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Saturday 4th July, 2009

  • Turkmenistan Begins Oil Production in the Karakum Desert

    Rigzone

    On the first oil was shipped from Turkmenistan's Yylakly field in the Central Karakum to the Turkmenbashi complex of oil refineries. According to the State Information Agency of...

  • A moment of truth for Obama in Moscow

    Asia Times

    American summitry, Moscow has never before choreographed a welcoming ceremony for the visiting United States president in this fashion. The dramatic...

  • US pushes ahead with Afghan offensive

    Central Asia News.Net

    The US military said Friday that it was pushing further into a Taliban bastion in southern Afghanistan after it had reported its first casualties in the offensive, the first under the US government's new strategy in the Central Asian country.

  • Human Rights Activists and German Media Concerned Over the Kazakhstan's Criminal Hiding in Vienna

    24 / 7 Press Release

    2009 /- The visit of the Tagdyr NGO's chairman, Armangul Kapasheva, to the capital of Germany that took place in the middle of June started taking effect. Wife of the kidnapped...

  • Nabucco Not At Risk From Russia-Azerbaijan Gas Deal - Turkey

    Morning Star

    One must not think that these projects will have any reciprocal effect on each other, or influence each other in a negative way," Davutoglu said during a visit...

  • Return of Fugitive Journalist Puts Amnesty to Test

    Eurasianet

    Email this article Armenia's amnesty will meet its first serious political test on with the hearing of the government's case against Nikol Pashinian, a confidante of ex-President Levon Ter...

  • Burjanadze Balks at $907,167 Tax Fine

    Eurasianet

    Email this article Former Rose Revolution leader Nino Burjanadze is preparing to do battle against the Georgian government over 1.5 million laris (about $907,167) in late fees for taxes due on her...

  • Major Gas Field Discovered in Eastern Turkmenistan

    Rigzone

    Specialists of Turkmengeologia have discovered new large reserves of natural gas at the Minara field, located in eastern Turkmenistan, 90 km from the famous Southern Yolotan-Osman deposits. A...

  • Sbm Offshore - First Oil Fpso Frade - Turkmenistan Mopu/fso Sold - Deep Panuke Financing Confirmed - Fso Unity Extension

    Market Wire

    ... - SBM Offshore is pleased to announce the following: 1. FPSO FRADE starts production The Company, under an EPCI contract with the Frade...

  • President Stamps His Personality on the Nation

    Eurasianet

    Visitors to Astana, Kazakhstan’s glittery capital, love to zoom up to the top of the Bayterek Tower in an elevator for a panoramic view over the new city that has sprung up on the steppe over...

  • Another Russian Soldier Deserts to Georgia

    Eurasianet

    Email this article Citing abuse and inadequate food, Russian Army Sergeant Dmitri Artyomov has become the second Russian soldier to desert to Georgia since the 2008 Georgia-Russia war, Georgian...

  • Utility Price Hike Forcing Families into Debt

    Eurasianet

    Email this article The price of electricity is set to increase in Tashkent for the second time this year. Both commercial and domestic users will see an almost 5 percent spike in costs since April....

  • Candidates Prepare for Local Elections

    Eurasianet

    Email this article More than 12,450 candidates will contest 6,220 seats on Turkmenistan’s local legislative councils later this month. Elections are due to be held on...

  • HIV Rate Grows Rapidly in Two Years

    Eurasianet

    Email this article The number of HIV positive people in Uzbekistan has more than quadrupled since 2007.In 2007 there were 3,there were...

  • Foreshadowing the Obama-Medvedev Summit

    Eurasianet

    Email this article The main topic of the summit meeting in Moscow between US President Barack Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev will be settling the main elements of an agreement...

  • Kazakhstan prepares to head European security grouping

    Hindustan Times

    Astana, Eighteen years ago, Kazakhstan became the last of the former Soviet republics to reluctantly part ways with Russia after the collapse of the Soviet Union. Now the strategically...

  • More Observers Needed to Safeguard Integrity of Presidential Poll

    Eurasianet

    Email this article The upcoming Afghan presidential ballot could be subject to "interference" from both foreign and domestic sources, the Afghan Foreign Minister warns.Rangin Dadfar Spanta...

  • Non-Use-of-Force Proposal Goes Nowhere

    Eurasianet

    Email this article An agreement about the non-use of force has again surfaced in discussions between Georgia, Russia and delegations from the Moscow-backed breakaway regions of Abkhazia and South...

  • Medvedev to Visit Ashgabat in September

    Eurasianet

    Email this article Russian President Dmitry Medvedev is slated to visit Ashgabat in September.Both he and his Turkmen counterpart, Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov, will watch the finale of the Silk Road...

  • Opposition Activist Turns Himself In

    Eurasianet

    Email this article Nikol Pashinian, publisher and editor-in-chief of the pro-opposition newspaper Haikakan Zhamanak, turned himself into Armenian officials on after more than a year in...

  • Israel and Baku to Manufacture Drones

    Eurasianet

    Email this article Israel will help Azerbaijan produce unmanned reconnaissance planes and satellites, Azerbaijani media has reported. Under the terms of an agreement reached during Israeli President...

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