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Yertysbayev: Kazakh 2012 Presidential elections must take place

Advisor to the Kazakh President Yermukhamet Yertysbayev thinks that 2012 presidential elections must take place.

15:14, october 30, 2009

President Karimov reorganizes Cabinet

President Islam Karimov has reorganized the structure of the Cabinet of Ministers and lessened the number of vice prime minsiters in the result.

15:11, october 30, 2009

Book value of Kyrgyzgas amounts to 3,200Bln soms

Book value of Kyrgyzgas company amounts to 3,200 billion soms, Salamat Aitikeev Director General of the company told the parliament session on Friday.

15:07, october 30, 2009

Dmitry Medvedev and Patriarch Cyril congratulate Turkmenistan on Independence Day

President of Russia Dmitry Medvedev has sent a congratulatory message to his Turkmen counterpart Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov on the national holiday of Turkmenistan - Independence Day.

15:03, october 30, 2009

US National Security aide says satisfied with meetings in Moscow

U.S. National Security Advisor James Jones said Thursday he is satisfied with the meetings he has had during the recent trip to Moscow.

14:58, october 30, 2009

Venezuela bans toy guns, violent video games

The Venezuelan parliament has adopted a law outlawing the production, import and sale of toy weapons and violent video games, the Globovision TV station said on Friday.

14:55, october 30, 2009

More than 257,000 apartments privatized in Tajikistan so far

DUSHANBE, October 30, 2009, Asia-Plus -- More than 357,000 apartments have been privatized in Tajikistan since the beginning of privatization in the country in the 1990s, according to the

14:55, october 30, 2009

Iran lauds nuke 'cooperation' — but hedges on deal

Iran's president pledged Thursday to work with the West to resolve a standoff over its nuclear program even as his country reportedly balked at a U.S.

14:49, october 30, 2009

SKorea planning troop deployment to Afghanistan

South Korea announced plans Friday to send troops to Afghanistan to protect its civilian aid workers, two years after withdrawing its forces following a fatal hostage crisis.

14:36, october 30, 2009

Tajik society wants to see representatives of different parties in parliament, says CPT leader

DUSHANBE, October 30, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Tajik society does not accept domination of one political party in parliament and wants to see representatives of different political parties in

13:55, october 30, 2009

INCIDENTS

Another sensible tremor jolts Tajik capital yesterday

DUSHANBE, October 30, 2009, Asia-Plus -- A tremor measuring 5.0 on a 12-point scale jolted Dushanbe yesterday night at about 10:45 pm.

13:37, october 30, 2009

No case of swine influenza reported in Tajikistan, however, the risk is high, says Tajik health official

DUSHANBE, October 30, 2009, Asia-Plus -- No case of swine influenza has been detected in Tajikistan so far, however, the risk of appearance of this virus in the country is high, Navrouz

13:23, october 30, 2009

Tajikistan, Poland to sign economic cooperation agreement

DUSHANBE, October 30, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Tajik-Polish political and economic consultations will begin in Tajikistan next week, Slavomir Stsalkowski, the Counselor of Polish Embassy in

11:59, october 30, 2009

First Tajik labor migrants expected to travel to Saudi Arabia in January 2010

DUSHANBE, October 30, 2009, Asia-Plus -- First Tajik labor migrants are expected to travel to Saudi Arabia in January 2010.

11:45, october 30, 2009

Tajik Institute of Economics establishes cooperation with Ural and Kharkov universities of economics

DUSHANBE, October 30, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Leadership of Tajik Institute of Economics yesterday met here with senior representatives of Ural State University of Economics (Russia) and Kharkov

11:30, october 30, 2009

Tajik central bank announces tender for conducting audit of bank’s financial reporting

DUSHANBE, October 30, 2009, Asia-Plus -- The National Bank of Tajikistan (NBT) has announced a tender for conducting audit of NBT’s financial reporting for period from May to December 2009,

11:15, october 30, 2009

Heads of CA and Russia railway companies meet in Tashkent

DUSHANBE, October 30, 2009, Asia-Plus - Senior representatives from railway companies of Central Asia’s states and Russia have met in Tashkent, Uzbekistan to discuss cooperation

20:29, october 29, 2009

Visa Inc certifies Agroinvestbonk’s processing center

DUSHANBE, October 29, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Open joint-stock company (OJSC) Agroinvestbonk has received confirmation from Visa International Service Association (Visa Inc) about certification of its

19:40, october 29, 2009

SOCIETY

Indicators of budget for 2010 reflect economic development of the country, says MP

DUSHANBE, October 29, 2009, Asia-Plus -- The draft budget for 2010 submitted by the government for consideration to the parliament is anti-crisis in nature and its indicators reflect the economic

18:47, october 29, 2009

LAW-ORDER

Officer at Khujand airport border control point gets jail term of 9 years

KHUJAND, October 29, 2009, Asia-Plus -- An officer at the Khujand airport border control point has got a long jail term for drug trafficking.

18:35, october 29, 2009

POWER

Appreciable progress made in implementation of Roghun project, says president

DUSHANBE, October 29, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Speaking to builders at the site for construction of the Roghun hydroelectric power plant (HPP), President Emomali Rahmon noted on October 28 that an

17:02, october 29, 2009

Tajikistan to regulate process of sending Tajik students to study Islamic universities abroad

DUSHANBE, October 29, 2009, Asia-Plus -- More than 3,000 Tajik students are currently obtaining religious education in Muslim countries, including Iran, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Pakistan and some

16:30, october 29, 2009

Ukraine could assist Tajikistan with construction of small HPPs and enhancement of agrarian sector, says Kharkov governor

DUSHANBE, October 29, Asia-Plus -- Ukraine has expressed wish to establish a trade house in the Tajik southern Khatlon province that will give it an opportunity to export its goods to

15:46, october 29, 2009

POWER

Rahmon congratulates Turkish president on Turkey’s Republic Day

In his message of congratulations to Turkish President Abdullah Gul on occasion of Republic Day in Turkey, Emomali Rahmon highly appraised the level of Tajik-Turkish partnership and stated readiness

15:29, october 29, 2009

IAEA says had "good trip" to Iran enrichment site

The head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog's mission to a newly disclosed plant in Iran said on Thursday the inspectors had what he termed a good trip but he declined to give any details.

15:26, october 29, 2009

Obama honors slain soldiers killed in Afghanistan

President Barack Obama saw first hand the human cost of the Afghanistan war as he welcomed home on Thursday 18 soldiers and Drug Enforcement Administration agents killed in Afghanistan this week.

15:15, october 29, 2009

Kharkov tractor plan ready to launch agricultural machine maintenance service centers in Tajikistan

DUSHANBE, October 29, 2009, Asia-Plus -- The Kharkov (Ukraine) tractor plant is ready to consider the issue of launching agricultural machine maintenance service centers in Tajikistan.

14:47, october 29, 2009

LAW-ORDER

Unknown persons steal metal angle pieces for fastening pylons of South-North power grid

KHUJAND, October 29, 2009, Asia-Plus /Mavlouda Rafiyeva/ -- Representatives from China’s Theban Electric Apparatus Stock (TBEA), which has been building the South-North power grid, have applied to

14:47, october 29, 2009

Number of HIV positives increases by 67-74 percent annually

Number of HIV positives annually increases by 67-74 percent in Kyrgyzstan, Dinara Sagynbaeva, chief of the medical service administration under the Kyrgyz Health Care Ministry, said at the second

14:45, october 29, 2009