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An Absence of Diplomacy : The Kyrgyz-Uzbek Border Dispute | The Diplomat
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On March 18, Uzbekistan deployed troops and military equipment, including armored vehicles and trucks, to the unmarked area of Chalasart on the Kyrgyz-Uzbek border, closing the Madaniyat highway checkpoint on the border with Kyrgyzstan and restricting the entry of Kyrgyz citizens at the Dostuk highway checkpoint.
It is not the first time Uzbekistan has resorted to radical measures on the border with Kyrgyzstan. This time, the Uzbek national security service explained it as a routine reinforcement due to the Nowruz public holiday. Kyrgyz authorities immediately responded by sending troops and military equipment to the disputed area, and also sent a diplomatic note to Tashkent. Panic was reported among locals living in Kyrgyz villages near the occupied zone, and protests ensued.
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  Francekoul | Article | Ouzbékistan-Kirghizstan : retour sur deux semaines de tensions à la frontière
  ▻http://www.novastan.org/articles/ouzbekistan-kirghizstan-retour-sur-deux-semaines-de-tensions-a-la-frontier
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  La présence de troupes ouzbèkes dans une partie non-délimitée de la frontière suscite l’inquiétude à Bichkek, qui envoie le même jour une note de protestation appelant Tachkent à retirer ses hommes. N’ayant pas reçu de réponse, l’armée kirghize déploie le lendemain deux véhicules de transports de troupes dans la zone.
  Dans les médias et sur les réseaux sociaux kirghiz, l’évènement a une répercussion importante. Le 19 mars, un petit groupe de personnes se réunit devant le siège du gouvernement à Bichkek pour demander le départ des troupes ouzbèkes à la frontière. Trois jours plus tard, un rassemblement de protestation se tient dans la ville de Kerben, qui se trouve à proximité de la zone concernée. Le Premier ministre kirghiz se rend sur place et, selon le site d’information 24.kg, y est sifflé lors de son discours devant près de 300 manifestants. Deux autres meetings de mécontentement s’étaient déjà tenus à Kerben depuis le début de l’année.
  
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  In Another Central Asian Security Crisis, Moscow Again Stands Aside | EurasiaNet.org
  ▻http://www.eurasianet.org/node/78006
  A security crisis in Central Asia has yet again raised questions about the efficacy of Russia’s post-Soviet security bloc, the Collective Security Treaty Organization, to maintain peace in the region.
  The dispute between Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan over an undelimited part of their border was resolved over the weekend without any shots being fired, as both sides pulled back the armored vehicles and troops they had deployed.
  But before that happened, Kyrgyzstan called a special session of the CSTO’s permanent council in Moscow. (Kyrgyzstan is a member of the organization, while Uzbekistan is not, having dropped out in 2012.) But the response from Moscow was mild: the organization’s deputy secretary general was dispatched to Bishkek to monitor the situation.
  
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Lack of toilets blights the lives of 2.5bn people, UN chief warns | Global-development | The Guardian
▻http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2014/aug/28/toilets-lives-un-chief
The world’s lack of progress in building toilets and ending open defecation is having a “staggering” effect on the health, safety, education, prosperity and dignity of 2.5 billion people, the UN deputy secretary general, Jan Eliasson, has warned.
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Speaking as the UN prepares to debate a new set of development goals – and in the aftermath of the rape and murder of two Indian girls who were attacked as they ventured into a field to relieve themselves – Eliasson said failure to address the issue of sanitation would prove disastrous for a third of humanity.
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Negotiating parties remain cautious as #Iran #nuclear talks deadline looms closer
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A file photo taken on March 19, 2014 shows Catherine Ashton (center left), High Representative of the Union of Foreign Affairs and Security Policy for the European Union, her Deputy Secretary General for Political Affairs Helga Schmidt (left), Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif (center right), and his Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi (right) during the second day of the second round of P5+1 talks with Iran at the UN headquarters in Vienna, Austria. (Photo: AFP - Dieter Nagl)
Big gaps remain in talks between world powers and Iran aimed at reaching a lasting agreement on the nation’s nuclear activities by the end of next week, both sides said Sunday as foreign ministers flew into Vienna to push negotiations along. "We have some very significant (...)
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Low voter turnout in Moroccan elections despite reforms | Al Akhbar English
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By midday Friday, voter turnout in Morocco’s parliamentary elections was low in Rabat and across the country despite official banners calling on Moroccans to "do their national duty.”
The voter turnout stood at 22.4 percent seven hours after the vote began, the interior ministry said.
“Moroccans feel that aside from the constitutional reform, nothing has really changed, meaning that the elections of 2011 will be a copy of the elections of 2007 and that is what will probably keep the participation low,” said Abdellah Baha, deputy secretary general of the Islamist Justice and Development Party.
On the eve of election day, Finance Minister Salaheddine Mezouar, a front-runner for prime minister, ruled out any coalition between his Rally of Independents and the Islamist Justice and Development Party.

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