Friday 3rd September, 2010
'Keep India out of Turkmenistan gas project'
Pakistan must not let 'sworn enemy' India join the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan gas pipeline project to prevent it benefiting and acquiring more means to 'oppress the Kashmiri people as well as plot against Pakistan', an editorial in a Pakistani newspaper said Thursday.
Uzbekistan Celebrates Independence Day
Uzbekistan celebrated its independence on September 1. But for many Uzbeks, independence is not to be confused with freedom. President Islam Karimov, along with selected Uzbek officials and foreign d...
Medvedev visits Azerbaijan for cooperation, Karabakh talks
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev arrived in Azerbaijan on Thursday for a two-day visit to focus on economic ties, cooperation in the Caspian Region, and the Nagorny Karabakh settlement. During the v...
Kazakhstan to tighten banking controls
RIA NovostiThe Kazakh government is moving to toughen regulation of the banking sector, in particular to limit the influence of shareholders on banks, the financial watchdog said on Thursday. Yelena Bakhmutova,...
Kyrgyzstan: Locked in a Tinderbox
Human Rights WatchMarks on the body of 30-year-old Makhmud (not his real name), an ethnic Uzbek living in the city of Osh in southern Kyrgyzstan Makhmud told Human Rights Watch that police detained him and beat him wit...
China economic news in brief: "Tea Road": new tourist destination across China, Mongolia, Russia
People's DailyThe following are some Chinese economic news items in brief."TEA ROAD": A NEW TOURIST DESTINATION ACROSS CHINA, MONGOLIA, RUSSIAFourteen Chinese, Mongolian and Russian cities inked a deal in...
Tajikistan fires top security officials after jailbreak
World BulletinTajikistan's leader fired almost the entire leadership of his security services as the first of 25 prisoners was recaptured more than a week after an armed jailbreak.
Tethys Petroleum Limited: Kazakhstan Drilling Update
Market Wire- Tethys Petroleum Limited ("Tethys" or the "Company") (TSX:TPL) today gave a brief update on its operations in Kazakhstan focused on its oil exploration and appraisal program. The AKD03 (Dione) expl...
U.S. Mission to OSCE on Events in Kyrgyzstan
America.orgUnited States Mission to the OSCE Statement on Kyrgyzstan As delivered by Chargé d’Affaires Carol Fuller to the Permanent Council, Vienna September 2, 2010 We regret that, after a lengthy summer...
Russia, U.S. discuss Central Asian security
General SourcesRussian and U.S. senior officials discussed the security situation in Central Asia Thursday, the Russian Foreign Ministry said."The diplomats discussed the general situation in Central Asia, in p...
Gazprom discovers large natural gas reserves in Uzbekistan
UZ Report02.09.2010 17:50:24 Russian Gasprom's Zarubezhneftegaz subsidiary has discovered large natural gas reserves in the course of exploration works on Uzbekistan's Ust-Urt Plateau, RIA Novosti reported. In...
Third festival of amateur German-speaking theaters in Tashkent
UZ Report02.09.2010 17:46:25 Youth Theater of Tashkent on 3-4 September will host traditional festival of amateur German-speaking theaters in Uzbekistan. This year the festival is organized by Wiedergeburt Nat...
Azerbaijan defies Nagorno-Karabakh's national day
Euro NewsAzerbaijan has pledged to retake Nagorno-Karabakh from ethnic Armenians, at a rally in Baku held on the eve of the breakaway territory’s self-declared independence day. In what Armenians...
First PLA unit for SCO anti-terror drills in Kazakhstan leaves Beijing
People's DailyA 107-strong Chinese military unit set off from here Thursday morning on a military plane for anti-terrorism drills in south Kazakhstan.The drills will be conducted under the framework of the Shanghai...
Kyrgyzstan sees OSCE monitoring after election
World BulletinA planned OSCE police monitoring mission to help keep the peace in Kyrgyzstan should start its work after next month's parliamentary election, a Kyrgyz envoy said on Thursday, signalling a delay i...
Prophecy Secures $10 Million Loan to Advance Ulaan Ovoo Coal Mine, Mongolia
Market WireVANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Sept. 2, 2010) - Prophecy Resource Corp. ("Prophecy" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE:PCY)(OTCQX:PRPCF)(FRANKFURT:1P2)
Russian president in Azerbaijan to secure border, energy deals
Turkish Daily NewsRussian President Dmitry Medvedev was expected to address economic and trade cooperation, mutual activity in the Caspian Sea and Tuesday’s deadly clashes between Armenia and Azerbaijan in talks ...
Turkmenistan President receives UAE Ambassador
WAMSep 2, 2010 - 01:58 - WAM Ishqabad, Sep. 2nd, 2010 (WAM) -- President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow of Turkmenistan received Hassan Abdullah Al Adhb, UAE Ambassador to Turkmenistan.
OMV In Talks With Azerbaijan On Nabucco Gas-Austrian Fin Ministry
Morning Star(OMV.VI), the Austrian partner of the planned Nabucco natural gas pipeline, is now in talks with Azerbaijan's state oil company SOCAR about gas supply for the European Union-backed pipeline project,...
Azerbaijan completes EU food safety project
Turkish Daily NewsAzerbaijan successfully completed a European Union food safety project on fisheries this week, Azerbaijani Trend news agency reported Thursday. The project, "Support to the Improvement of Legal ...
Turkish construction firm completes new Turkmenistan project
Turkish Daily NewsThe leading Turkish construction company Polimeks has completed a major university project in Turkmenistan, including a general hospital, at a total investment of $59 million. Attending the opening c...
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