Central Asian News Service: news from Central Asia of 20 April 2009

Today news:

politics

13:37 President Bakiev’s Secretariat gives formal answer to demands of opposition

13:13 Russia to remain strategic partner of Tajikistan

13:02 Tajikistan to propose new initiatives at SCO Summit

12:24 Sitting of National Security Council of Turkmenistan held in Ashgabat

11:47 Omurbek Tekebaev: We have learnt to negotiate and to draw lessons from previous political mistakes

11:43 Opposition of Kyrgyzstan to launch protest campaigns sine May 10

11:36 Opposition to official name their candidate to run for president at people’s congress

11:32 Almazbek Atambaev: Opposition has made decision I should obey

11:24 United National Movement has nominated Almazbek Atambaev as candidate to run for president from opposition

11:15 Prime Minister Igor Chudinov: Kyrgyzstan ready to find reasonable balance in use of water resources

10:29 Ambassadors of Afghanistan and Israel accredited in Turkmenistan

08:58 Tajikistan not to haste with border delimitation, demarcation issues with neighboring countries

08:44 President Bakiev: Political competition makes sense when programs of reforms compete, rather than individuals

incidents

12:48 Ex-Minister’s of Interior brother suspected of murder

12:43 Woman with 1 kg of heroin detained in northern Tajikistan

12:32 Tajik citizen murdered in Moscow

11:34 Unknown persons attempted assasination of police officer

11:14 Resident of Ganchi rayon sentenced for murder

09:21 Strong earthquake hits on Kyrgyz-Chinese border

society

11:48 Turkmenistan-UNFPA: another step to develop dialogue on gender equality

10:42 Tajikistan to defend its positions at IFAS Summit

10:40 43 Mendeleyev International Chemistry Olympiad to start in Ashgabat

10:37 USAID supports Turkmen youth to participate in an International Economics Simulation Contest

10:33 OSCE parliamentarians meet on labour migration in Tajikistan

10:27 Chief of "Turkmenistan" TV channel dismissed

10:11 Son of Security Council Secretary sentenced to five years imprisonment

culture

11:44 Exposition of Toymamed Esenmamedov held in Ashgabat

economy

11:27 PM Chudinov speaks against current draft law on tourism

09:52 Draft agreement on Kyrgyzgas privatization sent to PM Chudinov, Russia’s Gazprom Management Committee Chairman Miller

09:20 Kyrgyzstan to present national program at Kazakhstan International Tourism Fair in Almaty

business

10:25 Turkmenistan, German RWE sign memorandum on cooperation

science & technology

09:12 State Patent Service suggests scholars, entrepreneurs to commercialize their inventions

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