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41-56	April 2002 Article Eternal winter: Lessons of the Aral Sea disaster By Tom Bissell SEE ALSO: Effect of human beings on; Environmental conditions; Environmental degradation; Nature; Uzbekistan PDF IMAGES
135-139	May 1961 Article Among Russia's Jews: Notes from a diary By Alfred Kazin SEE ALSO: Kazin, Alfred; Antisemitism; Authors, Russian; Homes and haunts; çErenburg, Ily`ëiìa; Jews; Journeys—Soviet Union; 1917-1970; Socialism and the arts; Uzbekistan PDF IMAGES
40-45	November 1957 Article Inside Samarkand and other unlikely places By John Gunther SEE ALSO: Asia, Central; Kazakstan; 1945-1991; Uzbekistan PDF IMAGES

Jan 2004	Estimated number of people currently imprisoned in Uzbekistan for their religious or political beliefs : 6,500	Harper's Index Source: Human Rights Watch (N.Y.C.)
Jan 2004	Percentage increase in U.S. military aid to Uzbekistan since 2001 : 1,800	Harper's Index Source: Federation of American Scientists (Washington)

August 31, 2006	Miss England, an Uzbek-born Muslim, declared that stereotyping leads to terror.	Weekly Review By Rafil Kroll-Zaidi Source: Daily Mail
May 13, 2005	There was unrest in Uzbekistan.	Weekly Review By Paul Ford Source: BBC News
May 1, 2005	The United States was sending prisoners to Uzbekistan so that they could be tortured more fully. In Uzbekistan the most common torture techniques are beating and asphyxiation with a gas mask; however, victims can also have their genitals shocked, their toenails plucked out, and they can be boiled to death.	Weekly Review By Paul Ford Source: The Seattle Times
July 31, 2004	There were explosions at the American and Israeli embassies in Uzbekistan, and	Weekly Review By Roger D. Hodge Source: New York Times
April 8, 2004	Unrest continued in Uzbekistan.	Weekly Review By Roger D. Hodge Source: International Herald Tribune
April 3, 2004	Dozens of people died in a series of explosions and suicide attacks in Uzbekistan.	Weekly Review By Roger D. Hodge Source: New York Times

47	February 2005 Photo [Untitled Photo] By Peter Turnley (Photog.) SEE ALSO: Childbirth; Midwives; Uzbekistan PDF IMAGES

DECEMBER 2008

JUSTICE AFTER BUSH
Prosecuting an Outlaw Administration
By Scott Horton

MANDELA’S SMILE
Notes on South Africa’s Failed Revolution
By Breyten Breytenbach

WHITE-BREAD JESUS
A story by Robert Coover

Also: Francine Prose and Michel Houellebecq