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  • China defeats Kazakhstan in mens volleyball tourney

    Chinese national men's volleyball team defeated Kazakhstan 3-0 at the China International Men's Volleyball Tournament here. China beat Kazakhstan 25-20, 25-23, 25-16 with little difficulty Tuesday, reports Xinhua. "My team consists of young players who didn't completely obey my order, so I'm very angry," said Gilyazutdinov Rafael, the assistant coach of Kazakhstan. "Although we won the game, ...

  • President attends World Food Azerbaijan 2013 and Agrihort Azerbaijan 2013

    President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has attended two Baku-host exhibitions. The 19th Azerbaijan International food exhibition WorldFood Azerbaijan 2013 and 7th Azerbaijan international agricultural exhibition Agrihort Azerbaijan 2013 opened at the Baku Expo Center on 22 May.1news.az reports with reference to the official website for the President of Azerbaijan that President of Azerbaijan ...

  • Azerbaijan - Repressive draft bill threatens Azeri civil society

    The Institute for Reporters' Freedom and Safety (IRFS) is deeply concerned by reports that some members of Azerbaijan's parliament, the Milli Mejlis, have prepared draft legislation that would serve as yet another blow to local civil society.Prepared and presented to the Parliament by MP Gudrat Hasanguliyev, who is loyal to the authorities, the draft law "On the occupied ...

  • UPDATE 1-Turkmenistan has high hopes as giant gas field nears output

    Wed May 22, 2013 11:15am EDT (Adds Turkmen, Chinese, U.S. officials, details, background) * Turkmenistan, EU tout routes to ease dependence on Russia * Russia opposes EU-bound pipeline, security fears sour TAPI * China only winner so far as Galkynysh nears production * Hurry up, or you may lose to LNG producers, U.S. says By Michel Rose and Marat Gurt PARIS/ASHGABAT, May 22 (Reuters) - ...

  • Al Tayer heads UAE delegation at 38th Annual Meeting of IDB Board of Governors in Tajikistan

    WAM DUSHANBE, 22 May, 2013 -- Obaid Humaid Al Tayer, Minister of State for Financial Affairs, is leading a UAE delegation to the 38th annual meeting of Board of Governors of the Islamic Development Bank (IDB) in Tajikistan. In his speech, Al Tayer emphasised the importance of promoting economic growth in order to improve the quality of lives in Islamic countries, pointing out the challenges ...


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Brotherhood of the Wolf (Le pacte des loupes) [DVD]

Brotherhood of the Wolf (Le pacte des loupes) [DVD]

It is 1694, and there is trouble in the French countryside. A large beastsome claim it is a giant wolf, others swear it is a demon, but no one is really surehas been attacking women and children in the southern province of Gvaudan. Hunters and soldiers have been unable to track it and kill it, and word is starting to leak to Paris about the problem. ...

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  • China to Get Gas From Turkmenistan’s Giant Field

    ASHGABAT, May 22 (RIA Novosti) – Gas from Turkmenistan’s largest gas condensate field will flow to China, national gas company Turkmengaz CEO Kakageldy Abdullayev said on Wednesday. The Galkynysh field, the world’s second largest by gas reserves, will be used to build up Turkmen gas exports to China. The field is expected to produce 25 billion cubic meters of natural gas per ...

  • Uzbek national facing terror charges to remain jailed in Idaho

    BOISE, Idaho – An Uzbek national facing terrorism-related charges in Idaho will remain jailed pending his trial after waiving his right to a detention hearing. Lawyers for Fazliddin Kurbanov on Tuesday waived a hearing where a U.S. District Court judge was to have considered whether he should stay in Ada County jail in Boise until his July 2 trial. Kurbanov is a refugee from Uzbekistan ...

  • ‘Establishment of agrarian bank in Azerbaijan would be expedient’

    'I support the establishment of specialized agrarian bank in Azerbaijan', said Minister of Agriculture Ismat Abbasov, APA-Economics reports. To him, today there are a lot of banks that may allocate loan to agrarian sphere in Azerbaijan: ‘Besides, the funds allotted by the National Entrepreneurship Support Fund under the Ministry of Economic Development of Azerbaijan are also ...

  • Romania to further support Azerbaijans cooperation with NATO

    Bucharest has a significant role in enhancing the relations between Azerbaijan and NATO, and it is aimed at further development of this trend. "Romania will continue to support development of cooperation between Azerbaijan and NATO," Romanian ambassador in Baku Cristian Ciobanu said. Addressing the conference "Emerging Challenges: Improving Energy Security in XXI Century" ...

  • Russia ‘outraged’ over Azerbaijan Eurovision vote blunder

    Russia Russia is outraged over how Eurovision votes for its entrant, Dina Garipova, disappeared during a voting mishap in Azerbaijan, the Foreign Minister said. Azerbaijan gave Russia no points, despite the fact its song came second in a phone poll. Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov slammed the "outrageous" incident at a press conference in Moscow with his Azerbaijani counterpart, ...

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