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14:12, august 26, 2008

TAJKISTAN

SCO Business Council’s board meets in Dushanbe

DUSHANBE, August 26, 2008, Asia-Plus -- A session of the board of the Business Council of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) opened in Dushanbe today morning.

14:04, august 26, 2008

SPORT

Sughd purchases the most powerful karts for republican karting competition

KHUAJND, August 26, Asia-Plus - Sportsmen in northern Tajikistan are making serious preparations for the upcoming republican karting competition due on September 18-19, purchasing new karts.

13:12, august 26, 2008

Sughd school children return from tour of Russia’s Golden Ring

KHUAJND, August 26, 2008, Asia-Plus -- A group of schoolchildren from the Sughd province, numbering 15 persons – winners of the Russian Language Olympiad from Chkalovsk, Qairoqqum, Khujand,

12:52, august 26, 2008

TAJKISTAN

Rising of prices of food products and lack of jobs intensify migration in Rasht

GHARM, August 26, 2008, Asia-Plus -- Rising prices of basic food products and lack of jobs have intensified migration in the Rasht Valley, eastern Tajikistan.

12:29, august 26, 2008

TAJKISTAN

Tajikistan closes national border ahead of SCO summit

DUSHANBE, August 26, 2006, Asia-Plus -- Ahead of a summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) due on August 28 Tajikistan has closed its common border with neighboring countries,

12:06, august 26, 2008

President unveils memorial complex to Roudaki in Dushanbe

DUSHANBE, August 26, 2008, Asia-Plus -- An official opening of the Ustod Roudaki Park (formerly Central Park in Dushanbe) was held in Dushanbe on August 25.

11:44, august 26, 2008

INCIDENTS

Traffic accident leaves 10 dead in Khatlon

10 persons were killed and two others were injured Monday as two cars collided in Khatlonâ€™s Danghara district.

11:25, august 26, 2008

TAJKISTAN

Zarubezhneftegaz presents feasibility study for exploration of gas fields in Tajikistan

DUSHANBE, August 26, 2008, Asia-Plus -- Issues related to implementation of an agreement on exploration of oil-and-gas fields in Tajikistan, signed in Dushanbe in early July, were discussed

10:59, august 26, 2008

TAJKISTAN

Tajik, Kyrgyz CCI heads discuss cooperation issues

DUSHANBE, August 26, 2008, Asia-Plus -- State and prospects of further expansion of trade and economic cooperation between Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan were a focus of an August 25 meeting of

10:46, august 26, 2008

TAJKISTAN

Iranian president’s visit to Tajikistan starts on Wednesday

DUSHANBE, August 26, 2008, Asia-Plus -- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will begin visit to Tajikistan on August 27 upon an invitation by Tajik President Emomali Rahmon, who is rotting

10:30, august 26, 2008

POWER

Tajikistan seeks China’s cooperation in constructing several power plants

DUSHANBE, August 26, 2008, Asia-Plus -- On Monday August 25, President Emomali Rahmon received visiting President of the Export-Import Bank (Eximbank) of China, Mr.

10:15, august 26, 2008

TAJKISTAN

Third CICA ministerial meeting held in Almaty on Monday

DUSHANBE, August 26, 2008, Asia-Plus -- A CICA (Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia) foreign ministers’ session was held in Almaty, Kazakhstan on August 25.

20:39, august 25, 2008

TAJKISTAN

Iran-Tajikistan trade boosting, says Iranian diplomat

DUSHANBE, August 25, 2008, Asia-Plus – Iranian official in charge of trade affairs at Iranian Embassy in Tajikistan said on Saturday that trade between Iran and Tajikistan have undergone

19:38, august 25, 2008

POWER

Rahmon sends condolences to Kyrgyz president over Sunday’s air crash

DUSHANBE, August 26, 2008, Asia-Plus -- On Monday August 25, President Emomali Rahmon sent a telegram of condolences to his Kyrgyz counterpart, President Kurmanbek Bakiyev, over a Sunday’s

19:15, august 25, 2008

TAJKISTAN

USTDA grant supports coal mining and power plant project in Tajikistan

DUSHANBE, August 25, 2008, Asia-Plus -- Addressing critical power shortages and promoting energy security in Tajikistan is the goal of a USTDA grant awarded to the Ministry of Energy and

19:08, august 25, 2008

INCIDENTS

Three suicide cases reported in Sughd Sunday alone

KHUJAND, August 25, Asia-Plus -- Three suicide cases were reported in the northern Sughd province on August 24 alone.

18:40, august 25, 2008

LAW-ORDER

Isfara resident faces theft charge

KHUJAND, August 25, 2008, Asia-Plus -- A prosecutor’s office in Sughd’s Isfara district has instituted criminal proceedings against local resident, a 37-year-old Komiljon Abdulazizov, who was

18:19, august 25, 2008

TAJKISTAN

SDPT leader to have legal proceedings with officials

DUSHANBE, August 25, 2008, Asia-Plus -- The leader of the Social-Demcoratic Party (SDPT), Rahamtillo Zoirov, intends to have legal rpoceedings with officls of President’s Executive Office.

16:49, august 25, 2008

CENTRAL ASIA

68 die in plane crash in Kyrgyzstan

A passenger jet, Boeing 737, with 90 people on board crashed near the Manas airport in Kyrgyzstan, killing 68. The catastrophe occurred at about 8:40p.m.

16:48, august 25, 2008

CENTRAL ASIA

Vietnam and Uzbekistan agree on co-operation in oil and gas exploration

Vietnam and Uzbekistan have agreed to promote bilateral co-operation on oil and gas exploration in order to sign a contract on oil and gas exploration in Uzbekistan and transfer coal-to-liquid

16:47, august 25, 2008

CENTRAL ASIA

3rd CICA Ministerial meeting starts in Almaty

The Third Ministerial Meeting of the members of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia (CICA), chaired by Kazakhstanâ€™s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Marat Tazhin will

16:46, august 25, 2008

CENTRAL ASIA

King of Jordan Abdullah II pays official visit to Ashgabat

On August 24, Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov held talks with the King of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, Abdullah II Ibn Al-Hussein, who arrived in the Turkmen capital on an official

16:43, august 25, 2008

WORLD

Russia's Duma to back sovereignty for Abkhazia, S.Ossetia

The State Duma is expected to back a request to recognize the independence of Georgia's breakaway republics of Abkhazia and South Ossetia at a session of the country's lower house of parliament on

16:42, august 25, 2008

TAJKISTAN

Government not ready for constructive dialogue, says SDPT leader

DUSHANBE, August 25, 2008, Asia-Plus -- The gvoernment and local authorities in the prvoinces are not ready for consturctive dialogue, Rahmatillo Zoirov, leader of the Social-Democraitc Party

16:37, august 25, 2008

WORLD

Russia's NATO envoy to hold consultations in Moscow on Monday

Dmitry Rogozin, Russia's envoy to NATO, will discuss the future for Russian-NATO cooperation with the country's leadership on Monday, a day later than scheduled.

16:31, august 25, 2008

WORLD

1.2 tons of opium seized in Afghanistan

Afghanistan's Interior Ministry says its troops have confiscated 1.3 tons of opium in southern Afghanistan.

16:06, august 25, 2008

TAJKISTAN

Not all young teachers assigned to work with schools in Konibodom report for work

KONIBODOM, August 25, 2008, Asia-Plus -- Not all young specialists, assigned to work with schools in Konibodom, have reported for work, the Konibodom education department head Nazirjon

15:43, august 25, 2008

POWER

Tajik president, Chinese banker discuss cooperation issues

DUSHANBE, August 25, 2008, Asia-Plus -- State and prospects of further expansion of bilateral economic cooperation between Tajikistan and China will be discussed at a meeting of President

15:12, august 25, 2008

TAJKISTAN

Kulob farmers yield the first 1,000 tons of cotton

KULOB, August 25, 2008, Asia-Plus -- Farmers in Khatlon’s Kulob region have yielded more than 1,000 tons of cotton by August 25, Abdullo Rajabov, a lead specialist with the Kulob agriculture

14:59, august 25, 2008

Tajik intelligentsia applies to government asking to grant political asylum to Afghan poet

DUSHANBE, August 25, 2008, Asia-Plus -- Representatives of Tajik intelligentsia have applied to the government, asking to provide political asylum to known Afghan poet and public figure Latif