Central Asia Weblog
Der "Central Asia Weblog" ist ein sich vornehmlich mit Zentralasien befassendes Online-Journal. Es ist eine zweisprachige Sammlung von ausgew�hlten Hintergrundartikeln und allgemeineren Informationen zu dem Aufenthalt des Autors in Kirgistan diesen Sommer.
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[Schwartz] Is/Pal - an eye for an eye shall make Israel blind
03.06.2005 14:28
The BBC Online and the has a startling report of revenge attacks by elements of the Israel Defense Forces: Two Israeli soldiers have alleged that they were ordered to carry out revenge attacks on Palestinian police after six of...
[Ben] Kaz - Banks Banks Banks
02.06.2005 21:03
OK, I better get started familiarising myself with the Kazakh banking sector due to my upcoming stint at Halyk Bank in their Almaty Headquarters. Halyk bank is the third largest bank and has "already announced plans to sell at least...
[Thinking-East] Web - ad-Dar al-Internet
02.06.2005 10:17
postCount('Demos'); | postCountTB('Demos'); ۩ Dar al-Internet, House of the Links.۩ For your web-browsing pleasure... ۞ Siberian Light's Carnival of the Revolutions index, "a sampling of how democracy is marching forwards (and sometimes backwards) in the world today." ۞ The Registan's...
[Schwartz] ﷲ - The faith of Allah
02.06.2005 10:15
Islam is ill. As someone who once very seriously considered converting to the religionI privately practiced the rituals and debated with myself for five years, nearly making the declaration of faith [shahada] on at least three separate occasionsbelieve me...
[Schwartz] א - Bukharan Jews support Karimov
02.06.2005 10:12
Mr. J. Gajendra Singh has written a massive in-depth editorial entitled, After Non-Franchised Andijan Uprising East Closes Ranks for al-Jazeera Online. His editorial covers everything from the dusty history of Uzbekistan's Soviet era to the recent intrigues of the People's...
[Ben] Az - YOX Movement Azerbaijan activists released, but were severely beaten
01.06.2005 23:34
We have informed you that on 31 May 2005 two "YOX" activists Ali Ismayilov and Saleh Shukurlu - were arrested by the people in civic uniform, when they were distributing leaflets among the schoolchildren calling upon them to say...
[Schwartz] ME - maghreb majnun fil-Anbar
01.06.2005 18:52
Two high-profile kidnappings end in spilt blood... Sheikh Muhammad al-Khaznawi (or "al-Haznawi"), a popular Syrian-Kurdish cleric, went missing three weeks ago in Damascus (May 10th). The Syrian Human Rights Committee (SHRC) condemned the abduction: [Sheikh al-Khaznawi] enjoys a wide...
[Schwartz (posting for Ben)] Kyr - Protesters Storm Kyrgyz Supreme Court
01.06.2005 18:25
VOA News: Witnesses in the Kyrgyz capital Bishkek says hundreds of people have stormed the country's Supreme Court. They say Kyrgyz security forces are on the scene after the crowd burst into the building early Wednesday to evict protesters who...
[Thinking-East] Web - Issue 3 is published!
01.06.2005 16:39
Issue 3.0 is online! Peter Biar Ajak (20, Sudan/USA) bemoans Darfur's betrayal by the world. Cklara Moradian (18, Iraq/USA) relives the extermination of her hometown, Halabja. Dr. Yair Auron discusses 1915, 1948, and definitions of genocide. xxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxx...
[Thinking-East] CA/NA - American bikes across Siberia to fight slavery
31.05.2005 20:44
From the iAbolish e-newsletter... This Saturday, May 28th, Andrej Mucic, an amateur cyclist and Home Depot employee, will embark on a journey of 7,000 miles over 100 days through Siberia, Russia. Andrej will bike through the harsh climate and abrasive...
[Ben] Web - Carnival of Revolutions
30.05.2005 17:50
Be sure to check out this week's Carnival of Revolutions over at Registan.Net. Lots of interesting stuff in it. Thinking-East will host this event in the first September week. Also, we're currently overhauling the site, the blogs, and ... everything!...
[Ben] CA - Some weekend updates
29.05.2005 14:41
Uzbekistan: Olesya started posting in the forums - pondering about Solzhenitsin's book "One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich" and its relevance to contempory Uzbekistan. A pretty simplistic article in the Turkish Weekly tries to shed light at the...
[Schwartz] ME - Memorial Day weekend updates
27.05.2005 20:29
Horatio, something is rotten in the state of Egypt... The Egyptian people have approved constitutional changes that open the way for multi-candidate presidential elections. According to official results 83% voted in favor for the changes. 54% of total registered...
[Ben] UZ - Crisis Group Andijon report
25.05.2005 18:55
The Crisis Group (name changed from International Crisis Group) has just released its report on the Andijon 'Uprising'. Probably lots of interesting stuff in the document. It is until now the most complete analysis of the events around the 13th...
[Ben] OIL - Baku-Ceyhan inaugurated
25.05.2005 18:29
UPDATE: I want to think more about the financing. See below After more than 10 years of construction, the first drop of oil from the Caspian Sea reached the Mediterranean. Wednesday's inauguration at the Sangachal oil terminal near Baku was...
