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MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) Extends $10m Synthetic Local Currency Loan to AccessBank of Azerbaijan
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At the Azerbaijan Investment Summit held in London on December 8th, AccessBank, an Azerbaijani microfinance institution (MFI) with total assets of USD 239 million, signed an agreement on the first synthetic AZN loan to be extended by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD). Under the synthetic ...3 hours ago -
Kazakhstan: Taking the blogosphere’s pulse for the month
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Bloggers continue to share their opinions on current events, from questions of government and regional development in the republic, to musings on the interrelatedness between social behavior and consumer priorities. Thousand-Pa comments on the recent wave of publications about Turkish schools, which have been ...4 hours ago -
Kazakhstan: Big city lights, gerontocracy and Photoshop
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Kazakhstan’s bloggers continue to monitor the state’s traditionally non-transparent politics and comment on the news. Among their concerns is the government’s announcement that due to the economic crisis, wage increases for state employees, pensioners and students on stipend, scheduled for the beginning of 2010, ...4 hours ago -
New unmanned US stealth jet based in Afghanistan gathers data in Iran
American Buddhist Net - Buddhist News & Forum —
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US Air Force spokesmen confirmed this week that the hitherto secret unmanned, high-altitude stealth jet, the “Beast of Kandahar,” was present at the big US air base of Bagram, in Afghanistan. Photos of the Beast on the Bagram tarmac – outside its regular base at Kandahar near the Iranian and Pakistani borders ...10 hours ago -
Afghanistan – Afghan lawmakers: Karzai to name Cabinet Saturday (AP via Yahoo! News)
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Afghan lawmakers: Karzai to name Cabinet Saturday (AP via Yahoo! News) Afghan President Hamid Karzai will submit a full slate of his new Cabinet to lawmakers this weekend in what will be the first test of his commitment to clean up graft and bribery in his government, two parliament members said Tuesday. Gates visits ...12 hours ago -
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: National Bank of Belarus, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Set Up Council on Microfinance Sector Development
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Set up in 2008 by the National Bank of Belarus and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the Council on Microfinance Sector Development in Belarus has drafted a framework for the development of microfinance in the Republic of Belarus through 2015. Plans include amending credit union laws, developing ...14 hours ago -
SAFF Cup: Bangladesh Book Semi Spot With Sri Lanka Win
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Bangladesh produced some sparkling football to qualify for the semi finals, topping the Group. As a result, Pakistan crashed out of the tournament.18 hours ago -
SAFF Cup: Pakistan Hit Bhutan For Seven But Still Crash Out
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Pakistan equalled their biggest ever margin of victory but...18 hours ago -
Armenia: Human Rights Irony?
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The Armenian Observer comments on a human rights conference to be held this week in Yerevan, the Armenian capital, and questions the participation of one of the invited speakers . Before falling from grace with the current authorities, former Military Prosecutor Gagik Jahangirian was accused of violating the human ...19 hours ago -
Lithuania: Reject Homophobic Law Proposal
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(New York) - Lithuanias parliament (the Seimas) should eliminate all discriminatory and repressive language in a new law designed to censor information available to children, Human Rights Watch said yesterday in a letter to a key lawmaker. It called on the Seimas to repeal an amendment forbidding public information ...21 hours ago -
45-minute WMD claim came from an Iraqi taxi driver
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Tory MP and defence specialist Adam Holloway says MI6 got information from a taxi driver who had heard Iraqi military commanders talking about weapons LINK TO ORIGINAL table {border:0px;}td{border-left:2px solid grey;} More crazy news about the nonexistent and vastly hyped Iraqi WMD. The main point in all ...1 day ago -
MICROCAPITAL EVENT: MicroInsurance Summit 2010: Evaluating Stategies for Delivery, Partner-Agent Models and Scalability, February 23-25, 2010, Le Meridien Piccadilly, London
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Event Name: MicroInsurance Summit 2010: Evaluating Stategies for Delivery, Partner-Agent Models and Scalability Event Date: February 23-25, 2010 Event Location: Le Meridien Piccadilly, London Event Website: http://www.hansonwade.com/events/microinsurance-summit-2010/index.shtml See Our Comprehensive Event Calendar ...1 day ago -
AGGRESSIVE MURDER POLICY
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Now the blood-soaked man of peace, Obama, has morphed with his magic words the Taliban into the existential enemy of United States and its subordinate allies, much like the Durand Line, national boundaries become irrelevant. David E Sanger and Eric Schmitt report in The New York Times : The Obama administration ...1 day ago -
Afghanistan – Afghan lawmakers: Karzai to name Cabinet Saturday (AP via Yahoo! News)
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Afghan lawmakers: Karzai to name Cabinet Saturday (AP via Yahoo! News) Afghan President Hamid Karzai will submit a full slate of his new Cabinet to lawmakers this weekend in what will be the first test of his commitment to clean up graft and bribery in his government, two parliament members said Tuesday. Gates Arrives ...1 day ago -
Police: Bomb hits Pakistan city near intel office (AP)
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AP - Police say a bomb has exploded near an intelligence office in the central Pakistani city of Multan.1 day ago -
MICROFINANCE PAPER WRAP-UP: Insurance in Developing Countries: Exploring Opportunities in Microinsurance, by Lloyd’s 360 Risk Insight and MicroInsurance Centre L.L.C.
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Published by Lloyd’s 360 Risk Insight and the MicroInsurance Centre in November 2009, 38 pages, available at: http://www.lloyds.com/NR/rdonlyres/5CFE7CAF-0075-415C-B0F2-BEBF0323059E/0/Microinsurancereport_Nov2009.pdf Produced by Lloyd’s, an insurance and reinsurance market, and the MicroInsurance Centre, a ...1 day ago -
Central Asian News Update – Trapped in Turkmenistan, students long to go abroad (Sin Chew Jit Poh)
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Trapped in Turkmenistan, students long to go abroad (Sin Chew Jit Poh) University students sit underneath a Turkmen flag during a festive event to celebrate cultural diversity at the American University of Central Asia (AUCA) in Bishkek on November 30, 2009. In pictures: Kazakh eagles swoop to the fore in hunting ...1 day ago -
Ukraine, Afghanistan: Mayors and Corruption
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Petros Jotter praises Kabul residents for having their mayor sentenced for corruption and misappropriation of $16,000 - and offers a Ukrainian perspective : “Imagine how full the Kyiv jails would be if the corruption bar was dropped to a paltry USD 16,000 — wouldnt even cover ONE of the Oligarchs watches.”1 day ago -
SAFF Cup: Ali Ashfaq At The Double As Maldives Beat Afghansitan
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The holders needed three second half goals to defeat Afghanistan...1 day ago -
SAFF Cup: India Beat Nepal To Clinch Semi Spot
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The India U-23 team qualified for the semi final of the SAFF Cup, courtesy of a hard fought 1-0 win over Nepal.1 day ago
