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14:50, september 24, 2007

SPORT

Regar-TadAZ qualifies the first for semifinal of AFC President’s Cup 2007

DUSHANBE, September 24, Asia-Plus — Tajikistan’s football champion Regar-TadAZ of Tursunzoda, which is representing Tajikistan in the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) President’s Cup 2007,

14:33, september 24, 2007

TAJKISTAN

Modernization of Varzob-1 power plant to be finished in time, says Barqi Tojik official

DUSHANBE, September 24, Asia-Plus — Work on modernization of the Varzob-1 hydropower plant is in full swing and will be finished in time, Rashid Gulov, the deputy engineer-in-chief with Barqi

14:23, september 24, 2007

POWER

Tajik MPs, CSTO PA commissions’ members discuss cooperation issues

Members of the Majlisi Namoyandagon (the lower house of the Tajik parliament) and delegation of the Collective Security Treaty Organizationâ€™s (CSTO) Parliamentary Assembly (PA) have met in Dushanbe

13:53, september 24, 2007

Russian-made Golden Koran put on display in Iran

DUSHANBE, September 24, Asia-Plus – RIA Novosti -- Part of a Russian-made copy of the Koran, etched onto sheets of 99.

13:28, september 24, 2007

TAJKISTAN

Over 18 kilos of heroin seized in Tajikistan last weekends

DUSHANBE, September 24, Asia-Plus — Tajik police intercepted more than 18 kilograms of heroin last weekends.

12:27, september 24, 2007

First electronic library opens in Tajikistan

DUSHANBE, September 24, Asia-Plus -- The first electronic library has opened in Dushanbe.

11:34, september 24, 2007

68th theatrical season of Dushanbe Opera and Ballet opened tomorrow

DUSHANBE, September 24, Asia-Plus -- The 68th theatrical season of the Opera and Ballet Theatre named after Sadriddin Ayni in Dushanbe will be opened with opera “Golden Village” by known Tajik

11:31, september 24, 2007

TAJKISTAN

Turkmenistan appoints new ambassador to Tajikistan

DUSHANBE, September 24, Asia-Plus -- Turkmen President has nominated Ahmed Qurbanov to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Turkmenistan to Tajikistan, according to the

10:30, september 24, 2007

TAJKISTAN

High economic court overturns injunction by Dushanbe court upholding suspension of TV station

DUSHANBE, September 24, Asia-Plus -- Tajikistan’s High Economic Court has handed down a ruling overturning the injunction granted by the Dushanbe City Court a month ago.

12:56, september 22, 2007

POWER

Tajikistan marks Day of Rudaki

Addressing people on occasion of a Day of Rudaki, President Rahmon said that Rudaki is national pride of Tajiks

11:59, september 22, 2007

TAJKISTAN

Tajikistan among countries with lowest attendance rates: UNICEF report

DUSHANBE, September 22, Asia-Plus - UNICEF warned on September 20 that education systems in Central and Eastern Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CEE/CIS) were leaving

10:41, september 22, 2007

TAJKISTAN

Number of credit card holders more than doubles in Tajikistan

DUSHANBE, September 22, Asia-Plus -- A number of credit card holders in Tajikistan more than doubled in the year to September 1, 2007, increasing from 11,222 to 28,413 people, Asia-Plus has

18:39, september 21, 2007

MoC religious affairs directorate accepts Hajj applications

DUSHANBE, September 21, Asia-Plus -- Sub-divisions of the religious affairs directorate of the Ministry of Culture (MoC) in the provinces have begun accepting applications from Muslins

17:50, september 21, 2007

Conference dedicated to founder of Tajik-Persian literature held in Tajik capital Thursday

DUSHANBE, September 21, Asia-Plus -- A scientific conference dedicated to the 1150th anniversary of the founder of Tajik-Persian literature Abuabdulloh Rudaki was held at the Academy of

17:13, september 21, 2007

TAJKISTAN

China’s gold producer to increase the volume of production of gold by ZGS

DUSHANBE, September 21, Asia-Plus — Zijin Mining Group Co.

17:12, september 21, 2007

TAJKISTAN

Kazakhstan’s Alina to build plant on producing construction dry packs in Tajikistan

DUSHANBE, September 21, Asia-Plus -- Kazakhstan’s holding Alina intends to build a plant on producing construction dry packs in Tajikistan, Asia-plus has learned at the Ministry of Energy and

16:48, september 21, 2007

INCIDENTS

Kyrgyz PM offers to set up SCO disaster response center

DUSHANBE, September 21, Asia-Plus – Kyrgyz Prime Minister Almazbe Atambayev has offered to set up Shanghai Cooperation Organization’s Disaster Response Center in south of Kyrgyzstan, Russia’s news

16:30, september 21, 2007

TAJKISTAN

Second Tajik-Russian inter-parliamentary forum ends its work in Orienburg

DUSHANBE, September 21, Asia-Plus – The second Tajik-Russian inter-parliamentary forum entitled “Russia-Tajikistan: Potential of Interregional Cooperation” ended its work in the Russian city of

15:59, september 21, 2007

TAJKISTAN

Public health issues discussed in Dushanbe

DUSHANBE, September 21, Asia-Plus — Issues related to development of public health education in Tajikistan were major topics of a roundtable meeting that was held in Dushanbe yesterday.

15:52, september 21, 2007

TAJKISTAN

EAEC secretary general discusses in Tajik capital preparations for upcoming EAEC summit

Tajik president and visiting EAEC secretary general have discussed the agenda of the EAEC summit scheduled for early October.

15:36, september 21, 2007

TAJKISTAN

Two arms caches discovered in Tajikistan yesterday

DUSHANBE, September 21, Asia-Plus — Search operations by officers from the Ministry of Interior (MoI) have led to the discovery of two arms caches in the country.

15:01, september 21, 2007

POWER

President Rahmon receives credentials of Azeri envoy

DUSAHNBE, September 21, Asia-Plus — President Emomali Rahmon today received credentials of the newly appointed Azeri Ambassador to Tajikistan Mageram Aliyev.

14:33, september 21, 2007

TAJKISTAN

New Tajik ambassador to Uzbekistan presents credentials to Uzbek president

DUSHANBE, September 21, Asia-Plus – On Thursday September 20, new Tajik Ambassador to Uzbekistan Bobokhon Mahmadov presented credentials to Uzbek President Islam Karimov, Uzbekistan’s news agency

13:50, september 21, 2007

17 musicians from Central Asia on tour in 11 North American cities from October 12 to November 9, 2007

DUSHANBE, September 21, Asia-Plus -- Seventeen musicians from Central Asia will share their mastery of traditions at once ancient and contemporary in an 11-city North American tour beginning on

13:24, september 21, 2007

TAJKISTAN

Tajik-Swiss JV to prospect for oil and gas in northern Tajikistan

DUSHANBE, September 21, Asia-Plus — Tajik-Swiss joint venture Somon Oil will start exploration of oil and gas reserves of the Obchai Qalacha and Navobod fields in the northern Sughd province before

12:53, september 21, 2007

TAJKISTAN

AgroInvestBonk’s capital nears $22 million

As of August 31, the regulative capital of AgroInvestInvestBonk has amounted to 75,351,463 somonis (equivalent to some $22 million), Asia-plus has learned at AgroInvestBonk’s directorate for

12:23, september 21, 2007

TAJKISTAN

New school opens its doors to pupils in Varzob

DUSHANBE, September 21, Asia-Plus — Another new school has opened its doors to pupils in the Varzob district.

11:45, september 21, 2007

TAJKISTAN

Tajik young journalists instructed in preparing TV reporting

DUSHANBE, September 21, Asia-Plus — A training seminar, formally titled “TV Reporting and Its Difference from Information Genres of Radio and Press”, for young journalists was held in the

10:36, september 21, 2007

TAJKISTAN

To develop microcrediting it is necessary to simplify procedure of MFIs reporting to central bank

DUSHANBE, September 21, Asia-Plus -- To develop microcrediting in Tajikistan it is necessary to simplify a procedure of reporting of microfinance institutions (MFI) organizations to central

19:19, september 20, 2007

TAJKISTAN

Graduating students not in hurry to work with school

More than 5,000 students have graduated from teachersâ€™ training institutions in Tajikistan this year, but only little more than 50 percent of them now work with schools.