Uzbek leader scorns &quot;revolutions&quot; in election
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democracy. Critics say it is a travesty of free choice in a country where thousands of dissidents are in jail and human rights abuses are said to.
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Tashkent. (Interfax) - Uzbek President Islam Karimov said his country appreciates the opinion of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe.
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Abkhazia's outgoing president on Tuesday denounced the election of his successor, warning that it could cost the breakaway republic its self-declared independence from Georgia.
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Kazak politicians and opposition activists alike are nervously watching preparations for elections in neighbouring Kyrgyzstan, looking for any sign of the sort of bloodless revolutions that have recently swept ...
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The commander of U.S. forces in Central Asia met with Uzbek President Islam Karimov on Thursday, the first visit by a high-level U.S. military officer since the authoritarian leader evicted American troops amid Western criticism of a bloody government crackdown.
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Britain's suspended ambassador to Uzbekistan described human rights abuse in the Central Asian state as &quot;brutal&quot;, and argued that his outspoken criticism of it had embarrassed London and cost him his job, in an interview published.
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GROZNY, Russia  - Chechnya's new leader vowed on  Monday to rebuild the shattered region and crush extremists,  after winning an election condemned by rights groups as a  stage-managed show and by Washington as seriously flawed.
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Opposition leaders alleged Friday that Georgia's local and regional elections were riddled with fraud, but international monitors said the balloting was conducted "with general respect for fundamental freedoms."
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Polls have closed in Uzbekistan&#39;s parliamentary elections, with officials announcing a turnout of more than 70%. State TV carried glowing accounts of the day.
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Uzbekistan voted on Sunday in a election that featured only parties loyal to autocratic President Islam Karimov, who said he would not tolerate &quot;revolutions&quot; such as those in Ukraine and Georgia.
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Georgia's opposition gears up for mass street protests, accusing the authorities of rigging presidential elections.
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Uzbekistan's parliamentary election on  Sunday fell significantly short of international standards  because it involved only parties loyal to President Islam  Karimov, Europe's main human rights body said on Monday.
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Uzbek voters prepare to cast ballots in a parliamentary poll from which opponents to President Karimov are barred.
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Chechnya&#39;s new leader vowed on Monday to rebuild the shattered region and crush extremists, after winning an election condemned by rights groups as a stage-managed show and by Washington as seriously flawed.
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The Uzbek government says it has begun official preparations for presidential elections in late December.
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MOSCOW : Russian President Vladimir Putin hit out at the West&#39;s &quot;double-standards&quot; amid a Cold-War-style dispute over Ukrainian elections, accusing it of fomenting &quot;permanent revolutions&quot; in Moscow&#39;s backyard.
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President Islam Karimov, the former communist boss who has ruled this former Soviet nation since independence, seems certain of winning re-election Sunday in a ballot his foes say will be little more than political theater.