Tag Archives: Central Asia

France Sets Sight on “African Dream”

Moving well into the 1st quarter of 21st century, the global dimension for areas under influence of great powers has changed to a great extent. A review of international political spectrum reflects that a vacuum is either filled or exploited … read more »

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Antidote to Fundamentalism and Terrorism

Aurobinda MAHAPATRA In international politics, relations of trade and commerce among nations are known, but spiritual cooperation? This is in fact the central call of religious leaders at Astana in Kazakhstan. While speaking at the 4th conference of Leaders of … read more »

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Market fire kills 12 migrant workers in Moscow

MOSCOW — Twelve people died Tuesday when a night time fire tore through a two-story Moscow market warehouse that was being used by migrant workers from a former Soviet republic as a temporary residence. “Twelve people died. They were migrant … read more »

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Russia and the US Clash Over Approach to Fighting Afghan Drug Trafficking

Aleksandr SHUSTOV This month Washington whose commitment to fighting drug production in the US occupied Afghanistan is widely called into question rolled out a new plan of coordinating the activities of Central Asian republic’s anti-narcotic agencies. The initiative was, however, … read more »

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Russia – India: Expecting Positive Changes to Come

December 15 Prime Minister of India Doctor Manmohan Singh starts an official visit to Russia. As assumed the nature of business is to be emphasized: the leaders of two countries are to sign a number of agreements of long term … read more »

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Somalia top ‘most corrupt’ nations on Earth: TI

Somalia and North Korea are perceived as the most corrupt countries, a report released this week said. New Zealand, on the other hand, comes in at number one with the most sparkly clean reputation for corruption. The report, released by … read more »

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