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  • 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 ...

  • China to buy gas from Turkmenistan

    China will import gas from the world's second largest gas reserve in the Central Asian republic of Turkmenistan. Kakageldy Abdullayev, CEO of Turkmenistan's national gas company Turkmengaz, said the Galkynysh field will be used to build up Turkmen gas exports to China. The field is expected to produce 25 billion cubic metres of natural gas per year for China, with Turkmenistan's total gas ...

  • Kazakhstan - Kazakh journalist under forced observation at psychiatric clinic

    Kazakh authorities should drop criminal charges against a journalist and immediately release him from a psychiatric clinic where he is under forced observation, Human Rights Watch said today. On May 13, 2013, a court in the journalist's hometown extended his detention until June 14.The journalist, Aleksandr Kharlamov, is also a civil society activist from Ridder, a town in northeastern ...

  • Azkals call off Kyrgyzstan friendly

    The Philippines has called off its international friendly match against Kyrgyzstan on June 8, citing difficulty to find convenient flights to the country's capital, Bishkek. Philippine Football Federation general secretary Ed Gastanes told the Inquirer that they were forced to beg off from the match because of the "punishing" travel schedule to Bishkek. Apart from the ...

  • Skis replace bullets in Iraqi Kurdistan

    By Karlos Zurutuza PENJWIN, Iraqi Kurdistan - When 37-year-old Igor Urizar first happened upon the isolated mountain village of Penjwin, 300 kilometers northeast of Baghdad, he had a vision of this border-town - nestled in the pristine, snow-capped mountains of Iraqi Kurdistan - transformed into a haven for skiers. Today, after four years of hard work, Urizar is the proud founder of the ...


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Wild Strawberries (Smultronstället) [DVD]

Wild Strawberries (Smultronstället) [DVD]

Like all of his films, Ingmar Bergman's Wild Strawberries (Smultronstllet) is a deeply personal work. It is of little surprise that Bergman used it as the starting place for his 1990 memoirs, Images, which he wrote at the age of 70, and in which he noted, after having screening 40 of his films over the course of a year, "I suddenly realized that my movies had mostly been conc ... ...

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  • Kazakhstan Ratifies Afghan Transit Deal with UK

    ASTANA, May 23 (RIA Novosti) - Kazakhstan’s parliament ratified an agreement with Britain on Thursday on transit of military equipment and personnel across its territory from Afghanistan, where British troops are serving in the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF). British aircraft will fly through Kazakhstan’s airspace without making a stopover on its territory, ...

  • Uzbekistan A Massacre That Should Not Fade Into History

    Eight years have passed after one of the worst massacres in the former Soviet Union since its collapse. On May 13, 2005, security forces in the city of Andijan, Uzbekistan, opened fire on protesters, the vast majority unarmed, killing hundreds of men, women and children as they tried to flee. No one has been held accountable, and the authoritarian president, Islam Karimov, has defied calls for ...

  • Azerbaijan US have strong partnership – Obama

    United States President Barack Obama has congratulated Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev on upcoming Republic Day. Congratulation posted by the official website of the president says the following: "Dear Mr. President, I congratulate you and the people of Azerbaijan on Republic day On May 28, 1918, independent Azerbaijan became an example for the international community as a ...

  • Trade turnover between Azerbaijan and Russia exceeds USD 904m

    In January-April this year, the trade turnover between Azerbaijan and Russia amounted to USD 904.315m. The State Customs Committee of Azerbaijan reports that during the reporting period, Russia received products worth USD 426.696m, which corresponds to 5.07% of the total export of Azerbaijan. During the same period, imports were in the amount of USD 477.618m, representing 15.17% of total ...

  • No problem to raise pensions salaries in Azerbaijan – minister

    "Necessary funds for the rise in salaries and pensions have been provided," the minister said. There is no problem in raising pensions and salaries in Azerbaijan and I think that we all will witness such a move in 2013, the statement came from Finance Minister Samir Sharifov while addressing the meeting of the economic policy committee of the parliament which discussed the bill ...

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