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<title>EIN News: Turkmenistan Afghanistan News</title>
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<title>Rare clashes in authoritarian Turkmenistan</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=192815015</link>
<pubDate>13 Oct 2008 11:27 GMT</pubDate>
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...  forces erupted overnight in the capital of Turkmenistan  a rare instance of violence in  ...  to the media. Witnesses in the capital, Ashgabat, said there was heavy, prolonged gunfire and  ...  incident. The small country borders Iran and Afghanistan and its population is overwhelmingly Muslim. Religious  ...
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<title>Rumors Of The Next Cold War</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=192582120</link>
<pubDate>11 Oct 2008 05:31 GMT</pubDate>
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...  east of the Caspian Sea -- Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kygyzstan. Russia then will be  ...  coerce not only Turkey but also Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, and China. Is this scenario  ...
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<title>Background Notes : Tajikistan (10/08)</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=192561846</link>
<pubDate>11 Oct 2008 00:30 GMT</pubDate>
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...  include--Russia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan, China, Ukraine, Italy, Turkmenistan. Total external debt (April 2008): $1.222 billion;  ...  and west, China to the east, and Afghanistan to the south. Tajikistan is home to  ...
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<title>Background Notes : Afghanistan (10/08)</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=192550675</link>
<pubDate>10 Oct 2008 22:51 GMT</pubDate>
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...  States, India. Currency: The currency is the afghani, which was reintroduced as Afghanistan&apos;s new currency  ...  Tajiks (25%), Hazaras (10%), Uzbek (6-8%), Aimaq, Turkmen, Baluch, and other small groups. Dari (Afghan  ...  the beginning of the 16th century, made Kabul the capital of an Afghan principality. In  ...
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<title>The Russo-Georgia War and the Challenge to American Global Dominance</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=192511316</link>
<pubDate>10 Oct 2008 18:30 GMT</pubDate>
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...  bogged down in illegal, unjust wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, the US government suddenly appears  ...  Central Asian and Caspian Sea states of Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan, thus underlining  ...
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<title>Russia to Seek Neighbours&apos; Backing Over Georgia</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=192467375</link>
<pubDate>10 Oct 2008 14:28 GMT</pubDate>
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...  Union bar the three Baltic countries, with Turkmenistan holding only associate member status, EurAsEC is  ...  its purpose was to support operations in Afghanistan  its original aim  and not  ...
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<title>UNESCO 2008 Award of Excellence for Handicrafts in Isfahan</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=192442466</link>
<pubDate>10 Oct 2008 11:37 GMT</pubDate>
<description>
...  both the private and public sectors of Afghanistan, Denmark, India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Malaysia, the  ...  Kyrgyz Republic, Malaysia, the Netherlands, Tajikistan, Thailand, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan participated in the event. Here,  ...
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<title>UNESCO awards 60 Iranian art works</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=192427612</link>
<pubDate>10 Oct 2008 07:44 GMT</pubDate>
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...  three day UNESCO award reception ceremonies in Isfahan several Asian countries attended including Tajikistan, Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. Awards were presented to the works from 13 Iranian cities, 45 of  ...
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<title>Russia: A Future Radical Muslim Superpower?</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=192384227</link>
<pubDate>10 Oct 2008 00:55 GMT</pubDate>
<description>
...  career as a Second Lieutenant during the Soviet-Afghan war and retired as a Lieutenant-Colonel after  ...  Asian republics, now independent countries (Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan) as well as autonomous regions  ...
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<title>Terrorism: Focus - Taliban money trail from Pakistan to United Arab Emirates</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=192321894</link>
<pubDate>9 Oct 2008 20:38 GMT</pubDate>
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...  Pakistani border city of Chaman and the Afghan city of Kandahar play a pivotal role  ...  Afghan border town of Spin Boldak through Turkmenistan to Herat on the Iranian border, would  ...
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<title>How States Voted on Serbia&apos;s Kosovo Case at UN</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=192254517</link>
<pubDate>9 Oct 2008 17:55 GMT</pubDate>
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...  States of), Nauru, Palau, United States. Abstain: Afghanistan, Andorra, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh,  ...  Kitts and Nevis, Seychelles, Tonga, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, Venezuela. Source: United Nations good for  ...
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<title>Gen. Petraeus sounds cautious note on progress in Iraq</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=192237818</link>
<pubDate>9 Oct 2008 17:10 GMT</pubDate>
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...  by allied forces in eastern and southern Afghanistan. No additional U.S. troops can be sent  ...  city where competition between Kurds, Arabs and Turkmens has inflamed tensions, as a potential flash  ...
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<title>ran: Isfahan and the religious capital of Qom</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=192218730</link>
<pubDate>9 Oct 2008 16:40 GMT</pubDate>
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...  Saudi Arabia in terms of land mass in the region, is a neighbor of Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Iraq, Pakistan, Turkey and Turkmenistan. Its natural resources include abundant amounts of oil and natural gas. The great majority  ...
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<title>Turkmenistan, Latvia Sign Four Cooperation Documents</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=192212956</link>
<pubDate>9 Oct 2008 16:35 GMT</pubDate>
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...  read Ashgabat, 9 October 2008 (nCa) --- Turkmenistan and Latvia signed Wednesday in Ashgabat four documents for expanding mutual cooperation. The  ...  in promoting stability and economic growth in Afghanistan. He invited President Berdymuhamedov for visit to  ...
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