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From a stable family, but at seven was unimpressed by the lack of goods in the Soviet shops and had no hope that they would ever appear. At 28, she loves the increased choice in post-Soviet Russia, but admits life is expensive. Almaz At seven, he lived...
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Examine a large-scale map of the Essex coastline between the river Crouch and the river Thames, and you'll see a footpath which departs the land at a place called Wakering Stairs and heads east, straight into – or so it appears – the North Sea. A few...
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Kyrgyzstan Foreign Minister Ruslan Kazakbayev arrives at the NATO Summit in Chicago, Monday, May 21, 2012. View Photo »
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Sharp’s handbook served as a basis for the campaigns of Serbia’s Otpor (who were also directly trained by the Albert Einstein Institute), Georgia’s Kmara, Ukraine’s Pora, Kyrgyzstan’s KelKel and Belarus’ Zubr
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Turkmenistan on the opening day of Friday, the UAE will now have to defeat group leaders Thailand in Sunday’s final Group A match if they want to qualify for the knockout quarter-finals that commence on Tuesday. After a goalless first half, it was...
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Kyrgyzstan brought themselves back into contention for a place in the quarter-finals after scoring three second-half goals to defeat 2012 AFC Futsal Championship hosts the UAE 3-1 on Saturday. Victorious Kyrgyzstan coach Amirzhan Mukanov attributed the...
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The others are scattered across the globe from South America to Southeast Asia, some in small numbers, others as larger contingents. Special Operations Command wont
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Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev (L) meets with Kyrgyzstan's President Almazbek Atambayev at the Russian White House, headquarters of the federal government, in Moscow May 16, 2012. View Photo »
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Kyrgyzstan is in a group of countries that have fallen behind [in developing] projects and programs on climate change
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Thailand confirmed their place in the quarter-finals of the 2012 AFC Futsal Championship as ASEAN champions defeated Turkmenistan 5-1 on Saturday in the second of their three Group A fixtures. Thailand's defeat of Kyrgyzstan in their opening fixture...
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McFaul said that the issue of the US military base in Kyrgyzstan was settled in the long run, but the Russian and US Presidents had to have talks to that end to settle the problem. The US Ambassador to Kyrgyzstan, Pamela Spratlen, pledged in March that...
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Kyrgyzstan (Kyrgyz and Russian: Киргизия, variously transliterated, also Kirgizia or Kirghizia), officially the Kyrgyz Republic, is a country in Central Asia. Landlocked and mountainous, it borders Kazakhstan to the north, Uzbekistan to the west, Tajikistan to the southwest and the People's Republic of China to the southeast. Kyrgyzstan means... Full Article
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Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev (L) meets with Kyrgyzstan's President Almazbek Atambayev at the Russian White House, headquarters of the federal government, in Moscow May 16, 2012.
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Russia's President Vladimir Putin (3d R), Kazakhstan's President Nursultan Nazarbayev (rear C), Kyrgyzstan's President Almazbek Atambayev (3d L), Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko (2nd L), Armenia's President Serzh Sargsyan (L), Uzbekistan's President Islam Karimov (front C), Tajikistan's...
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QINHUANGDAO, CHINA - MAY 14: Antonina Shevchenko (Red) of Kyrgyzstan fights against Tomoko Kugimiya (Blue) of Japan in the Women's 60kg preliminary match during the AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships on May 14, 2012 in Qinhuangdao, China. The AIBA Women's World Boxing...
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BEIJING, CHINA - MAY 11: China's Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi (R) shakes hands with Kyrgyzstan's Foreign Minister Ruslan Kazakbayev as they arrive for a group photo with Foreign Ministers of Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) member states before a SCO council meeting of foreign...
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Foreign Ministers and officials of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), from left, Director of the the Executive Committee of the Regional Counter-Terrorism Structure (RCTS) of SCO Jenisbek Jumanbekov, Uzbekistan's Abdulaziz Kamilov, Kyrgyzstan's Ruslan Kazakbayev, Russia's Sergei...
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Foreign Ministers of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) member states pose for a group photo before a SCO council meeting at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing, May 11, 2012. From L to R: Director of the Executive Committee of the Regional Counter-Terrorism Structure...
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China's Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi (R) shakes hands with Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Secretary-General Muratbek Imanaliev of Kyrgyzstan as they arrive for a group photo with foreign ministers of the SCO member states before a council meeting at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse...
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In this late 2007 photo provided by Rebecca Cassidy, Vera Warmuth of the University of Cambridge collects horse hair samples for DNA analysis in the village of Temir-Kanat, Kyrgyzstan. Researchers said Monday, May 7, 2012 that a genetic study of horses across Eastern Europe and Central...
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Kyrgyzstan's Arsen Eraliev (in blue) and Ukraine's Vyugar Ragymov compete in their men's Greco-Roman wrestling 55 kg category final during the Vantaa Cup in Vantaa May 5, 2012. Ragymov won the match.
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Kyrgyzstan's Arsen Eraliev (bottom) competes against Ukraine's Vyugar Ragymov (top) during the men's Greco-Roman wrestling -55 kg category final in the wrestling's International Olympic qualifying tournament, Vantaa Cup 2012 in Vantaa on May 5, 2012. Yuksel won the match.
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Ulrich Robeiri of France (top) and Michail Ivanov of Kyrgyzstan compete during their men's epee team competition at the World Fencing Championships in Kiev April 14, 2012.
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Martin Capek of the Czech Republic (L) and Michail Ivanov of Kyrgyzstan compete during their men's epee team competition at the World Fencing Championships in Kiev April 14, 2012.
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A teddy bear hangs to dry after being washed in Ak-Ordo, a district on the outskirts of the Kyrgyzstan village of Bishkek, on April 11, 2012.
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Russian police officers escort detained Chinese illegal labour migrants on an agrarian farm during a raid conducted by the police and members of the federal migratory service near the village of Yermolayevo outside Russia's Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk April 8, 2012. Some twenty illegal...
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A Russian police officer (R) checks the documents of a Kyrgyz migrant worker at a greenhouse on an agrarian farm during a raid conducted by the police and members of the federal migratory service near the village of Zykovo outside Russia's Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk April 8, 2012. ...
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Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov looks on in the Kyrgyzstan's capital Bishkek, on April 5, 2012, during a meeting with Kyrgyz President Almazbek Atambayev. Russia warned today the West against using threats and ultimatums in its approach to Syria's regime as the United...
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Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov speaks during press conference in the Kyrgyzstan's capital Bishkek, on April 5, 2012. Russia warned today the West against using threats and ultimatums in its approach to Syria's regime as the United Nations prepared a statement on the protracted...
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Kyrgyzstan's President Almazbek Atambayev walks with Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (L) during their meeting at the White House in Bishkek April 5, 2012.
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In this Tuesday, March 27, 2012 photo US Marines board a military transport plane at Manas military base outside Kyrgyz capital of Bishkek, ready to be taken to Afghanistan. With Moscow's approval, the U.S. set up the military base in the former Soviet Central Asian nation of...
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US Consul General Peter Haas (C), director of Self Employed Women's Association (SEWA) Reema Nanavaty (C/R) pose with women members of Kyrgyzstan and SEWA at the SEWA in Ahmedabad on March 20, 2012. A 15 member Kyrgyz women leaders participated in a graduation ceremony at the SEWA in...
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(L-R) Belarus' President Alexander Lukashenko, Kazakhstan's President Nursultan Nazarbayev, Kyrgyzstan's President Almazbek Atambayev, Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev, Tajikistan's President Emomali Rahmon, Armenia's President Serzh Sargsyan, Ukraine's President Viktor Yanukovich and...
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Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev (L) shakes hands with Kyrgyzstan's President Almazbek Atambayev (R) during a meeting in the Moscow Kremlin, on March 19, 2012. The Kremlin hosted today negotiations between the leaders of the ex-Soviet states, member-countries of the Eurasian Economic...
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Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev (2ND l) speaks with Kyrgyzstan's President Almazbek Atambayev (2nd R) while Moldova's acting President Marian Lupu (L) and Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych (R) listen during a meeting in the Moscow Kremlin, on March 19, 2012. The Kremlin hosted...
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An owner holds his Siamese cat during a cat's exhibition in Bishkek, on March 18, 2012. Cats owners from three countries, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan gather to show off their pets.
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A cat with a knitted hat looks on during a cat's exhibition in Bishkek, on March 18, 2012. Cats owners from three countries, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan gather to show off their pets.
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Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev (L) meets with Kyrgyzstan's President Almazbek Atambayev at the Russian White House, headquarters of the federal government, in Moscow May 16, 2012.
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