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  1. Tajik Power Plant Threatens Winter ShutdownRead the original story

    Saturday Dec 19 | Institute for War and Peace Reporting

    ... 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 ...

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    Related Topix: Dushanbe, Tajikistan, World News, Asia, Vakhsh, Tajikistan

  2. Pamir Mountains, the Crossroads of HistoryRead the original story w/Photo

    Friday Dec 18 | New York Times

    ... 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 ...

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    Related Topix: World News, Asia, Afghanistan, Travel, Tajikistan Travel, Afghanistan Travel, Kabol, Afghanistan, Kabul, Afghanistan

  3. Tajik-Uzbek Spy Case Highlights Political DivisionsRead the original story

    Thursday Dec 17 | IWPR

    ... 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 ...

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    Related Topix: Dushanbe, Tajikistan, World News, Asia, Chkalovsk, Kyrgyzstan, Kyrgyzstan

  4. WHO Confirms 14 Swine-Flu Cases In TajikistanRead the original story

    Thursday Dec 17 | Spero News

    A World Health Organization official has said there are 14 swine-flu cases in Tajikistan, RFE/RL's Tajik Service reports.

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    Related Topix: H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu, Health, Asia, World News, Dushanbe, Tajikistan

  5. Interprovincial movement of many clerics restricted: City on terror alert during MuharramRead the original story w/Photo

    Tuesday Dec 15 | Daily Times

    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 ...

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    Related Topix: Karachi, Pakistan, Pakistan, Sind, Pakistan, Terrorism

  6. Photographing at the Dushanbe TeahouseRead the original story w/Photo

    Thursday Dec 10 | Examiner.com

    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.

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  7. Armenia Among Top 3 CIS Countries Enjoying Russians' Trust

    Tuesday Dec 15 | Groong Armenian News Network

    ... 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 ...

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    Related Topix: World News, Azerbaijan, Asia, Europe, Ukraine, Kyrgyzstan, Ilham Aliyev

  8. Cooperation Gets ShanghaiedRead the original story w/Photo

    Monday Dec 14 | Foreign Affairs

    ... 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 ...

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    Related Topix: Barnard College, Columbia University, World News, Asia, Kashkadar'ya, Uzbekistan, Uzbekistan, Karshi, Uzbekistan

  9. Uzbekistan damages regional power networkRead the original story w/Photo

    Monday Dec 14 | Peak Oil

    ... 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 ...

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    Related Topix: Kashkadar'ya, Uzbekistan, Surkh, Tajikistan, World News, Uzbekistan, Guzar, Uzbekistan, Surkhan, Uzbekistan, Surkhandar'ya, Uzbekistan

  10. Swept Up Into The Technology VortexRead the original story

    Saturday Dec 12 | National Public Radio

    ... 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, ...

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    Related Topix: Asia, World News, Dushanbe, Tajikistan

  11. Uzbekistan damages power network

    Monday Dec 14 | Asia Times

    ... 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 ...

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    Related Topix: World News, Asia, Kashkadar'ya, Uzbekistan, Surkh, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Guzar, Uzbekistan, Surkhan, Uzbekistan, Surkhandar'ya, Uzbekistan, Vakhsh, Tajikistan, Dushanbe, Tajikistan

  12. Barcamps of 2009 - PhewRead the original story

    Monday Dec 14 | Kyrgyzstan.neweurasia.net

    ... 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 ...

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    Related Topix: Asia, World News, Dushanbe, Tajikistan

  13. Japan donates wheat flour to fight hunger in Tajikistan

    Tuesday Dec 8 | Examiner.com

    The government of Japan recently donated wheat flour to help the UN World Food Programme fight hunger in Tajikistan.

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    Related Topix: Asia, World News, Travel, Tajikistan Travel, Dushanbe, Tajikistan

  14. TranscriptRead the original story

    Saturday Dec 12 | NPR

    ... 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, ...

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    Related Topix: Asia, World News, Dushanbe, Tajikistan

  15. QuestNet and The V Tap Tajikistan Talent Read the original story

    Saturday Dec 12 | PRWeb

    ... 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 ...

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  16. Tajikistan Tries Suspected Extremists

    Thursday Dec 10 | Weekday Magazine - Azerbaijan

    ... 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 ...

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    Related Topix: Asia, World News, Dushanbe, Tajikistan

  17. Man convicted for raping step-daughter

    Wednesday Dec 9 | The News

    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 ...

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    Related Topix: Zafar, Tajikistan, Khudzhand, Tajikistan

  18. Man gets 10 years for raping stepdaughterRead the original story w/Photo

    Wednesday Dec 9 | Daily Times

    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.

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  19. American Troops, Bukhara Uzbekistan & Afghan War

    Wednesday Dec 9 | US Navy

    ... 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 ...

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    Related Topix: World News, Asia, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Bukhara, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, US Military, US Air Force, Kashkadar'ya, Uzbekistan, Karshi, Uzbekistan

  20. His Majesty Receives Tajik MinisterRead the original story w/Photo

    Tuesday Dec 8 | BruDirect

    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.

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