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- Upsurge in Militant Presence in Kyrgyzstan
Porous border makes country's south vulnerable to incursions, experts say. By Ainagul Abdrakhmanova in Bishkek and Abdraim Ysmanov in Jalalabad (RCA No. 582, 03-Jul-09) Kyrgyzstan?s porous southern border, compounded by the inability of its
- Kyrgyzstan to maintain US base to defend interests: Bakiyev
BICHKEK: Kyrgyzstan will maintain a US airbase on its territory to defend its own interests, the Central Asian state's President Kurmanbek Bakiyev said on Monday. 'The situation in Afghanistan and Pakistan is worse every day, and that impacts the whole
- US transit center to help fight terror
WINDHOEK, June 25 (RIA Novosti) - The creation of a U.S. transit center in Kyrgyzstan will contribute to the fight against international terrorism, the Russian president said on Thursday. The Kyrgyz parliament ratified on Wednesday agreements concluded
- U.S. transit center will have military status
BISHKEK, June 25 (RIA Novosti) - A U.S. transit center at an airport near the Kyrgyz capital, Bishkek, will have the status of a military facility, a Kyrgyz parliament member said on Thursday. The Kyrgyz parliament ratified on Wednesday agreements
- Kyrgyz Parliament Ratifies U.S. Base Agreement
BISHKEK -- The Kyrgyz parliament has unanimously ratified an agreement with on the U.S. use of the Manas air base as a transit point to supply international coalition troops in Afghanistan, RFE/RL's Kyrgyz Service reports. Seventy-five of the
- US Base in Kyrgyzstan Renamed but Remains
Terms of new agreement mean airbase officially becomes transit hub for Afghan operation, but some analysts see no real change. After ordering the United States military airbase outside the capital Bishkek to close earlier this year, the Kyrgyz government
- Kyrgyzstan, Burkina Faso gain first World Heritage sites
Kyrgyz official: Border between Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan closed Pentagon: Talks with Kyrgyzstan over Manas air base make progress CSTO to add aircraft at airbase in Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan to use U.S. air base as civil airport: official Kyrgyzstan to build
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A Central Asian country of incredible natural beauty and proud nomadic traditions, Kyrgyzstan was annexed by Russia in 1864; it achieved independence from the Soviet Union in 1991. Current concerns include: privatization of state-owned enterprises, expansion of democracy and political freedoms, inter-ethnic relations, and terrorism.
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AFP - Four Central Asian nations agreed on Monday to secure some 800 million tonnes of radioactive and toxic uranium waste sludge that could be used to make a "dirty" radiological bomb, a UN agency said.
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