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Candidate Duelling Fails to Take Off
IWPR editor Aida Kasymalieva reviews the election news of the last week, and describes how a scheduled series of radio and TV debates have failed to materialise.
15 Jul 09
Doorstepping Seen as Key Campaign Method
Candidates in the forthcoming Kyrgyz presidential election are focusing on meeting potential voters rather than on media appearances.
15 Jul 09
Kyrgyz Taxis Take Left Turn
Parliament is reviewing legislation that would ban the use of right-hand drive cars as taxis. Alina Kenjeeva reports that taxi drivers with Japanese-import cars are worried for their future.
15 Jul 09
Hubble Bubble Means Forest Trouble
Taste for nargile leads to woods being plundered for charcoal-making.
14 Jul 09
Flash Mob Joins Election Fray
Youth groups get round restrictions on freedom of assembly by staging flash mob actions ahead of the Kyrgyz presidential election.
14 Jul 09
Uzbekistan: Soviet Pesticides Leave Bitter Legacy
Farmland still contaminated with DDT from past decades, experts say.
13 Jul 09
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