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Small Protests Reported In Andijon

(RFE/RL) December 11, 2006 -- Independent news reports from Uzbekistan say a number of small protests have taken place in the eastern city of Andijon.


The ferghana.ru website says shortages of electricity and natural gas prompted a group of mainly women and children to take to the city's streets.


The uznews website says some 50 women protesters blocked one of Andijon's central streets on December 9 to demand that heating be restored to their homes.


(ferghana.ru, uznews.net)

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