Tag Archives: Kyrgyzstan

The New York Times 9:23 pm on June 15, 2022
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Black Death: A Clue to Where the Plague Originated

By fishing shards of bacterial DNA from the teeth of bodies in a cemetery, researchers found the starting point for the plague that devastated Eurasia, they say.

#archaeology-and-anthropology, #bubonic-plague, #cemeteries, #epidemics, #history-academic-subject, #kyrgyzstan, #nature-journal, #research, #teeth-and-dentistry

The New York Times 2:33 am on May 1, 2021
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Over 40 Dead in Tajik-Kyrgyz Border Clash as Death Toll Rises

Fighting that broke out over water rights also injured more than 200 people, government officials said.

#kyrgyz-ethnic-group, #kyrgyzstan, #tajikistan, #tajiks-ethnic-group, #territorial-disputes

The New York Times 3:12 pm on January 23, 2021
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Barred From U.S. Under Trump, Muslims Exult in Biden’s Open Door

Few foreigners welcomed President Biden’s election victory as enthusiastically as the tens of thousands of Muslims who have been locked out of the United States for the past four years.

#africa, #eritrea, #executive-orders-and-memorandums, #immigration-and-emigration, #kyrgyzstan, #libya, #muslim-americans, #myanmar, #storming-of-the-us-capitol-jan-2021, #syria, #tanzania, #trump-donald-j, #united-states-politics-and-government

The New York Times 8:50 pm on January 10, 2021
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Populist, Prisoner, President: A Convicted Kidnapper Wins Kyrgyzstan Election

In a country where presidents’ tenures often end with violent upheavals, Sadyr Japarov emerged victorious in a snap election set off by an uprising last fall.

#japarov-sadyr, #kyrgyzstan, #politics-and-government

The New York Times 9:11 pm on November 5, 2020
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U.S. Election Is a High-Stakes Political Struggle. In Russia.

The Kremlin’s allies, long accustomed to hearing accusations of rigged Russian votes, have used President Trump’s contentions of fraud to turn the tables. But the Kremlin’s critics are firing back.

#biden-joseph-r-jr, #democratic-party, #kyrgyzstan, #navalny-aleksei-a, #presidential-election-of-2020, #putin-vladimir-v, #rt-tv-network, #russia, #trump-donald-j, #voter-fraud-election-fraud

The New York Times 11:33 am on October 15, 2020
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From Hiding, Head of Central Asia’s Only Democracy Says He’s Quitting

The president of Kyrgyzstan said he did not want to be remembered as a leader “who shed blood and shot at his own citizens.”

#appointments-and-executive-changes, #central-asia, #demonstrations-protests-and-riots, #elections, #jeenbekov-sooronbay, #kyrgyzstan, #politics-and-government

The New York Times 6:28 pm on October 10, 2020
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A Convicted Kidnapper Is Chosen to Lead Government of Kyrgyzstan

Lawmakers in Central Asia’s only democracy selected a man sprung from jail by protesters just days ago in an effort to end days of violent political unrest

#demonstrations-protests-and-riots, #elections, #jeenbekov-sooronbay, #kidnapping-and-hostages, #kyrgyzstan

The New York Times 5:57 pm on October 9, 2020
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From Hiding, Kyrgyzstan’s Leader Declares State of Emergency

Earlier on Friday, after protesters besieged government buildings, President Sooronbai Jeenbekov said he was willing to leave office. His new decree raised concerns about an orderly transfer of power.

#atambayev-almazbek, #demonstrations-protests-and-riots, #jeenbekov-sooronbay, #kyrgyzstan, #politics-and-government

The New York Times 7:11 pm on October 7, 2020
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Putin, Long the Sower of Instability, Is Now Surrounded by It

Fueled by the pandemic, uprisings in Belarus and Kyrgyzstan and a war in the Caucasus region are undermining the influence of the Russian leader.

#armenia, #azerbaijan, #belarus, #elections, #jeenbekov-sooronbay, #khabarovsk-russia, #kyrgyzstan, #lukashenko-aleksandr-g, #nagorno-karabakh, #putin-vladimir-v, #russia, #russian-interference-in-2016-us-elections-and-ties-to-trump-associates

The New York Times 4:09 pm on April 15, 2020
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How Bubonic Plague Has Helped Russia Fight the Coronavirus

A network of health centers formed by the Soviet Union in the 1920s is providing expertise in quarantines and epidemic response for Covid-19.

#coronavirus-2019-ncov, #kyrgyzstan, #plague, #quarantines, #ussr-former-soviet-union