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China tightens Central Asia hold with new gas link

truba1China's President Hu Jintao opened a pipeline linking a gas field in Turkmenistan with his country's Xinjiang region on Monday, extending Beijing's reach into Central Asia's natural resources.

 

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U.S. urges Kazakh rights progress as OSCE chair

The United States urged Kazakhstan on Monday to use its chairmanship of Europe's main rights and security watchdog to improve its own record.

 

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Kazakhstan wants OSCE summit with Afghan focus

Kazakhstan aims to use its presidency of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) to press for a resolution to the conflict in Afghanistan, the country's foreign minister said.

 

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Ex-MAN Manager Charged Bribing Kazakh Officials

With 9 Million Euros... To win orders linked to the country's gas pipeline

 

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China Redraws Map Of Central Asia

China's president, Hu Jintao, was in Astana this weekend, again. He may well be the head of state who most frequently visits the Kazakhstan capital other than the energy rich Central Asian country's own president, Nursultan Nazarbayev.

 

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Down but not out: embattled Kazakh paper fights back

In less than six months Kazakhstan's best known opposition newspaper has been sued for almost half a million dollars, had its presses raided and an entire print run seized by the tax police.

 

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China, Kazakhstan unveil landmark gas pipeline

chinatruba2China, Kazakhstan unveil natural gas route tapping into Central Asia's energy riches