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Under Watch: Correspondent Peter Boehm was stymied in his effort to travel to Andijan, Uzbekistan, for reporting on violent clashes there this weekend (
see story). He flew from capital Tashkent to Namangan, where he hoped to take a taxi to nearby Andijan. But he was soon stopped by a police roadblock, where Peter's taxi driver was threatened by police for carrying a foreign journalist.
So they returned to Namangan, where Peter took another taxi and attempted a more circuitous route. He got within 12 miles of Andijan before being stopped. A police official took his credentials, telling Peter he couldn't proceed to Andijan because "you left Tashkent without informing the authorities." Peter was escorted back to Namangan by a policeman. "I've been followed everywhere," he says. "It's not threatening, but they're making it very difficult to work. They clearly want to know where I am every minute."
- Josh Burek
Europe editor
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Observers gaze at Auguste Rodin's "The Thinker" in Paris Saturday night, when France opened up its museums free to the public.
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