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in PoliticsAfghanistan: A Silk Road Strategy

An increased focus for expanded tranportation, trade, and travel could win the un-winnable war.by gbramlet / on May 6, 2011
Latest blogosphere posts tagged “central asia”
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Burmese Muslims given two-child limit
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Rakhine state officials say limit on children will help ease tensions with Buddhists, whose population is growing at slower rate Muslims in a province of Burma have been ordered not to have more than two children in an attempt by the government to stop Buddhist attacks on Muslims. State officials said the two-child ...22 hours ago -
Sri Lanka immigration officials accepted eTNs suggestion to correct tourist visa on arrival procedure
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eTurboNews recently reported about its publisher’s experience with an extortion scam by Sri Lanka Immigration Officers. read more1 day ago -
Goa welcomes one of the world’s biggest cruise liners
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MARMUGAO, Goa, India - One of the world’s biggest cruise liner the Royal Caribbean International ‘s “Mariner of the Seas”, arrived at Mormugao Port, Goa from Dubai on 24th May, 2013 and was gr read more1 day ago -
Jetwing Hotels unveils Hotel J for first time in Sri Lanka
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Visiting Sri Lanka on a shoestring budget or planning to travel around the country economically? read more1 day ago -
First Pakistani woman scales Mount Everest
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Samina Baigh is now the pride of Pakistan. She is the first Pakistani women to conquer Mount Everest. read more5 days ago -
IRAN: National conservative clerics move to sanction women from presidential bids
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WNN Justice – Iran (WNN/AI) Tehran, IRAN, CENTRAL ASIA: Iran’s ban on female presidential candidates contradicts several articles of the country’s Constitution as well as international law and should be removed, says human rights advocates Amnesty International. Thirty women have registered to stand as ...5 days ago -
EVAW Law to protect women & girls in Afghanistan stalled in Parliament
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WNN Breaking (WNN) Kabul, AFGHANISTAN, CENTRAL ASIA: Going in what numerous human rights organizations say is a ‘giant step backwards’, the Lower Afghan Parliament, known as the Wolesi Jirga, has been debating the reversal of a protective law called the EVAW – Elimination Against Violence Women Law. This Law was ...5 days ago -
Imran Khan holds London-based rival responsible for Pakistani politicians murder – video
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Imran Khan holds responsible London-based MQM leader Altaf Hussain of the murder of Zahra Hussain, vice-president for Khans party5 days ago -
Archaeology versus copper mining in Afghanistan
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When the Taliban blew up Buddhist statues, its religious intolerance. When an entire Buddhist archaeological site is razed for a $3 billion mining contract, its economic development.5 days ago -
Beware travelers to Sri Lanka of extortion scam by immigration officers
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(eTN) - After a short and pleasant flight on SriLankan Airllines, the national airline for Sri Lanka, from the Maldives, I arrived at Colombo International Airport. read more6 days ago -
Indian Tourism Ministry to promote India as a filming destination
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The Ministry of Tourism in India is participating at the ongoing Cannes Film Festival to promote India as a filming destination, the Dispatch News Desk (DND) reported. read more6 days ago -
Glitz and glamour can’t hide Eurovision’s politics
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The Eurovision Song Contest gives a platform to some of Europe’s outliers on free expression. Photo: Sander Hesterman (EBU) / Eurovision 2013 This evening, Europe will once again be swept away by a sparkly hurricane of techno beats and pompous ballads, kitschy and/or traditional costumes, wind machines, ...1 week ago -
Bulgaria’s government mirrored in the media
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An election is always a good litmus test for a country’s media freedom — particularly in Bulgaria. It consistently ranks last amongst European Union members for media freedom, and the US Department of State called its “gravely damaged media pluralism” one of its most pressing human rights problems , Georgi ...1 week ago -
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Telenor, Societe Generale to Purchase Serbian Unit of KBC Banka
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Telenor Group, a telecommunications company based in Norway, and Societe Generale, a France-based financial institution, have agreed to purchase KBC Banka, the Serbian unit of KBC Group, a Belgium-based financial institution, for an undisclosed price. Telenor reportedly will be acquiring the banking license while ...1 week ago -
Air Astana marks eleventh anniversary of its first flight
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ASTANA, Kazakhstan - Air Astana, the flag carrier of Kazakhstan, marked the eleventh anniversary of its first flight from Almaty to Astana this week. read more1 week ago -
Azerbaijan: New legislative amendments further erode rights to freedom of expression and peaceful assembly
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The International Partnership Group for Azerbaijan (IPGA) — Index on Censorship is a signatory — strongly condemns a series of repressive legislative amendments that Azerbaijan’s National Assembly (Milli Majlis) adopted on 14 May 2013. The amendments were submitted by the prosecutor-general’s office to a ...1 week ago -
Surveying ICT use in education in Central and West Asia
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Technology use in schools at reasonably large scale began in many OECD countries in earnest in the 1980s and then accelerated greatly in the 1990s, as the Internet and falling hardware prices helped convince education policymakers that the time was right to make large investments in ICTs. In most middle and low income ...1 week ago -
Will Pakistan finally stand up against illegal US drone attacks? | Clive Stafford Smith
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The Peshawar high court has delivered a damning verdict on the strikes. Pakistan must now move towards protecting the security of its citizens Thursdays landmark decision by the Pakistani high court in Peshawar is a remarkable document: Chief Justice Dost Muhammad Khan examines the US use of drones against ...1 week ago -
Join eTN live today from the World Travel Awards in the Maldives
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eTN Publisher Juergen Thomas Steinmetz will be presenting an award at the World Travel Award in the Maldives. read more1 week ago -
Turkmenistan: Journalist Arrested
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Tweet Widget Facebook Like Email Turkmen authorities should immediately free or credibly charge a journalist arrested on May 6, 2013 for unreported reasons. The journalist, Rovshen Yazmuhamedov, has been a local correspondent in Turkmenistan for United States ...2 weeks ago



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