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<description><![CDATA[A court in Kyrgyzstan on Friday found three nationalist opposition lawmakers guilty of attempting to violently overthrow the government, but sentenced them to relatively short prison terms.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Leila Saralayeva]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Leila Saralayeva]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/29/17518974-3-opposition-lawmakers-in-kyrgyzstan-found-guilty</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/29/17518974-3-opposition-lawmakers-in-kyrgyzstan-found-guilty</guid><category>opposition</category><category>kyrgyzstan</category><category>world-news</category><category>as</category><pubDate>Fri, 29 Mar 2013 18:05:46 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>39 conscripted troops desert post in Kyrgyzstan</title>
<description><![CDATA[Police in Kyrgyzstan say 39 military conscripts have abandoned their post, reportedly over a disagreement with commanding officers.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/04/16839122-39-conscripted-troops-desert-post-in-kyrgyzstan</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/04/16839122-39-conscripted-troops-desert-post-in-kyrgyzstan</guid><category>kyrgyzstan</category><category>world-news</category><category>as</category><category>desertion</category><pubDate>Mon, 4 Feb 2013 16:49:46 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>For 5 years, US families pursue Kyrgyz adoptions</title>
<description><![CDATA[The boy, named Vladimir, is 5 1/2 years old, struggles at learning to count and draw, and lives in an orphanage in Kyrgyzstan. His would-be parents in New York have had just five brief visits since they signed on to adopt him in 2008, yet they refuse to abandon the quest.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[David Crary]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[David Crary]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/01/16804529-for-5-years-us-families-pursue-kyrgyz-adoptions</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/01/16804529-for-5-years-us-families-pursue-kyrgyz-adoptions</guid><category>us</category><category>new-york</category><category>kyrgyzstan</category><category>adoption</category><category>limbo</category><category>us-news</category><pubDate>Fri, 1 Feb 2013 11:02:43 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=8ea14a89-3f8d-4341-88fd-cf1ab69bea6f.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=8ea14a89-3f8d-4341-88fd-cf1ab69bea6f.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this Jan. 30, 2013 photo, Drew and Frances Pardus-Abbadessa play with their son Pavol, 1, at their apartment in New York, where they hope another son, from Kyrgyzstan, will one day  join them.  The Pardus-Abbadessa family were among a group initially known as the &quot;Kyrgyz 65&quot; - Americans who were in the process of adopting 65 orphans from the Central Asian republic when it suspended international adoptions in 2008 due to allegations of fraud. Some of the children were placed in domestic adoptions, and last summer nine of the remaining children finally were allowed to go to America. The Pardus-Abbadessas are now among 16 U.S. families still waiting, five years later. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=283ce8ec-04cf-47d8-9d92-532dbe9ee398.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=283ce8ec-04cf-47d8-9d92-532dbe9ee398.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this Jan. 30, 2013 photo, Drew and Frances Pardus-Abbadessa play with their son Pavol, 1, at their apartment in New York, where they hope another son, from Kyrgyzstan, will one day  join them.  The Pardus-Abbadessa family were among a group initially known as the &quot;Kyrgyz 65&quot; - Americans who were in the process of adopting 65 orphans from the Central Asian republic when it suspended international adoptions in 2008 due to allegations of fraud. Some of the children were placed in domestic adoptions, and last summer nine of the remaining children finally were allowed to go to America. The Pardus-Abbadessas are now among 16 U.S. families still waiting, five years later. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=fb159768-2086-4c7c-abab-e72c56a22c2b.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="254" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=fb159768-2086-4c7c-abab-e72c56a22c2b.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="76" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this Jan. 30, 2013 photo, Drew and Frances Pardus-Abbadessa pose for a picture in the nursery originally intended for their would-be adopted son, at their apartment in New York.  The boy's Russian name is Vladimir,  but they hope one day to be able to name him Franco Michael , the name still displayed on the wall. The Pardus-Abbadessa family were among a group initially known as the &quot;Kyrgyz 65&quot; - Americans who were in the process of adopting 65 orphans from the Central Asian republic when it suspended international adoptions in 2008 due to allegations of fraud.  Some of the children were placed in domestic adoptions, and last summer nine of the remaining children finally were allowed to go to America. The Pardus-Abbadessas are now among 16 U.S. families still waiting, five years later. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=a10b51c2-9091-42a5-a6a7-cc53551beaf5.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="266" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=a10b51c2-9091-42a5-a6a7-cc53551beaf5.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this Jan. 30, 2013 photo, Drew and Frances Pardus-Abbadessa hug their son, Pavol, 1, in the nursery originally intended for a child they have been trying to adopt for five years, at their apartment in New York.  The boy's Russian name is Vladimir,  but they hope one day to be able to name him Franco Michael ,  the name still displayed on the wall. The Pardus-Abbadessa family were among a group initially known as the &quot;Kyrgyz 65&quot; - Americans who were in the process of adopting 65 orphans from the Central Asian republic when it suspended international adoptions in 2008 due to allegations of fraud.  Some of the children were placed in domestic adoptions, and last summer nine of the remaining children finally were allowed to go to America. The Pardus-Abbadessas are now among 16 U.S. families still waiting. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=e318799b-ec44-4422-bd07-c07649f2b398.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="283" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=e318799b-ec44-4422-bd07-c07649f2b398.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="85" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this Jan. 30, 2013 photo, Drew and Frances Pardus-Abbadessa pose for a picture with their son, Pavol, 1, in the nursery originally intended for a child they have been trying to adopt for five years, at their apartment in New York.  The boy's Russian name is Vladimir,  but they hope one day to be able to name him Franco Michael ,  the name still displayed on the wall. The Pardus-Abbadessa family were among a group initially known as the &quot;Kyrgyz 65&quot; - Americans who were in the process of adopting 65 orphans from the Central Asian republic when it suspended international adoptions in 2008 due to allegations of fraud.  Some of the children were placed in domestic adoptions, and last summer nine of the remaining children finally were allowed to go to America. The Pardus-Abbadessas are now among 16 U.S. families still waiting. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=e0886a36-79d9-4792-bd1c-b7f3f0d307af.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=e0886a36-79d9-4792-bd1c-b7f3f0d307af.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this Jan. 30, 2013 photo, Drew and Frances Pardus-Abbadessa play with their son, Pavol, 1, in the nursery originally intended for a child they have been trying to adopt for five years, at their apartment in New York.  The boy's Russian name is Vladimir,  but they hope one day to be able to name him Franco Michael ,  the name still displayed on the wall. The Pardus-Abbadessa family were among a group initially known as the &quot;Kyrgyz 65&quot; - Americans who were in the process of adopting 65 orphans from the Central Asian republic when it suspended international adoptions in 2008 due to allegations of fraud.  Some of the children were placed in domestic adoptions, and last summer nine of the remaining children finally were allowed to go to America. The Pardus-Abbadessas are now among 16 U.S. families still waiting. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=b2f9ca1a-b104-4285-b88a-46753147e1c3.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="322" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=b2f9ca1a-b104-4285-b88a-46753147e1c3.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="97" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this October 2012 photo provided by the Fenske family, Keven and Shannon Fenske are surrounded by their four adopted children at their home in Reeseville, Wis. From left are Bamlak, 5, adopted from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, in 2012; Marissa, 3, adopted from New Orleans in 2009; Hiwot, 5, adopted from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, in 2012; and Esen, 6  adopted from Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, in 2007. But the Fenskes won't rest until they succeeded in adopting Kamila, in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, whom the Fenskes have been trying to adopt for five years, since she was an infant. (AP Photo/the Fenske family, Janiece Pritchard)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=3834525b-7cf8-46b9-97d8-aa1f67d721be.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="315" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=3834525b-7cf8-46b9-97d8-aa1f67d721be.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="95" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this July 22 2012 photo provided by Ann Bates, she holds her newly adopted daughter Krystina as they leave the orphanage in Kyrgyzstan where Krystina spent her first five years. Bates remains in touch with the 16 other U.S. families still waiting for their adoptions to go through. (AP Photo/courtesy of Ann Bates, Karla Kahler)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ffe1ab36-9a0b-4c7c-bee0-3479262ea5dc.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="303" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ffe1ab36-9a0b-4c7c-bee0-3479262ea5dc.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="91" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this2012 photo provided by Ann Bates, she holds her newly adopted daughter Krystina at their home in Blandon, Pa., on Krystina's first day of school in a modified kindergarten program developed specifically for her by her school district.  Krystina spent her first five years in an orphanage in Kyrgyzstan before Bates adopted her in July 2012. Bates remains in touch with the 16 other U.S. families still waiting for their adoptions to go through. (AP Photo/Patrick Flemming)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=737a8a46-1c1e-4376-a5dd-8bd2f0258245.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="340" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=737a8a46-1c1e-4376-a5dd-8bd2f0258245.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="102" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this June 17, 2012 photo provided by the Fenske family, Kevin Fenske, center, walks with his son Esen, 6, left, who was adopted from Kyrgyzstan in 2007, and Kamilia, right, whom the Fenskes have been trying to adopt since she was an infant, during a visit to Kamilia in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. The Fenskes have four other adopted children, but even with a bustling household, there's no thought about dropping the quest to adopt Kamila, whom they've visited only this one time. &quot;She's our daughter - it's that simple,&quot; Shannon Fenske said. &quot;We promised her a family. We will not stop fighting for her until she's here, where we feel she belongs.&quot; (AP Photo/the Fenske family, Shannon Fenske)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=7375fb2b-3e89-43bd-99d1-cf88e0b5333b.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="348" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=7375fb2b-3e89-43bd-99d1-cf88e0b5333b.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="177" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this July 2012 photo provided by the Pardus-Abbadessa family, Drew Pardus-Abbadessa hugs the boy he and his wife Frances hope to adopt from an orphanage in Kyrgyzstan, during a visit to the boy's orphanage.  They have been persisting in their efforts to adopt the boy, whose Russian name is Vladimir, since he was a baby but have had just five brief visits with him  since they signed on to adopt him in 2008. (AP Photo/Frances Pardus-Abbadessa)                  &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=82b27233-ec3c-4c5a-94c5-67102caf503b.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="265" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=82b27233-ec3c-4c5a-94c5-67102caf503b.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Kyrgyz orphans play in an orphanage in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, Thursday, Jan. 31, 2013. Americans were in process of adopting 65 orphans from Kyrgyzstan when it suspended international adoptions in 2008 due to allegations of fraud. Some of the Americans gave up, some of the children were placed in domestic adoptions, and last summer nine of the remaining children finally were allowed to go to America. There are now 16 U.S. families still waiting, five year later. (AP Photo/Abylay Saralayev)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=5663f068-e73f-42ec-b557-270a0b730e7b.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="268" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=5663f068-e73f-42ec-b557-270a0b730e7b.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="81" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Kyrgyz orphans look on in an orphanage in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, Thursday, Jan. 31, 2013. Americans were in process of adopting 65 orphans from Kyrgyzstan when it suspended international adoptions in 2008 due to allegations of fraud. Some of the Americans gave up, some of the children were placed in domestic adoptions, and last summer nine of the remaining children finally were allowed to go to America. There are now 16 U.S. families still waiting, five year later. (AP Photo/Abylay Saralayev)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=67a12a46-a40a-4417-823e-27d37f27829a.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="254" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=67a12a46-a40a-4417-823e-27d37f27829a.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="77" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Kyrgyz orphans are in bed in an orphanage in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, Thursday, Jan. 31, 2013. Americans were in process of adopting 65 orphans from Kyrgyzstan when it suspended international adoptions in 2008 due to allegations of fraud. Some of the Americans gave up, some of the children were placed in domestic adoptions, and last summer nine of the remaining children finally were allowed to go to America. There are now 16 U.S. families still waiting, five year later. (AP Photo/Abylay Saralayev)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Kyrgyzstan stiffens penalty for bride-kidnapping</title>
<description><![CDATA[The president of Kyrgyzstan has approved legislation toughening the penalty for the broadly practiced custom of bride-kidnapping.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/26/16711269-kyrgyzstan-stiffens-penalty-for-bride-kidnapping</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/26/16711269-kyrgyzstan-stiffens-penalty-for-bride-kidnapping</guid><category>kyrgyzstan</category><category>kidnapping</category><category>world-news</category><category>as</category><category>bride-kidnapping</category><pubDate>Sat, 26 Jan 2013 13:45:59 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Nationalist Kyrgyz leader accused of coup bid</title>
<description><![CDATA[Supporters of a firebrand nationalist leader rallied Thursday outside a courthouse in Kyrgyzstan where he is on trial accused of leading an attempted coup.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Leila Saralayeva]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Leila Saralayeva]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/10/16442947-nationalist-kyrgyz-leader-accused-of-coup-bid</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/10/16442947-nationalist-kyrgyz-leader-accused-of-coup-bid</guid><category>trial</category><category>kyrgyzstan</category><category>world-news</category><category>as</category><category>nationalist</category><pubDate>Thu, 10 Jan 2013 08:10:29 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Clash on Kyrgyz-Uzbek border wounds at least 3</title>
<description><![CDATA[A clash on the border between Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan has resulted in injuries on both sides and raised fears of further unrest in the Ferghana Valley of Central Asia.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Leila Saralayeva]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Leila Saralayeva]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/07/16395515-clash-on-kyrgyz-uzbek-border-wounds-at-least-3</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/07/16395515-clash-on-kyrgyz-uzbek-border-wounds-at-least-3</guid><category>central-asia</category><category>kyrgyzstan</category><category>world-news</category><category>as</category><category>clash</category><category>border-clash</category><category>ferghana-valley</category><pubDate>Mon, 7 Jan 2013 16:20:47 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Russia's Gazprom to buy Kyrgyz state gas company</title>
<description><![CDATA[Kyrgyzstan's state-owned natural gas company says it is to be sold to Russia's energy monopoly Gazprom, raising hopes of an end to debilitating energy shortages in the impoverished Central Asian nation.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/21/16066247-russias-gazprom-to-buy-kyrgyz-state-gas-company</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/21/16066247-russias-gazprom-to-buy-kyrgyz-state-gas-company</guid><category>kyrgyzstan</category><category>world-news</category><category>as</category><category>company</category><category>central-asian</category><category>gas-company</category><pubDate>Fri, 21 Dec 2012 13:44:11 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Security dominates EU talks in Central Asia</title>
<description><![CDATA[Security issues dominated talks between the European Union's top envoy and Central Asian diplomats Tuesday as the looming withdrawal of the international military coalition from Afghanistan raises the specter of regional instability.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Leonard]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Peter Leonard]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/27/15481875-security-dominates-eu-talks-in-central-asia</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/27/15481875-security-dominates-eu-talks-in-central-asia</guid><category>eu</category><category>kyrgyzstan</category><category>european-union</category><category>world-news</category><category>as</category><category>central-asian</category><category>envoy</category><pubDate>Tue, 27 Nov 2012 13:38:21 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=fc0d5980-78ab-412f-8240-2b82045be5ad.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="254" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=fc0d5980-78ab-412f-8240-2b82045be5ad.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="77" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;European Union Foreign Policy Chief Catherine Ashton speaks at a news conference in Tbilisi, Georgia, Monday, Nov. 26, 2012. (AP Photo/Shakh Aivazov)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>News Summary: Centerra ups estimate of gold field</title>
<description><![CDATA[PAVED: The Centerra Gold mining company said that reserves at the major gold field it is developing in Kyrgyzstan are 58 percent larger than previously believed.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/08/15009516-news-summary-centerra-ups-estimate-of-gold-field</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/08/15009516-news-summary-centerra-ups-estimate-of-gold-field</guid><category>business</category><category>gold</category><category>kyrgyzstan</category><category>mine</category><category>world-news</category><category>as</category><category>centerra-gold</category><pubDate>Thu, 8 Nov 2012 05:05:59 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Kyrgyz ex-president's son arrested in London</title>
<description><![CDATA[The fugitive son of Kyrgyzstan's deposed president has been arrested by police in London on a U.S. extradition warrant on suspicion of fraud, British and Kyrgyz authorities said Saturday.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Leila Saralayeva]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Leila Saralayeva]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/13/14411910-kyrgyz-ex-presidents-son-arrested-in-london</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/13/14411910-kyrgyz-ex-presidents-son-arrested-in-london</guid><category>ex</category><category>president</category><category>son</category><category>kyrgyzstan</category><category>world-news</category><category>as</category><pubDate>Sat, 13 Oct 2012 10:03:05 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=310f74e7-eb26-4f29-bb37-1a8a4ba1b451.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="293" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=310f74e7-eb26-4f29-bb37-1a8a4ba1b451.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="88" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this file photo dated Nov. 6, 2009, Maksim Bakiyev, son of deposed Kyrgyz president Kurmanbek Bakiyev, is in the Kyrgyz capital Bishkek. The fugitive son of Kyrgyzstan's deposed president has been arrested by police in London on a U.S. extradition warrant on suspicion of fraud, British and Kyrgyz authorities said Saturday Oct. 12, 2012. (AP Photo/Sultan Dosaliyev, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Kyrgyz politician charged with seeking power grab</title>
<description><![CDATA[Prosecutors charged a firebrand nationalist politician Friday with whipping up public disturbances in the capital in an attempt to violently seize power in the turbulent Central Asian nation of Kyrgyzstan.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Leila Saralayeva]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Leila Saralayeva]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/05/14243501-kyrgyz-politician-charged-with-seeking-power-grab</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/05/14243501-kyrgyz-politician-charged-with-seeking-power-grab</guid><category>kyrgyzstan</category><category>world-news</category><category>as</category><category>central-asian</category><category>attempt</category><category>coup</category><category>coup-attempt</category><pubDate>Fri, 5 Oct 2012 15:06:40 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Rioters attack government buildings in Kyrgyzstan</title>
<description><![CDATA[Protesters clashed with police and tried to break into a building housing the parliament and government offices in Kyrgyzstan's capital Wednesday during a rally to demand the resignation of the prime minister and other top officials.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Leila Saralayeva]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Leila Saralayeva]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/03/14204864-rioters-attack-government-buildings-in-kyrgyzstan</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/03/14204864-rioters-attack-government-buildings-in-kyrgyzstan</guid><category>kyrgyzstan</category><category>clashes</category><category>world-news</category><category>as</category><pubDate>Wed, 3 Oct 2012 20:17:19 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=c5156ca6-a99d-41cb-a774-62531a408416.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="290" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=c5156ca6-a99d-41cb-a774-62531a408416.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="87" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Guards protecting government headquarters, detain Kamchibek Tashiyev, center, surrounded by supporters, after he scaled over a fence surrounding government headquarters in downtown Bishkek, Kyrgyz capital on Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2012. Around 1,000 people gathered in the center of the city for a rally, organized by nationalist politicians Sapar Zhaparov and Kamchibek Tashiyev, ostensibly to demand the nationalization of a controversial gold mine in the east of the Central Asian nation. Police officers protecting the government building, known as the White House, used dogs and smoke bombs to disperse a group of young men who attempted to scale the gates.  (AP Photo/ Abylay Saralayev)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=5c1f21c3-c9b1-4bf6-9e43-56e4a33136d8.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="339" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=5c1f21c3-c9b1-4bf6-9e43-56e4a33136d8.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="181" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Supporters of Kamchibek Tashiyev scale over a fence surrounding government headquarters in downtown Bishkek, Kyrgyz capital on Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2012. Around 1,000 people gathered in the center of the city for a rally, organized by nationalist politicians Sapar Zhaparov and Kamchibek Tashiyev, ostensibly to demand the nationalization of a controversial gold mine in the east of the Central Asian nation. Police officers protecting the government building, known as the White House, used dogs and smoke bombs to disperse a group of young men who attempted to scale the gates.  (AP Photo/ Abylay Saralayev)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=7a428314-edfc-4915-8d7b-a052ba0ae749.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="276" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=7a428314-edfc-4915-8d7b-a052ba0ae749.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="83" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Kamchibek Tashiyev, center, surrounded by supporters, walks along a fence surrounding government headquarters in downtown Bishkek, Kyrgyz capital on Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2012. Around 1,000 people gathered in the center of the city for a rally, organized by nationalist politicians Sapar Zhaparov and Kamchibek Tashiyev, ostensibly to demand the nationalization of a controversial gold mine in the east of the Central Asian nation. Police officers protecting the government building, known as the White House, used dogs and smoke bombs to disperse a group of young men who attempted to scale the gates.  (AP Photo/ Abylay Saralayev)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=cc9a73b4-3f71-4d92-8294-e231d0970d10.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="262" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=cc9a73b4-3f71-4d92-8294-e231d0970d10.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="79" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Police officers use tear gas trying to stop protesters in downtown Bishkek, Kyrgyz capital on Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2012. Around 1,000 people gathered in the center of the city for a rally, organized by nationalist politicians Sapar Zhaparov and Kamchibek Tashiyev, ostensibly to demand the nationalization of a controversial gold mine in the east of the Central Asian nation. Police officers protecting the government building, known as the White House, used dogs and smoke bombs to disperse a group of young men who attempted to scale the gates.  (AP Photo/ Vladimir Voronin)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=dd3446b0-4bb0-410b-a62c-2f45cd2d2185.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="275" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=dd3446b0-4bb0-410b-a62c-2f45cd2d2185.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="83" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Police officers secure government headquarters in downtown Bishkek, Kyrgyz capital on Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2012. Around 1,000 people gathered in the center of the city for a rally, organized by nationalist politicians Sapar Zhaparov and Kamchibek Tashiyev, ostensibly to demand the nationalization of a controversial gold mine in the east of the Central Asian nation. Police officers protecting the government building, known as the White House, used dogs and smoke bombs to disperse a group of young men who attempted to scale the gates.  (AP Photo/ Vladimir Voronin)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=6e2f6ea5-469b-4821-8a47-6a945bb4a0d8.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="292" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=6e2f6ea5-469b-4821-8a47-6a945bb4a0d8.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="88" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Police officers detain protesters in downtown Bishkek, Kyrgyz capital on Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2012. Around 1,000 people gathered in the center of the city for a rally, organized by nationalist politicians Sapar Zhaparov and Kamchibek Tashiyev, ostensibly to demand the nationalization of a controversial gold mine in the east of the Central Asian nation. Police officers protecting the government building, known as the White House, used dogs and smoke bombs to disperse a group of young men who attempted to scale the gates.  (AP Photo/ Vladimir Voronin)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=717b032a-b1f9-4706-8e72-6c81a317b163.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="274" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=717b032a-b1f9-4706-8e72-6c81a317b163.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="83" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Kamchibek Tashiyev uses a loud speaker as he adresses a crowd in downtown Bishkek, Kyrgyz capital on Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2012. Around 1,000 people gathered in the center of the city for a rally, organized by nationalist politicians Sapar Zhaparov and Kamchibek Tashiyev, ostensibly to demand the nationalization of a controversial gold mine in the east of the Central Asian nation. Police officers protecting the government building, known as the White House, used dogs and smoke bombs to disperse a group of young men who attempted to scale the gates.  (AP Photo/ Vladimir Voronin)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=72e477d5-591e-404d-ad96-6bc4caec076d.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="272" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=72e477d5-591e-404d-ad96-6bc4caec076d.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="82" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Police officers try to stop a truck carrying protesters in downtown Bishkek, Kyrgyz capital on Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2012. Around 1,000 people gathered in the center of the city for a rally, organized by nationalist politicians Sapar Zhaparov and Kamchibek Tashiyev, ostensibly to demand the nationalization of a controversial gold mine in the east of the Central Asian nation. Police officers protecting the government building, known as the White House, used dogs and smoke bombs to disperse a group of young men who attempted to scale the gates.  (AP Photo/ Vladimir Voronin)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=a2f6e0ab-bf72-44d1-bf92-cb65e8e0b895.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="266" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=a2f6e0ab-bf72-44d1-bf92-cb65e8e0b895.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Police officers use tear gas trying to stop protesters in downtown Bishkek, Kyrgyz capital on Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2012. Around 1,000 people gathered in the center of the city for a rally, organized by nationalist politicians Sapar Zhaparov and Kamchibek Tashiyev, ostensibly to demand the nationalization of a controversial gold mine in the east of the Central Asian nation. Police officers protecting the government building, known as the White House, used dogs and smoke bombs to disperse a group of young men who attempted to scale the gates.  (AP Photo/ Vladimir Voronin)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Leading Kyrgyzstan nationalist accused of fraud</title>
<description><![CDATA[Prosecutors in Kyrgyzstan say they are filing criminal charges against the leader of an opposition faction in parliament on suspicion of fraud.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/17/13912640-leading-kyrgyzstan-nationalist-accused-of-fraud</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/17/13912640-leading-kyrgyzstan-nationalist-accused-of-fraud</guid><category>opposition</category><category>kyrgyzstan</category><category>world-news</category><category>as</category><pubDate>Mon, 17 Sep 2012 11:22:00 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Kyrgyzstan's governing coalition collapses</title>
<description><![CDATA[The chairman of Kyrgyzstan's fragile ruling coalition says it has collapsed after a major defection from the four-party pact.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/22/13411854-kyrgyzstans-governing-coalition-collapses</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/22/13411854-kyrgyzstans-governing-coalition-collapses</guid><category>collapse</category><category>kyrgyzstan</category><category>coalition</category><category>world-news</category><category>as</category><pubDate>Wed, 22 Aug 2012 11:22:32 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Clinton to Reporter Asking About Her Clothes: 'Would You Ever Ask a Man that Question?'</title>
<description><![CDATA[
So you have the U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton sitting next to you, and you have a microphone, and she&rsquo;s speaking to the young people of Kyrgyzstan, and you can ask her questions, and you go with It&rsquo;s Oscar de la Renta, right? I can tell. It&rsquo;s totally&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ms CYPRAH]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Ms CYPRAH]]></source><link>http://mscyprah.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/14/13283009-clinton-to-reporter-asking-about-her-clothes-would-you-ever-ask-a-man-that-question</link><guid>http://mscyprah.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/14/13283009-clinton-to-reporter-asking-about-her-clothes-would-you-ever-ask-a-man-that-question</guid><category>fashion</category><category>kyrgyzstan</category><category>colin-powell</category><category>condoleezza-rice</category><category>nancy-pelosi</category><category>designers</category><category>moderator</category><category>wardrobe</category><category>oscar-de-la-renta</category><category>sex-and-power</category><category>u-s-secretary-hillary-clinton</category><pubDate>Tue, 14 Aug 2012 22:15:00 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Kyrgyz Parliament votes to revise mine license</title>
<description><![CDATA[Kyrgyzstan's parliament backed a motion Wednesday to review the operating license of a company developing a major gold mine that accounts for 12 percent of the Central Asian nation's economy.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Leila Saralayeva]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Leila Saralayeva]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/26/12436489-kyrgyz-parliament-votes-to-revise-mine-license</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/26/12436489-kyrgyz-parliament-votes-to-revise-mine-license</guid><category>kyrgyzstan</category><category>mine</category><category>world-news</category><category>as</category><category>central-asian</category><category>gold-mine</category><pubDate>Wed, 27 Jun 2012 00:29:11 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Kyrgyz capital's ex-mayor charged with corruption</title>
<description><![CDATA[A court in Kyrgyzstan has brought charges of corruption against the capital city's former mayor and ordered he be kept in custody for two months.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/25/12399646-kyrgyz-capitals-ex-mayor-charged-with-corruption</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/25/12399646-kyrgyz-capitals-ex-mayor-charged-with-corruption</guid><category>corruption</category><category>kyrgyzstan</category><category>world-news</category><category>as</category><pubDate>Mon, 25 Jun 2012 15:38:27 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Central Asia: Closed-Door Talks Underway to Leave Pentagon Goodies Behind. June 15, 2012 - 1:06pm</title>
<description><![CDATA[
A leading Russian newspaper is reporting that the Pentagon is in talks with three Central Asian states &ndash; Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan &ndash; concerning the transfer of military equipment currently being used by American forces in Afghanistan.
The prospect of th&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Larry H-189743]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Larry H-189743]]></source><link>http://larryh.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/19/12305671-central-asia-closed-door-talks-underway-to-leave-pentagon-goodies-behind-june-15-2012-106pm</link><guid>http://larryh.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/19/12305671-central-asia-closed-door-talks-underway-to-leave-pentagon-goodies-behind-june-15-2012-106pm</guid><category>uzbekistan</category><category>afghanistan</category><category>central-asia</category><category>pentagon</category><category>transfer</category><category>tajikistan</category><category>kyrgyzstan</category><category>world-news</category><category>islam-karimov</category><category>bishkek</category><category>tashkent</category><category>leon-panetta</category><category>collective-security-treaty-organization</category><category>military-equipment</category><category>ndn</category><category>northern-distribution-network</category><pubDate>Wed, 20 Jun 2012 00:14:39 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Kyrgyz says fate of US base not only about money</title>
<description><![CDATA[The president of Kyrgyzstan says keeping the U.S. air base in his country beyond June 2014 depends on how developments in Afghanistan affect regional stability as well as increases in rental payments.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/03/11514604-kyrgyz-says-fate-of-us-base-not-only-about-money</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/03/11514604-kyrgyz-says-fate-of-us-base-not-only-about-money</guid><category>us</category><category>base</category><category>kyrgyzstan</category><category>world-news</category><category>as</category><pubDate>Thu, 3 May 2012 07:22:49 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Kyrgyzstan's eternal flame snuffed out</title>
<description><![CDATA[When is an "Eternal Flame" not eternal? In Kyrgyzstan, it's when you don't pay the gas bill.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/25/11386467-kyrgyzstans-eternal-flame-snuffed-out</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/25/11386467-kyrgyzstans-eternal-flame-snuffed-out</guid><category>kyrgyzstan</category><category>odd-news</category><category>world-news</category><category>as</category><category>flame</category><category>eternal-flame</category><pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 10:18:58 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>U.N. Agency: Serious Pesticide Threat in Former Soviet Union — Naharnet</title>
<description><![CDATA[
The EU and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) will spend seven million euros ($9.1 million) over the next four years to help contain the risks in 12 countries in the region, spanning Russia, the Caucasus and Central Asia.
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[GMO Journal]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[GMO Journal]]></source><link>http://gmo-journal.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/17/11243615-un-agency-serious-pesticide-threat-in-former-soviet-union-naharnet</link><guid>http://gmo-journal.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/17/11243615-un-agency-serious-pesticide-threat-in-former-soviet-union-naharnet</guid><category>entertainment</category><category>uzbekistan</category><category>russia</category><category>kazakhstan</category><category>georgia</category><category>ukraine</category><category>azerbaijan</category><category>tajikistan</category><category>armenia</category><category>kyrgyzstan</category><category>soviet-union</category><category>turkmenistan</category><category>belarus</category><category>pesticides</category><category>moldova</category><pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2012 11:03:05 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Kyrgyz new anti-graft police take test on live TV</title>
<description><![CDATA[Authorities in Kyrgyzstan began testing members of the new anti-corruption agency on live television Monday in a bid to display an unusual level of transparency in this corruption-riddled Central Asian nation.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Leila Saralayeva]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Leila Saralayeva]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/09/11096405-kyrgyz-new-anti-graft-police-take-test-on-live-tv</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/09/11096405-kyrgyz-new-anti-graft-police-take-test-on-live-tv</guid><category>police</category><category>corruption</category><category>kyrgyzstan</category><category>world-news</category><category>as</category><category>central-asian</category><pubDate>Mon, 9 Apr 2012 10:26:16 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Kyrgyzstan to reopen case of murdered journalist</title>
<description><![CDATA[Kyrgyzstan's highest court has overturned a murder conviction in the case of a prominent journalist who was shot in the turbulent former Soviet nation in 2007, and ordered a new investigation in the killing.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/08/11098362-kyrgyzstan-to-reopen-case-of-murdered-journalist</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/08/11098362-kyrgyzstan-to-reopen-case-of-murdered-journalist</guid><category>journalist</category><category>kyrgyzstan</category><category>world-news</category><category>as</category><category>murdered</category><pubDate>Mon, 9 Apr 2012 00:48:19 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Panetta seeks to boost support for Kyrgyzstan base</title>
<description><![CDATA[U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta met with Kyrgyzstan's leaders to stress that America needs the continued use of the U.S. air base there beyond the end of its contract in 2014, largely as a transit center to bring troops home from Afghanistan.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lolita C. Baldor]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Lolita C. Baldor]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/13/10665121-panetta-seeks-to-boost-support-for-kyrgyzstan-base</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/13/10665121-panetta-seeks-to-boost-support-for-kyrgyzstan-base</guid><category>us</category><category>base</category><category>kyrgyzstan</category><category>world-news</category><category>as</category><category>air-base</category><category>leon-panetta</category><pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2012 10:02:24 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/652c3214-b178-49de-b74e-de8fa5fdc650.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/652c3214-b178-49de-b74e-de8fa5fdc650.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta prepares to depart for a trip to Central Asia on March 12, 2012, at Andrews Air Force Base, Md. Panetta spoke to reporter on the flight regarding the American soldier who is accused of killing 16 Afghan civilians, most of them children, and then burning many of the bodies, on Sunday in southern Kandahar province.  (AP Photo/Scott Olson, Pool)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/27433c68-86e0-4a70-971b-8be904c0d10d.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/27433c68-86e0-4a70-971b-8be904c0d10d.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta fields questions from the media on a flight to Kyrgystan, March 12, 2012, regarding the American soldier who is accused of killing 16 Afghan civilians, most of them children, and then burning many of the bodies, on Sunday in southern Kandahar province.  (AP Photo/Scott Olson, Pool)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Kyrgyz Religious Hatred Trial Throws Spotlight On Ancient Creed</title>
<description><![CDATA[
A prominent activist in a spiritual movement that predates Islam has gone on trial in Kyrgyzstan charged with inciting religious and ethnic hatred.
The charges were brought against Kubanychbek Tezekbaev by the National Security Committee in December after Kyrgyzstan's state Re&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Sautter]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Michael Sautter]]></source><link>http://michaelsautter.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/02/10302978-kyrgyz-religious-hatred-trial-throws-spotlight-on-ancient-creed</link><guid>http://michaelsautter.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/02/10302978-kyrgyz-religious-hatred-trial-throws-spotlight-on-ancient-creed</guid><category>asia</category><category>central-asia</category><category>religion</category><category>kyrgyzstan</category><category>islam</category><category>pagan</category><category>paganism</category><category>tengrism</category><pubDate>Thu, 2 Feb 2012 20:59:57 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item></channel></rss>