Central Asian News Service: news from Central Asia of 18 March 2009

Today news:

society

14:14 Working places fair to be held in Tashkent

13:20 Berdymuhamedov speaks at business forum

13:13 Sughd to receive electricity during the holidays in the daytime

12:39 Ombudsman Akun meets with the accused of March 13 car accident

11:41 EU-funded project worth EUR 3 mln launched to expand INTERPOL tools in Central Asia

11:13 National Legislation Center established in Tajikistan

10:57 Tajikistan prepares for annual spring military draft

09:31 USAID helps journalists join fight against tuberculosis

09:29 Tajik, Afghan women-journalists connected via DVC

culture

13:48 Photography exhibition - “Village Life - Reflected” - opens in Tashkent

13:11 Bishkek to host 4th International Bishkek Jazz Festival on April 24-26

sport

13:28 Pahtakor FC and Al Hilal FC draw 1-1

10:09 Vivek stuns Abdukhalikov

politics

13:28 Turkmenistan-UN meet in the interests of environmental security

12:55 Berdymuhamedov receives credentials from Plenipotentiary Ambassador of Romania

10:45 Ak Jol parliamentary faction suggests setting up parliamentary commission to investigate the March 13 car accident

10:25 Kazakhstan participated in OSCE Troika - EU joint session

10:22 Law enforcement agencies provide new details of the March 13 car accident

10:19 Kazakhstan FM, EU High Representative meet

10:17 Caspian to focus on social responsibility

09:19 CSTO rapid-reaction force to hold exercises in Kazakhstan in fall

business

13:24 French delegation visits Ashgabat

science & technology

13:16 Uzbekistan scientists invent method for cancer diagnosis on stage of first cell

11:54 85.6 tuberculosis cases registered per 100 thousand residents in Tajikistan

economy

12:02 Expert laboratories to open in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan for certification of road vehicles

10:32 Fitch: Kazakh oil, gas tax changes positive

10:30 Industrial growth in Sughd amounts to 15.1%

10:16 State Investment Committee launched “Investment Opportunities in Tajikistan” website

10:11 Kazakh bank BTA may restructure foreign debt

09:48 Aktau sea port shipped over 18 thsd tons of grains in Jan-Feb

09:35 Fixed capital investment in Kazakhstan falls 9.7% in Jan-Feb

09:30 Cargo turnover in Kazakhstan down 10% in Jan-Feb

incidents

11:08 DNA tests of those dead in the March 13 car accident to be done in Moscow - Prosecutor General

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