the world’s driest places where, thanks to 70 years of Soviet planning, thirsty crops such as cotton and grain remain the main livelihood for most of the 58 million people.
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