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US deports 131 undocumented Central Asian migrants to Uzbekistan • May 2, 2025, 3:39 AM ET (The Hill)
China, Central Asia vow to uphold multilateralism • Apr. 28, 2025, 4:33 AM ET (The Star)
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Central Asia in the Middle Ages
Map of central Asia created for the 1997 Britannica Book of the Year.
Central Asia's oil resererves and pipelines.
Russian Empire
northern Eurasian oil and gas fields
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