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Global Geopolitics News (Free subscription) | yesterday
Country Reports on Terrorism 2007: South and Central Asia Overview - I - Turkish WeeklyTerrorism remained a serious problem in the region, directly and indirectly threatening American interests and lives. Increasingly, South and Central Asian terrorists expanded their operations and networks across the region and beyond. To varying US hopes for democratic government [...]...
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The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
A decorated paratrooper who was wounded as he led a bayonet charge against the Taliban has criticised the hospital treatment he received in Britain.
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OTB News (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
A state-of-the-art jail in Kabul, built to hold Afghanistan's drugs barons, is being used to house ordinary prisoners awaiting execution, embarrassing the UK government Share This
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Palestine Blogs (Free subscription) | yesterday
~ Pic: Source Victim of Depleted Uranium “Mission Accomplished” ~"GENOCIDE"The New Order of Imperialism by DOM MARTIN DEDICATED to: The Children of Afghanistan The...
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Democratic Underground (Free subscription) | yesterday
Source: [b]Marine Corps Times[/b] http://www.marinecorpstimes.com/xml/news/2008/05/marine_afghanistan_051008w/051008mc_fireline_800.JPG [i]Marines from the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit return fire on Taliban positions near the town of Garmser in Helmand Province of Afghanistan on May 2.[/i] ...
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MSNBC.com: Nightly News (Free subscription) | yesterday
May 10: U.S. Marines in Afghanistan have succeeded in retaking land the Taliban controlled, but they're being spread thin as they try to hold their gains. NBC's Jim Maceda reports. (Nightly News)
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Noodlepie (Free subscription) | yesterday
The first winner of the Frontline Journalism Award is the Irish freelance photojournalist John D. McHugh. He talked about his work and the story of when he was shot and almost killed by a Taliban sniper last year. He's currently in Afghanistan on commission for The Guardian. In a similar vein, I found the chat with Anthony Loyd equally interesting. There's something about the mental makeup of the people...
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turkmenistan.neweurasia.net (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
May has come and reminded me about the pre-Caspian gas pipeline project. A year ago, on May 12, in Turkmenbashi town a declaration on the pre-Caspian project was signed. The document endorsed by presidents of Russia, Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan assumed a construction of the pre-Caspian gas pipeline (to run along the Caspian Sea coastline [...]
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Truemors (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
For centuries, locusts have been known as creatures that can travel great distances and invade farmlands, strip fields and cause immense damage to crops. In fact, locust control in Central Asia is still a major regional issue even today. Why locusts have behaved this way is something scientists have studied for sometime and they have [...]
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Alertnet (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
Source: Reuters KABUL, May 10 (Reuters) - Afghan authorities are examining the extent of an unprecedented locust infestation that has prompted local officials in some areas to offer wheat as a reward to residents for ...
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gumir | 05/10/2008
The 15th Kazakhstan's international healthcare exhibition KIHE – 2008 will take place in Almaty on May 14-17. The event is being organized by Iteca exhibition company and officially supported by Kazakhstan's Healthcare Ministry, the Almaty Akimat (municipality), Kazakh National Medical University and Medtechnika Joint Stock Company. KIHE – 2008 is the largest international healthcare exhibition in
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Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
As of Friday, May 9, 2008, at least 427 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the Defense Department. The department last updated its figures May 3 at 10 a.m. EDT.
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Democratic Underground (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
Source: [b]The Star[/b] GUANTANAMO BAY - The Pentagon disputes claims that political pressure prematurely halted an investigation into the alleged abuse of Omar Khadr when he was detained in Afghanistan. Pentagon spokesperson Cmdr. Jeffrey Gordon said army investigators did not substantiate the a...
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OYAX (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
Salwar pajama pants (with sandals) as worn in South and Central Asia. References to Pajamas in Popular Culture was a and highlighting workers at a pajama factory. is an online advertising and publishing company created by bloggers and. " Narrow silk pyjamas (with mojari shoes) as worn in. Hobson-Job.
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Crooks and Liars (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008
Natasha Chart at Open Left: Glenn Hurowitz recently wondered who’s going to help Tibet bring down China, like the Russians were brought down in Afghanistan and the British in India. International pressure and protest seems to carry no weight among the Chinese. Their government is still arresting monks for “unauthorized gatherings”, they're still shooting and [...]
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gumir | 05/10/2008
The 15th Kazakhstan's international healthcare exhibition KIHE – 2008 will take place in Almaty on May 14-17. The event is being organized by Iteca exhibition company and officially supported by Kazakhstan's Healthcare Ministry, the Almaty Akimat (municipality), Kazakh National Medical University and Medtechnika Joint Stock Company. KIHE – 2008 is the largest international healthcare exhibition in
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gumir | 05/09/2008
An annual national project Kazakhstan Fashion Week (KFW) is to be held for the first time in spring in Almaty on May 15-16. The best native and foreign designers’ “Autumn-Winter 2008-2009” season collections will be demonstrated in the spring show. Demonstration of cars decorated by participants and foreign designers’ master-classes will be also conducted during the Fashion Week, Kazinform reports.
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gumir | 05/07/2008
Decision of the Government has already been signed on getting the first tranche in the amount of 22,4 billion tenge for completion construction work in Almaty. This sum is allocated within the framework of State program protection of interest-holders. Money is directed from Sustainable Development Fund “Kazyna” to banks and they are in turn begin to credit fourteen construction companies (the list
