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About World Chess Champion Rustam Kasimdzhanov, 24, was born on May 12th, 1979 in Uzbekistan, and is currently living in Germany. Rustam has played chess since he was five years old. Mr. Kasimdzhanov was crowned FIDE World Champion on July 14, 2004.
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Afghan Wireless is the only telecom company providing microwave connectivity to the Uzbekistan and Tajakistan borders in the North and to the Pakistan borders in the South and East. It ... connects to the Iran border in the West. It proudly owns one of the world's Highest GSM sites at Salang (3980m AMSL). The ring probably has the longest link of 187km between Charkend and Qaramqol.
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A large Bukharan Jewish community has existed in Uzbekistan for centuries. The arrival of Jewish caravan merchants from Persia moving along the Silk Road possibly dates from before 100 C.E., and Bukhara was the region’s primary Jewish community during antiquity. The community remained largely intact through World War II, when many Ashkenazi Jews arrived to escape the German advance, and there are ... several thousand Mountain, Georgian and other Jews.
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