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Uzbek President Islam Karimov gestures during a news conference in Tashkent, Saturday, May 14, 2005. Karimov told a news conference that the protesters' demands were unacceptable and that force had to be used to put down the uprising Friday in the city of Andijan. Scores of civilians were reported killed in the violence, and Karimov said 10 soldiers were killed
Elections   Photos   Politics   Society   Uzbekistan
 Al Jazeera 
Uzbeks vote in parliamentary poll
Sun 27 Dec 2009
Uzbeks have gone to the polls in an election set to hand all the seats in the lower house of parliament to allies of Islam Karimov, the country's president. Uzbekistan has no opposition parties or... (photo: AP Photo / Anvar ilyasov)
Women pick cotton in the town of Andijan, East of Tashkent, Uzbekistan, Wednesday, April 6, 2005.
Child Labour   Human Rights   Photos   Society   Uzbekistan
 BBC News 
Uzbek cotton fields still using child labour
Wed 11 Nov 2009
The BBC Uzbek Service has found that schoolchildren are still being sent out to work in Uzbekistan's vast cotton fields , despite government promises to stop using child labour during the harvest. The... (photo: AP / Mikhail Metzel)
Robin Soderling of Sweden  Arab News  Tue 9 Feb 2010
Good start by Soderling

Agencies ROTTERDAM: Robin Soderling won his first-round match against Florent Serra 4-6, 6-4, 6-1 at the ABN Amro tennis tournament Monday. Top-seeded Novak Djokovic and Nikolay Davydenko play their... (photo: AP / Paul J. Bereswill)
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy's special envoy on North Korea Jack Lang is seen during a hearing at the National Assembly in Paris, Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2009. Lang said France will not recognize North Korea soon.  The Daily Mail  Mon 8 Feb 2010
Controversial French MP praises 'courage' of migrants illegally headed for Britain
Controversial: Jack Lang has demanded urgent humanitarian aid for migrants in Calais The French MP for Calais has praised the 'courage' of migrants who trek thousands of miles across Europe to sneak... (photo: AP / Jacques Brinon)
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A U.S. soldier reacts after a suicide car bomb explosion which occurred near the main gate of NATO's headquarters in Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday Aug. 15, 2009. Zeenews Mon 8 Feb 2010
Two NATO soldiers killed in Afghanistan bombing
Kabul: Two soldiers with NATO-led forces fighting Taliban-led insurgents were killed in a bomb explosion in southern Afghanistan, NATO said on Sunday. "Two ISAF service... (photo: AP / Saurabh Das)
Afghanistan   Insurgents   Nato   Photos   Taliban
U.S. Army soldiers with the 82nd Airborne Division board an Air Force C-17 Globemaster III aircraft at Pope Air Force Base, N.C., during a mobility air forces exercise on Nov. 18, 2009. The biannual event is planned by students enrolled in the Air Force Weapons School at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., and is executed by active-duty, Reserve and Guard airmen from across the U.S. in coordination with Army partners.   DoD photo by Staff Sgt. Marie Brown, U.S. Air Force. (Released) CBS News Mon 8 Feb 2010
Afghans Flee Town Ahead of NATO Offensive
Militants Entrench as Troops Prepare to Retake Marjah, Last Taliban-Held Community in Crucial Valley Font size Print E-mail Share 0 Comments An Afghan policeman searches... (photo: US DoD / Staff Sgt. Marie Brown, U.S. Air Force.)
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A British soldier with Delta Squadron Infantry provides security in Helmand province, Afghanistan, Jan. 25, 2010. The Independent Mon 8 Feb 2010
More troop casualties likely in Afghan operation

Defence Secretary Bob Ainsworth warned of likely British casualties as troops prepared to take part in a major international offensive against insurgents in Afghanistan.... (photo: USAF / Tech. Sgt. Efren Lopez)
Afghanistan   Defence   Nato   Photos   UK   War
Cars in queue at National Petroleum filling station(Gas Station). The price of crude oil has resulted in the lowering of fuel prices in country highly dependent on oil import. Kansas City Star Mon 8 Feb 2010
Oil near $72 amid US cold snap, Iran tensions

More News Oil prices rose near to $72 a barrel Monday in Asia after hitting a two-month low last week, boosted by tensions over Iran's nuclear program and persistently... (photo: WN / John Sahid)
Oil   People   Photos   Prices   World
U.S. Army Pfc. Billy Oates, of the 2nd Battalion, 1st Infantry Regiment, 5th Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, provides security during a dismounted patrol in the village of Pir Zadeh, Afghanistan, Dec. 3, 2009 Al Jazeera Mon 8 Feb 2010
Karzai demands end to Nato raids

Afghanistan's president has demanded that Nato forces in his country stop all military raids on local villages. Speaking on Sunday at the annual Munich Security... (photo: USAF / Sgt. Dayton Mitchell)
Afghanistan   Nato   Photos   S Asia   War


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