Internet Access and Training Program (IATP)

IATP News for May 2005

Central Asia

IATP and the Media

Media representatives throughout Eurasia use IATP access sites to post stories online, to read Western news sources, and to communicate with other journalists.
Since IATP began, more than 3,100 media representatives have used IATP services and 2,000 journalists have been trained by IATP in computer technology.
Journalists often cover major events at the IATP access sites and are avid participants in many of IATP’s Web chats.
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Central Asian Journalists Discuss Internet Coverage of Andijan Events
On May 31, more than 25 representatives from the media, NGOs, and alumni of US government-sponsored exchange programs gathered at 13 IATP access sites in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan to participate in an online discussion on the Internet and media coverage of the recent events in Andijan, Uzbekistan. According to Uzbek officials, a group of armed Islamic extremists attacked prison guards in Andijan o¬n May 13, and freed a group of the imprisoned criminals. The official death toll of this incident is 173. More

Western Eurasia

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IATP Chess Team Qualifies for European Chess Tournament in Sweden
On May 9, after long hours analyzing chess strategies online at the IATP access site in Chisinau, the IATP Chess Team won the bronze medal in the men’s National Chess Team Championship of the Republic of Moldova. The IATP Chess Team, which was founded in May of 2003, currently consists of seven internationally-rated Moldovan chess players. More

Caucasus

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IATP Organizes Web Chat with State Minister of Georgia
On May 26, the IATP access site at the National Parliamentary Library in Tbilisi hosted an online chat with Georgian State Minister George Khaindrava. IATP users from nine regions of Georgia joined Minister Khaindrava to ask questions about conflict resolution in Georgia. More