| Survey lists most world
Examiner
The Wall Street Journal's economics blog, Real Time Economics, reports Senator McCain was the clear favorite of those economists who responded to the question: &Which of the three remaining...
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| Administration, Opposition Take Tentative Steps toward Opening Dialogue
Eurasianet
More recently, Armenian politicians representing varying shades of the political spectrum have started pressing for the two to negotiate a political truce. An resolution adopted by the...
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| Azerbaijan - Presidential chief of staff says RSF misrepresents media situation, journalists in jail for criminal activities
IFEX
On 7 Presidential chief of staff Ramiz Mekhtiev made &unacceptable& comments at a conference organised in Baku by the ruling party Yeni Azerbaidjan on the subject of democracy...
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| Tireless Nabokov to take on world for Russian national team
Examiner
Martin Brodeur are the top two candidates for the Vezina Trophy as the NHL's best goalie. Nabokov was among the league leaders in every statistical category while falling just two wins shy of...
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| Swiss seek the good oil in Azerbaijan
Swiss Info
It comes shortly after cabinet colleague Micheline Calmy-Rey stirred up a hornet's nest by witnessing a gas deal with Iran. Couchepin's visit promises to be less controversial: talks with the...
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| No Way to Halt Sturgeon Poaching
Eurasianet
Email this article Momentum is building among Caspian Basin governments for a moratorium on sturgeon fishing, in order to protect the lucrative caviar trade. Informal discussions with fishermen...
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| Largest Ever Europe/Central Asia Aids Conference
General Sources
11:00amthe United Nations is taking part in the largest-ever AIDS conference covering Eastern...
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| Murdoch sees clinching Newsday soon; News Corp. profit jumps
Examiner
News ) - News Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch said Wednesday he expects to clinch a deal to buy the Long Island-based newspaper Newsday within a week, despite a higher offer from Cablevision Systems...
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| We were nervous against Uzbekistan, admits skipper Sa
Gulf News
Bakhit Sa'ad, the UAE beach football team skipper, said they were tense against Uzbekistan. &We didn't perform well in the first period due to the tension we suffered from the beginning...
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| Government Shakes Down Population Amid Deepening Economic Dysfunction
Eurasianet
Experts, however, say that the $10 million projected to be raised from the coerced assessment is monetarily insignificant given that, according to some estimates, it will take $1.5 billion to...
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| Iran, Azerbaijan sign border security agreement
IRNA
Border Iranian and Azeri officials signed an agreement on Wednesday for border cooperation. The document was signed by Iran's Commander of Border Guards Qasem Rezaei and his Azeri counterpart Alcin...
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| Bait and switch in Russia
Asia Times
... political mentor and close friend Putin, who is constitutionally barred from a third term as president. Speaking at his final cabinet meeting as president on Putin thanked his...
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| Hong Kong aid worker killed in car accident in Inner Mongolia
Earth Times
Hong Kong - A 26-year-old Hong Kong aid worker has died in a bus crash in Inner Mongolia which also injured 10 other volunteers, a news report said Wednesday. The accident happened when the...
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| Uzbek man on FBI wanted list arrested
Bangkok Post
An Uzbek man wanted by the US Federal Bureau of Investigation for alleged money laundering and child pornography offences in the United States has been arrested in Pattaya. Mikhail Georgevich Komov...
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| 26 Taiwan central bank to auction 100 bln twd worth of 364-day CDs on May 9
General Sources
Taipei (X The central bank said it will auction 100 bln twd worth of 364-day certificates of deposit (CDs) on Banks, credit cooperatives, bills finance companies, investment trust...
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| Opposition Politicians Complain About International Election Monitors
Eurasianet
Email this article With two weeks to go before Georgia’s parliamentary elections, there are growing signs that opposition groups have lost confidence in the international community’s...
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| State Media Embroiled in Gay Bashing Controversy
Eurasianet
Email this article Controversy is enveloping state-controlled media outlets in Azerbaijan after the broadcast of a television program that alleges Ali Karimli, one of the government’s most...
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| Asia Round Up - Session Winds Up With Philippine Central Bank Decision
General Sources
Thursday's Asian session started with statistical data from Japan and the relay was continued by other major Asian economies like, Singapore and Hong Kong. The news that came at the end...
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| 39 Forex - Dollar trades in narrow range in Asia ahead of ECB, BOE meetings
General Sources
The U.S. dollar traded in narrow ranges against the yen and the euro in afternoon trade in Asia on Tuesday, with investors sidelined ahead of the European Central Bank...
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| Times Of Central Asia Examines HIV/AIDS Epidemic, Related Stigma, Discrimination In Tajikistan
General Sources
... on Friday examined the state of HIV/AIDS, and the stigma and discrimination associated with the disease in Tajikistan. Recent data indicate that the number...
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| Asia tries to get a grip on inflation
General Sources
Asia grappled with a response to inflation on Tuesday in an era of $120-a-barrel oil and record commodity prices, with Indonesia raising rates and other countries saying that they hoped the problem...
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