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Uzbekistan: Outdated Agriculture
03 Nov 2007 05:58:58 GMT
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Joshua Foust reports that Uzbekistan’s embassy in London has angrily denounced the stories that children are being used (or forced) to pick cotton, and says that the legacy of authoritarianism - inefficiency, environmental disaster, and the abuse of the innocent - seriously hampers the country's development.

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