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Uzbek refugees at border
SHOTLIST
1. Wide shot Shakhrikhan-Say river
2. Residents
3. Wide shot bridge on Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan border
4. Mid shot Kyrgyz guards checking sacks
5. Close up sack of cucumbers
6. Wide shot guards and traders
7. Mid shot residents
8. Mid shot woman crossing bridge
9. Wide shot women approaching border
10. Mid shot Uzbeks being checked
11. Close up Uzbek passport
12. Aerial shot U
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WRAP Scenes from border town, rally outside US embassy
SHOTLIST
1. Wide shot of protest outside US embassy gates
2. Close up man with poster that says "Down with the Dictator and Murderer! People of Andijan, we are with you!"
3. Woman holding sign "I am asking the (US) embassy for refuge."
4. Zoom into to embassy gates
5. US embassy sign
6. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Akhtam Shaimardanov, Free Peasants party:
"America is a strategic partner of Uz
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US Senators in Uzbekistan
1. President of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov greeting US senators Carl Levin (middle of picture) and John Warner (right of picture)
2. Senators at table
3. Mid shot Levin (middle of picture) and Warner (right of picture)
4. Mid shot Karimov
5. Karimov and Uzbek officials
6. Wide shot news conference
7. Cutaway cameraman
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Senator John Warner, Member of the US Senate's Armed
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Uzbeks flee unrest, wounded in hospital
SHOTLIST
Suzac, Kyrgyz-Uzbek border
1. Wide shot refugee camp
2. Wide shot tents
3. Mid shot, soldiers
4. Wide shot, people and tents
5. Man in a tent eating bread
6. People carrying bread
7. Mid shot, people in a tent
8. People near an emergency truck
9. Man sleeping
10. Wide shot people and tents
11. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Ogzhol Abdulkarimov, deputy director of Kyrgyz Immigration Ser
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Stockpiled aid in Termez plus aid agency comments
Nov 23, 2001
1. Wide of river port
2. UNHCR truck enters port
3. Wide shot exterior UN compound
4. Interior news conference
5. SOUNDBITE: (English) Antonio Donini, Deputy United Nations Coordinator for Afghanistan
"We are facing a situation in which unless we are able to provide assistance to the most affected areas in coming weeks, the levels of human suffering will increase dramatically a
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UN aid workers head for Mazar i Sharif from Termez.
1. Wide shot United Nations (UN) compound, tilt down to UN personnel loading vehicles
2. Various shots of UN personnel loading boxes and suitcases into cars
3. Close up shot of bags and boxes on top of UN vehicle
4. Setup shot Farhana Faruqi, UN regional coordinator for northern Afghanistan
5. SOUNDBITE: (English) Farhana Faruqi, UN regional coordinator for northern Afghanistan:
"We hope to
Uzbek refugees at border
SHOTLIST
1. Wide shot Shakhrikhan-Say river
2. Residents
3. Wide shot bridge on Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan border
4. Mid shot Kyrgyz guards checking sacks
5....
SHOTLIST
1. Wide shot Shakhrikhan-Say river
2. Residents
3. Wide shot bridge on Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan border
4. Mid shot Kyrgyz guards checking sacks
5. Close up sack of cucumbers
6. Wide shot guards and traders
7. Mid shot residents
8. Mid shot woman crossing bridge
9. Wide shot women approaching border
10. Mid shot Uzbeks being checked
11. Close up Uzbek passport
12. Aerial shot Uzbeks being checked
13. Mid shot woman approaches checkpoint
14. Close up passport pan to woman
15. Wide shot residents
16. Close up guards
17. Wide shot family walks away
18. Wide shot man with bicycle passes through checkpoint
19. Mid shot man with bicycle being checked
20. Wide shot man leading away cart
21. Wide shot crowd at border
STORYLINE
Residents of an Uzbek border town were on Sunday able to cross safely into a neighbouring settlement in Kyrgyzstan for the first time in years.
But on Monday, news reports said that Uzbek troops had sealed off the town of Korasuv on the Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan border.
The news reports also said that Uzbek troops, in an attempt to seal off the area, had set up checkpoints on the roads leading into Korasuv.
Townspeople in Korasuv crossed the Shakhrikhan-Say River safely into the Kyrgyz town of Kara-Suu on Sunday, to a market that had been key to residents' attempts to scrape together a living.
On Saturday, a day of rioting left Korasuv strewn with the charred carcasses of police cars and the streets littered with documents from torched government offices, but it forced authorities to restore the bridge - and that trade-off was worth the chaos, townspeople said.
Uzbek authorities tore up the floor of part of the footbridge in early 2003, purportedly to help block infectious diseases coming in food products from Kyrgyzstan.
But locals saw it as an attempt by the government to grind them down, denying them access to the better-developed economy and comparatively more open politics of Kyrgyzstan.
Some Uzbek traders, desperate to keep their incomes going, tried to cross the river on ropes clandestinely strung above the rushing waters - many drowned.
For more than two years, resentment brewed.
It exploded on Saturday, apparently touched off by news of violence in Andijan, a major city about 50 kilometres (30 miles) away.
Soldiers fired into a crowd of protesters in Andijan, leaving up to 500 people dead.
A human rights group reported that clashes in the town of Pakhtabad killed an additional 200 people.
When Korasuv protesters took to the streets on Saturday, they set police and tax inspector's offices on fire, looted a local bank and burned five police cars.
Many of the police fled; at least one officer was beaten, as was the local mayor, residents said.
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SHOTLIST
1. Wide shot Shakhrikhan-Say river
2. Residents
3. Wide shot bridge on Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan border
4. Mid shot Kyrgyz guards checking sacks
5. Close up sack of cucumbers
6. Wide shot guards and traders
7. Mid shot residents
8. Mid shot woman crossing bridge
9. Wide shot women approaching border
10. Mid shot Uzbeks being checked
11. Close up Uzbek passport
12. Aerial shot Uzbeks being checked
13. Mid shot woman approaches checkpoint
14. Close up passport pan to woman
15. Wide shot residents
16. Close up guards
17. Wide shot family walks away
18. Wide shot man with bicycle passes through checkpoint
19. Mid shot man with bicycle being checked
20. Wide shot man leading away cart
21. Wide shot crowd at border
STORYLINE
Residents of an Uzbek border town were on Sunday able to cross safely into a neighbouring settlement in Kyrgyzstan for the first time in years.
But on Monday, news reports said that Uzbek troops had sealed off the town of Korasuv on the Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan border.
The news reports also said that Uzbek troops, in an attempt to seal off the area, had set up checkpoints on the roads leading into Korasuv.
Townspeople in Korasuv crossed the Shakhrikhan-Say River safely into the Kyrgyz town of Kara-Suu on Sunday, to a market that had been key to residents' attempts to scrape together a living.
On Saturday, a day of rioting left Korasuv strewn with the charred carcasses of police cars and the streets littered with documents from torched government offices, but it forced authorities to restore the bridge - and that trade-off was worth the chaos, townspeople said.
Uzbek authorities tore up the floor of part of the footbridge in early 2003, purportedly to help block infectious diseases coming in food products from Kyrgyzstan.
But locals saw it as an attempt by the government to grind them down, denying them access to the better-developed economy and comparatively more open politics of Kyrgyzstan.
Some Uzbek traders, desperate to keep their incomes going, tried to cross the river on ropes clandestinely strung above the rushing waters - many drowned.
For more than two years, resentment brewed.
It exploded on Saturday, apparently touched off by news of violence in Andijan, a major city about 50 kilometres (30 miles) away.
Soldiers fired into a crowd of protesters in Andijan, leaving up to 500 people dead.
A human rights group reported that clashes in the town of Pakhtabad killed an additional 200 people.
When Korasuv protesters took to the streets on Saturday, they set police and tax inspector's offices on fire, looted a local bank and burned five police cars.
Many of the police fled; at least one officer was beaten, as was the local mayor, residents said.
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WRAP Scenes from border town, rally outside US embassy
SHOTLIST
1. Wide shot of protest outside US embassy gates
2. Close up man with poster that says "Down with the Dictator and Murderer! People of Andijan, w...
SHOTLIST
1. Wide shot of protest outside US embassy gates
2. Close up man with poster that says "Down with the Dictator and Murderer! People of Andijan, we are with you!"
3. Woman holding sign "I am asking the (US) embassy for refuge."
4. Zoom into to embassy gates
5. US embassy sign
6. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Akhtam Shaimardanov, Free Peasants party:
"America is a strategic partner of Uzbekistan and apart from its military presence, there is a democratic one too. We feel that the US is guilty to a great extent for its unconditional support of this regime."
7. Poster that says "Mothers of Andijan - we are with you!"
8. Protestors
9. Security near the protesters
10. People standing around at market
11. Man cooking bread and selling it at roadside stall
12. Close up bread with rosette pattern in middle, for sale
13. People crossing footbridge
14. Kyrgyz border guards checking people as they go across footbridge into Kyrgyzstan
15. Kyrgyz border guard checking documents
16. Sick woman being wheeled across bridge
17. People taking supplies over bridge
18. Close up feet
19. Line of soldiers in front of people
20. Wide shot people walking towards border crossing
21. Rakhimov, sitting cross legged at low table, pouring tea for his guest
22. Food laid out on table including strawberries and nuts
23. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Bakhtiyor Rakhimov, Islamic leader and farmer
'If our politicians and government officials continue their policies and attack us, we will stand till the last because we have people's support. We are not for officials, we are for working people. We are not some leaders, we don't belong to any groups, we don't receive assistance from any quarters. But in many cities around this area, and even in Kyrgyzstan, we have support. These people are also Muslims and they also stand for justice."
24. Wide shot river and footbridge
STORYLINE
A handful of demonstrators protested outside the US embassy in the Uzbek capital, Tashkent, on Tuesday over what they see as the US government's lack of condemnation of the shooting of civilians in Andijan last Friday.
About a dozen rights activists and opposition politicians picketed the embassy.
Protesters, who gathered under placards "Down with dictator killer!" and "Mothers of Andijan, we are mourning together with you!" were surrounded by scores of plainclothes Uzbek security agents.
Akhtam Shaimardanov, a member of the opposition Free Peasants party, accused the US of being guilty, by its silence, of supporting the Uzbek government in killing unarmed civilians.
There has been no independent confirmation of several reports by witnesses and opposition figures of hundreds killed by security forces on Friday in Andijan, Uzbekistan's fourth-largest city, and hundreds more over the weekend in other towns in the region near Kyrgyzstan.
The turmoil undermines President Islam Karimov's authoritarian government and puts the United States in a difficult position because Washington relies on Uzbekistan for an air base in the country and anti-terrorism support.
US State Department Spokesman Richard Boucher on Monday said the US government had been in contact with the Uzbek authorities and had urged restraint.
In a sign of the tensions in the country, local Islamic leaders said on Tuesday that all police and other officials had fled the eastern town of Korasuv, on the border between Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan.
At the weekend, an estimated five thousand people went on a rampage and forced authorities to restore a bridge across a river that marks the border with Kyrgyzstan.
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SHOTLIST
1. Wide shot of protest outside US embassy gates
2. Close up man with poster that says "Down with the Dictator and Murderer! People of Andijan, we are with you!"
3. Woman holding sign "I am asking the (US) embassy for refuge."
4. Zoom into to embassy gates
5. US embassy sign
6. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Akhtam Shaimardanov, Free Peasants party:
"America is a strategic partner of Uzbekistan and apart from its military presence, there is a democratic one too. We feel that the US is guilty to a great extent for its unconditional support of this regime."
7. Poster that says "Mothers of Andijan - we are with you!"
8. Protestors
9. Security near the protesters
10. People standing around at market
11. Man cooking bread and selling it at roadside stall
12. Close up bread with rosette pattern in middle, for sale
13. People crossing footbridge
14. Kyrgyz border guards checking people as they go across footbridge into Kyrgyzstan
15. Kyrgyz border guard checking documents
16. Sick woman being wheeled across bridge
17. People taking supplies over bridge
18. Close up feet
19. Line of soldiers in front of people
20. Wide shot people walking towards border crossing
21. Rakhimov, sitting cross legged at low table, pouring tea for his guest
22. Food laid out on table including strawberries and nuts
23. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Bakhtiyor Rakhimov, Islamic leader and farmer
'If our politicians and government officials continue their policies and attack us, we will stand till the last because we have people's support. We are not for officials, we are for working people. We are not some leaders, we don't belong to any groups, we don't receive assistance from any quarters. But in many cities around this area, and even in Kyrgyzstan, we have support. These people are also Muslims and they also stand for justice."
24. Wide shot river and footbridge
STORYLINE
A handful of demonstrators protested outside the US embassy in the Uzbek capital, Tashkent, on Tuesday over what they see as the US government's lack of condemnation of the shooting of civilians in Andijan last Friday.
About a dozen rights activists and opposition politicians picketed the embassy.
Protesters, who gathered under placards "Down with dictator killer!" and "Mothers of Andijan, we are mourning together with you!" were surrounded by scores of plainclothes Uzbek security agents.
Akhtam Shaimardanov, a member of the opposition Free Peasants party, accused the US of being guilty, by its silence, of supporting the Uzbek government in killing unarmed civilians.
There has been no independent confirmation of several reports by witnesses and opposition figures of hundreds killed by security forces on Friday in Andijan, Uzbekistan's fourth-largest city, and hundreds more over the weekend in other towns in the region near Kyrgyzstan.
The turmoil undermines President Islam Karimov's authoritarian government and puts the United States in a difficult position because Washington relies on Uzbekistan for an air base in the country and anti-terrorism support.
US State Department Spokesman Richard Boucher on Monday said the US government had been in contact with the Uzbek authorities and had urged restraint.
In a sign of the tensions in the country, local Islamic leaders said on Tuesday that all police and other officials had fled the eastern town of Korasuv, on the border between Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan.
At the weekend, an estimated five thousand people went on a rampage and forced authorities to restore a bridge across a river that marks the border with Kyrgyzstan.
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US Senators in Uzbekistan
1. President of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov greeting US senators Carl Levin (middle of picture) and John Warner (right of picture)
2. Senators at table
3. Mid sh...
1. President of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov greeting US senators Carl Levin (middle of picture) and John Warner (right of picture)
2. Senators at table
3. Mid shot Levin (middle of picture) and Warner (right of picture)
4. Mid shot Karimov
5. Karimov and Uzbek officials
6. Wide shot news conference
7. Cutaway cameraman
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Senator John Warner, Member of the US Senate's Armed Services Committee:
"The subject of the (humanitarian) bridge (to Afghanistan) was discussed at all levels of our consultations this morning and I felt that it was openly discussed and frankly discussed. The need for the opening from the viewpoint of the coalition of nations is to facilitate bringing in relief for those who are suffering from lack of food and medicine. And they (Uzbek officials) are fully conscious aware of that."
9. Mid shot journalists
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Senator Carl levin, chairman of the US Senate's Armed Services Committee:
"We have continued to express that belief in those democratic values and always will. We also now are focusing on destroying the terrorist network in Afghanistan. That does not mean that we have set aside our values or that our values are weakened. It means that our focus, our strong determined focus is to destroy that terrorist network in Afghanistan."
11. Mid shot news conference with Warner and Levin at podium
12. Senators Warner and Levin leaving podium and conference hall
STORYLINE:
Two top US senators lobbied Uzbekistan on Tuesday to allow wider use of US forces based in the country.
They also pledged to back an increase in aid for Uzbekistan, which is hosting US soldiers in the fight against terror.
The Senators gave no details on what type of an increased role they were calling for, other than saying that they were not pressing Uzbekistan to allow in more US ground troops.
The visiting Senators were the Chairman of the US Senate's Armed Services Committee, Senator Carl Levin and the top Republican member of that committee, Senator John Warner.
Their comments came after a meeting with Uzbekistan's President Islam Karimov and other officials.
Uzbekistan borders Afghanistan and is a crucial US ally in the military campaign there.
Some 1,000 American soldiers are based at Khanabad air base in southern Uzbekistan.
Uzbekistan has said that it would allow US forces in the country to carry out search and rescue and humanitarian operations.
The senators called on Uzbekistan to open its bridge across the Amu Darya river into Afghanistan to help facilitate humanitarian aid shipments.
The United Nations has been sending barges filled with wheat flour, winter coats and shoes from the Uzbek port of Termez to Afghanistan, but aid groups have said that the flow could be dramatically increased if the bridge across the river were opened.
The senators also plan to visit Pakistan, Oman, Saudi Arabia, the Balkans and US Navy sailors aboard ships during their tour.
They announced that the key goal of the visit was "to celebrate our Thanksgiving with our forces," but for security reasons the senators refused to say in which country the festive meal would be held.
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1. President of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov greeting US senators Carl Levin (middle of picture) and John Warner (right of picture)
2. Senators at table
3. Mid shot Levin (middle of picture) and Warner (right of picture)
4. Mid shot Karimov
5. Karimov and Uzbek officials
6. Wide shot news conference
7. Cutaway cameraman
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Senator John Warner, Member of the US Senate's Armed Services Committee:
"The subject of the (humanitarian) bridge (to Afghanistan) was discussed at all levels of our consultations this morning and I felt that it was openly discussed and frankly discussed. The need for the opening from the viewpoint of the coalition of nations is to facilitate bringing in relief for those who are suffering from lack of food and medicine. And they (Uzbek officials) are fully conscious aware of that."
9. Mid shot journalists
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Senator Carl levin, chairman of the US Senate's Armed Services Committee:
"We have continued to express that belief in those democratic values and always will. We also now are focusing on destroying the terrorist network in Afghanistan. That does not mean that we have set aside our values or that our values are weakened. It means that our focus, our strong determined focus is to destroy that terrorist network in Afghanistan."
11. Mid shot news conference with Warner and Levin at podium
12. Senators Warner and Levin leaving podium and conference hall
STORYLINE:
Two top US senators lobbied Uzbekistan on Tuesday to allow wider use of US forces based in the country.
They also pledged to back an increase in aid for Uzbekistan, which is hosting US soldiers in the fight against terror.
The Senators gave no details on what type of an increased role they were calling for, other than saying that they were not pressing Uzbekistan to allow in more US ground troops.
The visiting Senators were the Chairman of the US Senate's Armed Services Committee, Senator Carl Levin and the top Republican member of that committee, Senator John Warner.
Their comments came after a meeting with Uzbekistan's President Islam Karimov and other officials.
Uzbekistan borders Afghanistan and is a crucial US ally in the military campaign there.
Some 1,000 American soldiers are based at Khanabad air base in southern Uzbekistan.
Uzbekistan has said that it would allow US forces in the country to carry out search and rescue and humanitarian operations.
The senators called on Uzbekistan to open its bridge across the Amu Darya river into Afghanistan to help facilitate humanitarian aid shipments.
The United Nations has been sending barges filled with wheat flour, winter coats and shoes from the Uzbek port of Termez to Afghanistan, but aid groups have said that the flow could be dramatically increased if the bridge across the river were opened.
The senators also plan to visit Pakistan, Oman, Saudi Arabia, the Balkans and US Navy sailors aboard ships during their tour.
They announced that the key goal of the visit was "to celebrate our Thanksgiving with our forces," but for security reasons the senators refused to say in which country the festive meal would be held.
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Uzbeks flee unrest, wounded in hospital
SHOTLIST
Suzac, Kyrgyz-Uzbek border
1. Wide shot refugee camp
2. Wide shot tents
3. Mid shot, soldiers
4. Wide shot, people and tents
5. Man in a tent e...
SHOTLIST
Suzac, Kyrgyz-Uzbek border
1. Wide shot refugee camp
2. Wide shot tents
3. Mid shot, soldiers
4. Wide shot, people and tents
5. Man in a tent eating bread
6. People carrying bread
7. Mid shot, people in a tent
8. People near an emergency truck
9. Man sleeping
10. Wide shot people and tents
11. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Ogzhol Abdulkarimov, deputy director of Kyrgyz Immigration Service for the south
"The migration service is counting the refugees. We cannot tell the exact number of the refugees yet. At the moment we have registered 316 people."
12. People near tent
13. People in a line to get water
14. Wide shot people washing
15. Man washing
16. Refugees with soldiers in the background
17. Refugees in Suzac hospital
18. Close shot, legs of a refugee
19. Close shot, man in hospital bed
STORYLINE
More than 500 Uzbek residents have sought refuge at a tent camp in the Suzak region of neighbouring Kyrgyzstan.
A UN refugee agency team that inspected the camp over the weekend said that most of the 560 Uzbeks who arrived there on Saturday were men and that 18 of them were wounded.
Hundreds of refugees have fled to Kyrgyzstan in the wake of spreading unrest that sparked harsh crackdowns by security forces, which reportedly claimed the lives of more than 500 people over three days.
As well as its fourth-largest city, Andijan, the explosions of pent-up anger have now hit at least two of Uzbekistan's towns in the Fergana Valley on its Kyrgyz border.
The latest violence was reported in Tefektosh, where witnesses said eight soldiers and three civilians were killed on Sunday.
In another border community, Korasuv, thousands of residents went on a rampage on Saturday, forcing authorities to restore a bridge across a river that marks the border with Kyrgyzstan.
Local residents saw the government's closing of the bridge more than two years ago as a move to deny them access to the better economy and
more open politics of Kyrgyzstan.
On Monday, Kyrgyz officials said that 150 Uzbek refugees had been turned back near the Uzbek villager of Ayim on Sunday and they warned they could quickly deport others who had previously crossed the border.
The Uzbeks were said to have been denied passage because they had tried to bypass existing border crossings.
The head of the Kyrgyz border guard service said that the Uzbeks who had fled to Kyrgyzstan were being provided with assistance but would not be given refugee status, the Interfax news agency reported.
He said that talks with Uzbek officials on their deportation could be completed in two days.
A Kyrgyz border guards service spokeswoman, however, denied the Interfax report, saying that government agencies were still discussing the status of Uzbek citizens in the tent camp.
Kyrgyz and Uzbek officials were set to discuss the issue in the southern Kyrgyz city of Osh later on Monday.
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wn.com/Uzbeks Flee Unrest, Wounded In Hospital
SHOTLIST
Suzac, Kyrgyz-Uzbek border
1. Wide shot refugee camp
2. Wide shot tents
3. Mid shot, soldiers
4. Wide shot, people and tents
5. Man in a tent eating bread
6. People carrying bread
7. Mid shot, people in a tent
8. People near an emergency truck
9. Man sleeping
10. Wide shot people and tents
11. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Ogzhol Abdulkarimov, deputy director of Kyrgyz Immigration Service for the south
"The migration service is counting the refugees. We cannot tell the exact number of the refugees yet. At the moment we have registered 316 people."
12. People near tent
13. People in a line to get water
14. Wide shot people washing
15. Man washing
16. Refugees with soldiers in the background
17. Refugees in Suzac hospital
18. Close shot, legs of a refugee
19. Close shot, man in hospital bed
STORYLINE
More than 500 Uzbek residents have sought refuge at a tent camp in the Suzak region of neighbouring Kyrgyzstan.
A UN refugee agency team that inspected the camp over the weekend said that most of the 560 Uzbeks who arrived there on Saturday were men and that 18 of them were wounded.
Hundreds of refugees have fled to Kyrgyzstan in the wake of spreading unrest that sparked harsh crackdowns by security forces, which reportedly claimed the lives of more than 500 people over three days.
As well as its fourth-largest city, Andijan, the explosions of pent-up anger have now hit at least two of Uzbekistan's towns in the Fergana Valley on its Kyrgyz border.
The latest violence was reported in Tefektosh, where witnesses said eight soldiers and three civilians were killed on Sunday.
In another border community, Korasuv, thousands of residents went on a rampage on Saturday, forcing authorities to restore a bridge across a river that marks the border with Kyrgyzstan.
Local residents saw the government's closing of the bridge more than two years ago as a move to deny them access to the better economy and
more open politics of Kyrgyzstan.
On Monday, Kyrgyz officials said that 150 Uzbek refugees had been turned back near the Uzbek villager of Ayim on Sunday and they warned they could quickly deport others who had previously crossed the border.
The Uzbeks were said to have been denied passage because they had tried to bypass existing border crossings.
The head of the Kyrgyz border guard service said that the Uzbeks who had fled to Kyrgyzstan were being provided with assistance but would not be given refugee status, the Interfax news agency reported.
He said that talks with Uzbek officials on their deportation could be completed in two days.
A Kyrgyz border guards service spokeswoman, however, denied the Interfax report, saying that government agencies were still discussing the status of Uzbek citizens in the tent camp.
Kyrgyz and Uzbek officials were set to discuss the issue in the southern Kyrgyz city of Osh later on Monday.
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Stockpiled aid in Termez plus aid agency comments
Nov 23, 2001
1. Wide of river port
2. UNHCR truck enters port
3. Wide shot exterior UN compound
4. Interior news conference
5. SOUNDBITE: (English) Antonio...
Nov 23, 2001
1. Wide of river port
2. UNHCR truck enters port
3. Wide shot exterior UN compound
4. Interior news conference
5. SOUNDBITE: (English) Antonio Donini, Deputy United Nations Coordinator for Afghanistan
"We are facing a situation in which unless we are able to provide assistance to the most affected areas in coming weeks, the levels of human suffering will increase dramatically and it is a race against time. We have half a million internally displaced persons and thousands of what we call 'Internally Stuck People' - ICPs - who are very difficult to reach and will be even more difficult to reach after the snows."
6. French Minister of Cooperation, Charles Josselin, leaves plane at airport
7. Josselin walks towards news
8. SOUNDBITE: (French) Charles Josselin, French Minister of Cooperation
(Talking about the French troops at the US base in Uzbekistan, waiting to enter Mazar e Sharif)
"We will fly there if the Afghans want it. It is an essential question for us, this question of security. Even for the Americans as well."
9. Josselin walks towards car
10. UN building and sign
11. Josselin emerges after meeting UN officials
12. SOUNDBITE: (French) Charles Josselin, French Minister of Cooperation
"We feel there is a certain technical question, but that is not the most important. It is for political reasons that the bridge is not open. Our analysis is that until the political situation in Afghanistan stabilises that the border will remain closed. And it's clear that the battle going on at the moment has these restabilizing elements."
13. Wide of members of various French Non Governmental Organisations (NGOs)
14. SOUNDBITE: (English) Gil Gonzalez Foerster, Action Against Hunger
"For now, all of our stuff and people are stuck in Termez and we have reports that on the other side, people are sick and dyeing of disease, so we need to cross as soon as possible. And right now we are not getting a lot of help from the Uzbek government."
15. Two photos of Mazar e Sharif aid organisations in operation before September 11 terrorists attacks in the US
Recent File
16. Friendship Bridge linking Uzbekistan and Afghanistan
17. Various of humanitarian aid loaded onto barge
STORYLINE:
International aid agencies are racing against the winter weather to try to get food, blankets and medical supplies to impoverished Afghans across the country.
A U-N official said on Friday he hoped to restore regular operations in the key northern city of Mazar-e-Sharif just south of the border with Uzbekistan soon, boosting efforts to get aid to needy Afghans.
Speaking in the Uzbek border town of Termez, Antonio Donini, deputy U-N coordinator for Afghanistan, said he had met General Rashid Dostum - one of the warlords who took back the city of Mazar-e-Sharif - on November 9.
Donini said he had received assurances that international staff could operate safely there and return permanently within a week.
But he reiterated that the humanitarian crisis unfolding in Afghanistan had reached what he called "stunning proportions."
Mazar-e-Sharif has had a violent history in recent years, as control of the city has shifted back and forth between Taliban and opposition forces, leading to retribution killings and mass murder of civilians by both sides.
The uncertainty over the security situation in Mazar-e-Sharif and fighting in nearby Kunduz are preventing the opening of the Friendship Bridge, the only crossing from Uzbekistan to Afghanistan over the Amu-Darya River.
Opening the bridge, near Termez, would allow aid to be sent much quicker to the 3-point-4 (m) million people who rely on
assistance in northern Afghanistan.
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wn.com/Stockpiled Aid In Termez Plus Aid Agency Comments
Nov 23, 2001
1. Wide of river port
2. UNHCR truck enters port
3. Wide shot exterior UN compound
4. Interior news conference
5. SOUNDBITE: (English) Antonio Donini, Deputy United Nations Coordinator for Afghanistan
"We are facing a situation in which unless we are able to provide assistance to the most affected areas in coming weeks, the levels of human suffering will increase dramatically and it is a race against time. We have half a million internally displaced persons and thousands of what we call 'Internally Stuck People' - ICPs - who are very difficult to reach and will be even more difficult to reach after the snows."
6. French Minister of Cooperation, Charles Josselin, leaves plane at airport
7. Josselin walks towards news
8. SOUNDBITE: (French) Charles Josselin, French Minister of Cooperation
(Talking about the French troops at the US base in Uzbekistan, waiting to enter Mazar e Sharif)
"We will fly there if the Afghans want it. It is an essential question for us, this question of security. Even for the Americans as well."
9. Josselin walks towards car
10. UN building and sign
11. Josselin emerges after meeting UN officials
12. SOUNDBITE: (French) Charles Josselin, French Minister of Cooperation
"We feel there is a certain technical question, but that is not the most important. It is for political reasons that the bridge is not open. Our analysis is that until the political situation in Afghanistan stabilises that the border will remain closed. And it's clear that the battle going on at the moment has these restabilizing elements."
13. Wide of members of various French Non Governmental Organisations (NGOs)
14. SOUNDBITE: (English) Gil Gonzalez Foerster, Action Against Hunger
"For now, all of our stuff and people are stuck in Termez and we have reports that on the other side, people are sick and dyeing of disease, so we need to cross as soon as possible. And right now we are not getting a lot of help from the Uzbek government."
15. Two photos of Mazar e Sharif aid organisations in operation before September 11 terrorists attacks in the US
Recent File
16. Friendship Bridge linking Uzbekistan and Afghanistan
17. Various of humanitarian aid loaded onto barge
STORYLINE:
International aid agencies are racing against the winter weather to try to get food, blankets and medical supplies to impoverished Afghans across the country.
A U-N official said on Friday he hoped to restore regular operations in the key northern city of Mazar-e-Sharif just south of the border with Uzbekistan soon, boosting efforts to get aid to needy Afghans.
Speaking in the Uzbek border town of Termez, Antonio Donini, deputy U-N coordinator for Afghanistan, said he had met General Rashid Dostum - one of the warlords who took back the city of Mazar-e-Sharif - on November 9.
Donini said he had received assurances that international staff could operate safely there and return permanently within a week.
But he reiterated that the humanitarian crisis unfolding in Afghanistan had reached what he called "stunning proportions."
Mazar-e-Sharif has had a violent history in recent years, as control of the city has shifted back and forth between Taliban and opposition forces, leading to retribution killings and mass murder of civilians by both sides.
The uncertainty over the security situation in Mazar-e-Sharif and fighting in nearby Kunduz are preventing the opening of the Friendship Bridge, the only crossing from Uzbekistan to Afghanistan over the Amu-Darya River.
Opening the bridge, near Termez, would allow aid to be sent much quicker to the 3-point-4 (m) million people who rely on
assistance in northern Afghanistan.
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UN aid workers head for Mazar i Sharif from Termez.
1. Wide shot United Nations (UN) compound, tilt down to UN personnel loading vehicles
2. Various shots of UN personnel loading boxes and suitcases into cars
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1. Wide shot United Nations (UN) compound, tilt down to UN personnel loading vehicles
2. Various shots of UN personnel loading boxes and suitcases into cars
3. Close up shot of bags and boxes on top of UN vehicle
4. Setup shot Farhana Faruqi, UN regional coordinator for northern Afghanistan
5. SOUNDBITE: (English) Farhana Faruqi, UN regional coordinator for northern Afghanistan:
"We hope to see a significant number of members of the international assistance community working in the northern region. It is a moment which is a very happy moment for all of us. But at the same time we understand the challenge and responsibility that we have towards the Afghan people of this region."
6. Faruqi pulling out of compound in UN vehicle
7. Cutaway UN flag
8. Various of UN convoy pulling out of compound
9. Wide shot Friendship bridge between Uzbekistan and Afghanistan
10. UN vehicle heading towards bridge
STORYLINE:
Aid workers have finally crossed into northern Afghanistan from neighbouring Uzbekistan, following the reopening of a bridge that links the two countries.
The Friendship Bridge across the Amu Darya River that marks the Uzbek-Afghan border was opened on Sunday for the first time in four years.
The Soviet-era bridge- the only one connecting the two nations- was closed in 1997 because of fighting inside Afghanistan.
On Tuesday a team of eleven UN personnel led by Farhana Faruqi, the UN's regional officer for northern Afghanistan, left the UN compound in Termez, Uzbekistan to begin the process of reopening their base in Mazar-e-Sharif.
With an estimated 3 million (m) people in northern Afghanistan facing severe hunger, cold and disease, international aid groups have been pressuring Uzbekistan to reopen the bridge since the Taliban was ousted from the Afghan side of the border weeks ago.
Uzbekistan refused, citing security concerns.
Aid has piled up on the Uzbek side.
The route is now expected to be a major artery for aid and relief for Afghanistan.
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wn.com/Un Aid Workers Head For Mazar I Sharif From Termez.
1. Wide shot United Nations (UN) compound, tilt down to UN personnel loading vehicles
2. Various shots of UN personnel loading boxes and suitcases into cars
3. Close up shot of bags and boxes on top of UN vehicle
4. Setup shot Farhana Faruqi, UN regional coordinator for northern Afghanistan
5. SOUNDBITE: (English) Farhana Faruqi, UN regional coordinator for northern Afghanistan:
"We hope to see a significant number of members of the international assistance community working in the northern region. It is a moment which is a very happy moment for all of us. But at the same time we understand the challenge and responsibility that we have towards the Afghan people of this region."
6. Faruqi pulling out of compound in UN vehicle
7. Cutaway UN flag
8. Various of UN convoy pulling out of compound
9. Wide shot Friendship bridge between Uzbekistan and Afghanistan
10. UN vehicle heading towards bridge
STORYLINE:
Aid workers have finally crossed into northern Afghanistan from neighbouring Uzbekistan, following the reopening of a bridge that links the two countries.
The Friendship Bridge across the Amu Darya River that marks the Uzbek-Afghan border was opened on Sunday for the first time in four years.
The Soviet-era bridge- the only one connecting the two nations- was closed in 1997 because of fighting inside Afghanistan.
On Tuesday a team of eleven UN personnel led by Farhana Faruqi, the UN's regional officer for northern Afghanistan, left the UN compound in Termez, Uzbekistan to begin the process of reopening their base in Mazar-e-Sharif.
With an estimated 3 million (m) people in northern Afghanistan facing severe hunger, cold and disease, international aid groups have been pressuring Uzbekistan to reopen the bridge since the Taliban was ousted from the Afghan side of the border weeks ago.
Uzbekistan refused, citing security concerns.
Aid has piled up on the Uzbek side.
The route is now expected to be a major artery for aid and relief for Afghanistan.
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- published: 21 Jul 2015
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