04.02.2008
Rising food prices and a falling dollar have become crucial points of contention among Armenia’s opposition presidential candidates and the government. Opposition contenders argue that pro-government entrepreneurs are gouging consumers on food costs, and are kicking back some of their profits to help fund the governing party’s election campaign. Prime Minister Serzh Sarkisian, who also happens to be the governing party’s presidential candidate, dismisses the opposition complaints. 591
Turkey's troubled record on freedom of expression is again in the spotlight following the convictions of several Turks, including a prominent academic, for insulting the memory of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, the founder of the modern Turkish state. 560
By the beginning of 2007 - 2008 academic year about 313 professional schools (lycees) operated in the republic of Kazakhstan, 289 out of which are state-owned. 544
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