(RFE/RL) December 11, 2006 -- Independent news reports from Uzbekistan say a number of small protests have taken place in the eastern city of Andijon.
PRAGUE, December 11, 2006 (RFE/RL) -- A European Union delegation has arrived in Tashkent for talks with Uzbek officials about a bloody government crackdown in May 2005 in the eastern city of Andijon and the human rights situation in the country.
Athletes carrying their national flags at the Asian Games in the Qatari capital on December 1 (Fars) December 10, 2006 -- The Olympic Council of Asia said today that two weightlifters from Uzbekistan have tested positive for drugs and been barred from the Asian Games in Doha.
(RFE/RL) PRAGUE, December 8, 2006 (RFE/RL) -- Police in Uzbekistan's southern town of Shahrisabz today briefly detained a group of rights activists who were trying to commemorate Constitution Day their own way, RFE/RL's Uzbek Service reported.
(RFE/RL) December 8, 2006 (RFE/RL) -- Uzbekistan is raising the price it charges Russia for natural gas by two-thirds.
President Karimov (left) has increasingly turned to Moscow for support and trade (ITAR-TASS) December 7, 2006 -- Uzbek President Islam Karimov and Gazprom's chief executive, Aleksei Miller, met today in Tashkent.
President Putin (front) with other regional leaders at a St. Petersburg summit in January (epa) PRAGUE, December 7, 2006 (RFE/RL) -- Russian President Vladimir Putin today said Central Asia would remain a key element of his foreign policy.
(RFE/RL) December 6, 2006 -- Uzbekistan's Communications and Computerization Agency says it will invest 6.2 million euros ($8.25 million) next year in radio-frequency monitoring.
(RFE/RL) December 5, 2006 -- Uzbek officials say a decision by the U.K.'s Oxus Gold to sell part of its Amantaytau Gold Fields (AGF) joint venture to a Swiss-registered company with alleged government ties may help the British group sort out its troubles with regional tax authorities.
Storm damage did not stop most events from getting under way, and the Chinese won several medals on the first day of competition.
(RFE/RL) September 1, 2006 -- Uzbekistan's UzA official news agency reports the country's Senate, or upper chamber of parliament, today elected Justice Minister Boritosh Mustafoev as the Supreme Court's new chairman.
Afghan Foreign Minister Rangin Dadfar Spanta (file photo) (epa) December 1, 2006 -- Official news reports from Tashkent say the foreign ministers of Uzbekistan and Afghanistan have vowed to strengthen cooperation between their respective administrations and consult regularly on regional security issues.
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