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Agroinvestbonk to put up property of farming units failing to repay their debts for sale

DUSHANBE, November 3, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Governing body of open joint-stock company (OJSC) Agroinvestbonk has decided to put property of farming units that failed to repay their last year’s

15:40, november 3, 2009

Nazarbaev to visit Jordan, Italy and Vatican this week

This week Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbaev will visit Jordan, Italy and Vatican, said Kazakh Foreign Ministry spokesman Erzhan Ashykbaev.

15:37, november 3, 2009

Parliament of Uzbekistan approves 2010 public budget

The Legislative Chamber of the Oliy Majlis of Uzbekistan approved the state budget for 2010 at its session.

15:33, november 3, 2009

Drug control officers seize 2.5 kilos of heroin in Khujand yesterday

DUSHANBE/KHUJAND, November 3, 2009, Asia-Plus -- officers from the Sughd counternarcotics directorate seized 2.5 kilograms of heroin in Khujand yesterday.

15:29, november 3, 2009

Average of 1.5M citizens to live in Bishkek in 2025

â€œPopulation of Bishkek will reach 1.

15:17, november 3, 2009

Turkmenistan to introduce new Manat coins in 2010

Turkmenistan will circulate Manat 1 and 2 coins starting 1 January 2010. New coins will be minted by British Royal Mint.

15:15, november 3, 2009

Iran wants new nuclear fuel talks

Iran wants more talks on a U.N.

15:10, november 3, 2009

Medvedev congratulates Afghan president on re-election

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has congratulated Afghan leader Hamid Karzai on his re-election, the Kremlin press office said on Tuesday.

15:07, november 3, 2009

Vladimir Putin has met with Lars Loekke Rasmussen

Russia may triple gas supplies to Denmark by the Nord Stream pipeline and amount them to three billion cubic metres a year, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said.

15:04, november 3, 2009

Hamid Karzai declared Afghan vote winner

Election organisers on Monday declared Hamid Karzai president of Afghanistan for another five years, cancelling a run-off which threatened to descend into farce and further destabilise the country.

14:58, november 3, 2009

POWER

Majlisi Milli to convene its 22nd session on November 19

DUSHANBE, November 3, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Chairman of the Majlisi Milli (Tajikistan’s upper chamber of parliament), Mahmadsaid Ubaidulloyev, yesterday signed a resolution on convocation of the

14:27, november 3, 2009

SOCIETY

Government did not take into consideration all reserves for replenishment of budget, says MP

DUSHANBE, November 3 2009, Asia-Plus -- Parliamentarians representing the Communist Party (CPT) in the Majlisi Namoyandagon (Tajikistan’s lower chamber of parliament) considered that the

13:50, november 3, 2009

Issues of the fight against drug trafficking discussed in Tajik capital

DUSHANBE, November 3, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Attempts to shut down all channels of smuggling precursors into Afghanistan for use in the illicit manufacture of heroin will become one of methods of

13:08, november 3, 2009

Tajik government, its 12 development partners sign Tajikistan JCPS for 2010-2012

DUSHANBE, November 3, 2009, Asia-Plus -- On Monday Novembe2, the Government of Tajikistan and its development partners today signed the Tajikistan Joint Country Partnership Strategy (JCPS) for

12:40, november 3, 2009

Tajik agriculture authorities deny report about alleged grain export ban as ‘unfounded’

DUSHANBE, November 3, 2009, Asia-Plus -- The Ministry of Agriculture (MoA) has denied reports released by some media that Tajikistan allegedly put a ban on wheat and wheat flour exports as

12:21, november 3, 2009

Ministry of finance to take measures to ensure repayment of last year’s government credit

DUSHANBE, November 3, 2009, Asia-Plus -- The term of repayment of last year’s government credit expired on November 1, however, four of six banks have failed to repay their debts so far.

12:00, november 3, 2009

POWER

Some 10,000 people are expected to be amnestied in Tajikistan under the new amnesty law

The new amnesty applies on female convicts, elderly, minors and sick prisoners, who are serving sentences for minor crimes, as well as veterans of the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945, participants

15:44, november 2, 2009

Some TJS 45 mln needed for implementation of the national cotton sector development program

DUSHANBE, November 2, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Some 40-45 million somoni (TJS) are needed for implementation of the national cotton sector development program designed for the period till 2014,

15:14, november 2, 2009

MLT/TT Mobile to install 15 base stations for cellular communications in GBAO by the end of 2010

DUSHANBE, November 2, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Tajik cellular operator, close joint-stock company MLT/TT Mobile (Mobile Lines of Tajikistan), plans to install a base station in the Porshnev jamoat,

15:01, november 2, 2009

Consumer prices grow 0.4% in October in Kazakhstan

Consumer prices grew 0.4% in October 2009 in Kazakhstan, reported the Kazakh Statistics Agency. "The index of consumer prices in October 2009 counted 100.

14:59, november 2, 2009

Uzbekistan raises US$81 mln for rehabilitation of irrigation networks

The loan agreement was signed in Tashkent between the Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development and the Government of Uzbekistan on October 22 to finance rehabilitation of irrigation and drainage

14:56, november 2, 2009

Kyrgyzstan to turn on heating when daily temperatures drop to +8°C

Kyrgyzstan to turn on heating when daily temperatures drop to +8Â°C, Mirbek Batakanov, director of the Bishkekteploset Company told 24.kg on Monday.

14:52, november 2, 2009

Turkmenistan's delegation heads to Iran to discuss cooperation in oil and gas and transport sectors

A delegation of managers and specialists of line ministries of Turkmenistan has left for Iran to discuss issues of bilateral cooperation in the oil and gas and transport sectors.

14:52, november 2, 2009

Tajik Air replenishes its fleet by two Boeing-737-500s in October

DUSHANBE, November 3, Asia-Plus -- Tajik national air carrier, Tajik Air, has taken another Boeing 737-500 on a finance lease, according to the airline’s press service.

14:47, november 2, 2009

Ahmadinejad promises to deal with West from position of power

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad compared Iranâ€™s enemies to â€˜mosquitoesâ€™ and promised to deal with the West from a position of power at the nuclear negotiations.

14:40, november 2, 2009

Clinton arrives in Morocco for Middle East talks

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrived on Sunday in Morocco to discuss advancing the Middle East peace process with Arab and Group of Eight countries, the Voice of America reported.

14:38, november 2, 2009

British foreign secretary arrives in Moscow “to reset” relations

British Foreign Secretary David Miliband arrives in Russia on a visit. He was invited by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.

14:27, november 2, 2009

U.S. hopes Abdullah will stay engaged in Afghan politics

U.S.

14:22, november 2, 2009

Outcomes of Operation TARCET II summed up in Dushanbe

DUSHANBE, November 2, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Operation TARCET II was carried out in Tajikistan from September 28 to October 31 this year within the framework of the project, Precursor Control in

13:53, november 2, 2009