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Multimillion investment is giving its results

Posted by Rashid | in Video, Sport | on September 21st, 2008
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Continuing the topic of sports - here is the video of Rivaldo’s first goals in Bunyodkor (former Kuruvchi), a leader of the national championship of Uzbekistan. Rivaldo, a 36-year-old midfielder, was recently bought by Bunyodkor from AEK Athens of Greece. So far, there was no information on the sum of financial deal. However, given […]

Taymazov earns gold for Uzbekistan in Beijing

Posted by Rashid | in Sport | on August 22nd, 2008
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Finally, the Uzbek team in Beijing Olympics has a gold medal in its count! It was Artur Taymazov who brought the gold to the Uzbek team, defending his chempionship title from the last Olympics in the Men’s Freestyle Wrestling 120 kilogram weight class by defeating Russia’s Bakhtiyar Akhmedov — judging from his name and […]

Uzbek judoist wins silver medal in Beijing

Posted by Rashid | in Sport | on August 17th, 2008
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Abdulla (Abdullo) Tangriev, a 27 year old heavyweight judoist from Uzbekistan, won the silver medal in XXIX Summer Olympic Games in Beijing. Tangriev is one of the outstanding sportsmen of Uzbekistan winning in several international competitions. He has already been a prizewinner in world’s and Asian championships.
Tangriev’s path to his medal was very difficult. […]

Uzbek language TV channels are at a risk of closure in Kyrgyzstan

According to the information given in Fergana.ru, the Uzbek language TV channels in southern Kyrgyzstan are at a risk of closure due to the new law passed by Jogorku Kenesh (Kyrgyz parliament) that broadcast mass media should produce at least half of the programs in state language (Kyrgyz language). Because of the new language […]

Rapid Response Group’s statement on explosions in Bukhara

Posted by Rashid | in Security | on July 13th, 2008
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RAPID RESPONSE GROUP (RRG) FOR PREVENTION OF TORTURE IN UZBEKISTAN
STATEMENT ON EMERGENCY SITUATION IN KAGAN DISTRICT OF BUKHARA REGION
It has already been reported that at night of July 10th 2008 in a rocket-artillery warehouse of the military unit of the Ministry of Defence located in Kagan district of Bukhara region an ignition took place […]

Uzbek handicraft trade fair in Bishkek

Posted by Rashid | in Traditions, Culture | on June 17th, 2008
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Recently, on June 14-15, the Kyrgyz capital Bishkek hosted a trade fair in which Uzbek handicraftsmen presented their work to Kyrgyz audience/customers. A fair was not that big, but one could find very interesting things done by skilled handicraft workers – from small ceramic statues of old Uzbek men holding either non (flat Uzbek […]

Dado and DJ Piligrim canceled their joint concert in Bishkek

Posted by Rashid | in Oddities, Culture, Youth | on June 17th, 2008
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“Even if there is one person in the concert hall, I will sing!”
Philipp Kirkorov, a famous Russian singer and producer.
The concert of Dado and DJ Piligrim was canceled for unknown reasons. However, rumors say that the singers refused to go to the stage due to the low number of the audience.

Thereby, our […]

Ilkhom impresses US

Posted by Rashid | in Video, Travel, Culture | on April 11th, 2008
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The Ilkhom Theater, a legendary theater founded by a murdered Mark Weil, is traveling through the world showing their best performances to the admirers of acting. Today, they are in the United States. Here is the video on how the audience reacted to Ilkhom’s acting after their Seattle debut.

Very soon, Ilkom will hit the […]

Uzbek musical instruments

Posted by Rashid | in Video, Traditions, Culture | on March 25th, 2008
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What maybe more pleasant than hearing the sound of karnai (weddning horn) early in the morning from a wedding party in your neighbourhood that calls everyone to come and taste a wedding plov or shurva (soup)? What may be more pleasant than eating plov or shurva at nonushta (early morning meal for neighbours and relatives at weddings - lit. translated […]

One-Minutes from Uzbekistan

Posted by Rashid | in Media, Youth, Education | on March 8th, 2008
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Recently in YouTube, there was a series of videos uploaded about Uzbekistan. All of the videos are very interesting and it made me do some research on the origins of the files.
What I found out is very interesting. The videos are actually results of the OneMinutesJr workshop what was held in Uzbekistan in October […]

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