nCa Commentary Ashgabat, 22 Mar—The second Nuclear Summit will be held 26-27 March 2012 in Seoul. The first summit took place in April 2010 in Washington DC. The Seoul summit where leaders from 53 countries and 4 international organizations are expected to gather will collectively represent the 80% of global population and 90% of world GDP. The 11-point Seoul Communique … [Read more...]
Nowruz: The soul of Central Asia culture
nCa Commentary Ashgabat, 22 March 2012 (nCa) --- The countrywide celebration of Nowruz, the spring festival, started 21 March in Turkmenistan. The main event was held at the foothills of Kopetdag Mountain, some 45 km east of Ashgabat. It was a great privilege for the foreign diplomats and journalists to get invited to this unique national festivity. Being there was an … [Read more...]
We [Don’t] Take Care of Our Own
Ben Tanosborn A generation ago Bruce Springsteen was socio-serenading us with what soon was to become the iconic song, “Born in the USA.” And now, seven presidential elections later, he’ll likely be sending his message with the song, “We Take Care of Our Own.” Although the message in 1984 was inconceivably misconstrued and misappropriated by conservatives then – Ronald … [Read more...]
Challenges and Response
General Mirza Aslam Beg, Former Chief of Army Staff, Pakistan It is a day of reckoning for us, to recollect the failings of the past, and to carve-out a new destiny for the nation. No doubt Pakistan has faced serious challenges to its security, mainly due to foreign aggression in the region and our collusion with them. Having come full circle now, Pakistan is moving on the … [Read more...]
The Regional Perspective: Japan as role model for Central Asia
Tariq Saeedi Ashgabat, 14 March 2012 (nCa) --- The Japanese embassy in Turkmenistan hosted Tuesday a solemn and majestic event to mark the first anniversary of the triple disaster that struck Japan in March 2011. Mitsuru Horiguchi, the charge d’affaires of Japan in Ashgabat, said that it was the first time in the history of mankind that three major calamities struck a … [Read more...]
The Regonal Perspective: Afghan Massacre
Tariq Saeedi Ashgabat, 12 March 2012 (nCa) --- In the early hours of Sunday, one or more American soldier(s) left their base in Punjwai, some 35 km west of Kandhar, with the express intention to murder unarmed women and children. The accounts differ. Taliban say it was a group of drunken soldiers, the ISAF says it was a lone slaughterer. Whether it was one soldier or … [Read more...]
Региональные перспективы: Афганская бойня
Тарик Саиди Ашгабат, 12 марта 2012 (nCa) —В ночь на воскресенье, один или группа американских солдат покинули свои базы в Пунджваи, примерно в 35 км к западу от города Кандагар, с явным намерением убить безоружных женщин и детей. Поступают различные сообщения. Талибан заявляет, что это была группа солдат, находившихся в состоянии опьянения. Союзники утверждают, что это … [Read more...]
International Women’s Day: Prism Effect in Turkmenistan
Tariq Saeedi Ashgabat, 9 March 2012 (nCa) --- Matriarchy is well entrenched in the world already but the women are very kind; they don’t shove this fact in our face. It will break our hearts. Take the example of our home where I am a minority of one against my wife and my daughter. They are the government and I am the people. Our grandson is still too small to be of any … [Read more...]
Indian Supreme Court Orders Establishing Indian Water Hegemony
General Mirza Aslam Beg, Former Chief of Army Staff, Pakistan India’s Supreme Court on 27 February 2012, ordered the government to implement the2002 project to link major rivers in India ‘in a time-bound manner’. The over $100 billion project will link around 30 rivers, to ensure flood control and equitable distribution of water by efficient transfer of water from surplus to … [Read more...]
Sexual Exploited Girls and Child Soldiers Around the World
Clemente Ferrer Amnesty International has once again launched a campaign under the following slogan: “Child soldier. They will throw him into the front lines, and if he dies, they’ll go to a school and find another; and after that another”. Jean-Charles, Guru missionary in Nord Uganda, has explained that children are kidnapped and turned into authentic killing machines. For … [Read more...]
Summoning an America of Break-believe
Ben Tanosborn If we don’t come to terms in America to the reality around us, we will be doomed; and not just as an empire-holder, but as a serious major player in any future affairs of planet earth. We need to step down from that land of make-believe, and accept once and for all that Americans are neither a special cast divinely placed on this earth to rule it, nor the … [Read more...]
The regional perspective: Is this the rush to get in or get out?
Tariq Saeedi Ashgabat, 5 March 2012 (nCa) --- Some recent news stories in the American and British media suggest that the US and allied forces are negotiating with the Central Asian countries to ensure exit corridor when they leave Afghanistan in 2014. These stories are superb examples of embedded journalism at its best, regurgitating without chewing the laced candy … [Read more...]
Tender notices in Turkmenistan: Rising preference for local currency deals
nCa Report Ashgabat, 5 March 2012 (nCa) --- Some tender notices recently published by the print media of Turkmenistan indicate the marked shift for purchases in local currency instead of dollar or Euro. For instance: The state bank for foreign economic relations announced tenders for purchase of a tractor and trailer, and drilling equipment (for up to 500 meters depth) … [Read more...]
UNDP-Turkmenistan partnership rises to new level
Ashgabat, 2 March 2012 – The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Government of Turkmenistan have agreed on a new format of partnership signaling that the Government of Turkmenistan will be actively financing its own development programmes jointly implemented with UNDP. Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers and Minister of Foreign Affairs Rashid Meredov … [Read more...]
7 Tips to Make Life a Little Easier as a Caregiver
Dr. Ethelle G. Lord Over 80% of family caregivers are unpaid, home bound, even isolated. These caregivers are overwhelmed with day-to-day responsibilities to someone with Alzheimer’s or another form of dementia. Remembering4You recommends tips that make the work and life of a caregiver a little easier. Keeping it simple maximizes energy and minimizes the possibility of … [Read more...]
The Regional Perspective: Turkmenistan and Turkey
Tariq Saeedi Ashgabat, 2 March 2012 (nCa) --- Someone sent me a bad joke the other day: If the world is a global village, Uncle Sam is the village idiot. Bad joke but true nevertheless. And, what do you do if the village idiot also happens to be the village bully? This is the question that all the countries of Greater Central Asia – Turkmenistan and Turkey being no … [Read more...]
Progress in Science and Industry – a Task for International Cooperation
Prof. em. Dr. Hanno Schaumburg, Hamburg University of Technology, Germany h.schaumburg@tu-harburg.de After the perestroika in 1990 a significant decay in science and industrial production took place in all successor states of the Soviet union – mainly because of poor financing and inadequate management from government and industry. For many years only a few industrial … [Read more...]
Our Tolerance for Fashionable Deception
Ben Tanosborn Nothing appears as ugly as unmasked raw propaganda, or seems as fashionable as well-crafted deception. Yet, the catwalk for both forms of propaganda is one and the same, deception wearing the most titillating togs provided by the top fashion house, the House of Public Relations. And the deceptive PR isn’t limited to multinational firms or businesses in … [Read more...]
Photo Essay: Presidential Elections in Turkmenistan
nCa Photo Essay Ashgabat, 15 February 2012 (nCa) --- The presidential elections held in Turkmenistan 12 February 2012 have attracted mostly negative publicity in the western media. It was predictable. Hardly anything else can be expected from the media that is cocooned in its own prejudices. The cliches are true after all: The beauty is in the eye of the beholder; and, a … [Read more...]
Presidential Elections in Turkmenistan: Nation goes to polls (Updated 4 pm, 13 Feb) (second update at 14:30, 15 February 2012)
nCa Report with a photo essay on elections (To be updated with more photos later today) (Second Update at 14:30, 15 February 2012 – Photo essay published separately at this URL: http://newscentralasia.net/2012/02/15/photo-essay-presidential-elections-in-turkmenistan/) Update (4 pm, 13 Feb) --- The central election commission has announced that preliminary counting of vote … [Read more...]
US$ 1.2 million loan to Turkmen logistics company
EBRD loan will help DGT Logistics invest in equipment and expand fleet of trucks The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) continues to support the development of the private sector in Turkmenistan with a US$ 1.2 million loan to DGT Logistics Turkmenistan. The company is one of the leading private companies providing cargo transport and logistics services … [Read more...]
Presidential elections in Turkmenistan – Looking from a different angle
Tariq Saeedi Ashgabat, 4 February 2012 --- The presidential elections in Turkmenistan will take place in less than 10 days from now. Observers and analysts have raised several objections on the whole process: All the seven candidates running against President Berdymuhamedov are weak and obscure There is no opposition candidate The election manifesto of all … [Read more...]
Президентские выборы в Туркменистане – Взгляд под другим углом
Тарик Саиди Ашгабат, 4 февраля 2012 --- Менее чем через 10 дней в Туркменистане пройдут президентские выборы. Наблюдатели и аналитики подняли ряд вопросов, касающихся избирательного процесса: Все семь кандидатов против кандидатуры президента Бердымухамедова кажутся слабыми и неясными Нет кандидата от оппозиции Предвыборные программы всех кандидатов выглядят плохой … [Read more...]
America’s Pacific Century!!
General Mirza Aslam Beg, Former Chief of Army Staff, Pakistan During the 1970’s, Brzezinski, the US strategist, forecasting the break-up of the Soviet Union, expounded the concept of US Unipolarity: “How America manages Eurasia is critical, Eurasia is the globe’s largest continent and is geopolitically axial. A power that dominates Eurasia would almost automatically gain … [Read more...]
80-year-old Europeans will triple by 2050
Clemente Ferrer The European Parliament (EP) should officially agree with family alliances in order to tackle the unstoppable demographic decline. The European Union (EU) is seeking to address the birth plight that the Old Continent is suffering from. Awareness about this family crisis and thus the urgency to increase birth rates has been raised. Various research studies … [Read more...]
Speakers unveil latest oil and gas developments in the Arctic
The oil and gas industry’s key players will present critical new technologies and commercial opportunities available in the offshore Arctic, at the Arctic Region Oil & Gas Conference in Norway this month. Recent news about Norway’s Ministry of Energy receiving requests from 37 companies to be included in the country’s 22nd licensing round reflects the increasing demand for … [Read more...]
The Gift of Life Brings Joy
Clemente Ferrer Parents play a free-willed cooperative role with divide providence for the creation of life. They contribute to the creation of a newborn’s body, while the soul is instantly created out of nothing by God within the second of conception. It is therefore unlawful to threaten human life and physical integrity, one’s own or another’s, because life is a sovereign … [Read more...]
Три партии прошли в парламент Казахстана
В Казахстане на парламентских выборах со значительным перевесом победила партия действующей власти «Нур Отан». Некоторую конкуренцию ей составила партия «Ак жол», представляющая интересы малого и среднего бизнеса. Третьей партией, вошедшей в парламент, стала Коммунистическая народная партия Казахстана. Расклад получился следующим образом: «Нур Отан» – практически 81 % … [Read more...]
Three parties elected to the Parliament of Kazakhstan
Nur Otan party, representing the current Kazakhstan's government, won the parliamentary elections with a considerable majority of votes. Ak Jol party, supporting small and medium business, competed with Nur Otan. The third party that entered parliament is the Communist People's Party of Kazakhstan. The results were the following: Nur Otan gained almost 81% of the votes, Ak … [Read more...]
Укрепляя доверие и снижая напряженность
Эймон Гилмор рассуждает о том, почему Европа всё ещё нуждается в ОБСЕ и что Ирландия может привнести в работу Организации В 2012 году Ирландия приняла на себя председательство в Организации по безопасности и сотрудничеству в Европе (ОБСЕ), самой крупной и успешной региональной структуре по безопасности в Северном полушарии, простирающейся от Ванкувера до Владивостока. Хотя … [Read more...]
Building confidence and reducing tensions
Eamon Gilmore reflects on why Europe still needs the OSCE and what Ireland can bring to the Organization Ireland has taken over the chair at the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), the largest and most successful regional security body, spanning the Northern Hemisphere from Vancouver to Vladivostok. Although not as well known as the EU or the UN, the … [Read more...]
Contraceptives Increase the Risk of Catching AIDS
Clemente Ferrer According to a study, published in the Lancet Infectious Diseases Journal by Renee Heffron (University of Washington), the use of hormonal contraceptives increase the risk of women in contracting the AIDS virus. www.thelancet.com Previous research studies reached the same conclusion; however, the latter one is much more credible. The study was conducted by … [Read more...]
American Military Pit Bulls and Their Handlers
Ben Tanosborn It is not what the few do but what the many don’t do. That really represents what we are all about, co-conspirators in a sea of silence. Marines who view despicable acts committed by other marines remain silent; the officers, who are well aware of this behavior, condone it, invariably following the “ethical criminal” attitude in war morality of “when in war, … [Read more...]
Beware: Nursing homes are not for sick individuals
Dr. Ethelle G. Lord Providing three square meals a days and receiving help with getting dressed in a nursing home should really be no longer acceptable. This is the traditional way. Recently I received a call from the social worker where my husband resides in a dementia unit at a nursing facility. She wanted to know if I just wanted him kept comfortable and hydrated since he … [Read more...]
Water Pollution: A Rising Life-Threatening Problem
Abdul Rashid ch.arahmad@yahoo.com PhD Scholar at Department of Economics, University of Sheffield, UK “Water is life’s mater and matrix, mother and medium. There is no life without water” (Albert Szeny-Gyorgyi , 1937 Nobel Prize for Medicine, 1893-1986) Water is one of the most important things that are used by human beings on our planet. Despite human consumption, water … [Read more...]
Bronze Age Archaeology in Turkmenistan
Introduction: In the past years a number of conferences were organized in Ashgabat and Mary in which recent research results about the archeological heritage of Turkmenistan were communicated to a Turkmen and international audience demonstrating cultural assets that compare to those of the most famous Bronze Age cultures world-wide. In the following article an experienced … [Read more...]
Smashing Greater Central Asia – Part IV – Smashing Systematically
Peter Chamberlin The pipeline wars are real wars, in that two or more nations are ordering their civilian and military foot soldiers, on a daily basis, into life or death contests to the finish. For the United States, it is a contest which must be won, if we are to survive, according to most of our national leaders. But is that really true? According to both civilian and … [Read more...]
Lukoil Overseas Produces First Gas from South West Gissar Uzbekistan
Today LUKOIL Overseas has produced first gas from Dzharkuduk-Yangi Kyzylcha which is the largest field of the block, under the PSA for development of gas reserves of South West Gissar (Kashkadarya Region, Republic of Uzbekistan). Before the start of gas production on South West Gissar, only oil was produced on South Kyzylbayrak and Koshkuduk fields (according to the … [Read more...]
nCa Returns — Starting where we left
Tariq Saeedi We were hacked in late July 2011. It was a thorough job, done by professionals. Now we are back. Thanks to all the supporters and well wishers. At the time of hacking we were in the process of starting an investigative-analytic series 'Smashing Greater Central Asia.' To provide background information for this series, we posted some of our archive material … [Read more...]
Al Jazeera casts wicked shadow on Turkmenistan
nCa Commentary Karachi, 29 December 2011 (nCa) --- Al Jazeera is fully conscious of the kind of competition it faces. It is racing against time to lose its credibility. The apparent aim is to join ranks with Fox. The good news is that it has managed in no time at all to sink as low as Fox, hanging precariously just half a notch above the Soros-funded hooters. This is … [Read more...]
Libyan DIplomatic Mission in Turkmenistan Joins Opposition, Flying TNC Flag
Ashgabat, 26 August 2011 (nCa) --- The Libyan diplomatic mission in Turkmenistan (Libyan Bureau for Economic Cooperation) has joined the opposition. The TNC flag is flying on the mission building in Ashgabat since early last week. Mosbah Al-Foqhi, the head of the mission told nCa in an exclusive conversation Friday that he decided to join the opposition last week. He … [Read more...]
[Archive Material] ‘Final Solution’ Frenzy – Part Four: Final Solution for Pakistan
Continued from Part Three Tariq Saeedi With Sergi Pyatakov in Moscow, Mark Davidson in Washington, Qasim Jan in Kandahar and Rupa Kival in New Delhi 1 May 2010 (nCa) --- The components of the ‘Final Solution’ for Pakistan are known, and almost ready. The exact shape those components will take when put together is not so clear. The expected outcome is recognizable; the degree … [Read more...]
[Archive Material] ‘Final Solution’ Frenzy – Part Three: Rendezvous with Final Solution
Continued from Part Two Tariq Saeedi With Sergi Pyatakov in Moscow, Mark Davidson in Washington 18 April 2010 (nCa) --- Several things happened since the publication of the second report in this series about a couple of week ago: Karzai finally broke down under tremendous American pressure; after a gap of six years terrorism resurfaced in Russian at a time and in areas most … [Read more...]
[Archive Material] ‘Final Solution’ Frenzy – Part Two: Russian Atheist Explains Suicide Bombing
Continued from Part One Tariq Saeedi With Sergi Pyatakov and Tamara Orlova in Moscow Additional reporting by Qasim Jan in Kandahar and GN Brohi in Kharan and Nushki 3 April 2010 (nCa) --- Lucky breaks come when you least expect them. A major break presented itself recently, revealing the involvement of the USA and India in the terrorism spate in Pakistan and Afghanistan. We … [Read more...]
[Archive Material] ‘Final Solution’ Frenzy – Part One: From Afghanistan with Love
The Final Solution Frenzy series appeared in March/April 2010. In this we presented wide ranging findings together with the opinion of experts. Except for some areas where our investigative reporting may have helped change the actual sequence of events, the predictions are coming true thick and fast. It is becoming clear by day that we were right on the dot. We are reproducing … [Read more...]
[Archive Material] Mumbai Mystery: American Designs on Pakistan and India – Part Four
Tariq Saeedi with Sergi Pyatakov in Moscow and Mark Davidson in Washington Legwork by SM Kasi in Quetta, GN Brohi in Dalbandin, and Qasim Jan in Kandahar Continued from Part Three Nearly complete jigsaw puzzle In order to get as complete a picture as possible we picked the brains of X in Washington and Sasha and Misha in Moscow in numerous lengthy, intensive … [Read more...]
[Archive Material] Mumbai Mystery: American Designs on Pakistan and India – Part Three
Tariq Saeedi with Sergi Pyatakov in Moscow and Mark Davidson in Washington Legwork by SM Kasi in Quetta, GN Brohi in Dalbandin, and Qasim Jan in Kandahar Continued from Part Two Benazir Assassinated BB (Benazir Bhutto) got assassinated on 27 December 2007, when she was leaving Liaquat Bagh in Rawalpindi after addressing a huge rally. It was absolutely shocking news … [Read more...]
Mumbai Mystery: American Designs on Pakistan and India — Part Two
Tariq Saeedi, with Sergi Pyatakov in Moscow and Mark Davidson in Washington Continued from Part One Yankee-Jihadi Marriage We turned our attention back to Balochistan and patched into the local grapevine. Misha’s phrase ‘Yankee-Jihadi Marriage’ was the key we were trying on every lock. Something seemed to click after a while. There was buzz that a … [Read more...]
[Archive Material] Mumbai Mystery: American Designs on Pakistan and India — Part One
This four-part report, done in January 2009, was basically related to the Mumbai incident but carried much wider in scope. It was also the first time that we pointed out a definite connection between the Americans and the Pakistani jihadis operating under various names such as TTP, LeT etc. Our experts made several predictions that are sadly coming true one by one. Our … [Read more...]
[Archive Material] Pakistan: Unveiling the Mystery of Balochistan Insurgency — Part Two
Tariq Saeedi in Ashgabat With Sergi Pyatakov in Moscow, Ali Nasimzadeh in Zahidan, Qasim Jan in Kandahar and S M Kasi in Quetta Additional reporting by Rupa Kival in New Delhi and Mark Davidson in Washington These were some of the questions that we took to Misha and Sasha and here is the explanation they gave. Their answers came in bits and pieces but we have reconstructed … [Read more...]