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Curmudgeons! Hands off Asian Energy Projects!!!

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Tariq Saeedi Ashgabat, 29 April 2008 (nCa) --- It was six years ago this month that I posed a joint question to Presidents Kharami and Niyazov: “Every time there is some progress on TAP or IPI, the western media starts howling in unison that one project would come at the cost of the other, the success of one project would spell the failure of the other. Now that both the presidents are here, could you please tell us whether both the projects are possible or not.” The date was 22 April 2002, the location was presidential palace in Ashgabat, and the occasion was Niyazov-Khatami bilateral meeting ahead of the first Caspian summit. ...
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Turkmenistan to Revert to Conventional Names of Months

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Ashgabat, 24 April 2008 (nCa) --- In deference to popular demand, the parliament of Turkmenistan is debating a bill to revert to the conventional names of months, undoing the novelty introduced during Niyazov era. Ms. Akja Nurberdiyeva, ...
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Turkmenistan, Lithuania sign MoU for Mutual Cooperation

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Ashgabat, 24 April 2008 (nCa) --- Turkmenistan and Lithuania signed Wednesday a memorandum of understanding for intergovernmental cooperation. The signing took place at the culmination of the session of the joint Turkmen-Lithuanian forum and bilateral meeting between ...
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Turkmenistan to Amend Constitution in September 2008

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Ashgabat, 24 April 2008 (nCa) --- Turkmenistan will introduce major amendments to its constitution in September 2008 during a special session of Khalk Maslahaty (Peoples Council). The announcement came Wednesday when President Berdymuhamedov chaired an expanded ...
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Need for Caution in Currency Exchange-Rate Unification Drive in Turkmenistan

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nCa Commentary Ashgabat, 22 April 2008 (nCa) --- Turkmenistan is trying to bridge the gap between the bank and open market exchange rates of Manat versus US Dollar. For a long period, the ...
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EC and UNECE Discuss Trade Facilitation in Ashgabat

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Ashgabat, 21 April 2008 – Today the Regional trade facilitation seminar gathered Government officials and donor agencies’ representatives to discuss trade and transport facilitation, trade information exchange standards, border crossing facilitation and other related issues. Some ...
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Solo Exhibition of Durdy Bairamov in Ashgabat

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Ashgabat, 15 April 2008 (nCa) --- It was the first time that both the floors of the exhibition hall were full to the capacity. People were packed like sardines and there was just no space to walk around. Dozens ...
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What can America's friends do for America?

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Ben Tanosborn Where are your friends when you really need them?  Isn't that time of need when true friends really surface, sharing their buoyancy as they try to help keep you afloat?  Well, we really haven't seen many of ...
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Seed of Energy Cooperation Germinates in EU-Central Asia Forum

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nCa Report Ashgabat, 14April 2008 (nCa) --- The withered seed of EU-Central Asia energy cooperation finally showed some signs of germination on conclusion of the EU Troika-Central Asia forum 10 April in Ashgabat. The ...
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Interview: French Foreign Minister Speaks on EU-Central Asia, Turkmenistan-France Relations

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nCa Exclusive Ashgabat, 10 April 2008 (nCa) --- Foreign Minister of France, Bernard Kouchner, is in Ashgabat to participate in the second EU-Central Asia troika. Here is the complete text of Kouchner’s exclusive ...
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EU and Central Asia: Tango or Twist?

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Tariq Saeedi Ashgabat, 8 April 2008 (nCa) --- The big event this week would be the high profile meeting of EU and Central Asia in Ashgabat. When the meet ends on 10 April, it would probably ...
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Turkmenistan, India Sign Landmark MoU for Oil and Gas Cooperation

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Ashgabat, 5 April 2008 (nCa) --- Turkmenistan and India signed Saturday a framework memorandum of understanding for cooperation in the oil and gas sector, creating a wide channel for Indian companies to enter the hydrocarbon sector of Turkmenistan. ...
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Hydrocarbon Development Policy of Turkmenistan

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nCa Report Ashgabat, 15 March 2008 (nCa) --- Under the current hydrocarbon development policy Turkmenistan is actively supporting three new gas export pipelines. The long-dormant Trans-Caspian is not one of them but it ...
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Central Asia Teams up to Sell Gas at ‘European Prices’

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nCa News and Commentary Ashgabat, 12 March 2008 (nCa) --- Starting next year, Central Asian gas producers will sell their gas at European prices, says a press release of Gazprom. The decision came after ...
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The day real change comes to America

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Ben Tanosborn For all the changes being anticipated, promised or prophesized by the political windmills of those who aspire to take the White House reins. it appears that there will be few in number, slight in scope and domestic ...
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America's Right Knight of the Wrong: William F. Buckley, Jr. (1925-2008)

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Ben Tanosborn Go ahead; tell me what an incredible intellectual genius and fabulously well-liked person William F. Buckley, Jr., was.  Repeat it time and again. before, during and after you waterboard me; say it in prose or say it ...
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IFC Private Equity Fund Investment Supports Small and Medium Businesses in Central Asia

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Washington D.C., 4 March 2008 --- IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, announced today that it has invested in the Aureos Central Asia Fund, a private equity fund that will finance small and medium enterprises in Central Asia ...
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Iranian Company Gets Railway, Port Contract in Turkmenistan

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Ashgabat, 6 March 2008 (nCa) --- An Iranian company has won tenders for a contract worth US $ 29.3 million for construction of some port and railway structures in Turkmenistan. According to the terms of the contract ...
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President of Turkmenistan in Phone Talks wit Putin, Medvedev

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Ashgabat, 6 March 2008 (nCa) --- President Berdymuhamedov had phone talks Wednesday with President Vladimir Putin and President-elect Dmitry Medvedev of Russia. In both the phone calls Berdymuhamedov expressed the confidence that the bilateral relations between TurkmenistanRussia ...
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Three Trillion Cubic Meters New Gas Reserve in Osman-South Yoloton Area of Turkmenistan

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nCa News and Commentary Ashgabat, 6 March 2008 (nCa) --- Turkmenistan has announced that its newly discovered Osman-South Yoloton area in Mary province holds three trillion cubic meters of gas reserve. The government ...
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Prosecutor General of Turkmenistan Fired

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Ashgabat, 4 March 2008 (nCa) --- Prosecutor General of Turkmenistan has been fired from his job because of the ‘dirty deeds, slatternliness and pursuit of self-interest’ of his staff. President Berdymuhamedov said during an expanded meeting of ...
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