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CENTRAL ASIA: Regimes face water distribution dilemma
Extreme weather conditions have brought renewed urgency to efforts to normalise water...
Central AsiaTAJIKISTAN: Islamic extremists jailed
The Supreme Court yesterday sentenced three members of the Islamic Jihad Union (IJU) to prison...
TajikistanEASTERN EUROPE: Smoking remains socially acceptable
While levels of tobacco addiction have declined in Western Europe in recent years, the problem...
Eastern EuropeKAZAKHSTAN: Wheat export ban harms poorer neighbours
The recently announced ban aims to preserve more of the crop for Kazakhstan's domestic market,...
KazakhstanCENTRAL ASIA: S&P sees potential economic success
Natural resource wealth affords Central Asian states a chance to achieve lasting economic...
Central AsiaTAJIKISTAN: Electricity problem exposes vulnerability
President Imomali Rahmon yesterday opened Sangtuda-1 hydroelectric power plant, built with...
TajikistanINTERNATIONAL: Hizb ut-Tahrir channels disaffection
Hizb ut-Tahrir appears to be a rising force. In some quarters, there is growing alarm at its...
TAJIKISTAN: Blast in Dushanbe reveals instability
A bomb exploded in Dushanbe today, in what appears to be an act of terrorism.
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