MARCH 29 2013 (The Conway Bulletin) – A Bishkek court jailed three nationalist opposition MPs for between 12 and 18 months for calling for a revolution and trying to break into a Kyrgyz government office in October last year. The politicians — Kamchibek Tashiyev, Sadyr Zhaparov and Talant Mamytov — wanted the Kumtor gold mine to be nationalised.
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(News report from Issue No. 129, published on March 29 2013)
MARCH 4 2013 (The Conway Bulletin) – Amid an increasingly acrimonious political divide in Georgia, President Mikheil Saakashvili and PM Bidzina Ivanishvili met for only the second time since an election on Oct. 1 to discuss their differences. Supporters of Georgia’s two political leaders have clashed recently in Tbilisi.
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(News report from Issue No. 126, published on March 8 2013)
FEB. 18 2013 (The Conway Bulletin) – Turkmen President Kurbanguly Berdymukhamedov sacked the head of the national equine association live on television for not sufficiently promoting the horse industry, media reported. Mr Berdymukhamedov has set much weight in promoting various aspects of the Turkmenistan’s culture since becoming president in 2007.
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(News report from Issue No. 125, published on Feb. 22 2013)
FEB. 18 2013 (The Conway Bulletin) – Turkmen President Kurbanguly Berdymukhamedov sacked the head of the national equine association live on television for not sufficiently promoting the horse industry, media reported. Mr Berdymukhamedov has set much weight in promoting various aspects of the Turkmenistan’s culture since becoming president in 2007.
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(News report from Issue No. 125, published on Feb. 22 2013)
FEB. 5 2013 (The Conway Bulletin) – Ukrainian police arrested ex-Tajik PM Abdumalik Abdullojonov in Kiev after he flew in from the US where he has been living since fleeing Tajikistan over a decade ago. The Tajik authorities have asked Ukraine to extradite Mr Abdullojonov. They accuse him of plotting to assassinate President Emomali Rakhmon.
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(News report from Issue No. 123, published on Feb. 8 2013)
JAN. 20 2013 (The Conway Bulletin) – Roughly 1,000 people protested outside Georgia’s presidential palace to demand that President Mikheil Saakashvili resign, one of the biggest political demonstrations since a parliamentary election in October. Georgians are due to vote in a presidential election in Oct. 2013.
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(News report from Issue No. 121, published on Jan. 25 2013)
JAN. 12 2013 (The Conway Bulletin) – Kurbanguly Berdymukhamedov, Turkmenistan’s autocratic president, sacked the head of the state’s natural gas company in a government reshuffle, media reported. Gas is Turkmenistan’s biggest income earner. Sahatmyrad Mammedov had headed Turkmengaz for less than a year.
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(News report from Issue No. 120, published on Jan. 18 2013)
JAN. 12 2013 (The Conway Bulletin) – Kurbanguly Berdymukhamedov, Turkmenistan’s autocratic president, sacked the head of the state’s natural gas company in a government reshuffle, media reported. Gas is Turkmenistan’s biggest income earner. Sahatmyrad Mammedov had headed Turkmengaz for less than a year.
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JAN. 16 2013 (The Conway Bulletin) – Georgia’s prosecutor-general has accused the military police under the former government of President Mikheil Saakashvili of setting up gay honey traps to blackmail prominent Georgians into supporting them, media reported. Since losing a parliamentary election in Oct., Mr Saakashvili’s former administration has faced a series of criminal and misconduct accusations.
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JAN. 16 2013 (The Conway Bulletin) – Georgia’s prosecutor-general has accused the military police under the former government of President Mikheil Saakashvili of setting up gay honey traps to blackmail prominent Georgians into supporting them, media reported. Since losing a parliamentary election in Oct., Mr Saakashvili’s former administration has faced a series of criminal and misconduct accusations.
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(News report from Issue No. 120, published on Jan. 18 2013)