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Tajik Power Plant Threatens Winter Shutdown
... debt was cleared. The effect of the reduced output was felt most in Khatlon, the province that covers southern Tajikistan, where Sangtuda is located. Bahrigul Abdullaeva, a resident of Bokhtar district, thinks herself lucky if the electricity is on ... Comment?
Pamir Mountains, the Crossroads of History
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... throughout the year and, in one form or another, for thousands of years here in the Wakhan Valley, which divides Tajikistan and Afghanistan . "Mousetraps, mousetraps, mousetraps, oooowww!" crooned a white-bearded Afghan in the Iranian language ... Comment?
Tajik-Uzbek Spy Case Highlights Political Divisions
... By Parvina Hamidova in Dushanbe (RCA No. 598, 17-Dec-09) A string of spy accusations involving neighbours Tajikistan and Uzbekistan is merely a reflection of the deeply trouble relationship between these Central Asian states, analysts say. In a ... Comment?
WHO Confirms 14 Swine-Flu Cases In Tajikistan
A World Health Organization official has said there are 14 swine-flu cases in Tajikistan, RFE/RL's Tajik Service reports. Comment?
Interprovincial movement of many clerics restricted: City on terror alert during Muharram
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Interprovincial movement of many clerics restricted: City on terror alert during Muharram By Faraz Khan KARACHI: Although the Sindh government has restricted 123 clerics from entering the province and 48 from travelling out of Sindh to other parts of the country, Karachi has been declared 'most sensitive' during the forthcoming holy month of ... Comment?
Photographing at the Dushanbe Teahouse
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From 1987 until 1990 a group of artisans from Tajikistan worked in Boulder to create the Dushanbe Tea House to celebrate the sister city relationship between Dushnabe and Boulder. Comment?
Armenia Among Top 3 CIS Countries Enjoying Russians' Trust
... have 4% rating, while Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan enjoy only 3% trust among Russians. As to Tajikistan and Georgia, they have received 2% and 1% respectively. Russian people's trust in CIS leaders coincides with the ratings ... Comment?
Cooperation Gets Shanghaied
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... Cooperation Organization (SCO) -- a mutual security assembly comprised of China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan -- has been met with skepticism in the West. Some fear that it has nefarious intentions to control Central ... Comment?
Uzbekistan damages regional power network
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... quit the Central Asia power system. Tashkent's decision affects all countries in the region, with Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan suffering the most. The recent policy shift reflects the predicaments of Soviet period planning of energy supplies in the ... Comment?
Swept Up Into The Technology Vortex
... Skokie, it routes us through Katmandu. We have a couple of atomic clocks that tell time to the millisecond - in Tajikistan. Our clocks are locked on that time zone. The most advanced timing technology, and we still have to count on our fingers, ... Comment?
Uzbekistan damages power network
... quit the Central Asia power system. Tashkent's decision affects all countries in the region, with Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan suffering the most. The recent policy shift reflects the predicaments of Soviet period planning of energy supplies in the ... Comment?
... back in Almaty. But when 2009 started, no one could have imagined that there would be barcamps in Uzbekistan and Tajikistan (consider this post by neweurasia 's Vadim from a while back).A Yet, the impossible has happened in both Tashkent and ... Comment?
Japan donates wheat flour to fight hunger in Tajikistan
The government of Japan recently donated wheat flour to help the UN World Food Programme fight hunger in Tajikistan. Comment?
... it routes us through Katmandu. We have a couple of atomic clocks that tell the time to the millisecond i 1 2 in Tajikistan. Our clocks are locked on that time zone. The most advanced timing technology and we still have to count on our fingers. Well, ... Comment?
QuestNet and The V Tap Tajikistan Talent
... The V organised a remarkable musical affair to remember at the Kokhi Vahdat Complex in Dushanbe, the capital of Tajikistan. There were more than 1,000 people who attended the concert, featuring some of the best Tajikistani ... Comment?
Tajikistan Tries Suspected Extremists
... and May, officials reported that dozens of others connected with Jamaat-ut Tabligh had been detained in southern Tajikistan's Khatlon region. The Tajik Supreme Court sentenced five people in September to prison terms of between three and six years ... Comment?
Man convicted for raping step-daughter
Thursday, December 10, 2009 By our correspondent Karachi Additional District and Sessions Judge, East, Sanaullah Ghori awarded 10 years imprisonment on Wednesday to a man named Zafar for raping his teenage stepdaughter 'I'. According to prosecution, Zafar raped his step daughter on the night of December 27, 2007 and threatened her not to disclose ... Comment?
Man gets 10 years for raping stepdaughter
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KARACHI: Additional District and Sessions Judge East Sanaullah Khan Ghori awarded 10 years imprisonment on Wednesday to a man found guilty of raping his stepdaughter. Comment?
American Troops, Bukhara Uzbekistan & Afghan War
... as launching pads for the 30,000 additional troops heading to the Afghanistan war, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan have had high level US diplomatic and military visits. In 2005 the US Air Force was thrown out of ... Comment?
His Majesty Receives Tajik Minister
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Bandar Seri Begawan - His Majesty Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Mu'izzaddin Waddaulah, the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan of Brunei Darussalam, granted an audience to Hamrokhon Zafri, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Republic of Tajikistan at Istana Nurul lman yesterday. Comment?