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EBRD supports private sector services in the Kyrgyz Republic
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development is supporting the expansion of non-banking services in the Kyrgyz Republic with a US$ 3 million loan equivalent to Microfinance Company Kompanion Financial Group for on-lending to micro and small enterprises (MSEs).
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Deadly Blast Comes at Sensitive Time for Russia
A suicide bomber attacked Moscow’s busiest airport on Monday, killing dozens of people and injecting new pain into a country already split along ethnic lines.
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Japan, Bulgaria agree to boost economic ties
Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan and his Bulgarian counterpart Boyko Borissov agreed Monday to further bolster economic relations between their countries, with Tokyo calling for improved investment climate in the East European country and Bulgaria seeking the introduction of Japanese technology.
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U.S. Pact Could Turn Russia Into World’s Nuclear Dump
What should countries do with their nuclear waste? This question has been tormenting scientists and politicians since the early days of nuclear energy. Proposals have ranged from storing radioactive material in polar ice sheets, burying it in the ocean floor, or even blasting it into space.
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Former Minister of Economy Bohdan Danylyshun has been granted a political asylum in the Czech Republic (2 Mb)
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Uzbek president to discuss prospects for cooperation with EU and NATO
Uzbek President Islam Karimov will leave for Brussels today up on the invitation of EU Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso, Uzbek official media reported.
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US urges Belarus to release political detainees
The United States Saturday urged Belarus to release its political detainees including the parents of a three-year-old boy who had been threatened with the loss of custody.
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International talks over Iran’s nuclear program collapse
Negotiations in Istanbul over Iran’s nuclear program broke up on Saturday with no agreement between Tehran and the UN Security Council permanent members—the US, China, Russia, Britain and France—plus Germany (P5+1). Such was the gulf between the parties that no further meeting was scheduled
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