The head of the independent UzMetronom.com news and information website, Sergei Yezhkov, has announced he is indefinitely suspending the site's activities.
The Kyrgyz State Border Service statement said Uzbek media are providing false information about the previous day's incident and trying to make it appear that Kyrgyz border guards were at fault.
Kyrgyz officials say an Uzbek border guard has been killed and another injured in an exchange of fire with Kyrgyz border guards.
Authorities in Kyrgyzstan have sent additional security forces to the southern city of Uzgen after an incident involving police and members of the Uzbek community.
Some religious extremists call it un-Islamic. Other people find it annoying and say it borders on begging. But children across Central Asia love Ramadan caroling -- a tradition that evolved out of Central Asia's pre-Islamic customs.
What do you call free, internet-based classes taught by professors from top U.S. schools? They're known as "massive open online courses," or "MOOCs." But some are simply calling them an educational revolution.
The Nabucco pipeline was once the keystone of EU hopes to obtain large amounts of natural gas from the Caspian and the Middle East. But as the developers of a key oil field are expected to announce that they have chosen a rival pipeline, Nabucco's future may be in doubt.
A group of 12 U.S. senators has called on Uzbek President Islam Karimov to "immediately and unconditionally" release two journalists and one human rights advocate who supporters say were jailed for their work.
First, he lashed out at Uzbekistan's migrant workers, calling them "lazy." Then he took a swipe at the country’s beggars, denying their existence. The comments by Uzbek President Islam Karimov have raised eyebrows -- and prompted jokes.
Prominent Kyrgyz human rights activist Tolekan Ismailova says she was denied entry into Uzbekistan because of her professional activities.
Defense ministers of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization gather in the Kyrgyz capital, Bishkek, to discuss regional security issues.
Kyrgyz rights activist Tolekan Ismailova, the leader of the group "Bir Duyno-Kyrgyzstan" (One World Kyrgyzstan), has flown to Almaty, Kazakhstan after being denied entry into Uzbekistan.
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