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  • Bus explosion kills Pakistani children Bus explosion kills Pakistani children

    At least 17 children have died in eastern Pakistan following an explosion on a school bus. Other children were also injured when a faulty gas cylinder on board the bus exploded. The incident occurred on the outskirts of the city of Gujrat, which is located about 200km southeast of the capital, Islamabad. Police have confirmed the children were on their way to school when the bus was ...

  • Centerra Gold risks Kyrgyz collapse

    By Fozil Mashrab A legal dispute between the Kyrgyzstan government and Centerra Gold has entered a decisive stage for both sides after the Kyrgyz parliament instructed the government either to renegotiate a 2009 deal with the Canadian mining company or withdraw its mining license, though Kyrgyz Prime Minister Jantoro Satybaldiev recently ruled out any steps to nationalize the mine. The ...

  • Baku expands role in Turkish economy

    By Vladimir Socor On March 22 in Copenhagen, the Danish and Turkish prime ministers, Helle Thorning-Schmidt and Recep Tayyp Erdogan, witnessed the signing of agreements between subsidiaries of Danish Moeller-Maersk and Azerbaijan's State Oil Company (SOCAR) to develop a giant port near Izmir in Turkey. The petrochemicals holding Petrokimya (Petkim), majority-owned by SOCAR, is ...

  • The right fare in Azerbaijan

    importing of 1,000 London taxis to Baku, the construction of an international bus station, and a lucrative road-construction project. The group has received preferential treatment and the interlinked companies owned by the families have taken large shares or even monopolized certain transportation sectors like bus transport, taxis, road construction, and cargo-transportation services in the ...

  • Turkmen Capital Hits Guinness Book of Records

    ASHGABAT, May 25 (RIA Novosti) – Turkmen capital of Ashgabat has been included in the Guinness Book of Records for the highest density of white marble buildings in the city. The edition’s chief editor Craig Glendale travelled to the former Soviet country to present the certificate on Saturday to the city’s mayor of Ashgabat. The certificate names Ashgabat as the most ...


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Grown Ups

Grown Ups

Watching Grown Ups is much like watching someones terrible home movies: It is obvious that the people on screen had a grand ol time and enjoyed themselves immensely while the camera was rolling, but that sense of fun not only fails to translate into a pleasurable viewing experience for ... ...

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  • Kyrgyz officials take cultural wrong turn

    experiences, and confront the topic of sexual violence. Since American Eve Ensler wrote the play in 1996, it has been performed in over 140 countries and translated into 48 languages. A performance is scheduled for April 12 in Bishkek. The Culture Ministry sent a letter to local media outlets on April 1 saying the Vagina Monologues advocates "unnatural, perverted sex under the slogan of ...

  • Russia multiplies gas routes to Europe

    By Vladimir Socor Russian President Vladimir Putin and Gazprom are announcing colossal plans to expand the capacities of existing gas export pipelines and build new ones, all in Europe beyond Russia's territory. Gazprom already co-owns and controls export pipeline capacities amounting to some 110 billion cubic meters (bcm) per year in Europe beyond Russia (Nord Stream One and Two, ...

  • Colombian senator congratulates Azerbaijan on Republic Day

    Member of the Committee for External Relations and National Defense of the Senate of Colombia Alexandra Moreno Pirakivi has sent a letter to the Azerbaijani embassy in Mexico on occasion of 28 May, Republic Day of Azerbaijan and 90th anniversary of national leader Heydar Aliyev. "I wish that this date will mark beginning of a new stage, equal in for importance to the formation of ...

  • Tajikistan Blocks YouTube After Dancing President Video

    Tajikistan blocked YouTube for the third time in less than a year without an official explanation, a representative of the country’s internet industry said Saturday. The ban was ordered by the governmental Communications Service, Asomiddin Atoyev, who heads the association of the country’s internet service providers, told RIA Novosti. The orders came by email or text message, ...

  • Chemical plant explosion kills one injures three in Inner Mongolia

    HOHHOT, April 15 (Xinhua) -- Fire fighters on Sunday morning put out the blaze in a chemical plant in north China's Inner Mongolia autonomous region, which has caused one dead and three others injured.The accident happened around 5 p.m. Saturday at Inner Mongolia 3F Fluorochemical Co. Ltd. in the city of Fengzhen. A huge amount of flammable gas has been leaked after the chemical plant ...

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