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Russia delivers military equipment to Azerbaijan
Russia began shipment Tuesday of up to $1 billion worth of military equipment to Azerbaijan, Russian Defense Ministry officials said. The shipments fulfill contracts signed in 2011 and 2012, the officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity, told the newspaper Vedomosti. The equipment is worth between $700 million and $1 billion, and includes 94 T-90S tanks, about 100 BMP-3 infantry fighting ...
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Chinese confiscate 213 illegal bear paws arrest two Russians
Two Russians were detained by Chinese police after 213 bear paws were found inside a passenger van trying to enter northern China's Inner Mongolia region. The bear paws, worth about $400 a pound in China, were hidden inside the tires of the van, China Daily reported. The Chinese believe bear paws have a high nutritional value. To date this is the largest bear paw smuggling case in China, ...
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Total CNPC to Develop OG Assets in Tajikistan
HONG KONG - Chinese oil giant China National Petroleum Corp. and France's Total SA have finalized an agreement with Tethys Petroleum Ltd. to develop oil and gas assets in Tajikistan, a person with direct knowledge of the deal told the Wall Street Journal Tuesday. Senior officials of the three companies are due to sign the agreement later Tuesday in Tajikistan's capital Dushanbe, the ...
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SAGW-4 Well in Kazakhstan Hits Oil
Kazakhstan-focused Max Petroleum reported Tuesday that results from its SAGW-4 appraisal well in the Sagiz West Field has identified 65 feet of net hydrocarbon pay over a 203-foot interval. Max said that the pay intervals, between depths of 4,010 feet and 4,212 feet, include 52 feet of gas condensate and 13 feet of oil. In addition, the firm said, there is a further 55 feet of potential oil ...
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Ancient carpets kept in private collection in U.S. presented to Azerbaijan
Azerbaijani carpets "Edahali" (Karabakh, end of the 17th century) and "Salyan Khilesi" (Shirvan, 19th century) kept in the collection of the deceased member of Chicago Oriental Rug and Textile Society Grover Shilts were presented to the State Museum of Azerbaijani Carpet and People's Applied Art named after Latif Karimov, APA reports. Delivering a speech, Head of the ...
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Aral Sea Stopped Shrinking Says Russian Scientist
MOSCOW, June 18 (RIA Novosti) - The Aral Sea, which has been shrinking for almost half a century causing an environmental disaster in Central Asia, has finally stopped drying up, a Russian scientist said on Tuesday. "The sea is currently close to a balance because its surface has shrunk so much that evaporation has gone down too, so that even the insignificant river and underground water ...
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Success of Azerbaijan is a serious concern in some forces abroad
The more Azerbaijan is developing rapidly and President Ilham Aliyev successfully operates in the domestic and foreign policy, the stronger becomes the concern of certain forces hostile to us, said Deputy Prime Minister Ali Hasanov. According to him, over the past ten years, President Ilham Aliyev has demonstrated to the world that Azerbaijan is not just a dynamically developing, but in the ...
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Radio Free EuropeRadio Liberty Watchdog cites Troubling deterioration for civil society in Eurasia
The annual analysis of democratic development from Central Europe to Central Asia says there has been a "troubling deterioration" in conditions for civil society across ...
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Kyrgyzstan Violence vs Justice
The chaotic scenes at the trial of a man charged over inter-ethnic violence in Kyrgyzstan are damaging the legal process, reports Mihra Rittmann. Even in the basement of the courthouse, safe behind a closed door, I’m sure the defendant could still hear the women screaming at him. I certainly could hear the women, standing just metres away, and I definitely felt their violent rage as one ...
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ICRC representatives visit Armenian family held in Azerbaijan
Representatives of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) visited Armenians - five members of the family held in Azerbaijan, media contact person for the ICRC Delegation to Azerbaijan Ilaha Huseynova told APA. According to her, the visit took place on June 13. They were informed about their families and their families about them. Armenian citizens Yegishe, Rosanna, Alfred, ...
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Thailand to Host the 7th CSR Asia Summit 2013 Focusing on Responsible and Inclusive Business in Asia
BANGKOK, June 18 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The annual flagship event of the leading corporate social responsibility network in the region, CSR ...
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Nazarbaev retreats on pension reforms
By Saule Mukhametrakhimova Faced with mounting public opposition to a pension reform plan, Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbaev has sent the bill back to parliament and sacked the minister responsible for it. The bill envisages that the retirement age for women will be raised from 58 to 63, the same as for men. The change is to be phased in over 10 years, starting in 2014. In a televised ...
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Pakistan-Azerbaijan Youth Association chair visits Ireli
Editor in chief of The Diplomatic Insight & Media Diplomacy magazine, Chairman of the Pakistan-Azerbaijan Youth Association Muhammad Asif Noor has visited Ireli Youth Centre. The guest first familiarized with the centre and its projects, talked to the youth and then met with Ireli Public Union's Chairman Rauf Mardiyev and Secretary General Narmin Mammadova. The meeting discussed ...
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Azerbaijan purchases TOS-1A flamethrower system based on Т-90
In addition to T-90S tanks, 2S19 MSTA-S and BMP-3 tanks, Azerbaijan has purchased heavy flamethrower system TOS-1A, also known as "Solntsepek." The above-said tanks were purchased b Kazakhstan earlier. Like the Kazakh tanks, they have also been built on basis of T-90 tanks and equipped with 92C2 engine, Vestnik-rm.ru reports. These tanks are more modern than those owned by the ...
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Events continue as part of Days of Azerbaijan in France
Another event as part of the Days of Azerbaijan in France has taken place in Beauvais. The Days of Azerbaijan are held under the Heydar Aliyev Foundation`s "Cultural Treasures of Azerbaijan – the Pearl of Caucasus" ...
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President of Azerbaijan congratulates newly elected Iranian leader
President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has sent a letter of congratulation to the newly elected President of Iran. The letter notes the great importance attached by President Ilham Aliyev to relations between the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Islamic Republic of Iran. "These relations are based on the will of our peoples, who historically have lived in an atmosphere of good neighbourhood ...
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The European Azerbaijan Society organized conference in France
Bordeaux hosts "Islam and Secularism: The Azerbaijani experience and its reflection in France" conference. The French city of Bordeaux has hosted "Islam and Secularism: The Azerbaijani experience and its reflection in France" international conference. The conference was organized by The European Azerbaijan Society ...
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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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