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British PM Brown in surprise visit to Afghanistan

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown arrived in Afghanistan on Monday for talks with President Hamid Karzai on a new strategy to fight the "crucible of terrorism" in the border district with Pakistan.

13:25, april 28, 2009

President Rahmon departs for Almaty to attend Central Asian water summit

Heads of state from member nations of the International Fund for Saving the Aral Sea (IFAS) are discussing issues related to activities of the IFASâ€™ bodies.

12:28, april 28, 2009

Bill on insurance and state pensions stipulates shift to multichannel financing of pension payments, says expert

DUSHANBE, April 28, 2009, Asia-Plus -- An April 27 cabinet meeting considered a bill on insurance and state pensions prepared by the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection.

11:54, april 28, 2009

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President shakes up officials

DUSHANBE, April 28, 2009, Asia-Plus -- President Emomali Rahmon introduced a number of staff changes at an April 27 meeting considering preparations for autumn-winter 2009-2010.

11:40, april 28, 2009

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Government session considers preparations for autumn-winter 2009-2010

DUSHANBE, April 28, 2009, Asia-Plus -- An April 27 government session, presided over by President Emomali Rahmon, considered preparations for autumn-winter 2009-2010.

10:59, april 28, 2009

Tajikistan working on sending workers to Saudi Arabia

DUSHANBE, April 28, 2009, Asia-Plus – Tajik labor migration service officials in northern Sughd province say they are still waiting to implement a December agreement with Saudi Arabia about the

10:44, april 28, 2009

Barqi Tojik’s debt issue expected to be settled in the near future, says Tajik electricity supplier official

DUSHANBE, April 28, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Speaking at a news conference in Dushanbe, the head of the planning department within Barqi Tojik (Tajik electric system) power holding, Suhrob Rahimov,

10:30, april 28, 2009

Sughd ophthalmologists reportedly bring success of glaucoma operations to 90%

KHUJAND, April 28, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Ophthalmologists in the Sughd province have brought the successfulness of operations for glaucoma to 90 percent, the deputy head physician of the Sughd

10:14, april 28, 2009

CSTO working group on Afghanistan meets in Moscow today

DUSHANBE, April 28, 2009, Asia-Plus -- The seventh meeting of the working group on Afghanistan within the council of foreign ministers of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) is being

18:52, april 27, 2009

50 residents of Gorno Badakhshan find seasonal works in Russian through Saturday’s job fair

KHOROG, April 27, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Not only regional and republican but also a number of Russian companies attended a job fair that was held in Khorog, the capital of the Gorno Badakhshan

18:32, april 27, 2009

Tajik OMON and US Embassy conduct inter-operative anti-terrorist drill

DUSHANBE, April 27, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Asia-Plus’ reporter has attended a joint anti-terrorist drill conducted in Dushanbe for members of Tajik OMON and the US Embassy’s Regional Security

18:13, april 27, 2009

Finance shortages affect cotton-sowing campaign in northern Tajikistan

KHUJAND, April 27, 2009, Asia-Plus -- To add to bad weather conditions that has hit northern Tajikistan in recent days, acute finance shortages have affected the cotton-sowing campaign in the

17:59, april 27, 2009

Control of prices and rate one of the most important measures under current conditions, says IDPT deputy leader

DUSHANBE, April 27, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Under conditions of the global financial crisis, curbing prices and rates is one of the most topical measures, Dr.

17:15, april 27, 2009

Tajik Democrats offer formation of anticrisis government

DUSHANBE, April 27, 2009, Asia-Plus -- In its anticrisis program presented on April 27, the Mahmadruzi Iskandarov-run Democratic Party (DPT) offers to work out a package of anticrisis laws

16:29, april 27, 2009

IRPT nominates candidate to replace resigned IRPT MP in lower house of parliament

DUSHANBE, April 27, 2009, Asia-Plus -- On Saturday April 25, the Islamic Revival Party (IRPT) nominated the party activist Muhammadali Hoit to replace Muhammadsahrif Himmatzoda in the Majlisi

14:45, april 27, 2009

DPT presents its anticrisis program

DUSHANBE, April 27, 2009, Asia-Plus -- A ceremony of presentation of an anticrisis program developed by the Mahmadruzi Iskandarov-run Democratic Party (DPT) has been held at the Tajik Journalists’

14:25, april 27, 2009

No ground for panic over swine flu in Kyrgyzstan

Tolon Isakov Director of the State Sanitary and Epidemiological Surveillance Department under the Kyrgyz Health Care Ministry informed that Kyrgyzstan had no grounds for panic over transmission of

14:24, april 27, 2009

Parliament of Kazakhstan passes amendments to Law on Public Procurement

The deputies of the Senate of Parliament of Kazakhstan on Thursday passed the amendments and additions to the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan on Public Procurement.

14:23, april 27, 2009

President Karimov receives head of Korean Air

President of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov met with chairman of the Korean Air Yang-Ho Cho on 23 April at Oqsaroy residence in Tashkent.

14:21, april 27, 2009

Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov holds meetings with high-ranking guests of energy conference in Ashgabat

On 23 April, Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov held a number of meetings with high-ranking guests who arrived in Ashgabat to participate in the international high level conference.

14:20, april 27, 2009

Chernobyl victims remembered on 23rd anniversary

Ukraine and other former Soviet republics affected by the Chernobyl nuclear disaster are holding ceremonies on Sunday to mark the 23rd anniversary of the explosion.

14:19, april 27, 2009

Ahmadinejad: US not sending clear signals to Iran

Washington has not sent Iran sufficient signals on whether the U.S.

14:18, april 27, 2009

Developed countries resist IMF reform-Russia's Kudrin

Developed countries are resisting the reform of the International Monetary Fund's representation quotas, Russia's Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin said on Sunday.

14:15, april 27, 2009

Pakistan must shore up security on border with Afghanistan: defense minister

The mission in Afghanistan could "rise or fall," depending on whether the government of Pakistan can stem the flow of insurgents and weapons along its borders, Canada's defence minister said Saturday.

14:11, april 27, 2009

Six suicide cases reported in northern Tajikistan over the last weekends alone

KHUJAND, April 27, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Six cases of suicide have been registered in the Sughd province over the last weekends alone, according to press service of the Sughd police directorate.

13:59, april 27, 2009

No serious cause for concern of spread of swine flu to Tajikistan, says head sanitary physician

Probability of spread of a new swine flu virus to Tajikistan is very low as the country does not import pork, Tajikistanâ€™s head sanitary physician Azam Mirzoyev said.

13:09, april 27, 2009

Tajik company presents survey on state of confectionary industry in the country

DUSHANBE, April 27, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Tajik company, Somon Capital, hosted a roundtable meeting last Saturday to present a survey on state of the confectionary industry in Tajikistan as well

12:44, april 27, 2009

IMF to double the borrowing limits of poorest countries, including CIS states

DUSHANBE, April 27, 2009, Asia-Plus -- The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has agreed to double the borrowing limits of the poorest countries under the Poverty

12:20, april 27, 2009