Provides the latest RSS feeds for Central Asia News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Kazakhstan News.net http://www.kazakhstannews.net/index.php/cat/929bcf2071e81801/ en-us Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:38:55 -0400 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:38:55 -0400 30 ATHENS, June 18 | Tue Jun 18, 2013 3:26pm EDT ATHENS, June 18 (Reuters) - Azeri state energy company SOCAR has improved its offer to buy Greece's natural gas grid operator, DESFA, the semi-official Athens News Agency (ANA) said on Tuesday, citing sources. SOCAR, the sole bidder for DESFA after Russian energy company Sintez and Greek-Czech group PPF-Terna dropped out of the bidding ... http://www.kazakhstannews.net/index.php/sid/215278866/scat/929bcf2071e81801 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:26:02 -0400 http://www.kazakhstannews.net/index.php/sid/215278866/scat/929bcf2071e81801 (Reuters) - Jordan's hopes of a first World Cup finals appearance remain alive after they beat Oman 1-0 at home on Tuesday to book a qualifying playoff against Uzbekistan in September. Striker Ahmad Ibrahim scored the winning goal in the 57th minute, stooping low to head home a cross from Khalil Bani Ateyah that drew wild celebrations at the King Abdullah Stadium in Amman. The ... http://www.kazakhstannews.net/index.php/sid/215277439/scat/929bcf2071e81801 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:44:25 -0400 http://www.kazakhstannews.net/index.php/sid/215277439/scat/929bcf2071e81801 (Reuters) - Uzbekistan rallied to beat Qatar 5-1 in Tashkent on Tuesday but came up two goals short of securing their first appearance in a World Cup after Iran's win in South Korea sent both those teams to Brazil. Uzbekistan were pushed into third place in Asian qualifying Group A, behind Iran and South Korea, and will have to rely on the playoff route to make it to next year's showpiece ... http://www.kazakhstannews.net/index.php/sid/215276414/scat/929bcf2071e81801 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:50:23 -0400 http://www.kazakhstannews.net/index.php/sid/215276414/scat/929bcf2071e81801 Iran's Amir Hossein Sadeghi celebrates his nation's qualification for the 2014 World Cup after a 1-0 victory over South Korea in Ulsan. Photograph: Kim ... http://www.kazakhstannews.net/index.php/sid/215273041/scat/929bcf2071e81801 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:01:19 -0400 http://www.kazakhstannews.net/index.php/sid/215273041/scat/929bcf2071e81801 here . There is a ‘Like’ campaign in relation to the current President’s general campaign. The ‘Like’ campaign’s goal was to collect as much as like possible from the Facebook users in the country on the issues if it had been addressed correctly by the Ts. Elbegdorj. He’s own Facebook page has around 62 thousand likes. MPP Candidate B.Bat-Erdene also ... http://www.kazakhstannews.net/index.php/sid/215273464/scat/929bcf2071e81801 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:57:45 -0400 http://www.kazakhstannews.net/index.php/sid/215273464/scat/929bcf2071e81801 Russian police force-march labor migrants, mostly from post-Soviet Central Asian republics, along Moscow city streets, seen in a still shot taken from a video shot in late May 2013. Estimates claim Central Asians make up roughly 10 percent of Moscow's population of 12 to 17 ... http://www.kazakhstannews.net/index.php/sid/215273465/scat/929bcf2071e81801 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:49:51 -0400 http://www.kazakhstannews.net/index.php/sid/215273465/scat/929bcf2071e81801 TASHKENT, Uzbekistan - Uzbekistan narrowly missed out on direct qualification for the 2014 World Cup despite routing Qatar 5-1 on Tuesday.Uzbekistan finished level on points with South Korea for second spot in Group A of Asian qualifying - which yielded automatic qualification for Brazil - but were one behind on goal difference.Uzbekistan will go into a sudden-death playoff against either Oman or ... http://www.kazakhstannews.net/index.php/sid/215273441/scat/929bcf2071e81801 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:40:48 -0400 http://www.kazakhstannews.net/index.php/sid/215273441/scat/929bcf2071e81801 Uzbekistan were pushed into third place in Asian qualifying Group A, behind Iran and South Korea, and will have to rely on the playoff route to make it to ... http://www.kazakhstannews.net/index.php/sid/215271941/scat/929bcf2071e81801 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:01:53 -0400 http://www.kazakhstannews.net/index.php/sid/215271941/scat/929bcf2071e81801 KIEV, June 18 (Itar-Tass) - Ukraine’s membership in the Common Economic Space will help make this association among the most powerful, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said on Tuesday at a meeting with his Ukrainian counterpart Viktor Yanukovich. "The positions of the three states - Belarus, Kazakhstan, and Russia - coincide on both the Customs Union and the Common Economic ... http://www.kazakhstannews.net/index.php/sid/215271942/scat/929bcf2071e81801 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:56:23 -0400 http://www.kazakhstannews.net/index.php/sid/215271942/scat/929bcf2071e81801 Interview with CEO of Erdenes Tavan Tolgoi Ya.Batsuuri on current affairs of Erdenes TT. Is it true that the 17 billion MNT transportationbid which Gobi Power LLC won will be re-announced? No. In beginning of this year, our company has announced a tender on transportation and re-loading at Tsagaan Khad. 10 companies were selected and related preparations are being done. However, the ... http://www.kazakhstannews.net/index.php/sid/215271943/scat/929bcf2071e81801 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:50:52 -0400 http://www.kazakhstannews.net/index.php/sid/215271943/scat/929bcf2071e81801 MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia has begun delivering tanks, artillery cannons and rocket launchers worth $1 billion to Azerbaijan, a Moscow-based defense group said on Tuesday, as the former Soviet republic strengthens its military readiness in the volatile South ... http://www.kazakhstannews.net/index.php/sid/215270228/scat/929bcf2071e81801 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:34:04 -0400 http://www.kazakhstannews.net/index.php/sid/215270228/scat/929bcf2071e81801 N'DJAMENA (Reuters) - Authorities in Chad have arrested a suspected member of a poaching gang accused of slaughtering nearly 200 elephants and killing five Cameroonian park rangers, the environment minister said on ... http://www.kazakhstannews.net/index.php/sid/215270478/scat/929bcf2071e81801 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:30:11 -0400 http://www.kazakhstannews.net/index.php/sid/215270478/scat/929bcf2071e81801 Russia began shipment Tuesday of up to $1 billion worth of military equipment to Azerbaijan, Russian Defense Ministry officials said. The shipments fulfill contracts signed in 2011 and 2012, the officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity, told the newspaper Vedomosti. The equipment is worth between $700 million and $1 billion, and includes 94 T-90S tanks, about 100 BMP-3 infantry fighting ... http://www.kazakhstannews.net/index.php/sid/215270560/scat/929bcf2071e81801 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:22:26 -0400 http://www.kazakhstannews.net/index.php/sid/215270560/scat/929bcf2071e81801 Two Russians were detained by Chinese police after 213 bear paws were found inside a passenger van trying to enter northern China's Inner Mongolia region. The bear paws, worth about $400 a pound in China, were hidden inside the tires of the van, China Daily reported. The Chinese believe bear paws have a high nutritional value. To date this is the largest bear paw smuggling case in China, ... http://www.kazakhstannews.net/index.php/sid/215270758/scat/929bcf2071e81801 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:22:25 -0400 http://www.kazakhstannews.net/index.php/sid/215270758/scat/929bcf2071e81801 HONG KONG - Chinese oil giant China National Petroleum Corp. and France's Total SA have finalized an agreement with Tethys Petroleum Ltd. to develop oil and gas assets in Tajikistan, a person with direct knowledge of the deal told the Wall Street Journal Tuesday. Senior officials of the three companies are due to sign the agreement later Tuesday in Tajikistan's capital Dushanbe, the ... http://www.kazakhstannews.net/index.php/sid/215268178/scat/929bcf2071e81801 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 07:47:09 -0400 http://www.kazakhstannews.net/index.php/sid/215268178/scat/929bcf2071e81801 Kazakhstan-focused Max Petroleum reported Tuesday that results from its SAGW-4 appraisal well in the Sagiz West Field has identified 65 feet of net hydrocarbon pay over a 203-foot interval. Max said that the pay intervals, between depths of 4,010 feet and 4,212 feet, include 52 feet of gas condensate and 13 feet of oil. In addition, the firm said, there is a further 55 feet of potential oil pay, ... http://www.kazakhstannews.net/index.php/sid/215268179/scat/929bcf2071e81801 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 07:47:07 -0400 http://www.kazakhstannews.net/index.php/sid/215268179/scat/929bcf2071e81801 Azerbaijani carpets "Edahali" (Karabakh, end of the 17th century) and "Salyan Khilesi" (Shirvan, 19th century) kept in the collection of the deceased member of Chicago Oriental Rug and Textile Society Grover Shilts were presented to the State Museum of Azerbaijani Carpet and People's Applied Art named after Latif Karimov, APA reports. Delivering a speech, Head of the ... http://www.kazakhstannews.net/index.php/sid/215268180/scat/929bcf2071e81801 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 07:45:20 -0400 http://www.kazakhstannews.net/index.php/sid/215268180/scat/929bcf2071e81801 MOSCOW, June 18 (RIA Novosti) - The Aral Sea, which has been shrinking for almost half a century causing an environmental disaster in Central Asia, has finally stopped drying up, a Russian scientist said on Tuesday. "The sea is currently close to a balance because its surface has shrunk so much that evaporation has gone down too, so that even the insignificant river and underground water ... http://www.kazakhstannews.net/index.php/sid/215268378/scat/929bcf2071e81801 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 07:32:24 -0400 http://www.kazakhstannews.net/index.php/sid/215268378/scat/929bcf2071e81801 The more Azerbaijan is developing rapidly and President Ilham Aliyev successfully operates in the domestic and foreign policy, the stronger becomes the concern of certain forces hostile to us, said Deputy Prime Minister Ali Hasanov. According to him, over the past ten years, President Ilham Aliyev has demonstrated to the world that Azerbaijan is not just a dynamically developing, but in the ... http://www.kazakhstannews.net/index.php/sid/215267129/scat/929bcf2071e81801 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 06:42:14 -0400 http://www.kazakhstannews.net/index.php/sid/215267129/scat/929bcf2071e81801 The annual analysis of democratic development from Central Europe to Central Asia says there has been a "troubling deterioration" in conditions for civil society across ... http://www.kazakhstannews.net/index.php/sid/215266142/scat/929bcf2071e81801 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 05:22:24 -0400 http://www.kazakhstannews.net/index.php/sid/215266142/scat/929bcf2071e81801 The chaotic scenes at the trial of a man charged over inter-ethnic violence in Kyrgyzstan are damaging the legal process, reports Mihra Rittmann. Even in the basement of the courthouse, safe behind a closed door, I’m sure the defendant could still hear the women screaming at him. I certainly could hear the women, standing just metres away, and I definitely felt their violent rage as one ... http://www.kazakhstannews.net/index.php/sid/215266143/scat/929bcf2071e81801 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 05:06:15 -0400 http://www.kazakhstannews.net/index.php/sid/215266143/scat/929bcf2071e81801 Investing.com - Asian stock markets were mostly lower on Tuesday, as investors looked ahead to the Federal Reserve's policy meeting on Wednesday, amid ongoing speculation over whether the central bank will begin to unwind its easing program in the coming months. During late Asian trade, Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index was down 0.3%, Australia's ASX/200 Index ended 0.25% lower, ... http://www.kazakhstannews.net/index.php/sid/215265197/scat/929bcf2071e81801 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 04:17:29 -0400 http://www.kazakhstannews.net/index.php/sid/215265197/scat/929bcf2071e81801 * Concern on inflation spike on fuel price hike hurts rupiah * Ringgit hits 11-month low on weaker bonds * Philippine peso, Sing dlr fall on U.S. dlr short-covering (Adds text, updates prices) By Jongwoo Cheon SINGAPORE, June 18 (Reuters) - Emerging Asian currencies fell on Tuesday with investors anxious about capital outflows if the Federal Reserve cuts its stimulus, ... http://www.kazakhstannews.net/index.php/sid/215265198/scat/929bcf2071e81801 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 04:17:27 -0400 http://www.kazakhstannews.net/index.php/sid/215265198/scat/929bcf2071e81801 Representatives of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) visited Armenians - five members of the family held in Azerbaijan, media contact person for the ICRC Delegation to Azerbaijan Ilaha Huseynova told APA. According to her, the visit took place on June 13. They were informed about their families and their families about them. Armenian citizens Yegishe, Rosanna, Alfred, Guyane ... http://www.kazakhstannews.net/index.php/sid/215264272/scat/929bcf2071e81801 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 03:30:05 -0400 http://www.kazakhstannews.net/index.php/sid/215264272/scat/929bcf2071e81801 BANGKOK, June 18 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The annual flagship event of the leading corporate social responsibility network in the region, CSR ... http://www.kazakhstannews.net/index.php/sid/215264523/scat/929bcf2071e81801 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 03:13:21 -0400 http://www.kazakhstannews.net/index.php/sid/215264523/scat/929bcf2071e81801 By Saule Mukhametrakhimova Faced with mounting public opposition to a pension reform plan, Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbaev has sent the bill back to parliament and sacked the minister responsible for it. The bill envisages that the retirement age for women will be raised from 58 to 63, the same as for men. The change is to be phased in over 10 years, starting in 2014. In a televised ... http://www.kazakhstannews.net/index.php/sid/215264273/scat/929bcf2071e81801 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 02:51:51 -0400 http://www.kazakhstannews.net/index.php/sid/215264273/scat/929bcf2071e81801 Editor in chief of The Diplomatic Insight & Media Diplomacy magazine, Chairman of the Pakistan-Azerbaijan Youth Association Muhammad Asif Noor has visited Ireli Youth Centre. The guest first familiarized with the centre and its projects, talked to the youth and then met with Ireli Public Union's Chairman Rauf Mardiyev and Secretary General Narmin Mammadova. The meeting discussed ... http://www.kazakhstannews.net/index.php/sid/215263414/scat/929bcf2071e81801 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 02:27:32 -0400 http://www.kazakhstannews.net/index.php/sid/215263414/scat/929bcf2071e81801 In addition to T-90S tanks, 2S19 MSTA-S and BMP-3 tanks, Azerbaijan has purchased heavy flamethrower system TOS-1A, also known as "Solntsepek." The above-said tanks were purchased b Kazakhstan earlier. Like the Kazakh tanks, they have also been built on basis of T-90 tanks and equipped with 92C2 engine, Vestnik-rm.ru reports. These tanks are more modern than those owned by the ... http://www.kazakhstannews.net/index.php/sid/215263415/scat/929bcf2071e81801 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 02:27:29 -0400 http://www.kazakhstannews.net/index.php/sid/215263415/scat/929bcf2071e81801 Another event as part of the Days of Azerbaijan in France has taken place in Beauvais. The Days of Azerbaijan are held under the Heydar Aliyev Foundation`s "Cultural Treasures of Azerbaijan – the Pearl of Caucasus" ... http://www.kazakhstannews.net/index.php/sid/215262550/scat/929bcf2071e81801 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 01:24:18 -0400 http://www.kazakhstannews.net/index.php/sid/215262550/scat/929bcf2071e81801 President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has sent a letter of congratulation to the newly elected President of Iran. The letter notes the great importance attached by President Ilham Aliyev to relations between the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Islamic Republic of Iran. "These relations are based on the will of our peoples, who historically have lived in an atmosphere of good neighbourhood ... http://www.kazakhstannews.net/index.php/sid/215262551/scat/929bcf2071e81801 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 01:24:15 -0400 http://www.kazakhstannews.net/index.php/sid/215262551/scat/929bcf2071e81801 Bordeaux hosts "Islam and Secularism: The Azerbaijani experience and its reflection in France" conference. The French city of Bordeaux has hosted "Islam and Secularism: The Azerbaijani experience and its reflection in France" international conference. The conference was organized by The European Azerbaijan Society ... http://www.kazakhstannews.net/index.php/sid/215262552/scat/929bcf2071e81801 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 01:24:10 -0400 http://www.kazakhstannews.net/index.php/sid/215262552/scat/929bcf2071e81801 HONG KONG (MarketWatch) -- Most Asian markets retreated Tuesday in choppy trade as investors pondered whether the U.S. Federal Reserve will maintain its monthly bond purchases, with Hong Kong stocks dragged lower by a drop in mainland Chinese property and banking ... http://www.kazakhstannews.net/index.php/sid/215261562/scat/929bcf2071e81801 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 23:59:21 -0400 http://www.kazakhstannews.net/index.php/sid/215261562/scat/929bcf2071e81801 David Cameron is to pay a two-day visit to the dictatorship of Kazakhstan at the end of this month despite the country's chequered human rights record. It would be the first time that a serving British Prime Minister has ever visited the Central Asia ... http://www.kazakhstannews.net/index.php/sid/215257223/scat/929bcf2071e81801 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:49:54 -0400 http://www.kazakhstannews.net/index.php/sid/215257223/scat/929bcf2071e81801 Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj , one of five UN Champions of the Earth for 2012. Mongolia is not alone: these trials face all nations seeking a green path to rapid economic ... http://www.kazakhstannews.net/index.php/sid/215255815/scat/929bcf2071e81801 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 17:29:45 -0400 http://www.kazakhstannews.net/index.php/sid/215255815/scat/929bcf2071e81801 By Vladimir Socor On April 3, in Moscow, President Vladimir Putin and Gazprom CEO Alexei Miller announced a colossal series of gas projects. These involve an expansion of existing big projects or a reactivation of earlier, unimplemented proposals. Ukraine's start of gas imports from Europe, reducing dependence on Gazprom, triggered this Putin-Miller move. In a set-piece dialogue, they ... http://www.kazakhstannews.net/index.php/sid/215256111/scat/929bcf2071e81801 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 17:21:57 -0400 http://www.kazakhstannews.net/index.php/sid/215256111/scat/929bcf2071e81801 HONG KONG: Asian markets were mixed yesterday despite a weak batch of US economic data boosting hopes that the Federal Reserve will put off announcing any winding down of its vast stimulus scheme at the end of a policy meeting this week. Traders were upbeat despite a soft lead from Wall Street while the US dollar edged up after suffering a sell-off last Friday in New York. Tokyo jumped 2.73 per ... http://www.kazakhstannews.net/index.php/sid/215252758/scat/929bcf2071e81801 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 14:36:00 -0400 http://www.kazakhstannews.net/index.php/sid/215252758/scat/929bcf2071e81801 Fitch: Spanish Floor Clause Ruling May Reduce Excess Spread A recent Spanish Supreme Court ruling could cause lenders to stop applying floor clauses that set minimum interest rates in mortgage contracts, and so reduce excess spread in Spanish RMBS transactions, Fitch Ratings says. The presence of interest rate floors in mortgage contracts has bolstered excess spread during the recent period of ... http://www.kazakhstannews.net/index.php/sid/215252760/scat/929bcf2071e81801 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 14:28:16 -0400 http://www.kazakhstannews.net/index.php/sid/215252760/scat/929bcf2071e81801 By Karlos Zurutuza PENJWIN, Iraqi Kurdistan - When 37-year-old Igor Urizar first happened upon the isolated mountain village of Penjwin, 300 kilometers northeast of Baghdad, he had a vision of this border-town - nestled in the pristine, snow-capped mountains of Iraqi Kurdistan - transformed into a haven for skiers. Today, after four years of hard work, Urizar is the proud founder of the ... http://www.kazakhstannews.net/index.php/sid/215252761/scat/929bcf2071e81801 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 14:13:11 -0400 http://www.kazakhstannews.net/index.php/sid/215252761/scat/929bcf2071e81801 By Shavkat Kasymov Despite the optimism with which Tajik government officials hailed their country's accession to the World Trade Organization in January, there is a need for a more realistic assessment of the potential economic prospects in regards to membership of the world trading community. Tajikistan is a remittance-dependent country with strong political affinity to Russia, ... http://www.kazakhstannews.net/index.php/sid/215251668/scat/929bcf2071e81801 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:12:31 -0400 http://www.kazakhstannews.net/index.php/sid/215251668/scat/929bcf2071e81801 Aldar Properties has awarded a Dh4 billion contract to an Arabtec-led joint venture to push ahead with a long-awaited 500,000 square metre hotel, shopping and housing project in Kazakhstan. In a stock market announcement yesterday Aldar said that construction of the five-tower project, comprising 566 luxury flats, 107,000 sq metres of offices, a five-star hotel and serviced apartments, and ... http://www.kazakhstannews.net/index.php/sid/215250364/scat/929bcf2071e81801 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 12:50:59 -0400 http://www.kazakhstannews.net/index.php/sid/215250364/scat/929bcf2071e81801 BP PLC revised down its estimates for proved reserves of natural gas in countries in the former Soviet Union by almost a third as it brought the numbers in line with Western accounting standards on reserves, BP Chief Economist Christof Ruehl said Wednesday. Russia's gas reserves were revised down to 32.9 trillion cubic meters at the end of 2012 versus an unrevised number of 44.6 tcm at the ... http://www.kazakhstannews.net/index.php/sid/215250177/scat/929bcf2071e81801 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 12:16:54 -0400 http://www.kazakhstannews.net/index.php/sid/215250177/scat/929bcf2071e81801 /enpproperty--> Ten migrant workers from Changde, Hunan province, who were lured to Mongolia to work as gold miners returned to Hunan on Sunday, Xinhua News Agency reported. One of the workers sought help on the Changde government website on June 6, saying in a post there that they had been tricked by a labor contractor to work for a Shandong company mining in Mongolia. When they arrived, the ... http://www.kazakhstannews.net/index.php/sid/215247950/scat/929bcf2071e81801 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 10:36:18 -0400 http://www.kazakhstannews.net/index.php/sid/215247950/scat/929bcf2071e81801