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Dear Reader,

The ASIAN STUDIES WWW MONITOR
(including all its subsidiary (and/or sister) pages on "coombs.anu.edu.au" server) has permanently ceased its publishing operations on Friday 21st January 2011.

All of the online resources reported here have been thoroughly checked at the time of their listing. However, it is possible that, with the with the passage of time, many of the originally reported materials might have been removed from the Internet, or changed their online address, or varied the scope and quality of their contents.

Fortunately, in several cases it is possible to access many of the older versions of the resources listed in the MONITOR. This can be easily done via the free services of the "The Internet Archive" http://web.archive.org/, a remarkable brainchild of Brewster Kahle, San Francisco, CA.

- with warm regards -

Editor, Dr T. Matthew Ciolek.

Canberra, 21 January 2011.


25 January 2007

Central Asian Voices Portal

http://www.centralasianvoices.org

4star
24 Jan 2007

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Washington DC, US

Supplied note:
"The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace announced the launch [on 17 Jan 2007 - ed.] of the Central Asian Voices Portal -- a web site featuring timely analysis of regional issues, and a forum enabling the exchange of ideas among policymakers, analysts, journalists, bloggers, and informed readers across the globe.

Written in English and Russian, Central Asian Voices consistently features top stories from the region, and currently showcases such topics as: the appointment of the new Kazakh government and the prospects for political change in Uzbekistan. The Portal will also provide links to official primary source documents, and analysis of the regional and geopolitical implications of current events. One of the Portal's unique features is its compilation of blogs and media resources from Central Asia, enabling visitors to view press coverage from the region and read first-hand accounts of life in Central Asia from its burgeoning civil society. This direct access to the opinions and perspectives of Central Asians marks a new development in a region often characterized by government-controlled media and a lack of openness. - dz."

Site contents:
* Featured links; * Government Voices (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, International Sites); * Media Voices (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, General Central Asian); * Blogger Voices (Alexandr Bosih, Alisher Navoi, Akunamatata, Ashghabat Gazette, Baisalov's Live Journal, BAK, BukharaInfo, Bukharian Jewish Global Portal, Carpetblog, Carrie Eurasia Foundation, Coming Anarchy, Dialog, Forum UZ, From Those Who Traveled to Central Asia, Global Voices Online, Global Voices Online, Central Asia and Caucasus, Hulegu's Campaign, Karakum, KUB Blog, Kyrgyzstan Students Blog, My Live Page Nachnyom Neweurasia Blog, Neweurasia Kazakhstan Blog, Neweurasia Kyrgyzstan Blog, Neweurasia Tajikistan Blog, Neweurasia Turkmenistan Blog, Neweurasia Uzbekistan Blog, Nukus 70 Years Anniversary, Pajamas Blog, Peace Corps Kyrgyzstan, Poverty and Growth Blog, Europe and Central Asia, Registan, Reklamniy Komsomolets, Roberts Report, Ryan Giordano's Blog, Samarkand Youth Blog, Sibnet Blog, Stories from Central Asia, Theai Blogspot, The Golden Road to Samarqand, The Internet Writing Journal, The Koreans of Central Asia, Turkmen Opposition Blog, Turkmenistan Blog, Uchkuduk, Uyghur Language, Uzbek Literature, Uzbeki Judges, Western Resistance, Women's Blog); * Documents in the News [incl. Uzbekistan - 2007 Address of the President to the people of Uzbekistan 01/04/2007- ed.]; * Research and Analysis [incl. The Roots of Radical Islam in Central Asia 01/17/2007 - ed.]; * Search; * Live stories [incl. Briefing on Prospects for Political Change in Uzbekistan Is China A Reliable Stakeholder in Central Asia? - ed.] * About Us; * Archives; * Carnegie Home.

URL http://www.centralasianvoices.org

Internet Archive (www.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract]

Link reported by: Diora Ziyaeva (dziyaeva--at--carnegieendowment.org), forwarded by central-eurasia-l--at--lists.fas.harvard.edu

* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Study/Documents/News/Online Guide
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]:
NGO
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
V.Useful
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000
- under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30

Please note that the above details were correct on the day of their publication. To suggest an update, please email the site's editor at tmciolek@ciolek.com