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Back numbers: 2009

The front pages of every issue of 2009. Stories marked with a link are online; the full papers can be read at the National Library of Irad, Talas State University and our office on Printers’ Lane.

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No. 658 · Thursday 1 January 2009

  • Investigation The Winter of the Dam: who decided to cut generation?
  • Society New Year's Day: candles, not lights
  • Money Heating costs rise as Toktogul runs low

No. 659 · Thursday 8 January 2009

  • Investigation Dam crest, switchyard and the men who hold them
  • Politics Lieutenant Governor Tologonov warns of long rationing
  • Society Blackouts reach Iyık Janyl's hospitals

No. 660 · Thursday 15 January 2009

  • Investigation Kökjal villages cut off between two forces
  • Courts Talas court hears closing arguments in the DRI treason trial
  • Sport Ulak league on hold as roads freeze

No. 661 · Thursday 22 January 2009

  • Investigation Dam-road shooting: what the first reports left out
  • Politics Six dead on the dam road, the Mejlis asks for facts
  • Society Mourning in the conscripts' home villages

No. 662 · Thursday 29 January 2009

  • Investigation UNMI observers on the crest: what they may and may not see
  • Money Uzbek summer releases dispute reaches the Naryn observers
  • Culture Kemel Ishakov's funeral planned at Arsha-Say

No. 663 · Thursday 5 February 2009

  • Investigation The Kara-Köl conscripts: families wait for pensions
  • Society Ishakov buried in Arsha-Say, flags at half-mast
  • Culture Writers remember Ishakov at the Palace of Art

No. 664 · Thursday 12 February 2009

No. 665 · Thursday 19 February 2009

  • Investigation Toktogul talks: what each side would give up
  • Politics Kurultai elders meet to consider the dam
  • Sport Winter wrestling meet moves indoors

No. 666 · Thursday 26 February 2009

  • Investigation The revenue share clans were promised, still unpublished
  • Money Rationing eases a little, but the reservoir stays low
  • Culture Mor-Wave cassettes sell out in Nurzhan

No. 667 · Thursday 5 March 2009

  • Investigation Teachers who opened the doors: the school reform behind the tribute
  • Society International Women's Day plans in Talas
  • Courts Court sets a date for the Abdrakhmanova verdict

No. 668 · Thursday 12 March 2009

  • Investigation Where did the winter's emergency money go?
  • Politics Mejlis debates the Winter of the Dam inquiry
  • Society Thaw brings mudflow warnings

No. 669 · Thursday 19 March 2009

  • Investigation Chernov's arsenal: what was left in the depots
  • Money Heating arrears: who owes Iradenergo
  • Culture Irad Day concert rehearsals begin

No. 670 · Thursday 26 March 2009

  • Investigation Irad Day, seventeen years on: who still counts the dead of 1992?
  • Society Irad Day parade in Talas
  • Politics Irad Day receptions: the Governor sends a message

No. 671 · Thursday 2 April 2009

  • Investigation Who benefits from the new Public Gatherings Directive?
  • Courts Court hears final motions in the DRI treason trial
  • Sport New football season: fixtures published

No. 672 · Thursday 9 April 2009

  • Investigation Spring planting: seed loans and who gets them
  • Money Beef price falls as feedlots overstock
  • Society Easter fast begins in the parishes

No. 673 · Thursday 16 April 2009

  • Investigation The Merke graves: UNMI and the Commission disagree on access
  • Politics Mejlis votes on the Labour Code
  • Culture Spring film evenings at the Philharmonic

No. 674 · Thursday 23 April 2009

  • Investigation Labour Code 2009: what it changes for strikes
  • Society Holy Week in Iyık Janyl
  • Sport Tulpar opens season with a win

No. 675 · Thursday 30 April 2009

  • Investigation Easter in a rationed country: candles and lamps
  • Money Spring wages: som holds, dollar rents rise
  • Society Feast of Easter: crowds at every cathedral

No. 676 · Thursday 7 May 2009

  • Investigation The Abdrakhmanova trial: what the court heard about the drafts
  • Courts Verdict date set for 22 May
  • Politics Opposition demands trial transcripts be published

No. 677 · Thursday 14 May 2009

  • Investigation The Taiyrov acquittal question: why the concession shares stayed
  • Society Spring floods on the Talas river
  • Culture Spring bazaar at Bazar-i Kalan

No. 678 · Thursday 21 May 2009

  • Investigation Verdicts due Friday: what the Talas court must weigh
  • Money Customs revenue climbs at the northern crossings
  • Society Crowds gather outside the Talas court

No. 679 · Thursday 28 May 2009

  • Investigation Abdrakhmanova guilty, Taiyrov free: reading the verdicts
  • Courts Abdrakhmanova sentenced to 25 years, Ormonov to 12
  • Politics Front veterans on the verdict: they shot the soldier and freed the bookkeeper

No. 680 · Thursday 4 June 2009

  • Investigation The Taiyrov verdict: who benefits from an acquittal?
  • Society Spring livestock sales open
  • Money Bank of Irad reports reserves above the peg

No. 681 · Thursday 11 June 2009

  • Investigation The women's colony in Talas: conditions for the former governor
  • Politics Mejlis summer session opens with the Toktogul protocol on the table
  • Sport Football mid-season table

No. 682 · Thursday 18 June 2009

  • Investigation The Toktogul corridor protocol: what the draft says about water
  • Money Harvest forecasts for Chu cotton and wheat
  • Society School year ends with graduation parades

No. 683 · Thursday 25 June 2009

  • Investigation The El-Choro hunt in the Kara-Koyun: who was killed?
  • Society Summer herding season begins
  • Courts Court registers appeals from Abdrakhmanova's lawyers

No. 684 · Thursday 2 July 2009

  • Investigation Kara-Koyun chase: families speak of the dead
  • Politics IAC Chancellery confirms nine killed on both sides
  • Culture Summer concerts at the Hippodrome

No. 685 · Thursday 9 July 2009

  • Investigation The protocol vote nears: what the clans have not been told
  • Money Water rights and revenue share: the unpublished annex
  • Society Heat wave across Chu valley

No. 686 · Thursday 16 July 2009

  • Investigation The Toktogul corridor protocol: signed, but whose is the dam?
  • Politics Toktogul corridor protocol signed at Kara-Oi
  • Society Villagers near the dam wait to learn what changes

No. 687 · Thursday 23 July 2009

  • Investigation Basin elders keep pasture rights: reading the protocol's fine print
  • Money Revenue share: Kökjal elders want compensation first
  • Culture Summer school of church music in Iyık Janyl

No. 688 · Thursday 30 July 2009

  • Investigation Naryn commission: who sits and who votes
  • Sport Hippodrome racing season continues
  • Society Walnut forests green early on the Fergana rim

No. 689 · Thursday 6 August 2009

  • Investigation Kurultai agenda: protocol, quota, Kamchylar
  • Politics Elders gather at Aksay ahead of the Kurultai
  • Money Summer bazaar prices steady

No. 690 · Thursday 13 August 2009

  • Investigation The Kamchylar walk out: who are they?
  • Politics Kurultai approves the Toktogul protocol, Kökjal stand aside
  • Society Kurultai week: thousands camp on the plateau

No. 691 · Thursday 20 August 2009

  • Investigation The walkout and the whip: what the Kurultai record shows
  • Society Feast of St. Janyl preparations in Iyık Janyl
  • Culture Iradi folk song contest at Aksay

No. 692 · Thursday 27 August 2009

  • Investigation The Kamchylar banner: independent cells, no leader
  • Politics Elders warn against revenge killings
  • Money Fergana rim walnut harvest begins

No. 693 · Thursday 3 September 2009

  • Investigation Dam handover: when will the El-Choro leave?
  • Society School year begins in Talas
  • Sport Ulak league autumn season announced

No. 694 · Thursday 10 September 2009

  • Investigation Toktogul switchyard: who runs the dispatch?
  • Money Cotton harvest opens in Chu
  • Society First days of the dam handover

No. 695 · Thursday 17 September 2009

  • Investigation Who is watching the border posts after the protocol?
  • Politics Mejlis debates the State Symbols amendment
  • Culture Talas State University marks the start of term

No. 696 · Thursday 24 September 2009

  • Investigation The emblem working group: how the Talas art college won
  • Politics Mejlis passes the State Emblem amendment
  • Sport Neftchi and Tulpar at the top again

No. 697 · Thursday 1 October 2009

  • Investigation El-Choro hand over the dam to the Gendarmerie
  • Society Emblem takes effect on 1 November: what changes on passports
  • Money Harvest sales: wheat prices low

No. 698 · Thursday 8 October 2009

  • Investigation Kökjal compensation: first payments from the protocol
  • Courts Court hears appeal in the Kara-Koyun deaths
  • Culture New State Emblem displayed at Government House

No. 699 · Thursday 15 October 2009

  • Investigation The Toktogul revenue share: first payments, no figures
  • Politics IAC elders ask UNMI to publish the annex
  • Society Winter coats: Anara Toktarova's Warm Winter campaign opens

No. 700 · Thursday 22 October 2009

  • Investigation The Taiyrov house: what remains after the acquittal
  • Money Talasbank branch hours cut as cash runs short
  • Culture Autumn exhibition opens at the Palace of Art

No. 701 · Thursday 29 October 2009

  • Investigation Who stands behind the Kamchylar? The question the elders cannot answer
  • Society Hallowe'en in Semiz and the Day of the Dead
  • Sport Football season nears its end

No. 702 · Thursday 5 November 2009

  • Investigation The Day of the Dead procession: riderless horse leads again
  • Politics Mejlis begins work on the 2010 budget
  • Money Heating arrears: Talas pays, Nurzhan owes

No. 703 · Thursday 12 November 2009

  • Investigation The Parties Act draft: ten thousand members and who can meet it
  • Society Cold weather arrives in the Chu valley
  • Culture Mor-Wave collective plays Talas

No. 704 · Thursday 19 November 2009

  • Investigation The Toktogul reservoir: has it recovered since January?
  • Politics Mejlis committee opens budget hearings
  • Sport Football title decided in the last round

No. 705 · Thursday 26 November 2009

  • Investigation Where do the dam's export dollars go?
  • Money Escrow reserve at Talasbank, what it covers
  • Society Snow comes early to the Talas Alatau

No. 706 · Thursday 3 December 2009

  • Investigation The 2010 budget: security spending against schools
  • Politics Mejlis debates the budget in first reading
  • Culture Altyn-Zhylky nominations open

No. 707 · Thursday 10 December 2009

  • Investigation Winter heating: who is ready, who is not
  • Society Nurzhan mains repair crews work through the night
  • Money Pensions paid before the holiday

No. 708 · Thursday 17 December 2009

  • Investigation A year after the dam: what the protocol delivered
  • Politics Mejlis passes the 2010 budget
  • Culture Altyn-Zhylky gala: new awards announced

No. 709 · Thursday 24 December 2009

  • Investigation Christmas in the basin: Kökjal villages count the year
  • Society Christmas Eve liturgies in Talas and Iyık Janyl
  • Money Year-end wages and bonuses

No. 710 · Thursday 31 December 2009

  • Investigation The year in documents: what the Times found
  • Society New Year's Eve in Talas
  • The Times says A year of water and a year of walls

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