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In the News (Thu 16 Feb 12)

  
 Osh, Kyrgyzstan, Pictures
Osh, city and administrative center in southwestern Kyrgyzstan, in Osh province, on the eastern edge of the Fergana Valley near the border with Uzbekistan.
Osh is about 1290 km (about 800 mi) southwest of Bishkek, the capital of Kyrgyzstan, and about 45 km (about 30 mi) from Andijon, Uzbekistan.
Osh is the second largest city in Kyrgyzstan after Bishkek.
www.greatestcities.com /Asia/Kyrgyzstan/Osh_city.html   (275 words)

  
 Kyrgyzstan
In early June 1990, the Kyrgyz-dominated Osh City Council announced plans to build a cotton processing plant on a parcel of land under the control of an Uzbek-dominated collective farm in Osh Province.
The Osh riots and the subsequent events in Frunze quickly brought to the surface an undercurrent of political discontent that had been forming among both the intelligentsia and middle-level party officials.
The most flagrant abuses came in Jalal-Abad Province (which had been split from neighboring Osh in spring 1991 to dilute political power in the south), where the new akim, the provincial governor, appointed members of his own family to the majority of the positions under his control and used state funds to acquire personal property.
faculty.oxy.edu /richmond/ENVR/kyrgyzstan.htm   (4712 words)

  
 China: Promoting safety and health in township and village enterprises - Asian-Pacific Newsletter on Occupational ...
In tackling working conditions and OSH problems in TVEs, a crucial dimension is the large number of migrant workers from poor rural areas who are working in the most hazardous industries, such as construction and mining, and in the worst working conditions, where it is difficult to attract a sufficient number of local workers.
While OSH issues have been drawing the attention of the ministries concerned, as well as of employers' and workers' organizations, a critical weakness is the lack of an official mechanism for policy formulation and coordination, such as a national tripartite advisory body on OSH.
The OSH division of the labour bureau at the county level is responsible for OSH inspection.
www.ilo.org /public/english/region/asro/bangkok/asiaosh/country/china/tradeuni/chinatss.htm   (11381 words)

  
 Kyrgyzstan - Structure of Government
The so-called northern provinces are Naryn, Ysyk-Köl, Chu, and Talas, and the southern provinces are Osh and Jalal-Abad.
Jalal-Abad was formed out of Osh Province in 1991, largely to disperse the political strength of the south that had become centered in Osh.
Rustambekov, the first northerner to head this southern province and a highly controversial appointment, was considered to be a direct surrogate of Akayev in improving control over the south.
countrystudies.us /kyrgyzstan/28.htm   (1328 words)

  
 Place:Osh, Kyrgyzstan - Genealogy (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.tamu.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Osh is the second largest city of the Kyrgyz Republic and is often referred to as the "capital of the south".
Osh has served as the administrative center of Osh Province, Kyrgyzstan since 1939.
Daily flights link Osh -- and hence the southern part of Kyrgyzstan -- to Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan and the north, and the recent upgrading of the long and arduous road through the mountains to Bishkek has greatly improved communications.
werelate.org.cob-web.org:8888 /wiki/Place:Osh,_Kyrgyzstan   (551 words)

  
 HORIZON travel Company
Osh was an important crossroad on the Silk Routes, the age of the city can be also judged from the rock drawings and inscriptions found on the slopes of the Suleiman Mountain.
Osh was a safe place for the camel caravans who survived the journey over the high passes of the Pamir Alay to the south and of the Central Tien Shan to the east.
Osh is a transit point for those traveling to or from Uzbekistan, Nature Reserve Sary Chelek, the valleys north of Osh (Uzgen and Arslanbob) and for trekking and mountaineering in the Pamir Alay.
www.horizon.elcat.kg /english/intro.html   (9276 words)

  
 Red Cross Red Crescent - News
Osh province had five major slides last year; Jalal-Abad suffered 44 disasters in the first quarter alone, according to the governor's office, and the annual average is 150 and increasing.
Worst of all was the mudslide that overwhelmed the village of Sogot, in Osh province's Uzgen district.
Osh's civil defence chief, Jergalbek Isakeevich Ukashev, is being firm with people who try to retain their old homes after getting a new one somewhere else.
www.ifrc.org /docs/News/05/05011702/index.asp   (1693 words)

  
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Another journalist, editor-in-chief of the Osh province based TV station Mezon -Khakimjon Khusanov- who is accused of inciting interethnic hostilities by the Osh prosecutor’s office is awaiting the final verdict of his case to be made by Osh city court.
It was produced by Khakimjon (with the assistance of four actors of Osh Uzbek Drama Theatre) in January 2000 to assist the elections campaign of the ethnic Uzbek candidate to parliament Davron Sobirov.
Some Osh based journalists believe that these hearings are initiated by judges who are loyal to the present Kyrghyz government authorities with the goal of controlling the media during upcoming presidential elections.
www.unesco.kz /ci/projects/omrc/pubjune/pubiste5.htm   (1280 words)

  
 Ferghana Valley: in the middle of the Empires
On the other side of the Ferghana, as of 1924, Osh and Djalal-Abad area were allocated to the Kyrgyz Republic, with purpose of having a majority of Kyrgyz population.
As a matter of fact, this province was connected to a wide mountainous area and a piece of the Ferghana Valley.
This migration to Osh for example, is concerning the usual migration -on the basis of economic decline- from Batken province and rural areas in Osh province but concern also a ethnic migration phenomenon coming from the neighbouring Tajikistan (Khudjant province, Djirgital and Murgab province in Tajikistan…)
home.wanadoo.nl /sota/fergana.htm   (5904 words)

  
 Online edition of Sunday Observer - Business   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
One of the busiest routes has run from Khorog, the capital of Gorno Badakhshan, Tajikistan's autonomous Pamiri east, to Osh, a southern Kyrgyz town that is a major hub for the traffickers.
Osh province in Kyrgyzstan has a large concentration of them.
According to official figures there are 2,000 drugs users in Osh province but most sources say that is nonsense.
www.sundayobserver.lk /2004/10/17/fea20.html   (1116 words)

  
 Kyrgyzstan
In June 1990, ethnic tensions between Uzbeks and Kyrgyz surfaced in an area of the Osh Oblast where Uzbeks form a majority of the population.
The OSCE found that while the elections failed to comply with commitments to free and fair elections, there were improvements over the 2000 elections, notably the use of indelible ink, transparent ballot boxes, and generally good access by election observers.
Each province is comprises a number of districts (raion), administered by government-appointed officials.(akims) Rural communities (aiyl okmotus) consisting of up to twenty small settlements have their own elected mayors and councils.
creekin.net /n100-kyrgyzstan.html   (2464 words)

  
 News: Kyrgyzstan: Landslide - Apr 2003, Kyrgyzstan: Flood and emergency preparedness in the south
Jyrgalbek Ukashev, head of the civil defence centre in Osh, said the impact of such events on the local population could be reduced if local authorities prevented unauthorised construction of housing and businesses that were often located in problem areas.
The Osh governor's office has proposed that the central government conduct a comprehensive assessment of mountain villages, and identify those which remain vulnerable to disasters common in the region.
In Osh Province as a whole this could involve moving up to half the mountain population to safer areas.
www.reliefweb.int /rw/rwb.nsf/AllDocsByUNID/fa6fc01165b303eec1256d55004fbb5a   (839 words)

  
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As a result, poor families have understood that if they do not actively participate in improving their well-being, we will not able to overcome poverty merely through assistance from the government and international organisations,” Naken Kasiev, governor of Osh province, told IRIN at the presentation of the new initiative in the capital, Bishkek, on Friday.
With a population of around 1 million, Osh province is one of the largest and most populous provinces of the country, where some 5 million live.
Its basic purpose is provision of comprehensive socioeconomic and human development in the province.
www.irinnews.org /report.asp?ReportID=44265   (766 words)

  
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OSH, 5 Nov 2003 (IRIN) - Access to clean drinking water remains a key development issue in the densely populated and povery-stricken Ferghana Valley, shared by Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan.
This is due to lack of investment over the last two decades, a lack of initiative, and a dependency syndrome inherited from the Soviet era, as well as a perception of water as a free commodity and priority given to irrigation over drinking water.
There are altogether 14 water committees - nine in the Kyrgyz province of Osh and five in the Uzbek province of Ferghana.
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 CENTRAL ASIA - CAUCASUS ANALYST
The four village locations identified for this project, two in Naryn in the north-east and two in Osh in the south, are among the poorest in Kyrgyzstan.
With poverty affecting two thirds of their population, the village communities of Ortok and Ak-Muz in Naryn province are two of the poorest villages in country.
Salamalik and Berinchy May village communities in Osh province have somewhat better living conditions and warmer weather, but are still constrained from summer grazing areas due to controversies over land due to the high population density in the region.
www.cacianalyst.org /view_article.php?articleid=3935&SMSESSION=NO   (784 words)

  
 [ RADIO FREE EUROPE/ RADIO LIBERTY ]
On 19 March, several leading opposition figures held a kurultai, or congress, in Osh to select a "people's governor" -- Anvar Artykov, a member of the Ata-Jurt opposition movement and an ethnic Uzbek (an important detail in Kyrgyzstan's south, which borders on Uzbekistan and is home to a large Uzbek population).
Fergana.ru, relying on reports from Osh from its own correspondent and Irina Gordienko from Russia's "Novaya gazeta," noted that angry crowds ransacked some government offices in the morning, but that by 3:00 p.m., local time, opposition leaders and police commanders who had gone over to the opposition side managed to restore some calm.
"We already control six of seven regions in Osh Province, five of eight regions in Jalal-Abad Province, one of five regions in Naryn Province, and three of four regions in Talas Province," she said.
www.globalsecurity.org /military/library/news/2005/03/mil-050323-rferl07.htm   (884 words)

  
 Welcome to sanofi pasteur Corporate Website : 30 September 2004 - Kyrgyzstan - Viral hepatitis attacks children in ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Educational centers have been established in the province of Osh to implement preventative measures.
Osh is Kyrgyzstan's second-largest city and administrative center.
It lies in southwest Kyrgyzstan, near the border of Uzbekistan and is part of the Osh province.
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It takes into consideration the accumulated experiences gained by the province in the area of strategic planning and is developed through broad consultations and discussions with province’s administration leaders and personnel, deputies of the province parliament, local government representatives, community-based and non-governmental organizations, private sector, scientific circles and international organizations.
Osh province is one of the most important regions of the country.
“UNDP effectively cooperates with the Osh Province Administration in solving the most urgent development problems, which is reflected on the process of development of the country as a whole”, said Jerzy Skuratowicz, UNDP Resident Representative.
www.undp.kg /russian/news.phtml?l=0&id=317   (618 words)

  
 CENTRAL ASIA - CAUCASUS ANALYST
In the Osh province 1643 people were infected, while 734 people in Jalalabad, 347 in Batken, and 10 each in Chui and the capital Bishkek contracted the disease.
Warm weather and the lack of necessary means to fight malaria threaten to intensify the epidemic in the country.
Because of the complication of the situation with malaria, a Field Office of the World Health Organization was opened in Osh province.
www.cacianalyst.org /view_article.php?articleid=1758&SMSESSION=NO   (626 words)

  
 Kyrgyzstan - GOVERNMENT
In a number of television appearances broadcast in the Osh and Jalal-Abad provinces of Kyrgyzstan, Karimov has addressed Akayev with considerable condescension; Akayev, in turn, has been highly deferential to his much stronger neighbor.
Although Uzbekistan has not shown overt expansionist tendencies, the Kyrgyz government is acutely aware of the implications of Karimov's assertions that he is responsible for the well-being of all Uzbeks, regardless of their nation of residence.
A meeting of the heads of the state security agencies of Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakstan, and Uzbekistan, held in Osh in the spring of 1995, also drew the conclusion that ethnic, social, and economic conditions in Osh were increasingly similar to those in Tajikistan in the late 1980s, thus recognizing the contagion of Tajikistan's instability.
www.mongabay.com /reference/country_studies/kyrgyzstan/GOVERNMENT.html   (5365 words)

  
 Yale Journal of Public Health
The World Health Organization has deemed the province to be the most vulnerable in Cambodia, a nation cited as having the most desperate health conditions in the Western Pacific.
OSH, Kyrgyzstan-A recent report indicates a 50% increase the incidence of acute viral hepatitis in southern Kyrgyzstan.
Clinical trials were carried out in the southern province of Maputo, where over 40% of hospital patients are suffering of malaria.
www.yaleph.com /archive/vol1no3/worldview.html   (1386 words)

  
 AllRefer.com - Kyrgyzstan - Internal Security in Kyrgyzstan - Security Troops - Police - Crime - Narcotics Control - ...
Osh is said to have become a major new international point-of-purchase for opium and heroin, which is produced in all of the countries adjoining the Fergana Valley, including Kyrgyzstan.
More than 300 kilograms of opium were seized in Osh Province in 1994, an amount estimated to be less than 10 percent of the total moving through Osh.
At the end of 1994, the head of the National Security Committee characterized the narcotics trade as the republic's sole growth industry, which he warned was solidifying its grip on the republic's conventional economy.
reference.allrefer.com /country-guide-study/kyrgyzstan/kyrgyzstan59.html   (1611 words)

  
 Human Rights Watch World Report 2003: Europe & Central Asia: Kyrgyzstan
Opposition activists believed his arrest was motivated by the government's interest in silencing Beknazarov's criticism of the decision to cede to China land that had been the subject of contention between the two states for years.
After the demonstrations in Jalal Abad province, Beknazarov was released from custody and, on May 24, a court handed down a one-year suspended sentence and stripped him of his seat in parliament.
During one search in early February in Osh province, police claimed to find a cache of weapons in the home of a Hizb ut-Tahrir member Adkham Baltabaev, who was later released and fined 10,000 som (U.S.$208).
www.hrw.org /wr2k3/europe9.html   (2355 words)

  
 Reporters sans frontières - Kyrgyzstan - 2004 Annual Report
The monopoly of the state printing firm Uchkun, which was used a means of pressure on privately-owned media, was broken at the end of the year when an independent printers was set up with foreign funding.
Ernis Nazalov was found on 15 September 2003 near the Uvan irrigation canal in Osh province, near the Uzbekistan border.
He was beaten up on 26 August by thugs in Osh who stole his bag containing a small amount of money and some important documents, which Alisher Toksonbayev, head of a local legal aid centre for the media, said may have been compromising material he planned to publish.
www.rsf.org /article.php3?id_article=9964   (1176 words)

  
 Press Release: Invest to protect our greatest asset - people
However, the number of fatalities investigated by OSH is not an accurate or reasonable indicator of trends over time, nor are they an accurate guide to levels of safety in the workplace.
The message everyone in the workplace community should take from OSH’s fatality figures is simple says Cosman: “People really are our most precious asset – so let’s invest in their protection.
Not all sudden workplace deaths are investigated by OSH: some may not be notified at all, others are the province of other agencies such as the Maritime Safety Authority or Civil Aviation Authority.
www.osh.dol.govt.nz /news/press/2004/PR040702.shtml   (393 words)

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