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Officers linked to murder KNB security service has said 5 of its officers have been arrested over the murder of opposition politician
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| Apr.8 |
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 Brazilian back on Earth from ISS| Lt Col Marcos Pontes, American Bill McArthur and Russian Valery Tokarev landed on the steppes | |
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| May.12 |
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US calls for Uzbek killings probe State Department: Uzbekistan still owes an explanation for the killing of civilians by soldiers in the city of Andijan
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| Sep.8 |
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 Missing U.S. major found An Air Force officer was found alive in Kyrgyzstan, telling people who helped her that she had been kidnapped
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| Sep.17 |
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Vinokourov takes the Tour of Spain Alexandre Vinokourov of Kazakhstan is 72 seconds ahead of Spaniard Alejandro Valverde
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  Lift off for woman space tourist| Iranian-born businesswoman, Anousheh Ansari, has blasted off on a Russian Soyuz rocket from Baikonur | | |
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| Sep.28 |
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 Space tourist in Earth touchdown  The first female space tourist, Anousheh Ansari, has landed after a journey back from the ISS
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| Nov.7 |
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Violent clashes in Kyrgyz capital Pro-government and opposition demonstrators clashed, throwing bottles, lobbing rocks
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| Nov.8 |
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Kyrgyzstan curbs president power The parliament has adopted a new constitution curbing presidential power and boosting that of legislators
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| Dec.20 |
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President Niyazov dies aged 66 The authoritarian president Saparmurat Niyazov, who ruled the country for 21 years. He died of a sudden cardiac arrest
| Niyazov became Communist Party chief of a Soviet republic in 1985 and was elected first president of independent country in 1991. In 1999 Turkmenbashi, or Leader of all Turkmens, was made president-for-life by the legislative body
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| Dec.23 |
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Turkmenistan mourns late leader | Lines of mourners have filed past the body of Saparmurat Niyazov as it lies in state in the capital, Ashgabat | |
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| Dec.27 |
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 Space telescope to hunt planets| The French-led Corot mission has taken off on a quest to monitor about 120,000 stars for tiny dips in brightness | |
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