Asa, Kazakhstan News

WASHINGTON: Even with the recent re-opening of critical supply routes from Pakistan, the US military confronts a mammoth logistical challenge to wind down the war in Afghanistan, where it must withdraw nearly 90,000 troops and enormous depots of equipment accumulated over the past decade.

The Kremlin's decision to stop drafting young non-Russian men from the republics of the North Caucasus threatens Moscow's control both of that region and of the Russian Federation as a whole .

The Czech based automaker Skoda has recently announced that the 500,000th Superb model has rolled off the company's assembly line in Kvasiny, Czech Republic.

Last week, the Pew Research Center released the results of a 14-nation survey showing 42 percent respondents now say has topped the U.S. as the world's greatest economic force.

Last week, the Pew Research Center released the results of a 14-nation survey showing 42 percent of respondents now say has topped the U.S. as the world's greatest economic force.