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Japan supports rehabilitation of irrigation canal in Ghonchi

DUSHANBE, September 10, 2009, Asia-Plus -- “The Project for Rehabilitation of the Irrigation Canal in Kalininobod Jamoat, Ghonchi District” ,under the Grant Assistance of Grass-roots Human

14:52, september 10, 2009

Tourist map published in Tajikistan for the first time

DUSHANBE, September 10, 2009, Asia-Plus -- A tourist map has been published in Tajikistan for the first time.

14:43, september 10, 2009

President Nazarbaev condoles with relatives of helicopter crash victims

President Nursultan Nazarbaev has extended his condolences to relatives of the border guards, who died in the crash of MI-8 helicopter on Tuesday in southern Kazakhstan during border protection raid.

14:40, september 10, 2009

SPORT

Famous boxer meets with youth in Gorno Badakhshan

KHOROG, September 10, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Famous boxer Raimkul Malakhbekov, who is one of highest titled boxers in Russia, is currently in Gorno Badakhshan to hold meetings with local youth.

14:38, september 10, 2009

NATO expresses gratitude to Uzbekistan for its support

NATO Secretary General's Special Representative for the Caucasus and Central Asia Robert Simons thanked Uzbekistan for its support in NATO's activity in Afghanistan.

14:33, september 10, 2009

Kyrgyzstan joins top 50 in Doing Business rating

Kyrgyzstan has joined the top 50 in the Doing Business rating, Igor Chudinov told reporters in Bishkek Wednesday.

14:28, september 10, 2009

Turkmen boxer Serdar Khudaiberdyev reaches World Cup quarterfinals

Boxer Serdar Khudaiberdyev, student of the Turkmen National Institute of Sports and Tourism, has qualified to the quarterfinals of the World Cup in the Italian city of Milan.

14:24, september 10, 2009

U.S. to study 'carefully' Iran's offer for talks with world powers

The United States will study 'seriously and carefully' Tehran's proposal to resume talks within the framework of Iran Six mediators, a spokesman for the U.S. State Department said on Wednesday.

14:18, september 10, 2009

Venezuela's Chavez to meet Russian president, PM in Moscow

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is set to meet with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Thursday and Friday in Moscow.

14:12, september 10, 2009

RF govt to consider revised 2009 budget

The Russian governmentâ€™s presidium on Thursday intends to consider a revised budget for 2009 that has turned out to be more optimistic than the Finance Ministry has earlier forecasted.

14:05, september 10, 2009

Texas couple pleads guilty in Afghanistan fraud

A Houston couple has pleaded guilty in an alleged plot to defraud the U.S. while working as contractors on rebuilding efforts in Afghanistan.

13:30, september 10, 2009

Only 6 of 10 cotton ginneries in Kulob reportedly ready for receiving cotton

KULOB, September 10, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Inspection by the branch of Tojikstandart (Tajik state agency for standardization, certification, metrology and trade inspection) in Kulob has revealed

13:08, september 10, 2009

INCIDENTS

Three killed, two others injured in Ayni traffic accident yesterday

DUSHANBE, September 10, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Three persons were killed and two others were injured on Tuesday as a sedan GAZ-31 fell over the precipice in Sughd’s Ayni district.

12:29, september 10, 2009

World Bank presents Doing Business 2010 report today

DUSHANBE, September 10, 2009, Asia-Plus -- The World Bank Group is presenting the Doing Business 2010 report today.

12:13, september 10, 2009

JV Aprelevka distributes energy-saving light bulbs to vulnerable families in Qairoqqum

KHUJAND, September 10, 2009, Asia-Plus -- On occasion of the 18th anniversary of Tajikistan’s Independence, Tajik-Canadian gold-mining joint venture, Aprelevka, has distributed 200

11:49, september 10, 2009

Dushanbe’s first independent radio station marks its 7th anniversary

Dushanbeâ€™s first independent radio station Asia-Plus broadcasting on the 107 FM frequency is marking its 7th anniversary today.

11:47, september 10, 2009

More and more Tajik labor migrants divorce their wives by text messaging

DUSHANBE, September 10, 2009, Asia-Plus –The divorce-via-text issue is back, this time in Tajikistan, Radio Liberty’s Tajis Service reported on September 8.

11:33, september 10, 2009

President signs decree on autumn conscription campaign

DUSHANBE, September 10, 2009, Asia-Plus -- President Emomali Rahmon has signed a decree on drafting young Tajiks into the country’s armed forces from October through November 2009, the

10:47, september 10, 2009

Tajikistan creating competing ombudsman offices

DUSHANBE, September 10, 2009, Asia-Plus – Rahmatullo Zoirov, the chief of Tajikistan''s Social Democratic Party and head of the Consortium of Legal Consultants nongovernmental organization,

10:30, september 10, 2009

Tajik-Russian JV for producing dried fruits launched in northern Tajikistan

ISFARA, September 10, 2009, Asia-Plus -- A Tajik-Russian joint venture for producing dried fruits, Barakat-Isfara, was launched in Sughd’s Isfara district on September 8.

10:15, september 10, 2009

Only 71% of the government credit given to Sughd farmers last year repaid so far

KHUJAND, September 10, 2009, Asia-Plus -- According to the Sughd agriculture directorate, only 71 percent of the government credit provided to farmers in northern Tajikistan last year through

18:29, september 8, 2009

CSTO senior experts to discuss joint efforts to combat drug trafficking

DUSHANBE, September 8, 2009, Asia-Plus -- A meeting of the coordination council of heads of competent bodies from member nations of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) for

17:56, september 8, 2009

Construction of three mini power plants begins in Sughd’s Jabborrasulov district

KHUJAND, September 8, 2008, Asia-Plus -- Construction of three mini hydropower plants with capacity of 20 kW each has begun in Sughd’s Jabborrasulov district.

16:03, september 8, 2009

China’s company reportedly ready to invest in construction of large HPPs in Tajikistan

DUSHANBE, September 8, Asia-Plus -- China’s energy company, Huanen (phonetically spelled), is ready to invest in construction of large hydroelectric power plants in Tajikistan, press service

15:38, september 8, 2009

SOCIETY

Teachers expected to dress modestly and tidily

DUSHANBE, September 8, 2009, Asia-Plus - The Ministry of Education (MoE) has developed guidelines on professional dress for teachers at secondary schools.

14:58, september 8, 2009

Tajik media organizations welcome resumption of broadcasting of Imrouz

DUSHANBE, September 8, Asia-Plus -- Tajik Journalists’ Union, the National Association of Independent Media of Tajikistan (Nansmit) and the Tajik Association of independent Electronic Media

14:19, september 8, 2009

SOCIETY

Tajik central bank forced to artificially revaluate the somoni rate, says expert

DUSHANBE, September 8, 2009, Asia-Plus -- The National Bank of Tajikistan (NBT) is now forced to revaluate the exchange rate of the national currency, the somoni, artificially, Tajik expert

13:39, september 8, 2009

Police operation leads to seizure of some 4 kilos of heroin in Dushanbe

DUSHANBE, September 8, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Some four kilograms of heroin were seized in Dushanbe in an operation carried out by police yesterday, according to the Ministry of Interior (MoI).

13:24, september 8, 2009

European Union supplies equipment to civil service department under the president of Tajikistan

DUSHANBE, September 8, 2009, Asia-Plus -- The Delegation of the European Commission to Tajikistan within the framework of the EU funded project "Support to Civil Service Reform and Good

13:09, september 8, 2009