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Tajik power holding comments on the blackout situation

A power shortage caused blackouts practically across the whole Tajikistan, except Gorno Badakhshan and the northern province of Sughd, today morning.

14:52, november 9, 2009

Tajikistan hit by electricity blackout today morning

DUSHANBE, November 9, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Today morning, at around 6:30 am, electricity supplies to Dushanbe were cut off for several hours.

14:38, november 9, 2009

Kyrgyz GDP grows by 3.2 percent in 10 months of 2009

Kyrgyzstanâ€™s gross domestic product (GDP) has grown by 3.2 percent and hit 157 billion 235.5 million soms, in the first 10 months of 2009, the National Statistics Committee reported.

14:36, november 9, 2009

Roman Pontiff receives Kazakh President in Vatican

Roman Pontiff Benedict XVI received Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbaev in Vatican on Friday, reported with reference to the press service of the Holy See.

14:33, november 9, 2009

Delegation of Korean business circles to visit Uzbekistan

The visit of Korean business circles delegation to Uzbekistan is planned on November 8-11 with a purpose of development of trade and economic cooperation between entrepreneurs of both countries.

14:31, november 9, 2009

Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov to pay official visit to Egypt

President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov will pay an official visit to the Arab Republic of Egypt in 2010.

14:29, november 9, 2009

Hugo Chavez says Venezuela's Army must be ready for war

Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez called on his country to prepare for a possible war, once again criticizing a military cooperation agreement between Colombia and the U.S.

14:26, november 9, 2009

Geneva set to host U.S., Russia strategic arms reduction talks

Another round of talks between Moscow and Washington to conclude the U.S.

14:24, november 9, 2009

Iran ignores US proposals on uranium: report

The administration of US President Barack Obama has told Iran it is willing to allow the country to send its stockpile of enriched uranium to any of several nations, including Turkey, for

14:20, november 9, 2009

More troops needed for Afghanistan: U.S. General Casey

General George Casey, Army chief of staff, on Sunday became the latest U.S.

11:45, november 9, 2009

Regional conference on demining cooperation in CA to be held in Dushanbe

DUSHANBE, November 9, 2009, Asia-Plus -- A regional two-day conference on demining cooperation in Central Asia is scheduled to take place in Dushanbe on November 16-17.

11:15, november 9, 2009

Seminar on use of psychological approach in work with violence victims held in Dushanbe

DUSHANBE, November 9, 2009, Asia-Plus -- A three-day seminar formally titled “Use of Psychological Approach in Work with Victims of Violence” was held in Dushanbe on November 6-8.

20:58, november 7, 2009

Uzbekistan plans to pull out of Central Asia’s power grid next month

Uzbekistanâ€™s decision to pull out of the Central Asian power grid on December 1 will make Turkmen electricity deliveries to Tajikistan difficult.

18:42, november 7, 2009

First group of Tajik Hajjis flies to Saudi Arabia today

, November 7, Asia-Plus /Victoria Naumova, Mavjouda Hasanova/ -- The first group of Tajik Hajjis, numbering 360 people, are flying to Jeddah ,

18:13, november 7, 2009

Tajikistan reaches three-quarters of 2009 cotton target by Nov 5

DUSHANBE, November 7, Asia-Plus -- The country’s cotton growers are taking real measures to gather cotton and fulfill the national target, which has been determined at 350,000 tons of cotton

17:51, november 7, 2009

AMUR from Norilsk studies the possibility of municipal machine assembly in northern Tajikistan

KHUJAND, November 7, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Closed joint-stock company (CJSC) AMUR (Vehicles and Engines of Ural) based in the Russian city of Norilsk is studying the possibility of assembling

20:41, november 5, 2009

CIS states second Azerbaijan’s initiative to launch Trans-Eurasian Information Super Highway

DUSHANBE, November 5, 2009, Asia-Plus -- More than 20 member nations of the United Nations, including Tajikistan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Moldova, Russia, Ukraine and Uzbekistan, have

19:45, november 5, 2009

Humanitarian demining unit set up at Tajik MoD

DUSHANBE, November 5, 2009, Asia-Plus -- A ceremony to mark the establishment of an OSCE-supported operational humanitarian mine clearance unit within the Ministry of Defense (MoD) was held

19:02, november 5, 2009

Transition since fall of Berlin Wall shapes today’s crisis and recovery in emerging ECA, WB report says

DUSHANBE, November 5, 2009, Asia-Plus -- The economic policy choices made by some countries of Europe and Central Asia (ECA) during the transition from centrally planned to market economies

18:41, november 5, 2009

4th Central Asian Forum of Partners working in the field of HIV epidemic prevention to be held Almaty

DUSHANBE, November 5, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Problems and perspectives of cross sectoral coordination of HIV epidemic prevention at National and Regional levels will be discussed in Almaty by the

16:54, november 5, 2009

China to continue supporting development of transportation sector in Tajikistan

DUSHANBE, November 5, 2009, Asia-Plus -- The Government of China will continue supporting development of the transportation sector in Tajikistan because transport communication is foundation

15:49, november 5, 2009

Health minister calls on Tajik medical workers to be ready for combating swine flu

DUSHANBE, November 5, 2009, Asia-Plus -- The first meeting of the republican commission for combating swine influenza, presided over by Minister of Health Nusratullo Salimov, was held at the

15:30, november 5, 2009

Era of increased mobility requires better protection of migrants’ rights, says UN Secretary-General

DUSHANBE, November 5, 2009, Asia-Plus -- In an era where people are crossing borders in greater numbers seeking better opportunities, it is more vital than ever that States safeguard the

15:18, november 5, 2009

At least 17 Kyrgyz citizens test positive for swine flue

At least 17 citizens of Kyrgyzstan have tested positive for swine flu, Sabirjan Abdikarimov, the Assistant Health Care Minister told reporters in Bishkek Thursday.

15:16, november 5, 2009

No cases of A/H1N1 influenza reported in Turkmenistan

No cases of A/H1N1 influenza has been reported in Turkmenistan.

15:11, november 5, 2009

Nazarbaev starts his visit to Italy and Vatican

According to the "Kazakhstanskaya Pravda" newspaper, Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbaev yesterday arrived to Rome.

15:09, november 5, 2009

Switzerland cancels sanctions against Uzbekistan

Switzerland canceled sanctions against Uzbekistan introduced after Andijan events in May 2005, radio "Ozodlik" ("Liberty") reported.

15:06, november 5, 2009

China welcomes future U.S.-N.Korea nuclear talks

China is hoping that bilateral negotiations between the United States and North Korea will help revive six-party talks on the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula, a spokesman for the Foreign

15:04, november 5, 2009

Russia urges U.S. to sign bilateral extradition treaty

Russia has reiterated its proposal to the United States to sign a bilateral extradition agreement, the Russian justice minister said.

15:02, november 5, 2009