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| | Uzbekistan on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10) |
 | | On Aug. 31, Uzbekistan was declared independent, and it joined the Commonwealth of Independent States in December. |
 | | Ruslan Sharipov, an independent journalist in Uzbekistan, served 10 months in jail and is now under house arrest in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. |
 | | TERMEZ, UZBEKISTAN -- A man paints "UNICEF" on the side of a truck Sunday, November 11, 2001, that may be used to provide aid to Afghanistan from the United Nations through Uzbekistan. |
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