http://www.uyghuramerican.org/ en-us http://www.uyghuramerican.org/ N/A zarapshan@gmail.com Wed, 20 Aug 2008 08:09:43 -0700 20 http://www.uyghuramerican.org//articles/1786/1/From-Orkhon-Valley-to-the-Nobel-Prize-Turkish-literature-headed-for-Frankfurt-/index.html This year's Frankfurt Book Fair, the world's biggest publishing industry gathering, in which Turkey will be featured as the guest of honor, is only a few months away. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 11 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org//articles/1448/1/-Kosovas-Independence-Sets-Precedent/index.html As the world’s nations contemplate whether to recognize Kosova’s newly declared independence, many wonder what it will mean for other similar regions, such as Abkhazia, Taiwan, and Northern Cyprus, for international law, and for the definition of self determination in general. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 18 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org//articles/1433/1/Rice-Urges-Serbia-to-Accept-Kosovos-Independence-/index.html U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice Wednesday said she hopes Serbia will accept a resolution of Kosovo's status and move forward to fuller integration with Europe. Kosovo, a Serbian province administered by the United Nations since 1999, is expected to declare independence within days. VOA's David Gollust reports from the State Department. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 14 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org//articles/1432/1/Europe-Ready-to-Recognize-Kosovos-Independence-/index.html Finland's Foreign Minister Ilkka Kanerva said Monday most European Union member countries are prepared to recognize Kosovo's independence from Serbia. VOA's Barry Wood reports Kanerva is in Washington meeting with U.S. officials, including Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 14 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org//articles/1431/1/Serbia-Kosovo-breakaway-illegal/index.html Serbian government officials said Thursday an independent Kosovo would be an illegal "false state" that will never be recognized by Serbia. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 14 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org//articles/1327/1/Kyrgyz-Republic-Powerful-neighbors-imperil-protection-and-create-statelessness/index.html Statelessness in Kyrgyzstan, as in other Central Asian countries, is a neglected problem. Its exact extent is unclear, with estimated numbers ranging from 10,000 to 100,000, but as part of the 2009 census, the State Committee on Migration in coordination with the United Nations Refugee Agency, which has a mandate for stateless persons, is undertaking a survey on statelessness. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Sat, 22 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org//articles/1295/1/Kosovans-rally-to-demand-independence-from-Serbia/index.html About 3,000 Kosovans took part in a pro-independence rally in the capital, Pristina, today as their government vowed to break away permanently from Serbia early next year.The demonstration came as today's deadline for a negotiated deal on the fate of the breakaway province passed without result, and as EU foreign ministers met to discuss increasing tension over Kosovo. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 10 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org//articles/1186/1/Turkey-is-a-Trade-Beachhead-into-EU---Envoy/index.html "In Turkey, many Turks have a keen interest in Korea, seeing our bilateral relationship as one between blood brothers. On the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries, I hope that this 'one-sided love' of Turks for Koreans will develop into a warm relationship of mutual love." zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Mon, 29 Oct 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org//articles/1057/1/Americans-imprisonment-in-Kazakhstan-seen-as-political-/index.html Mark Seidenfeld, a 39-year-old American telecommunications executive, lived for years in this booming alpine city as a prominent executive, one of thousands of foreign businessmen who shuttled around town in chauffeured SUVs as they managed Kazakhstan's transition from Communism to one of the most sophisticated market economies in the former Soviet Union. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Wed, 29 Aug 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org//articles/901/1/Nazarbayev-promises-economic-assistance-urges-political-stability-in-Kyrgyzstan/index.html During his April 26 visit to Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan’s President Nursultan Nazarbayev promised greater economic integration with Kyrgyzstan. The president, however, slammed his Kyrgyz counterpart Kurmanbek Bakiyev for the continuous political turmoil in that country. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Thu, 03 May 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.uyghuramerican.org//articles/748/1/Kazakstan-Masimov-May-Signal-New-Reform-Priorities/index.html The new Kazak premier, Karim Masimov, may be asked by the president to accelerate political reforms, but is unlikely to wield any more influence over government policy than his predecessors. zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 12 Jan 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.uyghuramerican.org//articles/285/1/Linking-hands-across-the-steppes/-Linking-hands-across-the-steppes.html Turning a Turkic ideal into reality involves hard decisions zarapshan@gmail.com (UAA Administrator) Fri, 02 Jun 2006 00:00:00 -0700