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First edition of private magazine on labor migration problems brought out

DUSHANBE, November 21, 2008, Asia-Plus -- The first edition of a private magazine on labor migration problems, Migrant_tj , has been brought out in Tajikistan.

12:34, november 21, 2008

Natural-gas well Khojaboqirgon in northern Tajikistan shut down

KHUJAND, November 21, 2008, Asia-Plus - The well in the Sughd province, known as Khojaboqirgon #1, has been shut down, Asia-Plus has learned from Zevri Kurtbedinov, the head of the Tajik

12:10, november 21, 2008

Training seminar for Afghan school teachers conducted in Khorog

KHOROG, November 21, 2008, Asia-Plus -- A training workshop for teacher trainers from Afghan province of Badakhshan concluded in Khorog, the capital of Gorno Badakhshan on November 19.

11:59, november 21, 2008

Government endorses pasture development program for 2009-2015

DUSHANBE, November 21, 2008, Asia-Plus -- The government has endorsed the pasture development program for 2009-2015, worked out by the Ministry of Agriculture (MoA) for enhancement of the

11:45, november 21, 2008

20 cases of anthrax in humans registered in Kulob this year

KULOB, November 21, 2008, Asia-Plus -- Over the first ten months of this year, 20 cases of anthrax in humans have been registered in six of ten districts of Khatlon’s Kulob region, which is

11:16, november 21, 2008

MP offers to refuse use of textbooks discrediting Islam

DUSHANBE, November 21, 2008, Asia-Plus -- In an open letter to Education Minister Abdujabbor Rahmonov and the State Adviser to the President for Social Policy Saymurod Fattoyev published on

20:03, november 20, 2008

Tajik central bank official attends meeting on financial stability problems held in Yerevan

DUSHANBE, November 20, 2008 Asia-Plus -- Jamshed Yusuopov, the deputy head of the National Bank of Tajikistan (NBT), will attend a roundtable meeting entitled “Financial Stability in Changing

20:02, november 20, 2008

Tajikistan produces more than TJS6.3 bln worth of farm produce this year

DUSHANBE, November 20, 2008, Asia-Plus -- In January-October this year, gross agricultural product from all categories of farms has been 6,324,593,000 somoni (TJS) in current prices, and has

19:58, november 20, 2008

INCIDENTS

Two women injured in today’s gas blast in Dushanbe

DUSHANBE, November 20, 2008, Asia-Plus -- Today’s gas blast has left two women with injuries, according to the Republican Burn-Treatment Center in Dushanbe.

18:45, november 20, 2008

Some 350 kilos of unqualified Chinese dried milk withdrawn from markets and hospital in Kulob

349.5 kilograms of unqualified Chinese dried milk have been withdrawn from two as well as infectious disease hospital in Kulob.

16:48, november 20, 2008

Activities to mark 19th anniversary of UN Convention on Child’s Rights held in Dushanbe

DUSHANBE, November 20, 2008, Asia-Plus -- Activities dedicated to the 19th anniversary of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child have been held at the Children and Youth Center in Dushanbe

16:23, november 20, 2008

Women constitute some 15 percent Tajik migrant workers

DUSHANBE, November 20, 2008, Asia-Plus -- Republican conference formally titled “Women and Migration” was held at the Kokhi Vahdat State Complex in Dushanbe on November 19.

15:45, november 20, 2008

Known Tajik poet Bozor Sobir expected to visit Tajikistan next March

DUSHANBE, November 20, Asia-Plus -- Celebrations to mark the 70th birthday of known Tajik poet Bozor Sobir are scheduled to be held in Dushanbe next spring, Abdulhomid Samadov, first

15:22, november 20, 2008

CIS railway council meets in Ukraine

DUSHANBE, November 20, 2008, Asia-Plus -- Deputy head of Tajik Railways, Vladimir Sobkalov heading Tajik delegation is attending the 49th two-day session of the CIS railways Council that

15:17, november 20, 2008

Kazakhstan and USA to establish oil-and-gas joint enterprise

Yesterday Magzum Mirzagaliev, Director General of TenizService and Curtis Bordelon, M-I SWACO American company Chairman signed charter documents for KAZ M-I joint enterprise (JE) creation.

15:15, november 20, 2008

Business Forum to discuss accounting, audit improvement in Uzbekistan

Expert Council of the Business Forum on improvement of fiscal policy will hold a meeting to discuss actual issues of accounting and audit in context of liberalization of economy on November 19.

15:14, november 20, 2008

Bakiev: Kyrgyzstan needs extra measures to tackle financial crisis

â€œKyrgyzstan needs extra measures to neutralize impact of the world financial crisis, and we are ready to take them,â€ the President of Kyrgyzstan Kurmanbek Bakiev told reporters at the airport on

15:13, november 20, 2008

IMF says Turkmenistan steers clear of global financial crisis effects

Turkmenistan has succeeded in mitigating the effects of the global financial crisis.

15:11, november 20, 2008

Russia wants NATO to join 2009 Europe security summit

Russian envoy to NATO Dmitry Rogozin said Wednesday that the Western alliance should take part in a summit on European security scheduled for next summer, involving Russia, the U.S. and the EU.

15:09, november 20, 2008

IAEA, Iran in silent standoff over nuclear probe

An inquiry by the U.N. nuclear watchdog into alleged atom bomb research by Iran has degenerated into a silent standoff a few months after Tehran asserted "the matter is over," U.N.

15:07, november 20, 2008

U.S. ambassador says tourism can boost U.S.-Russia ties

The U.S. ambassador to Russia, John Beyrle, said on Wednesday during a visit to Russia's Far East that tourism could play an important role in strengthening Russian-U.S. economic relations.

15:06, november 20, 2008

Al Qaeda deputy warns Obama against troops to Afghanistan

Al-Qaeda number two Ayman Zawahiri warned US president-elect Barack Obama against sending more troops to Afghanistan, in an Internet audiomessage released on Wednesday.

15:04, november 20, 2008

UN seeks $7 billion in record humanitarian aid for 2009

DUSHANBE, November 20, 2008, Asia-Plus -- The United Nations on Wednesday launched its largest ever aid appeal, saying it will need 7 billion US dollars to help 30 million people in 31

14:25, november 20, 2008

TJU announces competition for the Abulqasem Lohouti Award

DUSHANBE, November 20, 2008, Asia-Plus -- Tajik Journalists’ Union (TJU) has announced the competition for the Abulqasem Lohouti 2008.

13:53, november 20, 2008

Swiss Government supports Tajik State Medical University

DUSHANBE, November 20, 2008, Asia-Plus -- Dushanbe: The Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) delivered additional 8,000 medical books of 580 different titles to Tajik State

13:39, november 20, 2008

Tajik delegation attends 7th ministerial conference on Central Asia regional economic cooperation

DUSHANBE, November 20, 2008, Asia-Plus -- Asian Development Bank (ADB) President Haruhiko Kuroda is attending the Seventh Ministerial Conference on Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation

13:20, november 20, 2008

INCIDENTS

Explosion rocks center of Tajik capital today

Quite a powerful blast rocked the center of Dushanbe today morning. Probably, the explosion was caused by gas escape in an apartment building on the Roudaki Avenue.

12:32, november 20, 2008

LAW-ORDER

Sughd resident gets long jail term for killing his uncle

KHUJAND, November 20, 2008, Asia-Plus -- 57-year-old resident of Sughd’s Bobojonghafurov district Abduahad Qurbonov has got long jail term for his uncle.

11:49, november 20, 2008

Kulob region reaches three quarters of this year’s cotton target

KULOB, November 20, 2008, Asia-Plus -- Five cotton-growing districts in Khatlon’s Kulob region have yielded 59,480 tons of raw cotton by November 19, which is 74.98 percent of the target.

11:35, november 20, 2008