11/21/2008
Uzbek history textbook denounces soviet totalitarianism but downplays popular movements in Uzbekistan (Moldova.org)
by Paul Goble Kuressaare, November 21 – A history textbook prepared for tenth graders in Uzbekistan on the Soviet period denounces communist totalitarianism in sweeping terms, but it downplays popular movements that have struggled for democracy in that Central Asian country in recent years and ignores many events that the current Tashkent regime finds inconvenient. Because most people "conceive ...
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11/20/2008
ABDULLAH RETURNS AFTER FIVE-DAY VIST TO UZBEKISTAN, TURKMENISTAN (Bernama via Yahoo! Malaysia News)
SUBANG, Nov 20 (Bernama) -- Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi arrived home tonight after a three-day visit to Uzbekistan and two days in Turkmenistan.
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11/20/2008
S’pore education provider MDIS opens foreign university in Uzbekistan (Channel NewsAsia via Yahoo! Philippines News)
TASHKENT: Singapore’s oldest not—for—profit education provider, Management Development Institute of Singapore (MDIS), is making inroads into Central Asia. It’s just opened Uzbekistan’s sixth foreign university, a US$20 million joint venture with the Uzbekistan Banking Association.
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11/20/2008
S'pore education provider MDIS opens foreign university in Uzbekistan (Channel NewsAsia)
TASHKENT: Singapore's oldest not-for-profit education provider, Management Development Institute of Singapore (MDIS), is making inroads into Central Asia. It's just opened Uzbekistan's sixth foreign university, a US$20 million joint venture with the Uzbekistan Banking Association.
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11/22/2008
US military deaths in Afghanistan region at 556 (AP via Yahoo! News)
As of Friday, Nov. 21, 2008, at 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.
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11/22/2008
Workshop to counter drug trafficking held (UPI)
TASHKENT, Uzbekistan, Nov. 21 (UPI) -- A conference on countering transnational criminal groups' illicit drug trafficking operations in Central Asia concluded Friday in Uzbekistan.
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11/19/2008
Uzbekistan: Tashkent Has the Power to Influence the Outcome of the Afghan War (EurasiaNet)
The battle for Afghanistan may well be won or lost in Uzbekistan. With the Taliban making it increasingly difficult to re-supply NATO and US troops in Afghanistan via Pakistan, Tashkent offers the easiest solution to a vital logistical dilemma.
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11/22/2008
US military deaths in Afghanistan region at 556 (The State)
As of Friday, Nov. 21, 2008, at 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 those, the military reports 404 were killed by hostile action. Outside the Afghan region, the Defense Department ...
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11/22/2008
US military deaths in Afghanistan region at 556 (AP via Yahoo! Philippines News)
As of Friday, Nov. 21, 2008, at 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.
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11/22/2008
US military deaths in Afghanistan region at 556 (The Charlotte Observer)
(The Associated Press) As of Friday, Nov. 21, 2008, at 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 those, the military reports 404 were killed by hostile action. Outside the Afghan region, ...
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