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Wed, 9 Jul 2008 03:59:00 GMT
Housing prices in Kazakhstan slid down 0.5%-3.6% in June
Almaty. July 9. Interfax-Kazakhstan - Housing prices in Kazakhstan in June slid down by 0.5% on the primary market and 3.6% on the secondary market, the National Statistics Agency announced on Tuesday. The full version is available for subscribers only.
Wed, 9 Jul 2008 03:59:00 GMT
S. Korean firms explore Turkmen waters for oil
ASHGABAT -- Turkmenistan has proposed to South Korea that a consortium from the Asian nation explore three areas of the Caspian Sea for oil, the country's official newspaper announced Monday. The proposal was discussed at the weekend by Turkmen President
Wed, 9 Jul 2008 03:46:00 GMT
Gazprom unit to explore 2 fields in Tajikistan next year
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Wed, 9 Jul 2008 03:26:00 GMT
Tajik consumersâ?" union to protect rights of consumers in energy sector
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Wed, 9 Jul 2008 03:10:00 GMT
KEN SILVERSTEINâ?"Uzbek Dictatorâ?"s Daughter: Harvard gradâ?"s â?wishes are ordersâ?
Northern Italy?s leading daily, La Stampa of Turin, reports on the ?Unavoidable Rise of the Beautiful Gulnara,? on Gulnara Karimova, the daughter of Uzbekistan?s autocrat-for-life Islam Karimov. When daddy rules with an iron hand, and you?re
Wed, 9 Jul 2008 02:50:00 GMT
Kazakhs hits back over Kashagan claims
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Wed, 9 Jul 2008 02:47:00 GMT
Caspian scores 50% stake in Black Gold
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Wed, 9 Jul 2008 02:11:00 GMT
Rights Groups Press For Release of RFE/RL Turkmen Contributor
PM International rights groups have stepped up their pressure on Turkmen authorities to immediately release an RFE/RL commentator who is being held against his will at a remote psychiatric hospital known as the Turkmen 'Gulag.' The fresh calls come amid
Wed, 9 Jul 2008 02:07:00 GMT
Kazakhstan, EBRD steps up support for small businesses
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Wed, 9 Jul 2008 01:50:00 GMT
Tajikistan to open four VTSs under support of SDC
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Wed, 9 Jul 2008 01:13:00 GMT
Dushanbe Rotary Club provides humanitarian aid to school in Muminobod
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Wed, 9 Jul 2008 01:13:00 GMT
Tajik central bank cuts refinancing rate by 0.75%
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Wed, 9 Jul 2008 01:13:00 GMT
Executives of Tajik, Russian fuel-and-power sector agencies discuss cooperation issues
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Wed, 9 Jul 2008 01:12:00 GMT
Tajikistanâ?"s GDP rises 5.8 percent in six months to July 1, 2008
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Wed, 9 Jul 2008 01:12:00 GMT
Russian center to support enhancement of municipal services and vocational education in Tajikistan
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Wed, 9 Jul 2008 01:12:00 GMT
Demand for printing plant production in Kazakhstan reportedly grows by 30% or 40% and as of today reaches 7 kilogrammes per capita
. Meanwhile, 650 companies being in operation in the Republic now with the average income likely being from 500 upto 1.5 million US dollars per month. Sergei Skrynnik, printing plant director ?To say honestly, the printing business has been very
Wed, 9 Jul 2008 00:50:00 GMT
A new instrument for the development of innovational and investment business has appeared in Kazakhstan with technical parks being used to create a so-called "smart economy"
A new instrument for the development of innovational and investment business has appeared in Kazakhstan with technical parks being used to create a so-called ?smart economy.? There are presently three such technical parks in the Republic: the first
Wed, 9 Jul 2008 00:50:00 GMT
Tibetans released from jail in Nepal
Three senior Tibetan refugee officials, recently arrested in Kathmandu, have been ordered to be released. Nepal's Supreme Court said their detention was illegal after they were accused of involvement in anti-China activities. A number of Western
Wed, 9 Jul 2008 00:46:00 GMT
Talks to resume between party leaders in Zimbabwe
President Robert Mugabe's ruling party and Zimbabwe's Opposition are set to resume talks to resolve the country's political crisis. Zimbabwean media has reported that the Opposition Movement for Democratic Change has agreed to the resumption of
Wed, 9 Jul 2008 00:46:00 GMT
Rwanda genocide suspect arrested in Europe
A genocide suspect from the Rwanda uprising in 1994 has been arrested in Germany. Callixte Mbarushimana, a hutu, is allegedly responsible for the deaths of several tutsi tribespeople. He was arrested at Frankfurt airport, where he wanted to take a flight
Wed, 9 Jul 2008 00:46:00 GMT
Police chief and top prosecutor fired over teenage deaths
The police chief in Mexico City has resigned along with the city's Attorney General, over a raid on a nightclub which killed twelve people. The failed raid occurred when police in the capital burst into the News Divine nightclub, to catch underage
Wed, 9 Jul 2008 00:46:00 GMT
US and Britain meet resistance over Zimbabwe
The US and Britain met strong resistance from within the UN Security Council on Tuesday over proceeding with their proposals to impose sanctions on Zimbabwe and President Robert Mugabe. South Africa's UN Ambassador Dumisani Kumalo played an important in
Wed, 9 Jul 2008 00:46:00 GMT
Obama refuses to accept flip-flop description
Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama has rejected charges that he has shifted positions on Iraq and other issues. Recently, he softened an earlier vow to reopen the North American Free Trade Agreement, would not oppose a Supreme Court decision
Wed, 9 Jul 2008 00:46:00 GMT
Israeli army shuts down Palestinian mall
A shopping mall housing more than seventy stores has been closed by the Israeli army. The pre-dawn closure on Tuesday in the northern West Bank city of Nablus is part of a crackdown by the army on civilian and social infrastructure in the Palestinian
Wed, 9 Jul 2008 00:46:00 GMT
Commission wants to rein in warmongering US presidents
Two former U.S. Secretaries of State are recommending that the United States change its procedures for deciding to go to war. James Baker and Warren Christopher say a U.S. president should be required by law to consult with Congress before going to war.
Wed, 9 Jul 2008 00:45:00 GMT
Condoleezza Rice signs missile deal
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has signed a landmark missile defence deal with the Czech Republic. The accord permits the siting of a tracking radar station on Czech soil as part of an extended US missile shield. Even though Washington has said
Wed, 9 Jul 2008 00:46:00 GMT
Turkmenistan's Remote Desert 'Gulag'
PM Gurbandurdy Durdykuliev, a Turkmen political dissident, spent 26 months in the Boinuzin psychiatric clinic -- the Turkmen Gulag -- before his release in 2006. He recalls the ordeal as a living hell. 'The hospital is a closed one. The chief doctor
Wed, 9 Jul 2008 00:26:00 GMT
Chinese names with English words spark controversy in China
For ages, Chinese names have been the subject of interest and even jokes among some in the rest of the world. Now they are having the same effect in China. A growing number of people in China are now using obscure Chinese characters and English words and
Wed, 9 Jul 2008 00:25:00 GMT
A conclave of unpopular leaders!
Japanese media are deriding it as the conclave of the unpopular. Most of the G8 leaders, assembled at this idyllic Japanese resort for the summit of the world's most industrialised nations and economic communities, are those whose approval ratings have
Wed, 9 Jul 2008 00:25:00 GMT
ADB sets up new carbon fund
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) said Tuesday it has established a new fund that will use carbon credits generated beyond 2012 to provide urgently needed financing for clean energy projects in the Asia-Pacific region. The Manila-based bank said the
Wed, 9 Jul 2008 00:25:00 GMT

 

 
 
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