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Kyrgyz PM 'Ready To Resign' Over Coal

Kyrgyz Prime Minister Omurbek Babanov has announced in parliament that he is ready to resign if his alleged involvement in the purchase of almost 9,000 tons of radioactive coal from neighboring Kazakhstan is proven. More

Workers stand beside machinery in a tunnel in the Kumtor mine.

Strike At Kyrgyzstan's Largest Gold Mine

The head of the miners' labor union committee for rights says that the strikers at the Kumtor mine are demanding increased contributions to the state social-security fund on their behalf for 1993-2010 by the Canadian operator of the mine. More

Families of HIV-positive children protested in Osh in November over the problem and their treatment.

New Cases Of Kyrgyz HIV Kids

Health officials in Kyrgyzstan say they have diagnosed 70 new cases of HIV infection in children in the south of the country. More

Kyrgyz Tengriist activist Kubanychbek Tezekbaev

Kyrgyz Religious Hatred Trial Throws Spotlight On Ancient Creed

A prominent activist in a spiritual movement that predates Islam has gone on trial in Kyrgyzstan charged with inciting religious and ethnic hatred. More

Kyrgyzstan: Batyrov's Life Sentence Upheld

A court in Kyrgyzstan’s southern Jalal-Abad Province has upheld the life sentence that was given to Kadyrjan Batyrov, the fugitive leader of local ethnic Uzbeks. More

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Myalikguly Berdymukhammedov, the father of Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov, in a September 2009 television appearance

Keeping Up With The Berdymukhammedovs

Reports say a police unit in Turkmenistan this week was named after the father of President Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov. State-run media reportedly describe it as a gesture to honor Myalikguly Berdymukhammedov's years of service to Turkmenistan's Interior Ministry and "his efforts in educating the younger generation." More

Tolimjon Kurbonkhonov is a big fan of VVP.

Tajik Ode To Putin Goes Viral

Vladimir Putin appears to have an unlikely supporter in his camp ahead of Russia's presidential election, but some wonder if a song lauding the current prime minister's accomplishments is genuine and, even if it is, whether it will have the desired effect. More

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