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Tajik FM meets UK Foreign Office Minister Chris Bryant in London

DUSHANBE, January 29, 2010, Asia-Plus -- Tajik Foreign Minister Hamrokhon Zarifi met with U.K.

15:27, january 29, 2010

Electricity to supplies to provinces increased

DUSHANBE, January 2010, Asia-Plus -- The supply of daily electricity to residential customers in rural areas has been increased from 8 to 10 hours, Safarali Sadulloyev, deputy head of Barqi

15:05, january 29, 2010

Effective strategy for reconstruction of Afghanistan’s economy needed for solution of Afghanistan problems, says Tajik FM

DUSHANBE, January 29, 2010, Asia-Plus -- The Afghan problems cannot be solved only through force; to solve the Afghan problems it is necessary to develop an efficient strategy for

14:15, january 29, 2010

Kazakhstan to provide home market with mineral oil by 2014

Kazakhstan will completely provide home market with mineral oil by 2014. The head of state, Nursultan Nazarbayev, informed, delivering his annual Address.

14:13, january 29, 2010

Kyrgyzstan sets gas prices for 2010

Kyrgyzstan has set gas prices for all categories of consumers, Salamat Aitikeen, director of the Kyrgyz gas monopolist Kyrgyzgas told reporters in Bishkek Friday.

14:10, january 29, 2010

Uzbekistan to cut number of personnel at state bodies by 12%

President of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov signed a resolution “On measures on further improving of the structure and optimizing number of management personnel at state and economic entities” on 12

14:08, january 29, 2010

Foreign Minister of Turkmenistan to attend international conference on Afghanistan

On the instructions of President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, Vice Premier, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov will attend an international conference on

14:05, january 29, 2010

Iran to mark national holiday with missile launches

On Monday, February 1, Iran will start traditional 10-day celebrations of the anniversary of the 1979 Islamic Revolution, with missile and satellite launches expected.

14:02, january 29, 2010

U.S. to increase spending on nuclear complex – Biden

The United States will allocate $7 billion in 2011 to maintain the country's nuclear complex, $600 million more than Congress approved in 2009, U.S.

13:57, january 29, 2010

Russia to encourage mortgage, housing construction

The Russian government plans to appropriate up to 40 billion rubles to encourage mortgage credits and housing construction and the issue will be discussed on Friday.

13:54, january 29, 2010

Fighting breaks out in southern city

A fierce gunbattle broke out between security forces and a team of Taliban fighters targeting U.N. and government buildings Friday in a major city in southern Afghanistan.

13:51, january 29, 2010

Chernobyl cleanup workers from Kulob to buy shares in Roghun for some 100,000 somoni

KULOB, January 29, 2010, Asia-Plus -- The branch of Soyuz Chernobyl Tajikistan (Tajikistan’s association of Chernobyl clean workers) in Khatlon’s Temourmalik has used funds provided to it by

13:37, january 29, 2010

LAW-ORDER

32 crimes committed against foreigners in Tajikistan in 2009

DUSHANBE, January 29, 2010, Asia-Plus -- Chinese national Su Fanizin (phonetically spelled), who works with one of companies in Dushanbe, was robbed by unidentified persons in the Tajik

13:16, january 29, 2010

Tajik power holding to repay its debt to Sangtuda-1 HPP gradually

DUSHANBE, January 29, 2010, Asia-Plus -- Tajik electricity supplier, Barqi Tojik, plans to repay its debt to open joint-stock company (OJSC) Sangtudinskaya GES-1 gradually, the Barqi Tojik

12:16, january 29, 2010

Dushanbe independent weekly faces defamation charge

DUSHANBE, January 29, 2010, Asia-Pus -- The Ministry of Agriculture (MoA) has filed suit against the Dushanbe independent weekly, Millat (Nation), in the court of Dushanbe’s Firdavsi

12:01, january 29, 2010

LAW-ORDER

Judge at Dushanbe court reportedly caught in bribe taking

DUSHANBE, January 29, 2010, Asia-Plus -- Marouf Nouriddinov, a judge at the court of Dushanbe’s Firdavsi district, has reputedly been caught in bribe taking.

11:47, january 29, 2010

IWRP organizes workshop for Tajik journalists on coverage of human rights issues

DUSHANBE, January 29,2010, Asia-Plus -- A two-day workshop for Tajik journalists, entitled “Journalists for Human Rights,” has opened at Tajik Journalists’ Union in Dushanbe today.

11:30, january 29, 2010

72 of 81 religious organizations functioning in Tajikistan able to reregister

DUSHANBE, January 29, 20010, Asia-Plus -- Of 81 religious groups and organizations functioning in Tajikistan, 71 have been able to reregister by January 1, 2010, Asia-Plus has learned at the

11:15, january 29, 2010

POWER

Enlarged meeting of Tajik cabinet opens today

It cannot be ruled out that the president will introduce a number of staff changes at today’s enlarged meeting of the government reviewing the results of the past year’s work.

20:34, january 28, 2010

Dushanbe synagogue fails to submit documents for re-registration for lack of official address

DUSHANBE, January 28, 2010, Asia-Plus -- The Department for Religious Affairs (DRA) at the Ministry of Culture (MoC) says the Dushanbe synagogue has failed to submit documents for

19:37, january 28, 2010

Tajik court upholds verdict against independent weekly

DUSHANBE, January 28, 2010, Asia-Plus – A Dushanbe court on January 27 upheld the verdict against the independent weekly newspaper "Paykon" (Arrowhead), Radio Liberty’s Tajik Service reports.

19:25, january 28, 2010

Four suicides and one suicide attempt reported in Sughd in two days

KHUJAND, January 28, 2010, Asia-Plus -- Four suicides and one suicide attempt were reported in the Sughd province on January 26-27 alone, according to the Sughd police directorate.

19:05, january 28, 2010

Experts to work out national labor market strategy for 2010-2020

DUSHANBE, January 28, 2010, Asia-Plus -- The first meeting of a working, set up to work out the national labor market development program for 2010-2020, took place at the Ministry of Labor and

18:29, january 28, 2010

Sughd residents and enterprises buy shares in Roghun by 132.149 mln somoni by Jan 28

KHUJAND, January 28, 2010, Asia-Plus -- By January 28, residents of the Sughd province and enterprises operating in the area have bought shares in open joint-stock company (OJSC) NBO Roghun for a

18:11, january 28, 2010

LAW-ORDER

Kazakhstan extradites alleged IMU activist to Tajikistan

KHUJAND, January 28, 2010, Asia-Plus -- Kazakhstan authorities have extradited the 39 year-old resident of Sughd’s Isfara district, Idris Sattorov, who is suspected of being member of the Islamic

16:34, january 28, 2010

Tajikistan exports 86,600 tons of cotton fiber in 2009

DUSHANBE, January 28, 2010, Asia-Plus -- In 2009, Tajikistan exported 86,600 tons of cotton fiber for a total amount of some 100 million U.S. dollars, Ms.

16:08, january 28, 2010

SOCIETY

Communist leader expects global crisis to last for five or six years

DUSHANBE, January 28, 2010, Asia-Plus -- Reports by many politicians, experts and economists noting that the global financial and economic crisis has allegedly ended are unfounded and do not

15:23, january 28, 2010

India provides a grant of US$700,000 to set up modern engineering workshop at Tajik State Technical University

DUSHANBE, January 28, 2010, Asia-Plus -- A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to set up “India –Tajikistan Modern Engineering Workshop” at Tajik State Technical University named after the

15:06, january 28, 2010