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18:52, april 10, 2008

TAJKISTAN

Dushanbe radio station Imrouz has not aired for three days

DUSHANBE, April 10, Asia-Plus -- The radio station Imrouz (Today), founded by media holding Orieno-Media, has not aired since April 8.

18:33, april 10, 2008

TAJKISTAN

MFA Troika EU-Central Asia meeting opens in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan Ashgabat

DUSHANBE, April 10, Asia-Plus -- A two-day meeting between the European Union and the countries of Central Asia chaired by the current President of the EU General Affairs and External

16:11, april 10, 2008

TAJKISTAN

New editor of Sadoi Mardum appointed

DUSHANBE, April 10, Asia-Plus -- Joumakhon Nabotov has been appointed as editor-in-chief of Sadoi Mardum (Voice of People), an official news paper of the Tajik parliament.

15:54, april 10, 2008

POWER

Tajik, Indian MPs speak for resumption of aerial communication between Dushanbe and New Delhi

DUSHANBE, April 10, Asia-Plus -- Saydullo Khairulloyev, the Chairman of the Majlisi Namoyandagon (Tajikistan’s lower chamber of parliament), today met with visiting delegation of Indian MPs

15:18, april 10, 2008

TAJKISTAN

Channels for supply of precursors to Afghanistan still remain undiscovered, says DCA official

DUSHANBE, April 10, Asia-Plus -- The law enforcement agencies of the countries bordering on Afghanistan have not yet managed to discover channels through which precursors for production of

14:39, april 10, 2008

Woman charged with drug trafficking goes on hunger strike

DUSHANBE, April 10, Asia-Plus -- Ms.

14:14, april 10, 2008

TAJKISTAN

Energy crisis hits Kulob

Strict rationing of electricity has been reintroduced in Kulob.

13:40, april 10, 2008

TAJKISTAN

12 cases of typhoid reported in Kulob in Jan-Mar 08

KULOB, April 10, Asia-Plus -- Over the first three months of this year, 12 residents of the city of Kulob people have been diagnosed with typhoid, which is 32 cases fewer than in the same

12:59, april 10, 2008

TAJKISTAN

Tajikistan’s GDP expected to rise only 4.1% this year: IMF report

DUSHANBE, April 10, Asia-Plus -- Tajikistan’s gross domestic product (GDP) is expected to rise only 4.

12:18, april 10, 2008

TAJKISTAN

UCA Microsoft IT Academy organizes IT training course in Khorog

DUSHANBE, April 10, Asia-Plus – The Microsoft IT Academy at School of Professional and Continuing Education (SPCE), the University of Central Asia (UCA) will conduct a training course on

11:54, april 10, 2008

TAJKISTAN

Tajikistan’s representative elected to heads CIS economic court

DUSHANBE, April 10, Asia-Plus -- Judge Fayzullo Abdulloyev representing Tajikistan in the CIS Economic Court has been elected to head the CIS Economic Court.

11:45, april 10, 2008

TAJKISTAN

GBAO to increase areas under grains

DUSHANBE, April 10, Asia-Plus – Farming units in Gorno Badakhshan plan to increase areas under grains this year.

11:34, april 10, 2008

TAJKISTAN

50 percent of Tajik cotton fields to be sown with new Tajik cotton growths

DUSHANBE, April 10, Asia-Plus -- This year, some 50 percent of cotton fields in Tajikistan will be sown with new cotton growths nurtured by Tajik specialist, Asia-Plus has learned from

11:19, april 10, 2008

TAJKISTAN

Medical workers take efforts to raise health lifestyle awareness among the population

DUSHANBE, April 10, Asia-Plus -- The Ministry of Health (MoH) has set up working groups to raise health lifestyle among the population of the country.

10:59, april 10, 2008

TAJKISTAN

15 new HIV cases detected in northern Tajikistan in Jan-Mar 08

KHUJAND, April 10, Asia-Plus -- Over the first three months of this year, 15 new cases of HIV has been detected in the

10:32, april 10, 2008

LAW-ORDER

Alleged accomplice of killer detained in Kulob

KULOB, April 10, Asia-Plus -- An accomplice of Mahmadali Hakimov, the resident of Khatlon’s Khovaling district, who shot to death his wife and brother-in-law and seriously wounded his

10:15, april 10, 2008

President sends presents to 101-year-old war veteran in Tursunzoda

DUSHANBE, April 10, Asia-Plus -- Presents have sent to Jaloliddin Tursunov, the 101-year-old veteran of the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945 living in the Tursunzoda district, on behalf of

19:16, april 9, 2008

TAJKISTAN

France’s ambassadors to CIS states to gather in Tajik capital for conference

DUSHANBE, April 9, Asia-Plus -- A regional conference of France’s ambassadors to the CIS states will be held in Dushanbe from April 10-12.

18:48, april 9, 2008

Seminar on ecology education held in Dushanbe today

DUSHANBE, April 9, Asia-Plus - Issues related to ecology education and raising ecology culture among youth were discussed at a seminar staged by joint efforts the Ministry of Education, the

18:21, april 9, 2008

TAJKISTAN

Additional TJS30 mln to fund cotton sector divided among two banks

DUSHANBE, April 9, Asia-Plus -- 30 million somonis (TJS) provided by the government in addition to 110 million somonis to fund the cotton sector have been divided among two banks – Amonatbonk

17:20, april 9, 2008

TAJKISTAN

Capital mayor recommends the beef prices to be not higher than 16 somonis per kilogram

DUSHANBE, April 9, Asia-Plus - Realization of meat and meat products was a focus of an April 8 meeting with participation of the Dushanbe entrepreneurs presided over by Dushanbe Mayor

15:37, april 9, 2008

TAJKISTAN

ISTC to continue providing support to Tajikistan

DUSHANBE, April 9, Asia-Plus -- President Emomali Rahmon today received a delegation of the International Science and Technology Center (ISTC) led by its head Ronald Frank Leman.

14:52, april 9, 2008

Second building of Chorbogh orphanage to be put into exploitation next week

DUSHANBE, April 9, Asia-Plus -- The second building of the orphanage Chorbogh, which is house for children with intellectual disabilities, is expected to be put into exploitation next week,

14:16, april 9, 2008

TAJKISTAN

British Embassy starts issuing visas for Tajik nationals

DUSHANBE, April 9, Asia-Plus -- The British Embassy in Dushanbe has started issuing visas for Tajik nationals, according to the Tajik MFA.

13:51, april 9, 2008

TAJKISTAN

Sughd counternarcotics agency reports largest heroin haul over the past 5 year

KHUJAND, April 9, Asia-Plus -- A large consignment of heroin was discovered in northern Tajikistan last night, Asia-Plus has learnt from Sughd counternarcotics directorate chief Fayzullo

13:31, april 9, 2008

LAW-ORDER

Suspects in murder of Russian reporter face charges of murder and robbery

The Tajik Prosecutor-Generalâ€™s Office yesterday announced formal charges against two Tajik nationals, who are suspected of killing of the Russian TV reporter, Ilyas Shurpayev.

13:03, april 9, 2008

TAJKISTAN

New Tajik-language weekly to be published in Tajikistan

DUSHANBE, April 9, Asia-Plus - A new Tajik-language weekly will be published in Tajikistan – Manu Tu (Me and You).

12:39, april 9, 2008

SPORT

AFC U-19 Championship draw: Tajikistan drawn into Group C

DUSHANBE, April 9, Asia-Plus -- Tajikistan Youth team were pooled into Group C in the AFC U-19 Championship 2008.

12:16, april 9, 2008

INCIDENTS

One killed on Tajik-Uzbek border in Sughd

DUSHANBE, April 9, Asia-Plus -- Resident of Sughd’s Mastchoh district was killed yesterday evening when he was trying to illegally cross the Uzbek-Tajik border.

11:54, april 9, 2008

LAW-ORDER

Anticorruption officers sentenced to 7 years for abusing office

DUSHANBE, April 9, Asia-Plus - The Supreme Court sentenced Fayzali Aminov, an officer from the Agency fro State Financial Control and Combating Corruption, to seven years in prison on April 8.