From Left to Right: Uzbekistan President Islam Karimov, Russian President Vladimir Putin, Kazakhstan's President Nursultan Nazarbayev, Chinese President Hu Jintao, Tajikistan President Emomali Rakmonov and Kyrgyzstan President Kurmanbek Bakiyev smile as they pose for a group photo after a meeting in Shanghai on June 15, 2006. Leaders attend Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit in China. After session Putin said that Iran is ready to enter negotiations on an offer by the U.N. powers to encourage Tehran to relinquish its nuclear fuel enrichment program. (UPI Photo/Anatoli Zhdanov)
Islam Karimov is the subject or is mentioned in the following stories:
Settlement in Afghanistan: Back to 1997?
Lessons from Taliban-Northern Alliance Agreement
Analysis: Uzbek election counts for little
There may be six candidates running for the Uzbek presidency this December, but there will be few surprises when the incumbent Islam Karimov is elected for his third term - or perhaps his second, depending on how you count his 18 years in power.
US invasions for Mideast oil, says bestseller
If you think US President George W. Bushs invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq are not about oil, read bestseller, The Sorrows of Empire by Chalmers Johnson.
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British envoy says UK lied on torture
The British government has been accused of lying over its connivance at the use of torture by one of its own ambassadors.
Uzbek court says Andijan uprising suspects guilty
Uzbekistans supreme court ruled on Monday that 15 defendants accused of leading an uprising last May were guilty of trying to overthrow the government and set up an Islamic state, as a trial denounced by independent observers as a sham drew to a c
Viewpoint: The oil tsunami
The global oil market environment is becoming a target of opportunity for terrorists and world powers. The terrorists increasingly see disruptions of oil facilities as a valid strategy in their war against governments that they oppose.
