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| Malaysia PM Meets Uzbek President in Tashkent Tashkent, Mon 17 Nov 2008, 04:15 GMT Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi on Monday met with Uzbekistan President Islam Karimov in Tashkent during his four-day official visit to natural gas- rich country. A high-ranking Malay delegation including four ministers accompanied premier Abdullah’s Uzbekistan trip which began on Sunday. Abdullah and Karimov held a private meeting before leading their respective delegations for a meeting at the Durmen, the presidential residence in the Uzbek... | ||
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| Karzai Offers Taliban’s Leader Protection If He Gives up Fighting Kabul, Sun 16 Nov 2008, 01:52 GMT Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Sunday called upon the Taliban's leader Mullah Omar to give up fighting, and offered to provide security for him if he returns to Afghanistan. "If I hear from (Mullah Omar) that he is willing to come to Afghanistan or to negotiate for peace and for the well-being of the Afghans so that our children are not killed anymore, I as a president of Afghanistan will go to any length to provide protection," Karzai told reporters at a press... | ||
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| Two Spanish Soldiers Killed in Afghan Blast (3/3) Afghanistan, Mon 10 Nov 2008, 01:42 GMT | ||
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| Two Spanish Soldiers Killed in Afghan Blast (2/3) Afghanistan, Mon 10 Nov 2008, 01:37 GMT | ||
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| Two Spanish Soldiers Killed in Afghan Blast (1/3) Afghanistan, Mon 10 Nov 2008, 01:37 GMT | ||
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| Canadian Reporter Freed Unharmed After Four Weeks In Captivity Kabul, Sun 09 Nov 2008, 00:00 GMT A Canadian journalist on late Saturday has been freed by her captors in Afghanistan after a nearly month-long abduction. Melissa Fung, who was kidnapped on Oct. 12, is now safe at the Canadian Embassy in Kabul Sayed Ansari, Spokesman of the Afghan National Directorate of Security (NDS) told reporters at a press conference. Fung was on her second reporting assignment to Afghanistan when gunmen took her by force in... | ||
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| US Citizens in Ashgabat Celebrate Obama’s Victory Ashkhabad, Wed 05 Nov 2008, 01:18 GMT American citizens living in Ashgabat watched the US presidential elections on news channels at a hotel in the Turkmenistan capital after they cast their votes. US citizens gathered at Ak Altin (White Golden) Hotel in the capital and they followed the presidential election broadcasted live in their homeland. The meeting was organized by the US Embassy in Ashgabat. The election concluded with the victory of the Democratic candidate Barack Obama, a junior... | ||
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| CIS foreign ministers' meeting held in Kyrgystan Fri 10 Oct 2008, 07:52 GMT The meeting of foreign ministers' council of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) was held in Bishkek, the capital of Kyrgystan Thursday. The meeting of foreign ministers' council of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) was held in Bishkek, the capital of Kyrgystan Thursday. CIS Ministerial Council to consider cooperation in energy area at Bishkek summit. The session of the CIS Ministerial Council included 26 issues... | ||
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| Bishkek, a new summit center in October Bishkek, Fri 10 Oct 2008, 07:51 GMT Bishkek is transforming itself into summit center in this October. Located in Kyrgystan, Bishkek is the capital and the largest city of the country. Bishkek is transforming itself into summit center in this October. Located in Kyrgystan, Bishkek is the capital and the largest city of the country. Founded in 1878 as the Russian fortress of Bishpek, it was known as Frunze between 1926 and 1991. Bishkek is situated at about 800 m altitude just... | ||
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| China funds Palestinian foreign ministry to build new office building Ramallah, Sun 05 Oct 2008, 08:52 GMT China, the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) and UN Development Program (UNDP) signed an agreement Saturday to construct the Palestinian Foreign Ministry's new office building. China, the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) and UN Development Program (UNDP) signed an agreement Saturday to construct the Palestinian Foreign Ministry's new office building. PNA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas attended the ceremony held in the West Bank city of Ramallah, and laid a corner stone for... | ||
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| KYRGYZ REPUBLIC/SEEDS Kyrgyzstan, REC. DATE JULY 2008 Suggested Lead: Farmers in the Kyrgyz Republic say that the economic crisis is hitting hard at their livelihood. Drought has added to their problems. The country is now using a new World Bank grant to expand programs it hopes will help farmers hit hard by the food crisis. | ||
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| Madrasa Peshawar, July 2008 Peshawar, PAKISTAN The armed fighters in Pakistan come from Koranic schools settled only some kilometres from the tribal zones...in Peshawar. It is from this region that they leave for the jihad against the troops of the coalition in Afghanistan. | ||
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| Suicide Bomber Targets ISAF Troops in Afghanistan Kabul, Sat 30 Aug 2008, 03:03 GMT A suicide bomber on Saturday attacked a convoy of NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Kabul, however failed to inflict any casualties on the troops or nearby civilians, an Afghani official said. The bomber detonated his explosive-laden vehicle near a convoy of ISAF in Kabul, capital city of Afghanistan, killing himself but causing no casualties among the NATO soldiers, provincial police chief Mohammad Ayoub Salangi emphasized. | ||
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| Navoi Airport Seeks to Become Central Asia Hub for Aviation Thu 28 Aug 2008, 00:00 GMT Uzbekistan has been working on a project to develop Navoi airport into an international logistics centre, and Tashkent hopes international airlines will use it as a Central Asia hub. The first flight on a new Korean Air route landed on Wednesday at an airport which has been under construction in Uzbekistan's southwestern province, Navoi. Cho Yang-ho, Chairman of the Hanjin Group, the parent company of Korean Air, signed an agreement on joint development at Navoi Airport with... | ||
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| Kidnapped Japanese Aid Worker Found Dead In Afghanistan Jalalabad, Thu 28 Aug 2008, 00:00 GMT A Japanese aid worker, who was kidnapped by Taliban in Afghanistan earlier this week, has been found dead. Officials from the Japanese Embassy in Kabul traveled to the eastern city of Jalalabad and identified the body as Kazuya Ito, Nangarhar province governor Gul Aga Serzai said. Ito, 31, was abducted along with an Afghan driver near the city of Jalalabad early Tuesday. He was an agriculture... | ||
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| Amateur Camera Records Fire after Plane Crash in Kyrgyzstan Bishkek, Tue 26 Aug 2008, 02:48 GMT An amateur camera recorded the fire following a plane crash that took place on Sunday in Kyrgyzstan, killing at least 68 people. The Boeing-737 passenger jet crashed near a village, some 5 kilometers far from Manas International Airport in the Kyrgyz capital city of Bishkek. Recorded by an... | ||
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| Plane Crash in Kyrgyzstan Kills 68 Bishkek, Mon 25 Aug 2008, 03:26 GMT A passenger plane headed from Bishkek to Tehran with 90 people on board crashed on Sunday evening near the main airport in Kyrgyzstan, killing 68 and injuring 22, Kyrgyz officials said. The Boeing-737 passenger jet crashed shortly after takeoff near a village, which is close to Manas... | ||
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| French Military Physicians in Shamali – Afghanistan Afghanistan, Thu 15 May 2008, 00:00 GMT by Hamsa Press Not even one hour away from Kabul there isn\'t any physician left. So it is the French who see the patients. It requires some organisation. | ||
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| The last war lords Taluqan, Thu 15 May 2008, 00:00 GMT by Hamsa Press 7 years after the downfall of the Taliban regime, the north of Afghanistan is almost pacified. But the war lords, who once reigned absolutely, remain powerful. And they definetely haven't said their last word... | ||
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| Swat : Extremists threaten girls schools Pakistan, Thu 15 May 2008, 00:00 GMT by Hamsa Press On year ago, the Taliban took hold of the valley in order to impose their law. Since then girls are prohibited from going to school and women are prohibited from working. Within a year, battles between extremists and the military have caused hundreds of deaths. The population of Swat is... | ||
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