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  • Ansari visits Samarkand Bukhara next stop before wrapping up Uzbekistan visit

    Vice President Hamid Ansari visited the ancient city of Samarkand in Uzbekistan on Thursday. He was received by Samarkand Governor Mirzaev Zoyir Toirovich. Both held discussions on issues of mutual interest. Ansari also paid a visit to Shah-e-Zinda, where Prophet Mohammad's cousin, Kusam ibn Abbas, was beheaded for refusing to abandon his faith. The Vice President later visited the mausoleum ...

  • Kazakhstan defeat India in volleyball tourney

    Kazakhstan defeated India 3-2 in the China International men's volleyball tournament here. Kazakhstan won 25-12, 23-25, 24-26, 25-20, 15-7 Wednesday, reports Xinhua. "Our team is so young that they didn't cooperate well and made mistakes, but I am satisfied with their performance," said Gilyazutdinov Rafael, assistant coach of Kazakhstan team. "Our setup was bad today and that is why we lost ...

  • Lavrov Azerbaijan oil pipeline contract termination not political

    Dmitry Medvedev to revoke an intergovernmental agreement to transport oil through the Baku-Novorossiysk pipeline was purely a business decision. "Any deterioration in relations between the two countries is out of the question," Lavrov said. The decision to end the Baku-Novorossiysk transport agreement came as Russia is preparing to vacate its Soviet-era Gabala radar station in ...

  • Asia stock markets edge up after big sell-off

    Asian stock markets staged a mild recovery Friday, a day after being routed by unexpectedly weak Chinese manufacturing and fears the Federal Reserve will start withdrawing its monetary ...

  • ASIA MARKETS Japan Stocks Recover Modestly After Steep Sell-off

    HONG KONG – Japanese stocks jumped Friday to stage a modest recovery, with relief buying emerging after the extreme losses they suffered the previous day, amid expectations that the rally that began late last year may have further to go.The Nikkei Stock Average climbed 3% after diving 7.3% in the previous session, while the broader Topix advanced 2.6% after Thursday's 6.9% ...


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  • UN official encourages Kyrgyzstan to tackle causes of 2010 inter-communal violence

    Print 23 May 2013 &#150 A senior United Nations official has encouraged Kyrgyzstan’s efforts to address the causes of the inter-communal violence that erupted in 2010, while stressing that they must be fully in line with human rights standards. Hundreds of people were left dead or injured by the clashes that began in June 2010 between ethnic Kyrgyz and ethnic Uzbeks. The violence ...

  • Modun Resources sees significant upgrade in Nuurst coal quality in Mongolia

    (MENAFN - ProactiveInvestors - Australia)Modun Resources (ASX: MOU) has found that coal briquettes created from coal from its Nuurst coal in Mongolia could be upgraded to the benchmark Newcastle thermal coal energy level.The testwork saw an increase in calorific value achieved to 5,648 kcal/kg from a 4,178 kcal/kg for the raw coal sample.The improvements in coal quality were achieved via a cost ...

  • Aliyev said Azerbaijan needed support of international community to end Armenian…

    Aliyev said Azerbaijan needed support of international community to end Armenian invasion of Nagorno-Karabakh. VIENNA - Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev asked the international community to lend its support for ending the Armenian invasion of Nagorno-Karabakh.Armenia insists on not leaving Nagorno-Karabakh, internationally recognized as part of Azerbaijan, even after United Nations Security ...

  • Golomt Bank owners are under fierce dispute

    Since almost a year ago, there were rumors were haunting media that Golomt Bank owners were going to split. Such rumors were extinguished instantly or removed immediately after the broke-out. from media. Recently, Foreign Minister and MP L.Bold (@boldlu), one of the major shareholders of Golomt Bank, revealed his frustration through his twitter account, publishing his lawyer's letter to the ...

  • Reception in honor of Azerbaijan’s Republic Day organized in Pretoria

    The Azerbaijani embassy in the South African Republic organized a reception of occasion of 28 May-Day of Azerbaijani Republic on 22 May. The event was attended by representatives of the diplomatic corps accredited in this country, state and official structures, scientific and educational circles, Azerbaijani and Turkish diaspora organizations, as well as members of local NGO ‘Friends of ...

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