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Staying Off the Bar Behind the Bars

October 19, 2010 - 2:20pm, by Dean C.K. Cox
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Men play backgammon on early Sunday evening at a bus station in the Kyrgyz capital of Bishkek.
Dean C.K. Cox

Men play backgammon on early Sunday evening at a bus station in the Kyrgyz capital of Bishkek.

Dean C.K. Cox is the photo editor for EurasiaNet.

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