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Geithner set to defend Obama budget before Senate

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner plans to defend Obama administration policies on taxes and bank relief before the Senate Budget Committee.

15:09, march 12, 2009

Obama names envoys to Afghanistan, Iraq

President Barack Obama on Wednesday named a career military officer who once was the top U.S.

14:12, march 12, 2009

New association of business communities set up in Tajikistan

DUSHANBE, March 12, 2009, Asia-Plus - A new association, The American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham), has begun functioning in Tajikistan.

13:22, march 12, 2009

INCIDENTS

One injured in Khorog rockfall

KHOROG, March 12, 2009, Asia-Plus - One person was injured Wednesday morning as rockfall crashed into Chinese-made minivan in Khorog, Gorno Badakhshan.

12:31, march 12, 2009

Japan’s government assists rural development project in Ghonchi district

DUSHANBE, March 12, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Mr. Yoshihiro Nakayama, Chargé D’Affaires of the Embassy of Japan in Dushanbe, and Mr.

12:00, march 12, 2009

CIS economic council meets tomorrow to discus CIS economic development strategy

DUSHANBE, March 12, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Moscow will host the 41st session of the CIS Economic Council on March 13, according to the CIS Executive Committee press service.

11:44, march 12, 2009

Tajikistan increases areas under early agricultural crops this year

DUSHANBE, March 12, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Tajikistan has decided to increase areas under early agricultural crops this year, according to the Ministry of Agriculture (MoA).

11:29, march 12, 2009

POWER

Majlisi Milli board considers amendments to the national border law

DUSHANBE, March 12, 2009, Asia-Plus -- The board (Shuro) of Tajikistan’s upper chamber (Majlisi Milli) of parliament considered a bill requiring amendments to the law on the national border

11:15, march 12, 2009

Tajik leader calls for not postponing the ECO overall reorganization till 2015

DUSHANBE, March 12, 2009, Asia-Plus -- The 10th summit of the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) was held in Tehran Wednesday.

20:34, march 11, 2009

LAW-ORDER

Captured prison fugitive gets extended jail term

KHUJAND, March 11, 2009, Asia-Plus -- A city court in Khujand, Sughd province has sentenced the captured prison fugitive to additional jail time.

19:37, march 11, 2009

INCIDENTS

Shepherd from Shuroobod district languishes in Afghan captivity

KULOB, March 11, 2009, Asia-Plus -- The 41-year-old shepherd from the village of Odinaboi in Khatlon’s Shuroobod district, Shermamon Mamonov (phonetically spelled), has languished in Afghan

18:56, march 11, 2009

Tajik businessman awarded Queen Victoria Commemorative Medal

DUSHANBE, March 11, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Tajik businessman Nourullo Usmonov, the top manager of the Khujand-based company Nour, has returned from Great Britain, where he attended that the

18:27, march 11, 2009

Tajik delegation attends ITB Berlin-2009

DUSHANBE, March 11, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Chairman of the Committee for Youth, Sports and Tourism Affairs Maliksho Nematov heading Tajik delegation is participating at an international tourism

18:01, march 11, 2009

Hepatitis B immunization campaign amongst medical workers concludes in Sughd

DUSHANBE, March 12, 2009, Asia-Plus -- The Sughd branch of the Republican Imunoprophylactic Center has ended a hepatitis B immunization campaign amongst medical workers in contact with risk

17:42, march 11, 2009

WB commits to provide financing to Tajikistan to carry out studies to assess the possibility of Roghun HEP

DUSHANBE, March 11, 2009, Asia-Plus -- The World Bank Group recognizes that the sector of water and energy is critically important for the economies and livelihoods of the people throughout

16:20, march 11, 2009

Volumes of loan allocations decrease significantly in Gorno Badakhshan

KHOROG, March 11, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Over the first two months of this year, branches of banks in Gorno Badakhshan have provided loans for a total amount of 4.

15:42, march 11, 2009

Tajik leader offers to establish joint investment bank of Tajikistan, Afghanistan and Iran

DUSHANBE, March 11, 2009, Asia-Plus -- A tripartite summit meeting of presidents of Iran, Tajikistan and Afghanistan was held in Tehran Tuesday evening, according to presidential press

15:13, march 11, 2009

Ministry of Agriculture of Kazakhstan to forecast the growth of grain harvest by 10% in 2009

Kazakhstan will increase grain harvest by nearly 10% in 2009 compared to the level of 2008, due to good soil and weather conditions and the moisture reserves, declared Arman Evniev, the Deputy

15:12, march 11, 2009

Kyrgyz presidential secretariat offers to postpone amendments to NCO bill

The Kyrgyz presidential secretariat offers to postpone approval of amendments to the bill on Noncommercial Organizations.

15:11, march 11, 2009

Uzbekistan not directly affected by global crisis thanks to economic reforms

Far-sighted economic reforms in Uzbekistan helped the country to avoid suffering any direct effects of the global economic crisis, an article published by the Uzbek newspaper Khalq Sozi on February

15:09, march 11, 2009

US Honeywell looks forward to active cooperation with Turkmenistan

On 9 March, Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov received Dave Cote, Chairman and CEO of Honeywell International Inc.

15:08, march 11, 2009

Medvedev to talk nonproliferation, ties at talks with Obama

Russia's president said on Tuesday he would discuss all issues on the bilateral agenda, including nonproliferation, with the U.S. president when they meet in London on April 1.

15:07, march 11, 2009

Obama to sign spending bill, push for new rules

President Barack Obama plans to sign a massive spending bill to keep the federal government running, but he is cracking down on lawmakers' penchant for stuffing such legislation with billions of

15:01, march 11, 2009

Officials: Iran does not have key nuclear material

Iran does not yet have any highly enriched uranium, the fuel needed to make a nuclear warhead, two top U.S. intelligence officials told Congress Tuesday, disputing a claim by an Israeli official.

14:59, march 11, 2009

Officials: Afghanistan Taliban leader was at Gitmo

The Taliban's new top operations officer in southern Afghanistan had been a prisoner at the Guantanamo Bay detention center, the latest example of a freed detainee who took a militant leadership role

14:56, march 11, 2009

Tajik, Afghan leaders declare for speedy singing of military cooperation agreement

DUSHANBE, March 11, 2009, Asia-Plus -- President Emomali Rahmon, who is currently in Tehran to attend the 10th summit meeting of the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO), yesterday met

14:16, march 11, 2009

GosComInvest, IFC launch consultative infrastructure project

DUSHANBE, March 11, 2009, Asia-Plus -- The State Committee for Investments and State-owned Property Management (GosComInvest) and the International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the

13:48, march 11, 2009

INCIDENTS

Two drug control officers wounded in skirmish with drug dealers in Dushanbe

Two officers from the counter narcotics agency have been wounded in an operation to detain a group of drug dealers on the outskirts of Dushanbe.

13:12, march 11, 2009

Theatrical show to mark Navrouz festival to be held at Dushanbe central stadium

DUSHANBE, March 11, 2009, Asia-Plus -- This year, the main celebrations to mark the Navrouz festival will be held at the Dushanbe Central Stadium from March 21-22.

12:34, march 11, 2009