Tajikistan: Campaign to Soften Religion Law
Institute for War & Peace Reporting (Free subscription) | yesterday
Controversial legislation is now in force, but fight to reduce restrictions goes on. By Nafisa Davlatshoeva in Dushanbe (4-Jul-09)
Institute for War & Peace Reporting (Free subscription) | yesterday
Controversial legislation is now in force, but fight to reduce restrictions goes on. By Nafisa Davlatshoeva in Dushanbe (4-Jul-09)
cryptogon.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
Via: McClatchy: The drugs usually reach Russia from Tajikistan and Kazakhstan in trucks or, in smaller amounts, tucked away in train compartments or nervous travelers’ stomachs. The trade is nothing new in Russia, but after the U.S.-led invasion of Afghanistan in 2001, it exploded. Afghan opium production climbed from 3,400 metric tons in 2002 to a record [...]
cryptogon.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
Via: McClatchy: In August 2007, the presidents of Afghanistan and Tajikistan walked side by side with the U.S. commerce secretary across a new $37 million concrete bridge that the Army Corps of Engineers designed to link two of Central Asia’s poorest countries. Dressed in a gray suit with an American flag pin in his lapel, then-Commerce Secretary [...]
Panarmenian (Free subscription) | 04/07/2009
Over January-May the biggest growth (4,4 per cent) was recorded in Azerbaijan, Tajikistan and Belarus recorded 3.2 and 1.4 per cent of growth respectively.
Panarmenian (Free subscription) | 04/07/2009
Industrial production in Armenia dropped by 10.5 per cent in January-May compared to same period of last year.
Russia News Net (Free subscription) | 03/07/2009
Moscow - Racially motivated killings in Russia have declined this year compared to 2008, following a crackdown against right-wing extremists, the Moscow Human Rights Office said Friday. Some 38 people...
San Diego Union (Free subscription) | 03/07/2009
As of Thursday, July 2, 2009, at least 642 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 Thursday at 10 a.m. EDT.
Human Security Gateway: All Updates (Free subscription) | 02/07/2009
Speculation is rife that Islamic militants are once again active in the eastern mountains of Tajikistan. No one in government will confirm media reports that the military units deployed in force in the region are hunting a warlord from the 1992-97 civil war known as Mullo Abdullo, who has allegedly spent the last few years with Taleban allies in Afghanistan and more recently Pakistan. The official...
Panarmenian (Free subscription) | 02/07/2009
The government of Armenia should elaborate a complex program to effectively use the credit resources.
Council on Foreign Relations (Free subscription) | 02/07/2009
Experts say graduating Russia from Cold War-era legislation linked to emigration and trade would be a step toward warming relations with Moscow.
God's Politics (Free subscription) | 02/07/2009
God of all cultures, we pray for the people of Tajikistan. May their land be a blessing for everyone living on it, and not just for a few powerful rulers.
geo2web.com (Free subscription) | 02/07/2009
How would you eliminate almost half the planet by subtracting just 5% from it? This map shows you how: delete the countries that constitute the bottom 5% of global GDP contributors, and you scrap almost 3 billion people from the equation. Those people mainly live in Africa and South East Asia, as demonstrated by the disappearance of those areas beneath the waves. This map was first shown on the political...
What Really happened (Free subscription) | 01/07/2009
In August 2007, the presidents of Afghanistan and Tajikistan walked side by side with the U.S. commerce secretary across a new $37 million concrete bridge that the Army Corps of Engineers designed to link two of Central Asia's poorest countries. Today, the bridge across the muddy waters of the Panj River is carrying much more than vegetables and timber: It's paved the way for drug traffickers to transport...
Once Upon a Time in the West (Free subscription) | 01/07/2009
Russian and Chinese troops will begin their fourth joint war game , disguised as an "anti-terrorist" operation, between July 22 and 26. Dubbed "Peace Mission 2009", the drill will involve 2,500 military personnel, who will arrive at the deployment area on July 14. The first phase of the exercises consists of military and political consultations and will be held in Khabarovsk, in...
Ahlul Bayt News Agency (Free subscription) | 01/07/2009
Tajikistan's president on Tuesday urged his people to donate money to charity rather than perform the annual hajj pilgrimage amid a severe economic crisis in the overwhelmingly Muslim state.2009/7/1