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GM Uzbekistan increases car production

JULY 18 2011 (The Conway Bulletin) – Bucking most foreign investors’ opinion that doing business in Uzbekistan is difficult, US carmaker GM’s joint venture with the Uzbek government has increased production. Russian news agency Interfax quoted the Uzbek State Statistics Committee saying production at GM Uzbekistan, in which GM owns 25%, rose by 4.2% in the first half of 2011 compared to 2010.

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(News report from Issue No. 49, published on July 20 2011)

Earthquake kills 13 in Uzbekistan

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JULY 20 2011 (The Conway Bulletin) – An earthquake struck the densely populated Ferghana Valley and killed at least 13 people, local media quoted Uzbekistan’s Emergencies Ministry as saying. The US Geological Survey said the earthquake measured 6.1 on the Richter scale and was a relatively shallow 18km below the surface.

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(News report from Issue No. 49, published on July 20 2011)

UN says cooperation can stop water war in Central Asia

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JULY 11 2011 (The Conway Bulletin) – Central Asian countries need to improve cooperation along the Amu Darya, the region’s longest river, to avoid future conflicts over water supply, the United Nations Environmental Programme said in a new report. Overuse and climate change have diminished the river which mainly irrigates Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan and Afghanistan.

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(News report from Issue No. 48, published on July 12 2011)

Uzbek president’s daughter loses libel case

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JULY 5 2011 (The Conway Bulletin) – In France, at least, it appears acceptable to describe Uzbek President Islam Karimov as a dictator. A court in France threw out a libel case brought by his youngest daughter Lola Karimova-Tillyaeva against the news website rue89.com who described her as “a dictator’s daughter”. She said this was an unfair slight. The judge said it was accurate.

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(News report from Issue No. 47, published on July 6 2011)

Oxus Gold quits AIM over Uzbek dispute

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JUNE 30 2011 (The Conway Bulletin) – Miner Oxus gold quit London’s AIM stock market after it failed to file financial results for 2010, required under the market’s rules. Formerly one of Uzbekistan’s most high profile foreign investors, Oxus Gold is locked in an increasingly acrimonious dispute with the Uzbek government over ownership of the Amantaytau gold field.

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(News report from Issue No. 47, published on July 6 2011)

UNDP warns of drought in Tajikistan and Uzbekistan

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JUNE 23 2011 (The Conway Bulletin) – Central Asia is facing a drought that will not only hit cotton and food production but also heighten tension across the region, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) said. UNDP said that Water levels are a third lower than average in important reservoirs in Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.

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(News report from Issue No. 46, published on June 28 2011)

Iran joins SCO summit in Kazakhstan

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JUNE 14 2011 (The Conway Bulletin) – Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad joined Chinese President Hu Jintao and Russian President Dmitri Medvedev as a guest at a meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) in Astana. China, Russia, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan are SCO members.

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(News report from Issue No. 44, published on June 14 2011)

Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan rank low for freedom

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JUNE 1 2011 (The Conway Bulletin) – In its annual index on civil and political liberties around the world, the US-based human rights group Freedom House ranked Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan in the bottom eight. Separately, a UN investigation said reports of torture in Turkmenistan were “numerous”.

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(News report from Issue No. 43, published on June 6 2011)

Uzbekistan and India sign deals

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MAY 18 2011 (The Conway Bulletin) – On a trip to New Delhi, Uzbek President Islam Karimov signed 34 deals with Indian PM Manmohan Singh on trade, communications, security and energy, media reported. India has heavily increased its presence in Central Asia this year, securing energy deals with Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan.

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(News report from Issue No. 41, published on May 24 2011)

Uzbek president’s daughter sues website

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MAY 19 2011 (The Conway Bulletin) -Lola Karimova-Tillyaeva, youngest daughter of Uzbek President Islam Karimov, began libel action against the French news website Rue89 for calling her the “daughter of a dictator”. Human rights groups welcomed the law suit as an opportunity to highlight the Uzbek regime which they accuse of killings and torture.

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(News report from Issue No. 41, published on May 24 2011)