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United States provides 30,000 hepatitis B vaccines to Tajikistan through Project HOPE

KHUJAND, August 30, 2008, Asia-Plus -- Medical humanitarian cargo has arrived in the Sughd province from the United States through the Project HOPE (Health Opportunities for People

12:15, august 30, 2008

Korean-led Grace Sonmin church bound to return building to Dushanbe education directorate

DUSHANBE, August 30, 2008, Asia-Plus -- Tajikistan’s High Economic Curt has handed down ruling obligating the Korean-led Grace Sonmin (Protestant) church to return illegally purchased school

11:59, august 30, 2008

Tajik, Afghan, Iranian energy ministers sign MoU on power grid

DUSHANBE, August 30, Asia-Plus -- A trilateral meeting of energy ministers of Tajikistan, Iran and Afghanistan has resulted in signing of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on construction

11:45, august 30, 2008

Tajik media-rights groups concerned over prosecution against journalist

DUSHANBE, August 30, Asia-Plus -- Tajik Journalists’ Union and Tajik media watchdog, the National Association of Independent Media of Tajikistan (Nansmit), on August 29 released a joint

11:30, august 30, 2008

Tajik leader speaks for political-diplomatic solution of disputable issues

DUSHANBE, August 30, 2008, Asia-Plus -- President Emomali Rahmon speaks for using political-diplomatic methods to solve disputable issues.

11:20, august 30, 2008

Medvedev’s visit to Tajikistan important landmark in contemporary history of Tajikistan and Russia

DUSHANBE, August 30, 2008, Asia-Plus -- Visit of Russian President Dmitry Medvedev to Tajikistan is an important landmark in contemporary history of Tajikistan and Russia, President Emomali

10:49, august 30, 2008

Book by ex-minister of culture of China presented in Dushanbe

DUSHANBE, August 30, 2008, Asia-Plus -- A book by ex-Minister of Culture of China, Sun Jiazheng, in the Tajik language was presented at the Tajik Ministry of Culture in Dushanbe on August 29.

10:35, august 30, 2008

Afghan national detained at Tajik-Afghan border in Khatlon for drug trafficking

KULOB, August 30, 2008, Asia-Plus -- An Afghan national has been detained in Khatlon’s Hamadoni district on suspicion of having been involved in drug trafficking.

18:04, august 29, 2008

POWER

Tajikistan, Russia to boost bilateral cooperation: presidents' joint statement

DUSHANBE, August 29, 2008, Asia-Plus -- Tajikistan and Russia intend to expand military and military-technical cooperation in future as well, a joint statement issued by President Emomali

17:26, august 29, 2008

Iranian, Afghan, Tajik presidents issue joint statement

DUSHANBE, August 29, 2008, Asia-Plus – Iranian, Afghan and Tajik presidents here on August 28 issued a joint statement for expansion of trilateral cooperation.

17:05, august 29, 2008

Tajik-Russian JV delivers solar batteries and wind-powered generators to Sughd

KHUJAND, August 29, 2008, Asia-Plus -- The Khujand-based Tajik-Russian joint venture SAMO has begun delivering solar batteries and wind-powered generators to northern Tajikistan.

16:37, august 29, 2008

Over 7 kg of heroin confiscated from Danghara resident in Sughd

KHUJAND, August 29, 2008, Asia-Plus -- More than 7 kilograms of heroin were sized by officers from the Sughd counternarcotics directorate in Khujand on Thursday.

16:22, august 29, 2008

INCIDENTS

Gunmen wound two police officers in Isfara

KHUJAND, August 29, 2008, Asia-Plus -- Unidentified gunmen have wounded two police officers in Sughd’s Isfara district.

15:22, august 29, 2008

POWER

Tajikistan, Russia sign six cooperation documents

Negotiations between the delegations of Tajikistan and Russia in Dushanbe have resulted in signing of six cooperation documents, including a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on cooperation between

14:50, august 29, 2008

Russian interior minister bestows medals on two Tajik police officers

DUSHANBE, August 29, 2008, Asia-Plus -- Russian Minister of Interiors Rashid Nurgaliyev today bestowed medal “For Battle Commonwealth” on two Tajik police officers, Colonel Zafar Salimov and

14:07, august 29, 2008

POWER

Russian president’s official visit to Tajikistan expected to end with signing of sic cooperation documents

An official visit of Russian President Dmitry Medvedev to Tajikistan will result in signing of sic cooperation documents.

13:38, august 29, 2008

LAW-ORDER

Head of jamoat in Vakhsh district sentenced to 5 years in jail for bribery and fraud

QURGHON TEPPA, August 29, 2008, Asia-Plus - A court in the Khatlon province has sentenced head of one of jamoats in Khatlon’s Vakhsh district to five years imprisonment.

13:15, august 29, 2008

Another private school established in Khorog

KHOROG, August 29, 2008, Asia-Plus -- Another private school has been established in Khorog, the capital of the Gorno Badakhshan Autonomous Region.

13:12, august 29, 2008

Kurmanbek Bakiyev and Hu Jintao discussed bilateral cooperation

President of the Kyrgyz Republic Kurmanbek Bakiyev met with chairman of the Peopleâ€™s Republic of China Hu Jintao in Dushanbe in frames of the SCO Summit.

13:08, august 29, 2008

Uzbek, Kazakh president discuss relations in Dushanbe

President of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov met the President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbaev.

13:07, august 29, 2008

Turkmen grain growers start winter crops sowing campaign

Turkmen grain growers have started the winter crops sowing campaign. This year the sown areas have been expanded by 20,000 hectares.

13:06, august 29, 2008

Inter-district AIDS center opened in Rumi district

QURGHON TEPPA, August 29, 2008, Asia-Plus -- An inter-district AIDS center has been opened in Khatlon’s Rumi district.

13:05, august 29, 2008

Uzbek, Afghan official discuss cooperation in railway transportation

A delegation of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan led by Public Works Minister Sohrob Ali Safari med the deputy chairperson of Uzbekistan Temir Yollari state joint stock company Akbar Shukurov.

13:03, august 29, 2008

Russia decrees on Abkhazia, SOssetia independence read at UN

Russian Permanent Representative to the United Nations Vitaly Churkin has read at an open meeting of the UN Security Council on Georgia the decrees of the Russian president on the recognition of

12:57, august 29, 2008

Georgia parliament votes to sever ties with Russia

Georgia's parliament voted unanimously Thursday on a resolution urging the government to sever ties with Russia, which recognized the Caucasus state's two breakaway regions earlier this week.

12:54, august 29, 2008

U.S. failure to restrain Georgia harmed Russia-U.S. relations – Putin

Russia's prime minister blasted the United States on Thursday for its inability to keep Georgia from attacking South Ossetia, and said that this had damaged bilateral relations.

12:48, august 29, 2008

Sughd authorities provide assistance to war veterans

KHUJAND, August 29, 2008, Asia-Plus -- Local authorities of the Sughd province are providing assistance to veterans of the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945 living in northern Tajikistan.

12:46, august 29, 2008

Afghans say deadly US raid based on misleading tip

Afghan officials said Thursday that a deadly U.S.-led special forces raid on a remote western village last week was based on misleading information provided by a rival clan.

12:30, august 29, 2008