The site of the Kumtor gold mine (file photo) (official site) May 7, 2007 -- About 200 Kyrgyz villagers blocked a road to a Canadian-operated gold mine for a fourth day today.
(RFE/RL) BISHKEK, May 5, 2007 (RFE/RL) -- The Kyrgyz opposition bloc United Front For A Worthy Future For Kyrgyzstan has called for the resignation of the country's leadership and the formation of a new coalition government.
Soldiers at the U.S. facility at Manas (file photo) (USDoD) May 3, 2007 -- A U.S. serviceman who shot a truck driver dead at a checkpoint has been sent home despite official demands that he be handed over for criminal prosecution.
An Internet cafe in Iran, where a number of journalists have been arrested (file photo) (AFP) May 2, 2007 (RFE/RL) -- Societies have more access to information, but weak laws and prosecution against the media have eroded journalists' investigative abilities.
May 2, 2007 (RFE/RL) -- Kyrgyzstan's Central Election Commission has annulled by-election results in the northern town of Kemin, saying the vote was marred by fraud, RFE/RL's Kyrgyz Service reported.
NEW YORK, May 1, 2007 (RFE/RL) -- Press freedom suffered continued global decline in 2006, with particularly troubling trends evident in Asia, the former Soviet Union, and Latin America. This is the main conclusion of a survey released today by <a href="http://www.freedomhouse.org/template.cfm?page=70&release=494" target="_blank">Freedom House</a>, a U.S.-based nongovernmental institution measuring freedom around the world. RFE/RL correspondent Nikola Krastev spoke with Christopher Walker, Freedom House's director of studies.
Bermet Akaeva (file photo) (RFE/RL) BISHKEK, April 29, 2007 -- Polling stations in Kyrgyz parliamentary by-elections closed at 1600 Prague time. Reports say voter turn out in the two constituencies was over 55 percent, RFE/RL's Kyrgyz Service reported.
BISHKEK, April 28 2007 (RFE/RL) -- Electoral officials in Kyrgyzstan's Kemin constituency say about 34,000 ballot papers were delivered to polling stations throughout the region today without the name of Bermet Akaeva on the ballot, RFE/RL's Kyrgyz service reports today.
Bermet Akaeva (file photo) (RFE/RL) BISHKEK, April 27, 2007 (RFE/RL) -- The Kyrgyz Supreme Court today ruled that the elder daughter of ousted President Askar Akaev cannot run for parliament, RFE/RL's Kyrgyz Service reported.
Tensions are mounting in Turkey as the military threatens to take action to preserve the country's secular identity.
Each year as summer approaches, Iranian police hit the streets to fine or detain women whose dress is deemed inappropriate or immoral.
Nazarbaev (left) and Bakiev today in Bishkek (RFE/RL) BISHKEK, April 26, 2007 (RFE/RL) -- Kazakhstan's President Nursultan Nazarbaev and Kyrgyzstan's President Kurmanbek Bakiev held talks in Bishkek today aimed at improving bilateral ties, RFE/RL's Kyrgyz Service reported.
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