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| Features  Tobacco Workers In Kazakhstan Face Exploitation, Child Labor A new report by Human Rights Watch documents the widespread exploitation of Kyrgyz migrant tobacco workers, as well the frequent use of child labor, on farms in Kazakhstan that supply tobacco giant Philip Morris International. More  OSCE Foreign Ministers Meet In Almaty On Kyrgyzstan Senior officials from OSCE member states are gathering for two days of informal meetings in Kazakhstan. Much of the attention will be focused on neighboring Kyrgyzstan. More  Kyrgyz Complain To Kazakhs Over Web Report Kyrgyz prosecutors have sent a complaint to Kazakh authorities about two journalists from a regional Internet site who were publishing during last month's deadly ethnic violence. More  Mass Sale Of Georgian Soccer Clubs The Georgian government plans to sell six state-owned soccer clubs at the symbolic price of 1 lari ($0.54) each. More  Family Objects To Iran Jailer Verdicts The brother of a protester who died in custody following Iran's 2009 presidential election has criticized the verdicts in the trial of jailers accused of abusing detainees. More  Azerbaijani Team Wins Classical Persian Competition In Tajikistan Azerbaijani athletes have won a tournament of a Persian martial art, zourkhaneh that was held in Dushanbe. More  Moldova's Richest Businessman Strikes Back Almost a year after the change of government in Moldova, arguably the country's richest businessman, Anatol Stati, announced he has sued the former Communist president, Vladimir Voronin, for ruining his business in Kazakhstan and blocking a deal to bring cheap gas to Moldova from the Central Asian country. More  Axis Of Edible Targets World Cup Star Paul The Octopus Now RIA Novosti reports that Paul's "brethren" (presumably octopus or squid) was served to German Chancellor Angela Merkel and President Dmitry Medvedev at dinner in St. Petersburg on July 14. More  Iranian Bloggers: Amiri Was A Double Agent A number of Iranian bloggers have cast doubt on the claims made by Iranian scientist Shahram Amiri, including his claims of being abducted by U.S. secret agents and the reason he returned to Iran. More  Kabardino-Balkaria President Looks For Scapegoats With less than three months to go before his presidential term expires, Kabardino-Balkaria Republic President Arsen Kanokov has complained he is under pressure from unnamed rivals who, he claims, do not shrink from using "dirty methods" to discredit him. More |
