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For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Afghanistan Sun.com http://www.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/10/id/929bcf2071e81801/ en-us Sat, 04 Jul 2009 00:05:04 -0400 Sat, 04 Jul 2009 00:05:04 -0400 30 The US military said Friday that it was pushing further into a Taliban bastion in southern Afghanistan after it had reported its first casualties in the offensive, the first under the US government's new strategy in the Central Asian country. http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/929bcf2071e81801/id/514810/cs/1/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 08:50:08 -0400 Afghanistan Sun.com http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/929bcf2071e81801/id/514810/cs/1/ "One must not think that these projects will have any reciprocal effect on each other, or influence each other in a negative way," Davutoglu said during a visit to http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/929bcf2071e81801/id/25848693/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:57:21 -0400 Morning Star http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/929bcf2071e81801/id/25848693/ On June 29, the first oil was shipped from Turkmenistan's Yylakly field in the Central Karakum to the Turkmenbashi complex of oil refineries. According to the State Information Agency of Turkmenist... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/929bcf2071e81801/id/25846706/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:35:28 -0400 Rigzone http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/929bcf2071e81801/id/25846706/ By M K Bhadrakumar In the annals of Russian-American summitry, Moscow has never before choreographed a welcoming ceremony for the visiting United States president in this fashion. The dramatic ... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/929bcf2071e81801/id/25844195/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 07:51:40 -0400 Asia Times http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/929bcf2071e81801/id/25844195/ July 03, 2009 /EIN News/ -- The visit of the Tagdyr NGO's chairman, Armangul Kapasheva, to the capital of Germany that took place in the middle of June started taking effect. Wife of the kidnapped Kaz... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/929bcf2071e81801/id/25838844/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 03:50:47 -0400 24 / 7 Press Release http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/929bcf2071e81801/id/25838844/ Email this article Armenia's amnesty will meet its first serious political test on July 3 with the hearing of the government's case against Nikol Pashinian, a confidante of ex-President Levon Ter Pet... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/929bcf2071e81801/id/25839206/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 03:11:26 -0400 Eurasianet http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/929bcf2071e81801/id/25839206/ Email this article Former Rose Revolution leader Nino Burjanadze is preparing to do battle against the Georgian government over 1.5 million laris (about $907,167) in late fees for taxes due on her re... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/929bcf2071e81801/id/25826898/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:15:49 -0400 Eurasianet http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/929bcf2071e81801/id/25826898/ Specialists of Turkmengeologia have discovered new large reserves of natural gas at the Minara field, located in eastern Turkmenistan, 90 km from the famous Southern Yolotan-Osman deposits. A power... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/929bcf2071e81801/id/25821897/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:29:44 -0400 Rigzone http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/929bcf2071e81801/id/25821897/ SCHIEDAM, NETHERLANDS--(Marketwire - July 2, 2009) - SBM Offshore is pleased to announce the following: 1. FPSO FRADE starts production The Company, under an EPCI contract with the Frade B.V.... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/929bcf2071e81801/id/25821891/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:24:46 -0400 Market Wire http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/929bcf2071e81801/id/25821891/ Visitors to Astana, Kazakhstan’s glittery capital, love to zoom up to the top of the Bayterek Tower in an elevator for a panoramic view over the new city that has sprung up on the steppe over the... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/929bcf2071e81801/id/25821893/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:15:48 -0400 Eurasianet http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/929bcf2071e81801/id/25821893/ Email this article Citing abuse and inadequate food, Russian Army Sergeant Dmitri Artyomov has become the second Russian soldier to desert to Georgia since the 2008 Georgia-Russia war, Georgian media... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/929bcf2071e81801/id/25821892/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:15:47 -0400 Eurasianet http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/929bcf2071e81801/id/25821892/ Email this article The price of electricity is set to increase in Tashkent for the second time this year. Both commercial and domestic users will see an almost 5 percent spike in costs since April. T... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/929bcf2071e81801/id/25821896/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:15:46 -0400 Eurasianet http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/929bcf2071e81801/id/25821896/ Email this article More than 12,450 candidates will contest 6,220 seats on Turkmenistan’s local legislative councils later this month. Elections are due to be held on July 26."All candidate... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/929bcf2071e81801/id/25821894/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:15:45 -0400 Eurasianet http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/929bcf2071e81801/id/25821894/ Email this article The number of HIV positive people in Uzbekistan has more than quadrupled since 2007.In 2007 there were 3,169 registered cases of the virus, but as of January 1, 2009 there were 12,... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/929bcf2071e81801/id/25821895/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:15:45 -0400 Eurasianet http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/929bcf2071e81801/id/25821895/ Email this article The main topic of the July 6-8 summit meeting in Moscow between US President Barack Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev will be settling the main elements of an agreement t... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/929bcf2071e81801/id/25817265/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 11:02:44 -0400 Eurasianet http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/929bcf2071e81801/id/25817265/ Astana, July 2 (IANS) Eighteen years ago, Kazakhstan became the last of the former Soviet republics to reluctantly part ways with Russia after the collapse of the Soviet Union. Now the strategically l... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/929bcf2071e81801/id/25807606/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 04:00:24 -0400 Hindustan Times http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/929bcf2071e81801/id/25807606/ Email this article An agreement about the non-use of force has again surfaced in discussions between Georgia, Russia and delegations from the Moscow-backed breakaway regions of Abkhazia and South Oss... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/929bcf2071e81801/id/25790877/ Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:06:23 -0400 Eurasianet http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/929bcf2071e81801/id/25790877/ Email this article The upcoming Afghan presidential ballot could be subject to "interference" from both foreign and domestic sources, the Afghan Foreign Minister warns.Rangin Dadfar Spanta ... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/929bcf2071e81801/id/25790878/ Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:06:23 -0400 Eurasianet http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/929bcf2071e81801/id/25790878/ Email this article Russian President Dmitry Medvedev is slated to visit Ashgabat in September.Both he and his Turkmen counterpart, Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov, will watch the finale of the Silk Road R... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/929bcf2071e81801/id/25790879/ Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:06:22 -0400 Eurasianet http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/929bcf2071e81801/id/25790879/ Email this article Nikol Pashinian, publisher and editor-in-chief of the pro-opposition newspaper Haikakan Zhamanak, turned himself into Armenian officials on July 1 after more than a year in hiding.... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/929bcf2071e81801/id/25790880/ Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:06:22 -0400 Eurasianet http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/929bcf2071e81801/id/25790880/ Email this article Israel will help Azerbaijan produce unmanned reconnaissance planes and satellites, Azerbaijani media has reported. Under the terms of an agreement reached during Israeli President ... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/929bcf2071e81801/id/25790881/ Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:06:21 -0400 Eurasianet http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/929bcf2071e81801/id/25790881/ The leadership of the Uzbekneftegaz national holding company has met a CNPC delegation led by its president Jiang Jemin in Uzbekistan, the press service of the Uzbekneftegaz national holding company h... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/929bcf2071e81801/id/25786029/ Wed, 01 Jul 2009 13:47:30 -0400 Rigzone http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/929bcf2071e81801/id/25786029/ Russia: Obama Trip To Moscow Offers Chance For Better Us-russian Cooperation On Iran A Eurasianet Commentary By Stephen Blank 7/01/09 http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/929bcf2071e81801/id/25786028/ Wed, 01 Jul 2009 12:39:44 -0400 Eurasianet http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/929bcf2071e81801/id/25786028/ Email this article Azerbaijani rights activists are hailing as a rare victory the passage of amendments to a law on non-governmental organizations after a fierce fight with the government over earlie... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/929bcf2071e81801/id/25786027/ Wed, 01 Jul 2009 12:39:44 -0400 Eurasianet http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/929bcf2071e81801/id/25786027/ President Peres addresses Interfaith Conference in Kazakhstan July 1, 2009 Ministry of Foreign Affairs The President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, His Excellency Nursultan Nazarbayev, Religious ... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/929bcf2071e81801/id/25778635/ Wed, 01 Jul 2009 07:17:10 -0400 IMRA http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/929bcf2071e81801/id/25778635/ By Asyl Osmonalieva BISHKEK - A bill allowing people to declare assets and unpaid tax without fear of retribution has sailed through the Kyrgyz parliament, after an earlier version had to be am... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/929bcf2071e81801/id/25778703/ Wed, 01 Jul 2009 07:14:54 -0400 Asia Times http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/929bcf2071e81801/id/25778703/ An earthquake measuring 5.0 on the Richter scale hit the China-Kyrgyzstan border Wednesday, the seismological network in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region said. The quake hit at aroun... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/929bcf2071e81801/id/25775883/ Wed, 01 Jul 2009 04:52:31 -0400 People's Daily http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/929bcf2071e81801/id/25775883/ MOSCOW -- Russia's president on Monday clinched a major new natural gas deal with Azerbaijan, striking a blow to European efforts to reduce energy reliance on Russia. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/929bcf2071e81801/id/25770001/ Wed, 01 Jul 2009 01:12:19 -0400 The China Post http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/929bcf2071e81801/id/25770001/ Email this article Iran has recalled its ambassador to Azerbaijan "for consultations" after a June 28-29 visit to Baku by Israeli President Shimon Peres.Iranian Embassy spokesperson Abbas I... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/929bcf2071e81801/id/25754298/ Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:11:09 -0400 Eurasianet http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/929bcf2071e81801/id/25754298/ Email this article Eni Faleomavaega, a non-voting member of the US Congress representing American Samoa, has wrapped up a two-day visit to Uzbekistan. He is the first member of either chamber of Cong... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/929bcf2071e81801/id/25754300/ Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:11:08 -0400 Eurasianet http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/929bcf2071e81801/id/25754300/ Email this article An attempt by an Armenian delegate to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe to secure Azerbaijani and Turkish support for a proposal calling for the release of all Ar... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/929bcf2071e81801/id/25754299/ Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:11:08 -0400 Eurasianet http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/929bcf2071e81801/id/25754299/ Email this article Kyrgyz police officers shot dead another armed man in Osh Province, bringing to nine the number of alleged Islamic militants killed since June 23.Acting on a tip, law enforcement p... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/929bcf2071e81801/id/25754301/ Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:11:07 -0400 Eurasianet http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/929bcf2071e81801/id/25754301/ Email this article The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) is effectively affixing the seals on the door of its Tbilisi field office on June 30 and wrapping up its 17-year moni... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/929bcf2071e81801/id/25750186/ Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:46:23 -0400 Eurasianet http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/929bcf2071e81801/id/25750186/ Email this article After several months of high-profile financial problems, the Astana Cycling Team has secured funding to keep the wheels turning, just before this year’s Tour de France kicks o... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/929bcf2071e81801/id/25750188/ Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:46:21 -0400 Eurasianet http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/929bcf2071e81801/id/25750188/ Email this article Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan’s decision to shut down the commission investigating the deaths of the 10 people killed during March 2008 clashes between police and proteste... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/929bcf2071e81801/id/25750189/ Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:46:21 -0400 Eurasianet http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/929bcf2071e81801/id/25750189/ (AFP)--Lawmakers in Azerbaijan Tuesday backed away from approving new restrictions on civil society that had been harshly criticized by local and foreign rights groups. http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/929bcf2071e81801/id/25750185/ Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:36:38 -0400 Morning Star http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/929bcf2071e81801/id/25750185/ BISHKEK (Reuters) - Police in Kyrgyzstan shot dead a suspected Islamist militant who threw a grenade at them in the latest in a rash of armed clashes that has shattered a three-year lull, the Interior... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/929bcf2071e81801/id/25746691/ Tue, 30 Jun 2009 08:51:33 -0400 The Star http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/929bcf2071e81801/id/25746691/ By John Helmer MOSCOW - The Udokan copper deposit in southeastern Siberia - one of the world's biggest unmined sources of copper - will not be opened by Russian miners any time soon, according ... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/929bcf2071e81801/id/25746690/ Tue, 30 Jun 2009 07:53:54 -0400 Asia Times http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/929bcf2071e81801/id/25746690/ Kazakhstan's president denied on Tuesday that his country is supplying Iran with nuclear material, according to Israel Radio.Nursultan Nazarbayev made the statements following a meeting with his Israe... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/929bcf2071e81801/id/25743895/ Tue, 30 Jun 2009 06:44:50 -0400 Haaretz http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/929bcf2071e81801/id/25743895/ (GSZ.FR)Tuesday said it has acquired a 20% stake in the Exploration, Development and Production Sharing Agreement for the Absheron offshore block in the Azerbaijani sector of the Caspian Sea. http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/929bcf2071e81801/id/25741275/ Tue, 30 Jun 2009 03:30:23 -0400 Morning Star http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/929bcf2071e81801/id/25741275/ Top plays of the World Cup 2010 qualifier Russia vs. Azerbaijan MOSCOW, June 29 (RIA Novosti) - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev will visit Azerbaijan on Monday to discuss trade and economic cooperat... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/929bcf2071e81801/id/25732809/ Mon, 29 Jun 2009 20:50:04 -0400 RIA Novosti http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/929bcf2071e81801/id/25732809/ A high-level forum organized by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) wrapped up in Geneva today with the adoption of a joint declaration stressing the need to tackle the challenge of radioa... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/929bcf2071e81801/id/25728731/ Mon, 29 Jun 2009 19:00:44 -0400 UN News Centre http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/929bcf2071e81801/id/25728731/ F our Central Asian countries called on Monday for international help from governments and business in clearing toxic nuclear waste left over from the Cold War when they formed part of the Soviet Unio... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/929bcf2071e81801/id/25728730/ Mon, 29 Jun 2009 18:19:53 -0400 The Globe and Mail http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/929bcf2071e81801/id/25728730/ Email this article The Kremlin is not happy that Armenia, Russia’s closest ally in the Caucasus, gave a relatively warm welcome to Mikheil Saakashvili during the Georgian president’s recent... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/929bcf2071e81801/id/25723585/ Mon, 29 Jun 2009 14:12:58 -0400 Eurasianet http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/929bcf2071e81801/id/25723585/ Email this article Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, making a visit to Azerbaijan on June 29, secured a pledge from Azerbaijani leader Ilham Aliyev that Baku will increase natural gas exports to Rus... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/929bcf2071e81801/id/25723584/ Mon, 29 Jun 2009 14:12:58 -0400 Eurasianet http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/929bcf2071e81801/id/25723584/ Email this article With Kyrgyzstan’s July 23 presidential election fast approaching, President Kurmanbek Bakiyev’s administration is trying to court the support of Muslims, while cracking d... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/929bcf2071e81801/id/25723583/ Mon, 29 Jun 2009 14:12:59 -0400 Eurasianet http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/929bcf2071e81801/id/25723583/ Email this article Russia may allow the transit of US military goods en route to Afghanistan, a senior official says."In the area of military transit, an agreement is currently working well with... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/929bcf2071e81801/id/25723588/ Mon, 29 Jun 2009 14:12:57 -0400 Eurasianet http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/929bcf2071e81801/id/25723588/ Email this article Turkmenistan is trying to reassure potential investors that it has more than enough natural gas to fulfill all of its contracts.Deep drilling at the Minara gas field near the giant... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/929bcf2071e81801/id/25723586/ Mon, 29 Jun 2009 14:12:57 -0400 Eurasianet http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/929bcf2071e81801/id/25723586/ Email this article Uzbekistan ranks among the most repressive states in the world when it comes to freedom of speech. But the Uzbek government celebrated Media Workers Day on June 27 with a straight ... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/929bcf2071e81801/id/25723587/ Mon, 29 Jun 2009 14:12:56 -0400 Eurasianet http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/929bcf2071e81801/id/25723587/ 29 June 2009 Amnesty International members across Europe took to the streets on Monday, in a show of support for Azerbaijan’s independent media, which is coming under increasing pressure from... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/929bcf2071e81801/id/25722854/ Mon, 29 Jun 2009 14:06:56 -0400 Amnesty International http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/929bcf2071e81801/id/25722854/ Employees work at the the oil drilling facility of the joint Turkish Genel Enerji and Canadian ADDAX Petroleum company in the area of Taq Taq, 75 kilometres southeast of the Kurdish city of Arbil in n... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/929bcf2071e81801/id/25719095/ Mon, 29 Jun 2009 11:28:49 -0400 Canada.com http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/929bcf2071e81801/id/25719095/ Three people were killed in a coal mine explosion in central Kazakhstan Sunday night, the Emergency Situations Ministry said Monday. The Interfax news agency reported that a total of 94 workers were w... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/929bcf2071e81801/id/25719202/ Mon, 29 Jun 2009 10:53:01 -0400 People's Daily http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/929bcf2071e81801/id/25719202/ By Mica RosenbergTEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - Leftist Latin American leaders rallied around ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya on Monday and tried to thrash out a response to an army coup that sparked... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/929bcf2071e81801/id/25714888/ Mon, 29 Jun 2009 08:31:10 -0400 Swiss Info http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/929bcf2071e81801/id/25714888/ BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan (AP) - Kyrgyzstan security services say soldiers killed three suspected members of a terrorist group in a shootout over the weekend. Saturday's clash was the latest in a series of... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/929bcf2071e81801/id/25712334/ Mon, 29 Jun 2009 06:29:02 -0400 KTNV http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/929bcf2071e81801/id/25712334/ Nearly 20 years after it broke from the atheist Soviet Union, Azerbaijan is seeing a deep religious revival, its ancient capital Baku dotted with new mosques and the Muslim call to prayer echoing thro... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/929bcf2071e81801/id/25709347/ Mon, 29 Jun 2009 02:47:00 -0400 Breitbart http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/929bcf2071e81801/id/25709347/ UPS announced a new joint venture headquartered in Dubai to coordinate management and growth of UPS express package, freight forwarding and contract logistics services across the Middle East, Turkey a... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/929bcf2071e81801/id/25709137/ Mon, 29 Jun 2009 02:45:24 -0400 AME Info http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/929bcf2071e81801/id/25709137/ , legislative changes affecting the registration and financing of independent media and civil society. If adopted, they will increase the government's control and scrutiny of the activities of jour... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/929bcf2071e81801/id/25703918/ Sun, 28 Jun 2009 21:46:44 -0400 Earth Times http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/929bcf2071e81801/id/25703918/ Visiting Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang said on Sunday that China is willing to expand cooperation with Uzbekistan on wide-ranging issues while meeting with Uzbek President Islam Karimov. "Uzbek... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/929bcf2071e81801/id/25703956/ Sun, 28 Jun 2009 21:11:21 -0400 People's Daily http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/929bcf2071e81801/id/25703956/ Chinese and Mongolian armed forces kicked off a joint peacekeeping exercise in Beijing on Sunday, sources with China's Defense Ministry said. Coded "Peacekeeping Mission-2009", the exercise ... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/929bcf2071e81801/id/25703879/ Sun, 28 Jun 2009 21:11:19 -0400 People's Daily http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/929bcf2071e81801/id/25703879/ ESLT ) is also very active in Azerbaijan. President Peres said, "I spoke with the businesspeople in the delegation. I had no idea that our two countries had relations on sensitive security topics." ... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/929bcf2071e81801/id/25695505/ Sun, 28 Jun 2009 11:13:55 -0400 Globes http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/929bcf2071e81801/id/25695505/ Visiting Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang on Saturday called for closer economic ties between China and Uzbekistan while meeting with Uzbek First Deputy Prime Minister Rustam Azimov. Li said China and ... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/929bcf2071e81801/id/25690434/ Sun, 28 Jun 2009 02:45:26 -0400 People's Daily http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/929bcf2071e81801/id/25690434/ President Shimon Peres will visit Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan on Sunday, the first trip by an Israeli president to either of the Muslim countries.Peres will be joined by Industry, Trade and Labor Minist... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/929bcf2071e81801/id/25684869/ Sun, 28 Jun 2009 01:28:55 -0400 Haaretz http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/929bcf2071e81801/id/25684869/ Seville, Spain - Burkina Faso and Kyrgyzstan gained their first ever UNESCO World Heritage sites during the ongoing meeting of the UN body, UNESCO reported over the weekend. The Sulamain-Too Sacred Mo... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/929bcf2071e81801/id/25680593/ Sat, 27 Jun 2009 09:24:09 -0400 Earth Times http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/929bcf2071e81801/id/25680593/ June 27, 2009 /EIN News/ -- From the 16th to the 20th of June the human rights activist from Kazakhstan, Armangul Kapasheva, stayed in the capital of Germany, hoping to get assistance in the so-called... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/929bcf2071e81801/id/25677788/ Sat, 27 Jun 2009 04:54:41 -0400 24 / 7 Press Release http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/929bcf2071e81801/id/25677788/ North China's Inner Mongolia is trying to clean grasshoppers from the fields, as about 266,667 hectares of crops are under threat of the pest, said local authorities. According to Tao Zhenyuan, vice d... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/929bcf2071e81801/id/25676225/ Sat, 27 Jun 2009 02:02:47 -0400 People's Daily http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/929bcf2071e81801/id/25676225/ A senior leader of the Communist Party of China (CPC) says China-Mongolia ties have reached an all-time high with no unsettled major issues remaining. http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/929bcf2071e81801/id/25672486/ Fri, 26 Jun 2009 21:28:43 -0400 People's Daily http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/929bcf2071e81801/id/25672486/ Email this article Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili arrived in Armenia touting a "bright future" for bilateral relations. But now that his two-day visit is over, experts say the visit... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/929bcf2071e81801/id/25666370/ Fri, 26 Jun 2009 16:42:02 -0400 Eurasianet http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/929bcf2071e81801/id/25666370/ Email this article Political leaders in Azerbaijan are paying careful attention to the turmoil in Iran. It’s not just the fact that Iran is home to roughly 20 million ethnic Azeris that explains... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/929bcf2071e81801/id/25666372/ Fri, 26 Jun 2009 16:42:02 -0400 Eurasianet http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/929bcf2071e81801/id/25666372/ Email this article Georgian Parliament Speaker Davit Bakradze denied on June 26 an opposition accusation that President Mikheil Saakashvili’s administration is purposefully delaying the distribu... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/929bcf2071e81801/id/25666373/ Fri, 26 Jun 2009 16:42:01 -0400 Eurasianet http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/929bcf2071e81801/id/25666373/ Email this article Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev declared on June 26 that his country is ready to go to war with neighboring Armenia "at any moment," in order to regain the disputed Na... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/929bcf2071e81801/id/25666371/ Fri, 26 Jun 2009 16:42:01 -0400 Eurasianet http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/929bcf2071e81801/id/25666371/ Email this article An alleged Islamic militant is to be deported from Russia at the request of the National Security Service of Uzbekistan.Atabek Tukhtamuradov, an Uzbek national, is allegedly a memb... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/929bcf2071e81801/id/25666374/ Fri, 26 Jun 2009 16:42:00 -0400 Eurasianet http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/929bcf2071e81801/id/25666374/ Email this article A Gazprom delegation has departed Turkmenistan without resolving a pricing dispute. Alexander Medvedev, the deputy chairman of Gazprom, described his latest visit to Ashgabat as &q... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/929bcf2071e81801/id/25666375/ Fri, 26 Jun 2009 16:42:00 -0400 Eurasianet http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/929bcf2071e81801/id/25666375/ Email this article The brother of the former Tajik Interior Minister who allegedly committed suicide on June 17 has been sentenced to more than 15 years in prison for murder.Tagoynazar Salihov will s... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/929bcf2071e81801/id/25666376/ Fri, 26 Jun 2009 16:41:59 -0400 Eurasianet http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/929bcf2071e81801/id/25666376/ Gazprom, the world's largest natural gas producer, said Friday it hoped to sign key deals in Azerbaijan next week, raising the possibility that Russia will secure Azeri gas to feed pipelines to Europe... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/929bcf2071e81801/id/25659208/ Fri, 26 Jun 2009 12:59:11 -0400 eTaiwan News http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/929bcf2071e81801/id/25659208/ Email this article Turkey’s football authorities are at the center of a developing scandal, in which the dropping of a referee is turning into a civil rights test case. The referee at the center... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/929bcf2071e81801/id/25653381/ Fri, 26 Jun 2009 06:53:19 -0400 Eurasianet http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/929bcf2071e81801/id/25653381/ BEIJING: The military forces of China and Mongolia are to launch a joint peacekeeping exercise Friday in the Beijing area, the Information Office of China's Defense Ministry said here Thursday in a pr... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/929bcf2071e81801/id/25653344/ Fri, 26 Jun 2009 06:50:50 -0400 China Daily http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/929bcf2071e81801/id/25653344/ China and Uzbekistan are seeking further development of friendly and cooperative relations 17 years after the two countries established diplomatic ties. Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang is scheduled to... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/929bcf2071e81801/id/25650991/ Fri, 26 Jun 2009 04:31:36 -0400 People's Daily http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/929bcf2071e81801/id/25650991/ LINDEN, MI, June 26, 2009 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Today Covente, LLC appointed Ms. Elzat Doolotova of Kyrgyzstan as Vice President of Sales worldwide. Also known as Liza, Ms. Doolotova is originally fro... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/929bcf2071e81801/id/25648543/ Fri, 26 Jun 2009 03:13:43 -0400 24 / 7 Press Release http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/929bcf2071e81801/id/25648543/ Kyrgyzstan said Thursday that a new deal allowing the U.S. to continue using a Kyrgyz air base to ship military supplies to Afghanistan was meant to support the fight against terrorism.The agreement, ... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/929bcf2071e81801/id/25645994/ Fri, 26 Jun 2009 01:14:19 -0400 eTaiwan News http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/929bcf2071e81801/id/25645994/ BISHKEK: The Kyrgyzstan parliament yesterday ratified a US-Kyrgyz agreement allowing the United States to keep using an air base to support operations in Afghanistan. http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/929bcf2071e81801/id/25645995/ Fri, 26 Jun 2009 00:34:04 -0400 The Peninsula http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/929bcf2071e81801/id/25645995/ MADRID, June 25 (Xinhua) -- The World Heritage Committee praised Azerbaijan on Thursday for its efforts to preserve the walled city of Baku. The 21-member committee is currently holding its 33rd meet... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/929bcf2071e81801/id/25645336/ Fri, 26 Jun 2009 00:07:12 -0400 SINA http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/929bcf2071e81801/id/25645336/ A senior leader of the Communist Party of China (CPC) said Thursday that party-to-party relations between China and Mongolia constitute an important aspect of bilateral ties between the two countries.... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/929bcf2071e81801/id/25643212/ Thu, 25 Jun 2009 21:36:00 -0400 People's Daily http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/929bcf2071e81801/id/25643212/ Email this article Uzbek President Islam Karimov is set to visit the southern city of Termez, a key point on the Northern Distribution Network for the transit of goods to US and NATO troops in Afghan... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/929bcf2071e81801/id/25639504/ Thu, 25 Jun 2009 19:11:22 -0400 Eurasianet http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/929bcf2071e81801/id/25639504/ Email this article A woman in Turkmenistan who authorities depicted as a major drug trafficker has died in custody under mysterious circumstances.An analysis posted on the Turkmen opposition website ... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/929bcf2071e81801/id/25639502/ Thu, 25 Jun 2009 19:11:21 -0400 Eurasianet http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/929bcf2071e81801/id/25639502/ Email this article It appears that a third force, centering on Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani and his influential relatives, is taking shape in Iran. This new political force -- whose leaders have s... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/929bcf2071e81801/id/25635254/ Thu, 25 Jun 2009 16:25:24 -0400 Eurasianet http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/929bcf2071e81801/id/25635254/ Email this article In a sign of intensifying geopolitical turf wars in the South Caucasus, Moscow warned the West on June 25 against foreign meddling in the dispute between Armenia and Azerbaijan. Th... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/929bcf2071e81801/id/25635255/ Thu, 25 Jun 2009 16:25:23 -0400 Eurasianet http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/929bcf2071e81801/id/25635255/ Email this article A YouTube video that sparked government accusations about Russian financing for recent opposition street protests appears to have prompted a proposal by President Mikheil Saakasvhi... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/929bcf2071e81801/id/25635256/ Thu, 25 Jun 2009 16:25:22 -0400 Eurasianet http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/929bcf2071e81801/id/25635256/ Email this article Azerbaijan has slammed Europe’s key human rights body for taking what it terms a biased position against pending Azerbaijani legislation on non-governmental organizations.The ... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/929bcf2071e81801/id/25635257/ Thu, 25 Jun 2009 16:25:22 -0400 Eurasianet http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/929bcf2071e81801/id/25635257/ Email this article NATO Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer used a June 25 security forum in Kazakhstan’s capital Astana to encourage debate on how the Atlantic Alliance can evolve in the ag... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/929bcf2071e81801/id/25630936/ Thu, 25 Jun 2009 13:42:29 -0400 Eurasianet http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/929bcf2071e81801/id/25630936/ Email this article Turkey seems to be searching for a proper response to the upheaval in Tehran. The Turkish public has greeted the crisis in Iran with a mix of indifference and confusion, while on t... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/929bcf2071e81801/id/25630937/ Thu, 25 Jun 2009 13:42:29 -0400 Eurasianet http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/929bcf2071e81801/id/25630937/ (AFP)--Russian President Dmitry Medvedev Thursday welcomed a deal allowing U.S. forces to continue using a Kyrgyz airbase, in contrast with cooler reactions from other Russian officials. http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/929bcf2071e81801/id/25630934/ Thu, 25 Jun 2009 13:32:16 -0400 Morning Star http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/929bcf2071e81801/id/25630934/ Flag of Kyrgyzstan BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan (AP) - The United States can keep using an air base that is crucial to its military operations in Afghanistan.In a change of course, the parliament in Kyrgyzst... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/929bcf2071e81801/id/25626616/ Thu, 25 Jun 2009 12:06:47 -0400 WHP CBS 21 http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/929bcf2071e81801/id/25626616/ (Click to Enlarge) Petrom, the largest oil and gas producer in South-Eastern Europe, started oil production on Komsomolskoe field located in the Mangistau region of western Kazakhstan. The initial pro... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/929bcf2071e81801/id/25626615/ Thu, 25 Jun 2009 11:59:49 -0400 Rigzone http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/929bcf2071e81801/id/25626615/