Democracy in Central Asia Comments http://democracy.blogsome.com Can American democracy programs work in Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Mongolia? Alan Cordova will find out. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:27:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1-alpha by: PA Pundits http://democracy.blogsome.com/2006/01/22/karimov-worlds-5th-worst-dictator/#comment-45 Mon, 12 Feb 2007 02:39:30 +0000 http://democracy.blogsome.com/2006/01/22/karimov-worlds-5th-worst-dictator/#comment-45 <strong>Congratulations to Omar Al-Bashir of Sudan!</strong> Congratulations to Omar Al-Bashir of Sudan! You&#8217;ve made the Number One Ranking for the World&#8217;s Worst Dictator! Last year you were also Number One according to Parade Sunday Magazine&#8217;s annual list. And &#8220;A Job well done&#8221; awa... Congratulations to Omar Al-Bashir of Sudan!

Congratulations to Omar Al-Bashir of Sudan!
You’ve made the Number One Ranking for the World’s Worst Dictator!
Last year you were also Number One according to Parade Sunday Magazine’s annual list.
And “A Job well done” awa…

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]]> by: tajikistan.neweurasia.net http://democracy.blogsome.com/2006/03/01/44/#comment-39 Thu, 02 Mar 2006 16:42:33 +0000 http://democracy.blogsome.com/2006/03/01/44/#comment-39 <strong>Shul Destruction</strong> Neweurasia hasn&#8217;t covered it yet, but a major piece of news coming out of Tajikistan lately is the government&#8217;s decision to demolish the the country&#8217;s only synagogue to make way for a presidential palace. Pleas from the internationa... Shul Destruction

Neweurasia hasn’t covered it yet, but a major piece of news coming out of Tajikistan lately is the government’s decision to demolish the the country’s only synagogue to make way for a presidential palace. Pleas from the internationa…

]]> by: candide http://democracy.blogsome.com/2006/02/14/42/#comment-35 Thu, 16 Feb 2006 13:58:01 +0000 http://democracy.blogsome.com/2006/02/14/42/#comment-35 Hi, just got here via Global Voices. Excellent blog! I wish I could imagine why they played those songs (Tajikistan presents a special mystery), but I'm as baffled as you. Thanks for the links and the updates- keep it going! Hi, just got here via Global Voices. Excellent blog! I wish I could imagine why they played those songs (Tajikistan presents a special mystery), but I’m as baffled as you. Thanks for the links and the updates- keep it going!

]]> by: candide http://democracy.blogsome.com/2006/02/14/42/#comment-34 Thu, 16 Feb 2006 13:35:10 +0000 http://democracy.blogsome.com/2006/02/14/42/#comment-34 Hey, just stumbled acros via Global Voices. Great blog. I wish I could imagine why they played those songs but I'm not shedding many tears for Uzbekistan. Hey, just stumbled acros via Global Voices. Great blog. I wish I could imagine why they played those songs but I’m not shedding many tears for Uzbekistan.

]]> by: Registan.net :: Central Asia News http://democracy.blogsome.com/2006/01/22/karimov-worlds-5th-worst-dictator/#comment-33 Mon, 23 Jan 2006 20:52:24 +0000 http://democracy.blogsome.com/2006/01/22/karimov-worlds-5th-worst-dictator/#comment-33 <strong>Ranking the World&#8217;s Dictators</strong> If you&#8217;ve ever picked up a Sunday paper in the US, you&#8217;ve no doubt seen the PARADE magazine insert. I quit getting the paper long ago, so it was via Alan Cordova that I saw that PARADE just came out with their annual ranking of the world&amp;#... Ranking the World’s Dictators

If you’ve ever picked up a Sunday paper in the US, you’ve no doubt seen the PARADE magazine insert. I quit getting the paper long ago, so it was via Alan Cordova that I saw that PARADE just came out with their annual ranking of the world&#…

]]> by: Nick http://democracy.blogsome.com/2005/11/21/29/#comment-32 Tue, 29 Nov 2005 18:24:07 +0000 http://democracy.blogsome.com/2005/11/21/29/#comment-32 Btw a medieval source attributes the parable of the quiver of arrows to ... Chingiz Khan. On his deathbed he is reportedly said to have demonstrated the difficulty of breaking a quiver of arrows by way of warning to his successors not to indulge in dynastic discord. Btw a medieval source attributes the parable of the quiver of arrows to … Chingiz Khan. On his deathbed he is reportedly said to have demonstrated the difficulty of breaking a quiver of arrows by way of warning to his successors not to indulge in dynastic discord.

]]> by: Registan.net :: Central Asia News http://democracy.blogsome.com/2005/11/28/questions-for-larry-diamond/#comment-31 Mon, 28 Nov 2005 20:17:14 +0000 http://democracy.blogsome.com/2005/11/28/questions-for-larry-diamond/#comment-31 <strong>Questions for Larry Diamond</strong> Alan Cordova has some draft questions for Larry Diamond regarding democratization in Central Asia (more or less). He is soliciting additional questions for his interview with Diamond, so be sure to send them his way if you have suggestions. ... Questions for Larry Diamond

Alan Cordova has some draft questions for Larry Diamond regarding democratization in Central Asia (more or less). He is soliciting additional questions for his interview with Diamond, so be sure to send them his way if you have suggestions.

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]]> by: Registan.net :: Central Asia News http://democracy.blogsome.com/2005/11/21/29/#comment-30 Mon, 21 Nov 2005 19:00:43 +0000 http://democracy.blogsome.com/2005/11/21/29/#comment-30 <strong>Bush in Mongolia</strong> I&#8217;ll refrain from doing my own little roundup in favor of pointing you to all the other blogs discussing Bush&#8217;s visit to Mongolia. Gateway Pundit has plenty of links and pictures. Coming Anarchy has a bit of trivia regarding the visit a... Bush in Mongolia

I’ll refrain from doing my own little roundup in favor of pointing you to all the other blogs discussing Bush’s visit to Mongolia.
Gateway Pundit has plenty of links and pictures.
Coming Anarchy has a bit of trivia regarding the visit a…

]]> by: hans04 http://democracy.blogsome.com/2005/07/28/democracy-for-tajikistan/#comment-12 Sun, 31 Jul 2005 16:14:03 +0100 http://democracy.blogsome.com/2005/07/28/democracy-for-tajikistan/#comment-12 Alan, you are doing a great job with your project, very interesting. Thank you very much. Alan, you are doing a great job with your project, very interesting. Thank you very much.

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