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  • Azerbaijan and Turkish company to jointly produce thermal weapon sight

    APA that relevant technologies on the production of the thermal system have already been handed to the "Optika" production unit of Azerbaijan's Ministry of Defense Industry. Currently, under the license of ASELSAN, Azerbaijan is producing "Tekgoz" optical system. ASELSAN also said that at present the Azerbaijani Armed Forces are widely using the company-produced ...

  • Azerbaijan’s oil output rises

    Oil refineries of Azerbaijan produced 1.693mln tons of oil products in January-April 2012. The production of oil products rose 13.4% from the same period last ...

  • 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 ...

  • Enemies not to create trouble in Azerbaijan-Iran ties

    Chairman of the Caucasus Muslims Board Allahshukur Pashazade is on a visit to Iran. Members of the Azerbaijan-Iran Inter-parliamentary Friendship Group are also part of the ...

  • EM ASIA FX-Baht near 3-mth low after weaker growth Sing dlr rebounds

    * Thai Q1 GDP down 2.2 pct q/q, up 5.3 pct y/y; both below expectations * Thai fin min says worried about growth, wants rate cut * Singapore dollar up on short-covering after worst week in a year (Adds text, updates prices) By Jongwoo Cheon SEOUL, May 20 (Reuters) - The Thai baht hit a near three-month low against the dollar on Monday as news the economy shrank in ...


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  • Azerbaijan exports over 2.3bn cu m of gas in January-April

    In January-April this year, according to meters, Azerbaijan exported 2,345bn cubic metres of natural gas. Of this volume, 1.565bn cubic meters in the amount of USD 364.213m were exported on customs ...

  • Ukraine looks to Turkmenistan

    By Roman Muzalevsky On February 12, Ukrainian President Victor Yanukovych paid a three-day visit to gas-rich Turkmenistan to sign a memorandum of understanding on energy cooperation and reiterate Kiev's interest in resuming direct imports of the Central Asian country's natural gas, which were suspended in 2006. The visit revealed Kiev and Ashgabat's strong desire to reduce ...

  • Kazakhstan-Korea trade changes shape

    By Richard Weitz Kazakhstan has become South Korea's (also known as the Republic of Korea - ROK) main economic partner in Central Asia, and powerful complementarities exist between Astana's desire for foreign capital and technologies, especially in order to develop its infrastructure and new high-technology sectors, and Seoul's need for natural resources, particularly energy ...

  • Kyrgyzstan seeks to double its GDP

    reforms and intends to spend US$13 billion to double gross domestic product (GDP) in five years, drawing on aid and investment to fund projects in agriculture, mining, transport, power and other sectors. Doubling the GDP will require an annual growth rate of at least 7%. Kyrgyzstan's GDP growth is projected at 8.5% in 2013, up to 7.5% in 2014, and up to 3.5% in 2015; inflation is ...

  • Russias cash flight to gather momentum

    By Pavel K Baev Last week marked the anniversary of the shocking performance staged by the Pussy Riot punk rock group in the Christ the Savior Cathedral in Moscow. And this year saw a spectacular increase in the density of "patriotic" political noise silencing common sense in debates over such matters as separation of church and state, homosexual "propaganda" or the ...

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