Uzbek man wins right to wear beard (Russian Information Agency Novosti)
An Uzbek citizen managed to protect his good name and the right to wear a beard, considered by local officials an attribute of extremists, the Uznews website said.
U.S. not seeking military base in Kyrgyzstan’s south – embassy (Russian Information Agency Novosti)
The U.S. Embassy in Kyrgyzstan denied on Tuesday that Washington was seeking to establish a military base in the south of the Central Asian state, saying it was funding a training center for Kyrgyz troops.
FERGANA VALLEY: RELATIONS COOLING, UZBEK-KYRGYZ BORDER GROWING INCREASINGLY VIOLENT (EurasiaNet)
The deteriorating relationship between Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan is giving rise to violence along the countries’ shared frontier. Adding to the tension, Tashkent has unilaterally closed one of the largest border crossings between the two countries.
03/11/2010 16:17 KYRGYZSTAN – UZBEKISTAN Tensions rising between Bishkek and Tashkent, border sector closed (AsiaNews.it)
» Border incidents are on the rise with guards firing at each other. Uzbekistan wants to stop Kyrgyzstan from building a dam on the Naryn River, fearing it might reduce the volume of water flowing downstream.
Hungarian, Mongolian PMs discuss ways to strengthen economic ties (People’s Daily)
&$ &$Hungarian Prime Minister Gordon Bajnai (R) shakes hands with visiting Mongolian Prime Minister Sukhbaatar Batbold in the Hungarian Parliement in Budapest, Hungary, March 10, 2010. (Xinhua/ Dani Dorko)&$ &$ Hungarian Prime Minister Gordon Bajnai and his Mongolian counterpart Batbold Sukhbaatar discussed how to increase economic cooperation and strengthen ties between the two countries on …
IN KYRGYZSTAN, POLYGAMY’S RISE TAKES ITS TOLL (EurasiaNet)
Ainagul is 58 years old. A native of the Kyrgyz capital, Bishkek, she has been married for 34 years and has four children and several grandchildren. Her husband, an ambitious manager during the Soviet era, went on to start his own business and became a devout Muslim.
Rights Group Slams Kyrgyz Internet Censorship (The Moscow Times)
BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan — A rights group in Kyrgyzstan has called for an end to a block that has been imposed on a number of web sites in the past week.
U.S. General’s Kyrgyz Visit Rivals Russian Influence (The Moscow Times)
BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan — U.S. General David Petraeus met leaders in Kyrgyzstan on Wednesday, a day after the United States said it would build an anti-terrorism center for the country near Afghanistan.
