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MOSCOW TO EXTRADITE UZBEK DISSIDENT? A 60-year-old Uzbek academic may be extradited to Uzbekistan to stand trial on charges of attempting to overturn the country's constitutional order, "Nezavisimaya gazeta" reported on 14 November. If convicted, he could face a prison sentence of five to 10 years. Tashkent issued an order for the arrest of Aliboy Yulyakhshiev in 1995 in connection with his role in organizing the shipment of the opposition newspaper "Erk" from Kyiv, where it is printed, to Uzbekistan. LF