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Asia stocks rise as Fed official backs easy policy
Regional Fed chief James Bullard said in a speech Tuesday that the Fed should continue its monthly $85 billion in bond purchases, which drives down interest rates and thus encourages lending and spending, to help spur the U.S. economic ...
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China defeats Kazakhstan at China International Mens Volleyball Tournament
Chinese national men's volleyball team defeated Kazakhstan 3-0 at the China International Men's Volleyball Tournament here in Luohe, central China's Henan Province on Tuesday.China beat Kazakhstan 25-20, 25-23, 25-16 with no difficulty because Kazakhstan was not a strong team."My team consists of young players who didn't completely obey my order, so I'm very ...
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National Briefing | West Idaho Uzbek Man Remains in Jail on Terror Charges
An Uzbek man facing terrorism-related charges in Idaho will remain jailed pending his trial after waiving his right to a detention hearing. Lawyers for the man, Fazliddin Kurbanov, on Tuesday waived a hearing where a United States District Court judge was to have considered whether he should stay in the Ada County jail in Boise until his July 2 trial. Mr Kurbanov, 30, a truck driver, was ...
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Azerbaijan and Iran in soft-power struggle
By Eldar Mamedov BAKU - There's a coffee shop in an out-of-the-way part of Baku where the walls are covered with illustrations from an early 20th century satirical magazine called Molla Nasreddin. The magazine represents a bygone era, when Azerbaijan was a font of new cultural trends in the Muslim world, pioneering such issues as female emancipation, anti-clericalism, anti-colonialism ...
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Azerbaijan - Azeri blogger and activist allegedly tortured
The Institute for Reporters' Freedom and Safety (IRFS) is appalled by reports that Ministry of Interior officials - as yet unnamed - tortured blogger and activist Rashad Ramazanov (a.k.a. Hagigat Agaadin) during a custodial interrogation. The Azerbaijani authorities should establish an immediate and independent investigation into this barbaric case and hold those responsible for ...
Tajikistan Focus
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Tajikistan making sacrifices for the future
A massive hydroelectric dam in southern Tajikistan may be the key to the future energy independence of the country and its development, but it comes at a staggering cost and with doubts over its viability.
Tajikistan is an ancient land and one of the oldest states in human history, having been founded by the Samani dynasty in the 9th century, long before territories such as Great Britain or other European nations became unified states. Yet for all this, Tajikistan has remained impoverished and sidelined throughout much of its existence. Read more
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