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Uzbekistan resumes full gas supply to Kyrgyzstan

Uzbekistan resumes full gas supply to all regions of Kyrgyzstan, director of the Kyrgyzgas Company Salamat Aitikeev told 24.kg Thursday morning.

14:17, october 15, 2009

Turkmen wines receive awards at XI Agricultural exhibition "Golden Autumn-2009"

Wine enterprises of the Association of Food Industry of Turkmenistan were awarded prizes at the XI Agricultural exhibition "Golden Autumn-2009" that finished Oct. 12 in Moscow.

14:10, october 15, 2009

Armenia, Turkey presidents discuss prospects to ratify major protocols

The presidents of Armenia and Turkey, Serzh Sargsyan and Abdullah Gul discussed on Wednesday â€œthe results of what has been done over the past year to normalize bilateral relations,â€ Armenian

14:04, october 15, 2009

Prime Minister Putin says discussing sanctions against Iran would be premature for the time being

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said it would be premature to speak of sanctions against Iran for the time being.

13:54, october 15, 2009

U.S. urges sides to seek peaceful end to conflict in Honduras

The United States has called on both sides in the conflict in Honduras to seek peaceful ways to resolve their differences.

13:47, october 15, 2009

Italy denies paying off Taliban in Afghanistan

The Italian government denied a newspaper report Thursday that its secret services paid the Taliban thousands of dollars to keep an area in Afghanistan controlled by the Italians safe.

13:28, october 15, 2009

Taj-Turk Insaat wins tender for construction of Dushanbe-Plaza Center in Tajik capital

DUSHANBE, October 15, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Limited liability company, Taj-Turk Insaat, has won a tender for construction of the business center, Dushanbe-Plaza, in the Tajik capital, according

13:05, october 15, 2009

Day of Gorno Badakhshan Culture held in Sughd

KHUJAND, October 15, 2009, Asia-Plus -- A Day of Gorno Badakhshan Culture was held at the Faculty of Art of Khujand State University, Sughd province yesterday.

12:43, october 15, 2009

Officer from Prosecutor-General’s Office detained for drug trafficking, over 127 kilos of drug found in his car

DUSHANBE, October 15, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Traffic police officers seized more than 127 kilograms of narcotics in a separate operation on October 14.

12:14, october 15, 2009

Parliament endorses amendments prohibiting foreigners from owning dwelling in Tajikistan

DUSHANBE, October 15, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Deputies of the Majlisi Namoyndagon (Tajikistan’s lower chamber of parliament) have endorsed amendments prohibiting foreigners from owning a dwelling in

11:55, october 15, 2009

Russian fellow-countrymen living in CA gather in Dushanbe for regional conference

DUSHANBE, October 15, 2009, Asia-Plus -- The third two-day regional conference of Russian fellow-countrymen living in Central Asia’s states has opened Dushanbe today morning.

11:28, october 15, 2009

936 new TB cases detected in Kulob this year

KULOB, October 15, 2009, Asia-Plus -- 936 new cases of tuberculosis have been detected in Khatlon’s Kulob zone over the first nine months of this year, which is 220 cases more than in the same

11:14, october 15, 2009

Kulob head sanitary physician denies report about cholera outbreak in the area as ‘unfounded’

KULOB, October 15, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Kulob Head Sanitary Physician Said Davlatov has denied report about the cholera outbreak in southern Tajikistan, posted on the site Centrasia.

10:59, october 15, 2009

Tajikistan revives voluntary people’s patrol to maintain public order

DUSHANBE, September 15, 2009, Asia-Plus -- The Majlisi Namoyandagon yesterday approved the bill on participation of citizens in maintaining public order.

10:44, october 15, 2009

Global crisis severely impacts Central Asia, IMF Regional Economic Outlook says

DUSHANBE, October 15, 2009, Asia-Plus -- As elsewhere in the world, the global financial and economic crisis has taken a toll on the Central Asian region and the Middle East, the Regional

10:29, october 15, 2009

Remittances to Tajikistan decrease by 35 percent compared to Jan-Sept 09

DUSHANBE, October 15 2009, Asia-Plus -- In January-September 2009, 1.303 billion U.S.

10:14, october 15, 2009

31% of Tajik industrial enterprises stand idle in September 09

DUSHANBE, October 15, 2009, Asia-Plus -- In September 2009, 250 industrial enterprises, or more than 31 percent of the overall number (802), were not in operation, while the majority of

10:05, october 15, 2009

SCO agrees on $6 bln common investment pool

DUSHANBE, October 15, 2009, Asia-Plus – The Business Council and Interbank Association of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) member states has agreed on a $6 billion common investment

10:00, october 15, 2009

SCO releases joint communiqué to further cooperation

DUSHANBE, October 15, 2009, Asia-Plus -- The eighth prime ministers'' meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) member states that was held in Beijing on October 14 resulted in

19:23, october 14, 2009

Dushanbe cement plant to shift one of its furnaces from gas to coal this year

DUSHANBE, October 14, 2009, Asia-Plus -- The state unitary enterprise, Tojikcement (Dushanbe cement plant), will shift one of its furnaces from natural gas to coal until the end of the year,

18:48, october 14, 2009

Mayor calls on municipal officials to promptly respond to land tenure applications

DUSHANBE, October 14 2009, Asia-Plus -- An October 13 meeting of the Dushanbe mayor’s office considered issues related to land tenure, allotment of land plots for housing, construction and

18:10, october 14, 2009

Political parties in Sughd discuss ways how to make parliamentary elections democratic

KHUJAND, October 14, 2009, Asia-Plus -- On Wednesday October 14, representatives of political parties and public associations functioning in the Sughd province gathered in Khujand to discuss

17:34, october 14, 2009

Tajik national TV to open its correspondent’s offices in Russia and Germany

DUSHANBE, October 14, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Tajik national TV channel, Shabakai Avval (Channel One), intends to open its correspondent’s offices in the Russian Federation and Germany within the

17:26, october 14, 2009

Parliament passes new criminal procedural code

DUSHANBE, October 14, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Deputies of the Majlisi Namoyandagon (Tajikistan’s lower chamber of parliament) have endorsed a draft law on adoption of a new criminal-procedural

15:32, october 14, 2009

Construction of first nine-story apartment building to start in Khorog next year

DUSHANBE, October 14, 2009, Asia-Plus -- The head of the Agency for Construction and Architecture (Agency) Abduvali Komilov told reporters in Dushanbe on October 13 that construction of the

15:07, october 14, 2009

Consumer prices rise 4.5 % in the year

DUSHANBE, October 14, 2009, Asia-Plus -- In Tajikistan consume prices have risen 4.

14:22, october 14, 2009

Kyrgyzstan to host next SCO Council meeting

Next meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Council of Heads of Government will take place in Kyrgyzstan in 2010, the Prime Minister Igor Chudinov said in Beijing Wednsday.

14:20, october 14, 2009

Kazakh government recalls ban on diesel oil export

The government of Kazakhstan recalled the ban on the export of diesel fuel, reported IA Novosti Kazakhstan with reference to the decree of the Kazakh government from 9 October 2009.

14:18, october 14, 2009

Negotiations between “Uzbekneftegas” and Malaysian Petronas companies held in Tashkent

Negotiations between "Uzbekneftegas" and Malaysian Petronas companies, in the course of which sides signed a protocol on coming into effort of the Production Sharing Agreement on Urga, Kuanysh, and

14:17, october 14, 2009