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Kyrgyz prisoners sow their mouths shut
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[Telegraph.co.uk] - By James Kilner, Almaty Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty reported that the prisoners resorted to sewing up each others' mouths after staff tried to break a week-long hunger strike by force feeding them. Prisoners across Kyrgyzstan's jails had been on a
Tajik police arrest anti-narcotics officials on drug smuggling allegations
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[Telegraph.co.uk] - By James Kilner, Almaty Among those detained were the head of the southern region's anti-drug smuggling department, the head of the Interior Ministry's anti-narcotics department and an officer working for the anti-narcotics department in Dushanbe
Ex-Soviet Kyrgyzstan aims to become premier cycling destination
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[Telegraph.co.uk] - By James Kilner, Almaty Rugged and remote, Kyrgyzstan already attracts adventure seeking cyclists but the aim of the asphalt path around Lake Issyk-Kul, which is ringed by the soaring Tien Shan mountains, is to lure to Central Asia the cyclist who
Scientists snap rare photos of snow leopards in Tajikistan
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[Telegraph.co.uk] - By James Kilner, Almaty The photographs of the five snow leopards over a two month period in former Soviet Tajikistan suggest that the scientists may have discovered a hotspot for the endangered cat. Dr Alex Diment, a scientist with Cambridge-based
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