18.08.2010
Despite pledging not to impede rail freight heading for Tajikistan, the Uzbek authorities are still holding up hundreds of wagons. 1387
The Pentagon just released its annual report to Congress on China's military. Weapons programs got ink, especially its cyberwar programs, its expanding navy, ballistic missile projects. The report summarized China's strategic priorities as "perpetuating Communist Party rule, sustaining economic growth and development, maintaining domestic political stability, defending China's national sovereignty and territorial integrity, and securing China's status as a great power." 2135
A decision by Moscow to halt exports of grain because of wildfire damage to crops could result in shortages in Turkmenistan, which buys in much of its wheat. 1434
Kazakhstan is recovering from economic crisis due to a timely stimulus program and higher oil prices, but stagnant credit growth and banking sector troubles continue to weigh on economic activity, the International Monetary Fund said. 1901
Scorching drought in Russia, devastating floods in Pakistan and rising food consumption in growing markets like China are fuelling soaring prices for many basic commodities such as wheat, barley, cotton and cocoa. This means that we'll be faced with inflation-busting rises in the price of bread, pasta, meat, beer, chocolate and clothing, all at a time when our incomes are under threat. 1978
The authorities in Uzbekistan are pressing ahead with a concerted campaign to force sterilisation on women as a way of curbing the population. 1705
As everyone knows, Mongolia is made up of a large territory with a small population. There are no ethnic minorities here except for the Kazakhs. The Kazakhs of Mongolia make up about 6 percent of the total Mongolian population of 2,700,000. 2848
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