Global Voices Online (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago
Patrick Frost discusses Tajikistan’s water woes and dire energy situation, reviewing the IHT reporting on the issue.
American Spectator (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago
He doesn't care who wins this fall.
Reuters UK (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Indian Oil Minister Murli Deora said on Friday he hoped state-run explorer Oil and Natural Gas would to be able to conclude a $2.6 billion (1.47 billion pounds) deal to take over Russia-focused Imperial Energy in four or five weeks.
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By Steve HollandST. PAUL (Reuters) - Republican John McCain cast himself as an independent-minded reformer on Thursday and said he had the scars to prove it in a speech that promised Americans "change...
Global Security (Free subscription) | yesterday
CSTO backs Russia's actions in S.Ossetia, condemns Georgia04/09/2008 15:03 MOSCOW, September 4 (RIA Novosti) - Foreign ministers from the members of the Collective Security Treaty Organization blasted Thursday Georgia's attack on breakaway South Ossetia and supported Russia's contribution to peace in the region. "We have come out with support for Russia's active role in contributing to peace and cooperation...
Hindu (Free subscription) | yesterday
Russia's allies side with Moscow against Georgia Vladimir Radyuhin MOSCOW: Russia's allies in a post-Soviet defence pact sided with Moscow against Georgia in the South Ossetia crisis even as Nicaragua became the second country after Russia to recognise Georgia's breakaway territories. Meeting in Moscow on Wednesday the Foreign Ministers of the Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO) denounced...
Relief Web (Free subscription) | yesterday
Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Plunderbund (Free subscription) | 09/03/2008
John McCain greets Levi Johnston, the self-described “fucking redneck” who is supposedly the father of Bristol Palin’s unborn kid… This thing is screaming for a caption… I’ll start: “so… Sarah tells me you’d make a great ambassador to Tajikistan”
Indybay newswire (Free subscription) | 09/03/2008
Wednesday, September 3, 2008 : Even before the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) annual summit began in Tajikistan on August 28, it was clear that the Russia-Georgian conflict was going to be high on the agenda. On the eve of the meeting, Moscow announced its full recognition of the Georgian provinces of South Ossetia and Abkhazia as independent states.
Ria Novosti (Free subscription) | 09/03/2008
Heads of the security councils of a post-Soviet security bloc have backed a Russian proposal to impose an arms embargo on Georgia, the head of the Russian Security Council said on Wednesday.
Moscow Times (Free subscription) | 09/02/2008
Electricity rationing is returning to Tajikistan, with cuts nationwide every night from 10:30 p.m. to 3:30 a.m., except in the capital and district centers, the head of the national power company said Tuesday.
Inventor Spot (Free subscription) | 09/02/2008
The newest in Russian bullet-proof attire will hardly make the front pages of Vogue or Gentlemen’s Quarterly, but it is nevertheless a fascinating phenomenon. Read on if you dare and don’t forget to…duck! Innovation International Invention Lifestyle Men Miscellaneous News Outdoors Security Technology
Ben Byerly's Blog (Free subscription) | 09/02/2008
Economist, the bottom 1.4 billion: According to a recent World Bank study, . . . the “developing world is poorer than we thought”. The number of poor was almost 1.4 billion in 2005. This does not mean the plight of the poor had worsened—only that the plight is now better understood. The bank has improved its estimates [...]
Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 09/02/2008
By David L. Stern The inscription just above a tunnel at the foot of the colossal Nurek hydropower dam in south central Tajikistan is succinct: "Water Is Life." The frigid, frothing Vakhsh River rushing under it adds a visual punctuation mark.
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gumir | 05/23/2008
The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe and Kazakhstan defense officials launched a regional security workshop Tuesday. The four-day workshop is being held in Kazakhstan's largest city, Almaty . Officials say the workshop is an effort by the OSCE and the Kazakh Defense Ministry to promote stability and transparency in Central Asia through enhanced military cooperation and implementing
gumir | 04/10/2008
Kazakh Prime Minister Karim Masimov says Almaty plans this week to either introduce new duties on grain, or impose a complete ban on exports. The decision could have serious repercussions for neighboring states, which have endured one of their worst winters in decades. The move by Kazakhstan is designed to lower bread prices in Kazakhstan, where inflation has hit people hard. Spiraling prices for
