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- Djeparov named Asian player of the year as Japan wins big (AFP)
SHANGHAI (AFP) - Uzbekistan's Server Djeparov was Tuesday named Asian player of the year but it was Japan's night, scooping club, national team and coach of the year at a glittering ceremony here. Japan has long been considered the region's footballing
- Exceptional Uzbek woman honoured in Geneva on 20 Novembere
Mutabar Tadzhibaeva, a human rights activist from Uzbekistan, will receive the 2008 Martin Ennals Award for Human Rights Defenders (MEA) on Thursday, 20 November. She was released from prison on 2 June 2008 and was allowed to travel abroad and attend the
- Uzbek Head Approves Two Agreements With Belarus
Uzbek President Islam Karimov signed a resolution on to approve two agreements between Uzbekistan and Belarus. The document approved agreement between Uzbekistan and Belarus on economic cooperation for 2008-2017 and intergovernmental agreement on
- Uzbekistan: Tashkent Holds Key to New Afghan Supply Route
NATO strategists are looking into a new, safer route to Afghanistan via the Caucasus. The battle for Afghanistan may well be won or lost in Uzbekistan. With the Taliban making it increasingly difficult to re-supply NATO and U.S. troops in Afghanistan via
- 12 Uzbeks arrested at Pak-Afghan border
CHAMAN Nov 23 (PPI): Frontier Corps rounded up 12 Uzbeks on their illegal entry into Pakistan at Pak-Afghan border Sunday. According to details, 12 Uzbeks were arrested when they were entering into Pakistan at Pak-Afghan border today Later they were
- US military deaths in Afghanistan region at 556
t least 556 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the Defense Department. The department last updated its figures Friday at 10 a.m. EDT. Of
- 24 militants killed in Pakistan
Islamabad, Nov 20 (DPA) At least 24 Islamic militants, including Al Qaeda-linked Uzbek fighters, were killed as jets and artillery pounded their hideouts in northwest Pakistan, an intelligence official said Thursday. The shelling that started late
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Russia conquered Uzbekistan in the late 19th century. Stiff resistance to the Red Army after World War I was eventually suppressed and a socialist republic set up in 1925. During the Soviet era, intensive production of "white gold" (cotton) and grain led to overuse of agrochemicals and the depletion of water supplies, which have left the land poisoned and the Aral Sea and certain rivers half dry. Independent since 1991, the country seeks to gradually lessen its dependence on agriculture while developing its mineral and petroleum reserves. Current concerns include terrorism by Islamic militant groups from Tajikistan and Afghanistan, a non-convertible currency, and the curtailment of human rights and democratization.
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