Tajikistan

Country Blocks Facebook

Reuters | Roman Kozhevnikov | Posted 05.03.2012

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By Roman Kozhevnikov DUSHANBE (Reuters) - Tajikistan blocked local access to Facebook and two Russian-language sites that published an ...

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PHOTOS: Rare Snow Leopard Caught On Camera In Tajikistan

Posted 01.25.2012

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A recent biodiversity survey in a remote corner of Tajikistan has yielded surprising results. Fauna & Flora International (FFI) recently teamed up ...

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PHOTOS: Top 10 Best Value Destinations For 2012

Lonely Planet | Posted 01.21.2012

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If past years (or recessions) have sucked up your travel budget, plan smart and get more in bang for your buck in these value destinations, from Lonely Planet.

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President Cain Gets the 3 A.M. Phone Call

Dorian de Wind | Posted 01.16.2012

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It's February 13, 2013. It is 3 A.M. The phone rings in the President's bedroom -- it has an urgent sound.

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"Khudahafiz Afghanistan"

Sarwar Kashmeri | Posted 12.10.2011

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"Khudahafiz" is the South Asian Muslim way of saying "goodbye." It is time for America to say, "Khudahafiz Afghanistan," and end our miserable decade-long war in that country.

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As Central Asia Fragments, Could English Be the Answer?

Cleo Paskal | Posted 11.15.2011

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On Christmas Day, 1991, five new countries were born. This year Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, and Kyrgyzstan turn 20. A lot has changed.

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Medvedev Urges Regional Solution To Afghan Issues

AP | OLGA TUTUBALINA | Posted 11.02.2011

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DUSHANBE, Tajikistan — Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said Friday that the fate of Afghanistan and surrounding nations should be decided by r...

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Nation Bans Minors From Entering Mosques To Curb Islam's Influence

AP | Posted 10.03.2011

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AP DUSHANBE, Tajikistan — Tajikistan's authoritarian leader has approved a law barring minors from praying in mosques as his secular government s...

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PHOTOS: Land Of The Unibrow

Posted 05.25.2011

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Put down those tweezers, ladies, and take a cue from the women of Tajikistan who cherish the unibrow. GlobalPost reports that Tajik females even use a...

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From Totalitarianism to Turbines: The Unending Struggle for Power in Central Asia

Derek Henry Flood | Posted 06.29.2011

The deadly June crisis in southern Kyrgyzstan highlights the extreme fragility in Central Asia's inherently flawed post-independence nation-state structures. However, the five republics are being simultaneously courted by the U.S. military.

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Bill Gates Rethinks His War On Polio Amid Africa Outbreak

Wall Street Journal | Posted 05.25.2011

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Bill Gates walked into the World Health Organization's headquarters in Geneva--for a meeting in an underground chamber where global pandemics are man...

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The Scandal of International Religious Persecution

Doug Bandow | Posted 05.25.2011

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There is a good argument for treating religious liberty as the first freedom. If a government is unwilling to protect basic freedom when it comes to religious faith, then it is unlikely to tolerate political free-thinking either.

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Oligarch pays for party that enraged Putin

The Independent | Independent | Posted 05.25.2011

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Farhad, a 37-year-old migrant labourer from Tajikistan, has little in common with Russia's rich. Sporting an Adidas tracksuit, squatting wit...

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Water Scarcity Will Carry Heavy Economic and Human Toll: Report

Dygest.net Green | Dygest.net | Posted 05.25.2011

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Population growth, changing lifestyles, agricultural needs and increased energy production are some of the factors driving record-high demand for wate...

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Life Harder For World's Poor As Remittances Begin To Slow

Nytimes.com | SABRINA TAVERNISE | Posted 05.25.2011

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TOSH-TEPPA, Tajikistan -- In poverty-stricken Tajikistan, the global financial crisis is measured in bags of flour. At least that is how Bibisoro ...

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Financial Crisis Halts Central Asia's Economic Boom

GlobalPost.com | David L. Stern | Posted 05.25.2011

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BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan -- Maksat Bolotbekov crouched down, rubbed his blackened hands and caught the last waves of warmth from the fire's grey ashes. A...

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Rumors Of The Next Cold War

Judah Freed | Posted 05.25.2011

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No matter how subtly the conquest happens, Russian control of Georgia would amount to an historic shift in the balance of power -- especially as long as the world economy is fueled by oil.

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