Par-king of the Jungle: Kazakh circus owner stashes lion in van overnight as he takes catnap
ALMATY, Kazakhstan – Where better to leave a lion overnight than in a dingy van in a parking lot? At least that’s what a circus owner in northern Kazakhstan thought when he went off for a catnap at the end of a long day’s driving after buying the lion.
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Tajik authorities are taking a more pro-active stance on education lately, although their efforts appear focused on regulating where people cannot and should not study.
Rotating statue of late Turkmen dictator removed
A prominent golden statue of Turkmenistan’s former dictator has been taken down in a move further eroding the personality cult around the late Central Asian leader. Turkmenistan – Central Asia – Asia – Cult of personality – United States
Kazakhstan pushes Islamic finance after banking crisis
Seeking to diversify its financial industry after a banking crisis, oil-rich Kazakhstan is drawing on Arab and Malaysian investment in an effort to build an Islamic finance industry among its 13mn Muslims.
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Inmates Flee Tajik Jail, Kill Guards in Gunfight
DUSHANBE, Tajikistan — More than two dozen prisoners, including organizers of a purported coup plot, escaped Monday from a jail in the Tajik capital after a bloody shootout and were being pursued by security forces.
Glencore Plans to Spin Off Kazakh Unit
Glencore , the commodities trader based in Switzerland, said in its first half financial report that it was planning to list some of its gold operations, which are said to be worth $5 billion.
Kazakhstan to extend grain sales market
Kazakhstan will possibly extend own grains sales market, due to the grain export ban which Russia enforced, and grains export volumes limitations which Ukraine enforced, stated Daulet Uvashev, the Managing Director on commercial issues of the JSC National Company Food Contract Corporation (the grain purchasing operator to the State reserves), on August 21.
Indo-Kazakh mountaineering team flagged off
New Delhi, Aug 26 (PTI) Deputy Army Chief Lt Gen V S Tonk today flagged off a joint Indian and Kazakhstan Army mountaineering expedition to Mount Bhagirathi-II in Uttarakhand.
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Turkmenistan has increasingly been offering its services to convene peace talks among the combatants in Afghanistan, citing its experience in helping to bring to end the civil war in Tajikistan in 1997. It’s not clear if the offer has any takers in Afghanistan, but there have been meetings in recent weeks between Turkmen and Afghan officials specifically about the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan …
Ballack dropped, but door remains open, says Loew
Germany captain Michael Ballack may have been dropped for next month’s Euro 2012 qualifiers, but coach Joachim Loew says the door is still open for him to soon return to the national squad.
Tajik leader wants children out of religious schools
Source: Reuters * Rakhmon decries religious schools abroad * Says students will return home as “terrorists” * Reflects fears of radical Islam, but critics cry foul By Roman Kozhevnikov DUSHANBE, …
Gold Turkmen leader statue dismantled in Ashgabat
The gold-plated rotating statue of the first president of Turkmenistan, Saparmurat Niyazov, located on top of the Neutrality Arch in front of the presidential palace in downtown Ashgabat has been dismantled.
Kazakhstan raises oil output forecast on Chevron JV
ASTANA, Aug 27 (Reuters) – Kazakhstan may exceed its oil output target this year on the back of higher oil production from a Chevron-led venture, the head of Kazakh state firm said on Friday.
