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Kazakhstan Regional News Roundup - August 27, 2010
Rotating statue of late Turkmen dictator removed (AP)
Exxon Mobil to open Turkmenistan office in race for Central Asian reserves (Bloomberg)
Rotating statue of late Turkmen dictator removed
(AP) - A prominent golden statue of Turkmenistan’s former dictator has been taken down in a move further eroding the personality cult around the late Central Asian leader.
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Kazakhstan Regional News Roundup - August 24, 2010
Tajik borders tightened after deadly jailbreak (AFP)
Southern Kyrgyz mayor challenges government authority (AP)
Azerbaijan Supreme Court rejects bloggers’ appeal - lawyer (AFP)
Tajik borders tightened after deadly jailbreak
(AFP) - Twenty-five Islamic militants serving long jail terms in Tajikistan have escaped from prison, killing guards and sparking fears they could cross into neighbouring Afghanistan, officials said Monday.
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Southern Kyrgyz mayor challenges government authority
(AP) - Kyrgyzstan’s interim government suffered a humiliating blow Friday as a powerful opponent refused to step down as mayor of a southern city devastated by deadly ethnic violence two months ago.
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Azerbaijan Supreme Court rejects bloggers’ appeal - lawyer
(AFP) - Azerbaijan’s Supreme Court has rejected an appeal by two jailed bloggers whose case has sparked international concern over freedom of speech in the ex-Soviet republic, their lawyer said Friday.
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Kazakhstan Regional News Roundup - August 17, 2010
Kyrgyz army involved in mob violence - rights group (AP)
Chevron, Conoco, Bush brother’s company may get Caspian exploration rights (Bloomberg)
Kyrgyz army involved in mob violence - rights group
(AP) - Human Rights Watch 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 left at least 370 people dead in June.
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