Uzbekistan
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Access To Food Still Difficult For Tajik Families...techniques. Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan are all prone to a variety of disasters triggered by natural hazards, according to the ISDR, which maintains an office in the Tajik capital, Dushanbe. The... In this article: FAO, United Nations, UN World Food Programme, Tajikistan, U.S., Potato, Climate change, International Strategy for Disaster Reduction, and Geneva |
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FT.com - Comment and analysis | October 28, 2009
The west's strategic options in Afghanistan
...is inseparably entwined with al-Qaeda. Neighbouring Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan and Turkmenistan face pauperisation, and consequent Islamic insurgencies against their corrupt and incompetent rulers. Mr Rashid paints a bleak picture of...
In this article: Ahmed Rashid, NATO, Taliban, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Barack Obama, Islamic, and Al-Qaeda
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The Australian | November 12, 2009
Emerging From Economic Crisis At UN Forum
...of Central Asia (SPECA) Economic Forum, comprising Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. The main challenges faced by the region in the short- and medium-term remain multifaceted,...
In this article: United Nations, Deforestation, International Federation of Journalists, Central Asia, Samoa, Unicef, Buddhist, and HMAS Tobruk
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Reuters | October 07, 2009
U.S. raising Central Asia supply role in Afghanistan
...Central Asia. Trade ministers from five Central Asia countries -- Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan -- and Afghanistan are in Washington this week for talks on expanding trade and investment. Earlier this year,...
In this article: United States, Central Asia, Afghanistan, Kyrgyzstan, U.S. Department of Defense, Goods and services, Thomson Reuters, Washington, and NATO
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Full print edition | September 24, 2009
Central Asia's five stans: Nations without a cause
...Hiro. Overlook; 480 pages; $35. Duckworth; GBP25. Buy from Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk THE Central Asian "stans", as Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan are known by the Western diplomats and oilmen who frequent...
In this article: Central Asia, Amazon.com, Socialism, Capitalism, Genghis Khan, Turkey, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Kazakhstan
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Reason Magazine - All Reason Articles from the Past Year: Page 1 | November 05, 2009
<em>Reason</em> Morning Links: UN Pulls Staff From Afghanistan, American Officials Convicted in Italy, Cash for Clunkers Post-Mortem
...perception may vary. From TFA: Murray asserts that the primary motivation for US and British military involvement in central Asia has to do with large natural gas deposits in Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. As evidence, he points to the plans...
In this article: U.N., Natural gas, Afghanistan, CIA, Italy, Turin, Central Asia, and U.K.
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Oil & Gas Journal | November 01, 2009
OGJ Newsletter
...gas fields near the Amu Darya river. It then enters Uzbekistan at Olot, then flows on to southern Kazakhstan, and on to Alashankou in China, where it will be connected to the West-East Gas Pipeline. In addition to gas from Turkmenistan...
In this article: BP, Asset, Natural gas, ConocoPhillips, Joint venture, Pdvsa, Chevron Corp., and US
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boston.com - Latest world news | October 23, 2009
Turkmen-China gas pipeline nears completion
...state newspaper Neutral Turkmenistan reported. The leaders of Turkmenistan, China and Uzbekistan are scheduled to attend an inauguration ceremony for the pipeline on Dec. 15. In June, China clinched a 30-year deal to buy up to 40...
In this article: China, Turkmenistan, Russia, Gazprom, All rights reserved, Natural gas, Stroitransgaz, European Union, and Caspian Sea
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San Diego Union-Tribune | October 21, 2009
UN: Afghan drug flow wreaks global havoc
...Central Asia." While Central Asian countries such as Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan are the main trafficking route for Afghan heroin into the Russia, they also have growing domestic markets, the report warned. In Iran, about 14...
In this article: Opiate, Opium, Heroin, UN, Afghanistan, Tax, Opium poppy, Central Asia, and Taliban
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Uzbekistan, officially the Republic of Uzbekistan (O‘zbekiston Respublikasi or Ўзбекистон Республикаси), is a doubly landlocked country in Central Asia, formerly part of the Soviet Union. It shares borders with Kazakhstan to the west and to the north, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan to the east, and Afghanistan and Turkmenistan to the south. Once part of the Persian Samanid and later Timurid empires, the region was conquered in the early 16th century by Uzbek nomads, who spoke an Eastern Turkic language. Most of Uzbekistan’s population today belong to the Uzbek ethnic group and speak the Uzbek language, one of the family of Turkic languages. Uzbekistan was incorporated into the Russian Empire in the 19th century and in 1924 became a constituent republic of the Soviet Union, known as the Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic (Uzbek SSR). It has been an independent republic since December 1991.
Uzbekistan's economy relies mainly on commodity production, including cotton, gold, uranium, and natural gas. Despite the declared objective of transition to a market economy, Uzbekistan continues to maintain rigid economic controls, which often repel foreign investors. The policy of gradual, strictly controlled transition has nevertheless produced beneficial results in the form of economic recovery after 1995. Uzbekistan's domestic policies of human rights and individual freedoms are often criticized by international organizations. In Uzbekistan about 45% of the population live on less than US$1.25 per day.
- Name:
- Uzbekistan
- Conventional Long Name:
- Republic of Uzbekistan
- Local Name:
- Ўзбекистон Республикаси
- Capital:
- Tashkent
- Language:
- Uzbek
- Russian
- Largest City:
- Tashkent
- Government type:
- Presidential republic
- Founding Date:
- October 27, 1924
- Formations:
- Recognized
- Area:
- 447,400
- GDP (per capita PPP):
- $71.501 billion
- GDP (nominal):
- $27.918 billion
- GDP (nominal per capita):
- $1,026
- Time Zone:
- UZT
- Currency:
- Uzbekistan som (O'zbekiston so'mi)
- Demonym:
- Uzbekistan; also Uzbek
- Drives On:
- right
- Currency (code):
- UZS
- Country Calling Code:
- 998
- ccTLD:
- .uz
- Anthem:
- National Anthem of the Republic of Uzbekistan
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