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21 hrs ago | en.trend.az | Trend_News

Azerbaijani defense minister arrives in Dushanbe

Azerbaijan, Baku, Nov. 9 / Trend News M.Aliyev /

Azerbaijani Defense Minister Colonel General Safar Abiyev left for Dushanbe to attend a meeting of the CIS defense ministers, the Ministry told Trend News on Nov.9.

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Sun Nov 08, 2009

en.trend.az | Trend_News

Some 70% of Tajikistan without electricity as power plant fails

Some 70% of Tajikistan was left without electricity on Monday as the country's Nurek-Regar hydropower plant shut down, a power holding spokesman said, RIA Novosti reported.

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Sat Nov 07, 2009

Institute for War and Peace Reporting

Tajiks Clear the Air With Moscow

After months of turbulence in relations with Russia, the Tajik leader seems to have smoothed things over and gained significant concessions.

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Related Topix: World News, Asia

Thu Nov 05, 2009

EurasiaNet

Tajikistan: Business Climate Improving, But Corruption Remains an Obstacle to Investment

Not so long ago, entrepreneurs opening businesses in Tajikistan would routinely complain of visits by government inspectors from myriad state agencies, each with a discerning eye for anything amiss and a voracious appetite for somoni, the local currency.

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Related Topix: World News, Asia,

Wed Nov 04, 2009

en.trend.az | Trend_News

Tajikistan to free 10,000 prisoners convicted of minor crimes

Tajikistan President Emomali Rakhmon has signed an amnesty measure granting freedom to some 10,000 prisoners, according to reports reaching here from Dushanbe.

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Tue Nov 03, 2009

EurasiaNet

Tajikistan: Cotton Harvest Relies Heavily on Child Labor

When it comes to the use of child labor to help bring in Tajikistan's cotton crop, the government's heart may be in the right place.

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Related Topix: World News, Asia, Agriculture, Science, Family, Kids

Mon Nov 02, 2009

en.trend.az | Trend_News

28 suspected Islamic terrorists caught in Tajikistan in 2009

Tajik security services seized 28 persons suspected of membership in international terrorist organizations this year, National Security Committee deputy head Abdullo Nazarov said on Monday, Interfax reported.

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Sun Nov 01, 2009

Institute for War and Peace Reporting

Central Asia: Sept a 09

An IWPR report on how the authorities are targeting an Islamic missionary group they regard as subversive was praised for offering insights and opinions that questioned whether a hard-line approach is always the right one.

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Related Topix: Asia, World News,

Fri Oct 30, 2009

Emirates News Agency

UAE, Tajikistan to boost cultural cooperation

A delegation from the UAE, led by Juma Al Majid, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Juma Al Majid Centre for Culture '&' Heritage, visited Tajikistan on 20-25 October.

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Wed Oct 28, 2009

Weekday Magazine - Azerbaijan

Tajik President's Moscow Talks Inconclusive

Tajik President Emomali Rahmon's talks with Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev near Moscow have produced no significant results, RFE/RL's Tajik Service reports.

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Mon Oct 26, 2009

en.trend.az | Trend_News

Top US general in Tajikistan for talks: official

General David Petraeus, the commander of US forces in Afghanistan and Iraq, flew into Tajikistan Monday for top-level talks with the government in Dushanbe, US and Tajik officials said.

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en.trend.az | Trend_News

Russia to build three small hydropower plants in Tajikistan

Russia plans to build three small hydropower plants in Tajikistan and hopes to obtain a controlling stake in the project, the Russian energy minister said Sunday, RIA Novosti reported.

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en.trend.az | Trend_News

Nobody to assist Dushanbe as much as Moscow: expert

Azerbaijan, Baku, October 24 / Trend news V. Zhavoronkova /

None of the countries interested in Tajikistan, will assist Dushanbe as much as Russia, Russian expert on Central Asia, Leonid Gusev, said.

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Sun Oct 25, 2009

RIA Novosti

UNHCR urges Tajiks to keep doors open to Afghans

The flow of Afghan refugees to Tajikistan could grow, the United Nations refugee agency representative in the Central Asian country said on Friday, calling on Dushanbe to continue to help those in need.

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Related Topix: Asia, Afghanistan, World News,

Fri Oct 23, 2009

en.trend.az | Trend_News

Moscow, most likely, convinces Dushanbe of importance of Russia's base in Tajikistan: expert

Azerbaijan, Baku, Oct. 23 / Trend News E.Ostapenko /

Russia has probably found arguments to persuade Tajik President Emomali Rahmon of the importance of Russia's base in the Central Asian republics for its security, European expert on Russia's interests in the Central Asia Igor Torbakov believes.

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en.trend.az | Trend_News

Over half-ton of drugs destroyed in Tajikistan

Around 560 kilograms of drugs, including 140 kilograms of heroin, were destroyed on Friday by narcotics officers in Tajikistan, the deputy director of the country's Drug Control Agency said, RIA Novosti reported.

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Thu Oct 22, 2009

The News

Killing of army personnel in Islamabad condemned

Friday, October 23, 2009 Islamabad The incident of firing on army jeep in which two army personnel were killed here on Thursday has been widely condemned.

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Related Topix: World News, Uzbekistan

Wed Oct 21, 2009

IRIN

TAJIKISTAN: Mudslide resettlement scheme caught short

Five months after mudslides completely destroyed her home in Uyali village in Tajikistan's southern district of Khuroson, Momogul Sharipova, in her 60s, moved to a brand new government-built house, but there is a major problem: it has no toilet.

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Related Topix: Asia, World News

Tue Oct 20, 2009

PR-inside.com

Tethys Is Recommended a Strong Buy Rating and Target Price Sets C$1.0

In the latest research report published by Fraser Mackenzie, a renowned Canadian securities firm, Tethys Petroleum Limited was rated at "Strong Buy" with a target price of C$1.0. Mr Vic Vallance, the author of the research report and a leading Canadian energy analyst with over 20 years of experience in equity analysis in the oil and gas sector, ...

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Related Topix: Asia, Kazakhstan, World News, Uzbekistan

Mon Oct 19, 2009

en.trend.az | Trend_News

Four gunmen killed in Tajikistan

Four members of a militant Islamist group have been killed in a shootout with police in Tajikistan, an Interior Ministry spokesman said on Monday.

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