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Friday, July 8, 2005

Earth by Google

by Nathan Hamm

If you’ve not gotten a chance to play around with Google Earth, I highly recommend it. Though, I must warn that if you love maps as much as I do, you’re playing with fire here.
The coverage of Tashkent is fairly high resolution.

And here’s a view across Issyk Kul from Cholpon-Ata.

Kabul is pretty awesome looking [...]

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US Seeks Religious Experts for Uzbekistan

by Laurence

Here’s the IREX recruiting announcement:
IREX is currently seeking 16 US specialists-policymakers, academics, and community and religious leaders- to travel to Uzbekistan for two weeks, as participants in US specialist component of the Cultural and Religious Pluralism in Uzbekistan and the United States Program. Participants will have the opportunity to meet and exchange with various community [...]

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Was the MFA statement a hint?

by Nathan Hamm

I certainly failed to pick up on this (though Laurence did not), but might the MFA statement on US troops be a hint that the Uzbek government’s feelings on the base can be bought? Maybe, maybe not, but MosNews entirely reports it that way.
Uzbekistan has suggested the U.S. should pay for the use of an [...]

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Sackler Gallery Receives Bukharan Rug Donation

by Laurence

From Textile News: Arthur Sackler Gallery primary recipient of textiles from Central Asia

NEW YORK: The Arthur M. Sackler Gallery at the Smithsonian in Washington is to become the primary recipient of a gift of the world’s finest collection of textiles from Central Asia.
This will include textiles from Farghana, the former kingdom of Babar, [...]

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Xinhua: SCO Offers Anti-Terror Help

by Laurence

Xinhua reports:

BEIJING, July 8 (Xinhuanet) — Secretary General of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Zhang Deguang condemned on Friday the terror-attack in London’s subway and bus systems which reports said have killed at least 52 people and injured 700 others.
“We Strongly condemn these acts of terror and extend our deepest condolences to the [...]

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Reuters: Taliban Denies Role in London Blasts

by Laurence

Reuters AlertNet reports from Afghanistan:

KABUL, July 8 (Reuters) – A spokesman for Afghanistan’s Taliban insurgents said on Friday the British people were paying the price for the evil of their rulers, but the Taliban had nothing to do with Thursday’s bomb attacks in London.
“The people of Britain are facing trouble only because of the evil [...]

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