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Digital Boom Sweeping Uzbekistan?

I have previously covered some interesting points of internet use in Uzbekistan. Earlier, Tolkun has also covered the mobile phones market in his post. Today, I found an article on the website of Russian Regnum news agency on the development of telecommunications in the country. Below I am giving a rough translation of it. […]

What do Uzbek women think about sex?

Posted by Kamron | in Traditions, Culture, Health, Youth | on July 26th, 2007
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This is a translation of the article which originally appeared on LiveJournal website. Some parts are omitted.

So, imagine there is a charming young lady, physiologically ready for “exploits”. But what is inside her youthful mind? There is basically following: “No sex before marriage, because it is not permitted” – it means that she is morally […]

Venezuelans to fly on Uzbek jets

Earlier I had a post about an informal meeting of six presidents in Southern Russia. The President of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov and Venezuelan President Hugo Chaves were also among them. There were no details given to the media about the objectives of that meeting, except for the images broadcasted on Russian TV of the presidents watching horse racing.
Nevertheless, recent developments […]

Is Florida an Uzbek state?

Posted by Tolkun | in Humour, Oddities | on July 20th, 2007

Hmmm, interesting license plate. I have heard about Uzbekistan being a sunshine country. But I have never heard of Florida being a sunshine Uzbek state!

Uzbekistan denies Human Rights Watch?

Posted by Tolkun | in Human Rights, Politics, Foreign Affairs | on July 20th, 2007

According to the latest news, the Uzbek authorities have denied an accreditation to the representative of the human rights watchdog in Central Asia - Human Rights Watch (HRW) - Mira Ridman to carry out tasks of the HRW in the territory of Uzbekistan. Mira Ridman was supposed to replace her colleague Andrea Berg, who […]

Discussion: Is Islam religion of Peace?

Posted by Kamron | in Religion, History, Security, Politics | on July 18th, 2007
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Some weeks ago I send a group message addressed to friends and colleagues of mine containing web links to a slide-show posted on Jerusalem Online.
http://www.jerusalemonline.com/terror1.asp

http://www.jerusalemonline.com/terror2.asp
A response from a friend of mine gave a start to a relatively long lasting debate on that topic. It was not originally intended to be posted online and style […]

Prison for Uzbek “Paris Hilton”s

Posted by Jamiyat | in Uncategorized | on July 12th, 2007

…and alike was built in Uzbekistan.
Fergana.run has earlier reported referring to the Press Center of the Initiative Group of Independent Human Rights Activists of Uzbekistan that a new prison for civil servants with a capacity of 150 inmates was built in Tashkent.
Thus, we would believe that this category of inmates (high-rank officials, militioners […]

Interview of Yulduz Usmanova with CNN

Posted by Tolkun | in Culture, Media | on July 8th, 2007

Everyone in Central Asia knows Yulduz. Her name means Star in English and it suits her very well. I guess she is the second popular person in Uzbekistan (the first person is, of course, president Islam Karimov). For those who may not know Yulduz (what a shame!) - Yulduz Usmanova is a well known […]

Power Parallels

Posted by Ali Said | in President, Human Rights, Politics | on July 6th, 2007
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The fact that President Karimov of Uzbekistan is ruling his country illegally is not a secret anymore. According to the Uzbek Constitution his last term was supposed to end on January 22 of this year. Everybody knows that – representatives of the state, citizens of the country, opposition leaders, and international community members.
Likewise, it […]

neweurasia reader survey

Posted by Ben | in Uncategorized | on July 3rd, 2007
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If you’re a frequent visitor to our homebase, you will have seen our intrusive campaign to get people fill in our survey. Now, if you haven’t seen this yet, please consider taking some minutes to tell us what you think about us and what we might do better in the future. For those making […]

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