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Tajik FM departs for Mazar-i Sharif for tripartite meeting

DUSHANBE, March 20, 2009, Asia-Plus - Foreign Minister Hamrokhon Zarifi heading a high-ranking delegation today departed for Mazar-i Sharif, the capital of Afghanistan’s Balkh Province,

19:59, march 20, 2009

Large amount of heroin seized in northern Tajikistan on March 19

KHUJAND, March 20, 2009, Asia-Plus -- More than 10 kilograms of heroin were intercepted in Sughd’s Bobojonghafurov district on March 19, according to the Sughd police directorate.

19:45, march 20, 2009

Tajikistan’s CCI, MSDSP sign cooperation agreement

DUSHANBE, March 20, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Tajikistan’s Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCI) and the Mountain Societies Development Support Program (MSDSP), a locally registered organization

19:01, march 20, 2009

Deputy transport minister calls on officials to change service cars for bikes

DUSHANBE, March 20, 2009, Asia-Plus -- The Ministry of Transport and Communications (MoTC) has purchased 100 Chinese- and Russian-made bicycles that will be distributed to the ministry

18:28, march 20, 2009

Tajik authorities prohibit performance by known Tajik stage director as allegedly calling for ‘revolution’

DUSHANBE, March 20, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Tajik culture authorities have reportedly prohibited the performance “Insanity.

17:36, march 20, 2009

Government endorse horse-breeding development program

DUSHANBE, March 20, 2009, Asia-Plus -- The government has endorsed the horse-breeding development program for 2010-2015 worked out by the ministry of agriculture (MoA), according to the MoA

16:48, march 20, 2009

POWER

Rahmon holds traditional meeting with Tajik intelligentsia tomorrow

DUSHANBE, March 20, 2009, Asia-Plus -- President Emomali Rahmon held a traditional meeting with representatives of the intelligentsia in Dushanbe today on occasion of the Navrouz holiday.

16:39, march 20, 2009

MoI, IOM Mission discuss introduction of biometric identity documentation in Tajikistan

DUSHANBE, March 20, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Issues related to cooperation in countering human trafficking and introducing biometric identity documentation in Tajikistan were discussed here

15:44, march 20, 2009

Navrouz comes to Tajikistan

DUSHANBE, March 20, 2009, Asia-Plus -- The Navrouz holiday came to Tajikistan today at 11:44 a.m.

15:20, march 20, 2009

Over seven kilos of hashish seized in Dushanbe on Thursday

DUSHANBE, March 20, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Officers from the Interior Ministry department for combating drug trafficking (drug police) seized more than seven kilograms of hashish in Dushanbe on March

15:02, march 20, 2009

Entrepreneur from Vahdat promises the president to construct heat and power station in Vahdat

DUSHANBE, March 20, Asia-Plus -- During a March 19 meeting of President Emomali Rahmon with residents of Vahdat, local entrepreneur Safarbek Nazarov stated that he would build a 50MW run heat and

14:42, march 20, 2009

Turkmenistan, France discuss prospects of bilateral business cooperation

Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov received Anne-Marie Idrac, the state secretary of foreign trade at the French Ministry of Economy, Industry and Employment, on 18 March.

14:40, march 20, 2009

Kazakhstan's SSGPO could process 40% less iron ore in 2009

Sokolov-Sarbai Mining Production Association (SSGPO), a member of Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation (ENRC) and Kazakhstan's biggest iron ore producer, plans to slash iron ore throughput by 40%

14:39, march 20, 2009

7 new cotton processing enterprises to open in Uzbekistan

State joint stock company "Uzbekengilsanoat" and partners will introduce new modern eneterprises on the eve of Nowruz holiday.

14:38, march 20, 2009

Kyrgyz presidential election to run on July 23, 2009

Constitutional Legislation, State Structure, Legitimacy and Human Rights Committee of Kyrgyz Parliament decided Thursday that presidential election should take place on July 23, 2009.

14:37, march 20, 2009

LAW-ORDER

Trial of seven alleged Hizb ut-Tahrir activists in Khujand adjourned

KHUJAND, March 20, 2009, Asia-Plus -- The trail of seven alleged members of the outlawed religious extremist Hizb ut-Tahrir organization that began in the Khujand city court on March 19 was

14:37, march 20, 2009

Obama makes video appeal to Iran

U.S. President Barack Obama issued an unprecedented videotaped appeal to Iran on Friday offering a "new beginning" of diplomatic engagement to turn the page on decades of U.S.

14:36, march 20, 2009

Russia concerned by deteriorating situation in Afghanistan

Russian Ambassador to the United Nations Vitaly Churkin said on Thursday Moscow is â€œseriously concernedâ€ by deteriorating situation in Afghanistan.

14:35, march 20, 2009

US, Russia must work through 'strained' ties: Lugar

An influential US Senator warned Thursday that US-Russia relations will be "strained for some time" but urged speedy efforts to extend a nuclear cooperation accord that expires December 5.

14:32, march 20, 2009

34 militants killed in clashes in Afghanistan

Afghan and international forces killed 34 militants in two days of clashes in Afghanistan, U.S. forces said Friday.

14:03, march 20, 2009

ADB to provide $49 mln to support Tajikistan’s national budget

DUSHANBE, March 20, 2009, Asia-Plus -- The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will provide 40 million US dollars to support Tajikistan’s national budget, according to the Secretariat of the

13:45, march 20, 2009

ADB official assess satisfactory Tajikistan’s anticrisis program

Visiting ADB Vice-President Xiaoyu Zhao has assessed satisfactory Tajik governmentâ€™s program for mitigating effects of the global financial crisis and noted that ADB is ready to participate in

12:42, march 20, 2009

Tajik train fares falling

DUSHANBE, March 20, 2009, Asia-Plus – Ticket prices on Tajik trains are going down, especially on fares from Dushanbe to Moscow, RFE/RL''s Tajik Service reported on March 19.

12:30, march 20, 2009

Russian humanitarian aid delivered to Tajikistan

DUSHANBE, March 20, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Two transport planes IL-76 of Russia’s Emergencies Ministry airlifted totaling 96.4 tons of humanitarian aid worth 32.

12:12, march 20, 2009

Latvian banks seeks business partners in Tajikistan

DUSHANBE, March 20, 2009, Asia-Plus -- On Thursday March 19, the head of Tajikistan’s Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Sharif Said, met with the Latvian Ambassador to Tajikistan, Igors

11:59, march 20, 2009

LAW-ORDER

Officials should publicly declare their income and assets, says MP

DUSHANBE, March 20, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Tajik officials should publicly declare their income and assets, member of the Majlisi Namoyadnagon (Tajikistan’s lower chamber of parliament) Committee on

11:44, march 20, 2009

Indian companies begin preparation work for construction of power grid from Tajikistan to Afghanistan

DUSHANBE, March 20, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Indian companies The KEC International Ltd (KEC) and The RPG Transmission LTD have begun preparatory work for construction of a 220 kilovolt double

11:30, march 20, 2009