Tajikistan

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Seattle Times, 31.12.08 10:03 UTC

New Afghan supply route planned by U.S., NATO

WASHINGTON The United States and NATO plan to open and expand supply lines through Central Asia to deliver fuel, food and other goods to a military mission in Afghanistan that is expected to grow by ...

BBC World News, 16.12.08 12:03 UTC

Under pressure

In China, competition for increasingly scarce jobs is growing fiercer By Stephanie Holmes BBC News Vast sums of money criss-cross the globe each day, as millions of migrant workers send a portion of ...

Telegraph, 15.12.08 18:01 UTC

Russian teenage skinhead gang jailed for 19 racist murders

A group of seven teenage skinheads who carried out 19 racially-motivated murders in Moscow have been sentenced to jail terms of between six and 20 years.

WashingtonPost World, 14.12.08 07:30 UTC

In Russia, a Grisly Message Marks Rise in Hate Crimes

MOS COW, Dec. 13 -- The e-mail that arrived Monday night in the inboxes of two organizations tracking hate crimes in Russia carried a disturbing message and an even more disturbing photo -- that of a ...

BBC World News, 12.12.08 21:32 UTC

Tajik alarm after Moscow murder

The Tajik government has protested after the murder of a migrant worker in Russia, in an attack which Russian nationalists say they carried out.

Telegraph, 09.12.08 09:32 UTC

Taliban attacks on Nato convoys force planners to seek new supply line routes

Taliban attacks on Nato supply lines have forced military planners to seek new routes for convoys into Afghanistan via Eastern Europe, it has been reported.

guardian.co.uk, 09.12.08 00:37 UTC

Convoy attacks trigger race to open new Afghan supply lines

. Nato countries are scrambling for alternative routes as far afield as Belarus and Ukraine to supply their forces in Afghanistan , which are increasingly vulnerable to a resurgent Taliban, the ...

Belfast Telegraph, 08.12.08 04:01 UTC

Robert Fisk: Just look how we’ve forgotten the CIA’s secret prisons in Afghanistan

I knew I was in Tajikistan this week when my Lebanese roaming mobile phone welcomed me to "Russia" on arrival at Dushanbe airport. Yup folks, Alpha Beirut really believed I was in Mr Putin's empire. ...

WashingtonPost Politics, 06.12.08 08:12 UTC

Yesterday's 'That Guy' Is Today's 'The Man'

Remember that reception you went to at Brookings a few years ago after that riveting panel on minority rights in Tajikistan? Or maybe it was East Kazakhstan? There was a guy, Todd something-or-other, ...

BusinessWeek, 03.12.08 21:32 UTC

Remittances at Risk for Eastern Nations

With Western Europe in recession, homeward-bound cash flow is likely to slow as jobs dry up in emigrant-friendly industries such as construction