Archive for the 'Kyrgyzstan' Category
‘Reflections on Kyrgyzstan’ lecture
Want a bit of intelligent discourse in your life but aren’t finding it sprawled out on your living room couch? Then take advantage of Park Forest Public Library’s Potpourri of Lectures series. Teachers Jan and Stan Moore will give a lecture titled …
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Another good day for Indian boxers at Asian Youth C’ship
Srinivas Surbetti (51kg) defeated Mirbek Sherov of Kyrgyzstan 2-0 in a closely-fought bout, while Vikash Krishan (60kg) had it easy against Md Nasouh Almahyani of Syria, who was disqualified in the second round. Kishan Thapa was the lone boxer who …
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KYRGYZSTAN: US INTENDS TO CONSTRUCT MILITARY TRAINING CENTER IN BATKEN
The United States intends to build an anti-terror training center in the southern Kyrgyz province of Batken. The exact location of the facility, which is projected to cost $500,000, has not yet been determined. The move is likely to be perceived by …
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KYRGYZSTAN: US DIPLOMATS RAISE BASE COST ESTIMATE
The anti-terror training center that the United States is proposing to build in Kyrgyzstan’s southern Batken Province would cost $5.5 million, not $500,000 as a US Embassy representative in Bishkek initially stated. The training center, which would …
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The investment guide Kyrgyzstan 2010 is presented for the first time
The report published in Russian and in English provides its readers with information regarding macro- and microeconomic development of the country, its promising industries (mining, consumer goods, power, trade, telecommunications, construction …
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KYRGYZSTAN: HOLBROOKE REVEALS MANAS BASE RENEWAL DISCUSSIONS UNDERWAY
US special representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan, Richard Holbrooke, says Kyrgyzstan will continue to lease Manas Transit Center to the US military. The agreement, which is valid for a year, was signed after much diplomatic wrangling in July …
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Strong earthquake jolts Kyrgyzstan
A strong earthquake measuring 6.3 on the Richter scale struck Kyrgyzstan’s capital area, the Institute of Seismology of Kyrgyzstan’s National Academy of Sciences said Tuesday. The quake hit the country at 0755 local time (1755 GMT) Tuesday. Its …
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Kyrgyzstan to join Customs Union of Kazakhstan, Russia and Belarus if …
BISHKEK, March 1 (24.kg). ‘Kyrgyzstan will join the Customs Union of Kazakhstan, Russia and Belarus only if it will be beneficial for the Government, the Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan, Daniyar Usenov, said Wednesday at the press conference …
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Seized Iran militant ‘confesses’ to US help offer
… Americans) said they would cooperate with us and will give me military equipment,” Rigi … Dubai to Kyrgyzstan to land in Iran. It was not clear under what conditions the confessions were extracted from Rigi, whose group the Jundallah has waged …
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6 Hizb ut-Tahrir Activists Held in Kyrgyzstan
Officers arrested six activist of banned Hizb-ut Tahrir organization, press service of the Kyrgyz State National Security Council reported. As of 25 February, 2010, the officers detained five Kyrgyzstani that were the activist of the banned …
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