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Remittances, Part 1: Money from Siberia2 comments

robpacker wrote 7 hours ago: By Rob Packer, KF9 Kyrgyzstan This is part one of a three-part post on remittances with forthcoming … more →

Tags: blogsherpa, KF9 (Kiva Fellows 9th Class), Kyrgyz Republic, Mol Bulak Finance, Human Development Program, KF9, kiva, Kiva Fellows, migration

Manas Airmen Donate Necessities To Hospital, School In Kyrgyzstan

OUT wrote 8 hours ago: Airman 1st Class Kevin Kotrola stacks mattresses at the Bishkek Center for Mental Health Oct. 31, 20 … more →

Tags: England, Bishkek, Lakenheath, Manas, San Antonio

UN expert on Violence against Women ends visit to Kyrgyz Republic

lenkakoutnakova wrote 1 day ago: The UN Special Rapporteur Ms. Manjoo noted that “since the independence of the Kyrgyz Republic, form … more →

Hands

Kathryn Hulick wrote 2 days ago: Pokrovka, Kyrgyzstan. April 23, 2006. Hands Hands of dough and string beans, picking onions, fisting … more →

Tags: photograph, Poetry, English, Friends, Garden, hands, language, Letters, peace corps

Power Struggle Threatens Central Asian Electricity Grid

Gulnura Toralieva wrote 3 days ago: Defections from regional distribution network may destroy Soviet-era effort to ensure equitable shar … more →

Tags: Feature, Central Asia, Electricity grid, Energy/Water, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan

Kyrgyz Member Of Memorial Human Rights Center Detained And Accused Of Extremism

lenkakoutnakova wrote 5 days ago: Representatives of the Kyrgyz State Service for National Security (SSNS) arrested the two men in sou … more →

Uzbeks NOT Present At Regional Security Meeting In Kazakhstan - Law Forbids Sending Troops Abroad

lenkakoutnakova wrote 6 days ago: The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) has begun a third round of discussions in Almaty about u … more →

Tags: Uzbekistan, Russia, Kazakhstan, Others, Tajikistan

It took a massacre…

Ron Pavellas wrote 6 days ago: …to fully reveal that which the former British ambassador to Uzbekistan repeatedly told his governme … more →

Tags: Books and Literature, demography, Government, History, Geography, Kazakhstan, Tashkent, Tajikistan, Craig John Murray

Historic Photographs of the Orient 1864-1970 With Camel and Camera

paderbornersj wrote 1 week ago: For decades, a unique collection of historic photographs of the Orient lay forgotten at the Hamburg … more →

Tags: Palestine, Muslim civilisations, turkey, Islam, middle east, Tunisia, Iran, Tajikistan, Maghareb

The Joy of Kyrgyz Interjections

franziskakeller wrote 1 week ago: To say that I am interested in languages is an understatement, as my friends know. Every language th … more →

Tags: Central Asia, La Distinction, Learning Languages

Bishkek or Bust???2 comments

pcnomad wrote 1 week ago: I was nominated for Central Asia back in May (a region including Turkmenistan, Kyrgyz Republic and K … more →

Tags: peace corps, Turkmenistan, PCVs, Kyrgyz Republic, staging, Bishkek

I Love Gloves

robpacker wrote 1 week ago: By Rob Packer Anyone who has heard anything from me over the last week has probably heard me complai … more →

Tags: Rob Packer, gloves

Central mosque (Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan)

camilo9015 wrote 1 week ago: Central mosque (Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan) Cargado originalmente por sana banana nana This is the Central … more →

Tags: mosques, Central Asia, siglo 20, Mosque, Mezquita, Kirguistán, Bishkek

Salad Daze

robpacker wrote 1 week ago: By Rob Packer Kiva Fellow Initiation Test: Offal A couple of weeks ago at work, we had some deliciou … more →

Tags: kiva, Kiva Fellows, Rob Packer, salad, Tripe

Kyrgyzstan: President’s Party Wants To Keep Death Penalty Because "Rights Of Victims Must Be Observed"

lenkakoutnakova wrote 1 week ago: On November 11 at the session of Kyrgyz parliament Ak-Jol President’s party rejected idea of ratific … more →

Tags: UN

Airline says it's in talks with Boeing

bryancorliss wrote 1 week ago: Turkish low-cost carrier Pegasus Airlines reports that it’s talking with Boeing about a deal t … more →

Tags: Boeing, 737, 737-800, Air Berlin, Esas Holdings, IPO, Kyrgyz Pegasus Airlines, Pegasus Airlines, turkey

The Big Softies

robpacker wrote 1 week ago: By Rob Packer I’m not normally one to pass up the chance to try something new, especially something … more →

Tags: Bishkek, Bozo, kvas, Rob Packer

Of Bare Necessities

franziskakeller wrote 1 week ago: An early winter snow has fallen Living in a developing country is often a healthy reminder to Europe … more →

Tags: Central Asia

Our Veterans, Our Defenders of Freedom10 comments

Maj. Kristi Beckman wrote 1 week ago: Happy Veterans Day to all of those who are serving and who have served! Maj. Kristi Beckman is the C … more →

Tags: U.S. Military, Veterans Day, Freedom, Horn of Africa, Humanitarian Aid, Hurricane Katrina, Liberia, service members, Veterans


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