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	<title>Breaking News &#187; Kazakhstan</title>
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		<title>Correction: Reappearing Sea story</title>
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Correction: Reappearing Sea story
AKESPE, Kazakhstan — In a story sent in advance for Oct. 26 about efforts to save the Aral Sea, The Associated Press erroneously reported that the Aral was once the world&#8217;s fourth-largest body of fresh water. It was the world&#8217;s fourth-largest inland sea, and it is saline.
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		<title>Ensuring national and linguistic unity key to Kazakhstan&#8217;s  well 
being: Nazarbayev</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:36:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ASTANA - The President of  Kazakhstan, Nursultan Nazarbayev, has appealed to the citizens of his country to take the unique model of &#8220;Kazakhstan Unity&#8221; for a multi-ethnic society  forward, adding that till now, it has stood the test  of time wonderfully in spite of the global financial crisis.

Addressing  the  XV [...]]]></description>
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		<title>3 soldiers arrested, charged in Russian bride marriage scheme to gain housing benefits</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 09:30:42 +0000</pubDate>
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Soldiers accused in marriage scam for benefits

WILMINGTON, N.C. — Sgt. Jason Hawk and his bride met for the first time when he picked her up at a bus stop near his Army base a day before their wedding. Prosecutors say the speedy romance was echoed by a fast honeymoon: Ayna Ivanova returned to New York [...]]]></description>
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		<title>From barren Central Asian steppes, a devastated sea is reborn _ and along with it hope</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2009 15:55:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Leonard</dc:creator>
		
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From ecological Soviet-era ruin, a sea is reborn

AKESPE, Kazakhstan — Standing on the shore under the relentless Central Asian sun, Badarkhan Prikeyev drew on a cigarette and squinted into the distance as one fishing boat after another returned with the day&#8217;s catch.
Until recently, this spot where the fish merchant was standing, in a man-made desert [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Committee to Protect Journalists slams Kazakh court&#8217;s decision to keep editor in jail</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 18:07:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ALMATY, Kazakhstan — An international media rights group has criticized a Kazakh court that upheld a three-year prison sentence against an editor convicted of publishing state secrets.

The New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists said Thursday it was &#8220;outraged by the imprisonment&#8221; of independent newspaper editor Ramazan Yesergepov. It cited &#8220;the lack of due process&#8221; in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Russian spacecraft with circus tycoon, Russian and US astronauts lands safely in Kazakhstan</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2009 05:18:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[MOSCOW — The Russian Soyuz capsule carrying Cirque du Soleil founder Guy Laliberte and two other space travelers landed safely in Kazakhstan Sunday, ending the entertainment tycoon&#8217;s mirthful space odyssey.

Laliberte, who wore a bulbous clown nose during his stay aboard the International Space Station, was extracted from the tiny Soyuz capsule Sunday morning following its [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Russian space official says Soyuz with circus tycoon, 2 astronauts lands safely in Kazakhstan</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2009 04:58:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[MOSCOW — A Russian space official says the Soyuz capsule with circus tycoon Guy Laliberte, a Russian cosmonaut and U.S. astronauts, has landed in Kazakhstan.

Valeriy Lyndin, spokesman for Russian mission control, says the landing took place at 10:32 a.m. local time in Kazakhstan. He says the mission ended safely.
NASA television reports that helicopters have reached [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Isolated Turkmenistan denies entry to Peace Corps volunteers</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 11:19:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Leonard</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ALMATY, Kazakhstan — The reclusive Central Asian nation of Turkmenistan has denied entry to dozens of Peace Corps volunteers, the organization&#8217;s country director said Friday.

The decision to bar 47 volunteers from the U.S. government-run program from the former Soviet state comes amid fears energy-rich Turkmenistan is reneging on commitments to open up after years of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>French president secures transit of military hardware through Kazakhstan on way to Afghanistan</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 11:41:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Leonard</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ASTANA, Kazakhstan — French President Nicolas Sarkozy scored a diplomatic coup Tuesday during a visit to energy-rich Kazakhstan, overseeing an agreement to allow military hardware for French forces fighting in Afghanistan to pass through Kazakh territory and clinching a raft of lucrative energy deals.

Facing criticism over its human rights record, Kazakhstan won a measure of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>US voices concern over Turkmenistan&#8217;s bid to stop students traveling to foreign universities</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 12:34:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Leonard</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ALMATY, Kazakhstan — The United States expressed its concern Monday over efforts by Turkmenistan to prevent students from traveling to U.S.-linked universities.

A terse statement issued by the U.S. Embassy in Turkmenistan said students studying at American-affiliated universities in Bulgaria and Kyrgyzstan were denied permission to leave the country last week.
&#8220;We are dismayed by the government [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Russia-dominated NATO-style rapid-reaction force kicks off first military exercises</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 11:40:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Leonard</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ALMATY, Kazakhstan — Thousands of troops from Russia and four other ex-Soviet nations began military exercises in southern Kazakhstan on Friday, the first of its kind for the newly formed NATO-style rapid-reaction force.

Moscow is hoping the force will help bolster the power and prestige of the seven-nation Collective Security Treaty Organization, which Russia is hoping [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Russia-dominated NATO-style rapid reaction force kicks off first military exercise</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 09:18:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ALMATY, Kazakhstan — Thousands of troops from Russia and four other ex-Soviet nations are staging exercises as part of a newly formed NATO-style rapid-reaction force.

It&#8217;s the first such drills for the Collective Security Treaty Organization&#8217;s new miltary unit.
Kazakh defense officials say more than 7,000 troops gathered Friday in southern Kazakhstan for two weeks of exercises.
Russia [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Billionaire clown Guy Laliberte, crew mates head for space station aboard Russian Soyuz craft</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/billionaire-clown-guy-laliberte-crew-mates-head-for-space-station-aboard-russian-soyuz-craft-182200/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 12:59:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan — A billionaire Canadian circus tycoon is on his way to the International Space Station.

A Soyuz capsule carrying Cirque du Soleil founder Guy Laliberte and two fellow astronauts lifted off on schedule Wednesday from the Baikonur launch facility atop a towering Russian rocket.
Laliberte, U.S. astronaut Jeffrey Williams and Russian cosmonaut Maxim Surayev got [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Crews aboard Russian rockets join in decades-old rituals thought to bring luck before lift off</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 11:30:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mansur Mirovalev</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MOSCOW — The launch of a Russian Soyuz rocket Wednesday that will carry Cirque du Soleil founder Guy Laliberte and two other crew members to the International Space Station will be marked by rituals dating back to the pioneering Soviet space missions of the 1960s.

The activities of the astronauts in the days leading up to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Soyuz rocket, capsule taken to launch pad at Kazakh steppe for next mission to ISS</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 11:25:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Leonard</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan — Workers at Russia&#8217;s manned space-launch facility lifted to the launch pad on Monday a rocket that is to send Cirque du Soleil founder Guy Laliberte and two astronauts to the International Space Station.

The gleaming white Soyuz rocket and capsule moved at a walking pace across the Kazakh steppe aboard a train taking [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Malaysia bans Baron Cohen&#8217;s hit movie &#8216;Bruno&#8217; because of gay sex scenes</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 11:24:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julia Zappei</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — Malaysia has banned U.S. box office hit &#8220;Bruno&#8221; by Sacha Baron Cohen because it highlights gay life and has gay sex scenes, an official said Tuesday.

&#8220;Bruno&#8221; — following Baron Cohen&#8217;s hit &#8220;Borat&#8221; — is centered around the adventures of a flamboyant gay fashion journalist from Austria.
An official from Malaysia&#8217;s Film Censorship [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Billionaire clown Guy Laliberte boards Russian Soyuz craft for flight to space station</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/billionaire-clown-guy-laliberte-boards-russian-soyuz-craft-for-flight-to-space-station-180824/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 10:06:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan — Billionaire entertainer Guy Laliberte has been greeted by a raucous crowds of friends and family during preparations for his Soyuz rocket trip to the International Space Station.

The Cirque du Soleil founder and two fellow astronauts were cheered by supporters wearing red clown noses during pre-launch preparations Wednesday at Russia&#8217;s Baikonur Cosmodrome in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>37 people killed in blaze at drug treatment clinic in southern Kazakhstan</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Sep 2009 13:23:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Leonard</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[TALDYKORGAN, Kazakhstan — Fire roared through a drug treatment center in Kazakhstan with a history of safety violations, killing 37 people Sunday as patients tried to escape through barred windows, officials said.

The blaze broke out around 5:30 a.m. (2330 GMT, 7:30 p.m. EDT Saturday) and quickly spread through the single-story Soviet-era building. About 40 people [...]]]></description>
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		<title>38 people killed in blaze at drug treatment clinic in southern Kazakhstan</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Sep 2009 05:16:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ALMATY, Kazakhstan — A fire at a drug treatment center in southern Kazakhstan killed 38 people early Sunday, officials said.

The blaze broke out at about 5:30 a.m. local time (2330 GMT) and spread over an area of 7,000 square feet (650 square meters) in Taldykorgan in the Central Asian nation&#8217;s south, the Emergency Situations Ministry [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Indo-Kazakh expedition team reaches Mount Marble Wall summit</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2009 13:46:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ASTANA - A  mountaineering  expedition team comprising six members of the Indian Army and eight from the Kazakhstan  Army  has successfully scaled the Mount  Marble  Wall Peak in Kazakhstan.

The  expedition  was  jointly  led by Lt  Col  SS  Shekhawat  and Ilinski,  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>India Week and Indian Food Festival on in Kazakhstan</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 13:22:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ASTANA - The  Embassy  of  India  in Kazakhstan  has  organized an &#8220;India Week and Food  Festival&#8221;  in Astana  and Almaty from September 8 to 18 in  collaboration  with the  Rixos President Hotel Astana, Intercontinental Hotel  Almaty and  Air  Astana  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Nightingale: Uzbek migrants find uneasy way to Russia on illegal &#8216;ghost bus&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2009 22:58:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mansur Mirovalev</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BUKHARA, Uzbekistan — On paper, the bus does not exist.

It has no schedule, and no route. It shows up mysteriously, and just as mysteriously, the dozens of men who await it know when it is coming.
Every year, the ghost bus — and its many cousins throughout Uzbekistan — transports hundreds of migrants to Russia, crossing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Indian Embassy in Kazakhstan celebrates Independence Day</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2009 17:12:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ASTANA - The  62nd  anniversary  of India&#8217;s  Independence  Day  was celebrated at  the  residence  of India&#8217;s Ambassador to Kazakhstan, Ashok Sajjanhar, this morning.

The ceremony began with the flag hoisting by Ambassador Sajjanhar and singing of the national anthem and patriotic songs by  ladies of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kazakhstan refuses to free jailed newspaper editor amid international condemnation</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2009 16:23:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Leonard</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ALMATY, Kazakhstan — Kazakhstan&#8217;s highest court refused Thursday to overturn a prison sentence for a newspaper editor in a case that has drawn widespread international condemnation.

Ramazan Yesergepov was arrested in January and charged with revealing state secrets in a move that has tarnished the ex-Soviet nation&#8217;s democratic credentials as it prepares to assume the chairmanship [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Uzbekistan condemns Russian plans to boost troops in Kyrgyzstan, where US also has base</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 14:45:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Leonard</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ALMATY, Kazakhstan — Uzbekistan has sharply criticized Russia&#8217;s plan to boost its military presence in neighboring Kyrgyzstan, signaling a growing rift within a Moscow-dominated security alliance of ex-Soviet nations.

The Uzbek Foreign Ministry said in a statement late Monday that an increase in Russian troop numbers across its border could foment instability across Central Asia, a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Uzbekistan condemns Russian plans to boost troop numbers in Kyrgyzstan, where US has base</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 13:55:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AP</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ALMATY, Kazakhstan — Uzbekistan has condemned Russian plans to escalate its military presence in neighboring Kyrgyzstan saying it could foment instability across Central Asia.

The Uzbek Foreign Ministry&#8217;s statement late Monday signals a growing rift among members of a Russian-led security alliance of ex-Soviet nations.
Russia clinched a tentative agreement Saturday allowing it to significantly boost the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Thousands of ethnic Uighurs rally in authoritarian Kazakhstan to protest China clashes</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/thousands-of-ethnic-uighurs-rally-in-authoritarian-kazakhstan-to-protest-china-clashes-114155/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2009 20:55:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Leonard</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ALMATY, Kazakhstan — More than 5,000 ethnic Uighurs rallied in Kazakhstan&#8217;s largest city on Sunday to protest China&#8217;s use of deadly force to quash Uighur protests this month.

The show of solidarity was the largest in any of the former Soviet republics — home to a half-million Uighurs — since the July 5 violence in Xinjang [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ukraine bans Baron Cohen&#8217;s hit movie &#8216;Bruno&#8217; as immoral</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2009 21:32:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[KIEV, Ukraine — Ukraine&#8217;s Culture Ministry says it has banned Sacha Baron Cohen&#8217;s new hit movie &#8220;Bruno&#8221; because it is immoral.

The movie is centered around the adventures of a flamboyant gay fashion journalist from Austria.
The ministry said Wednesday that Cohen&#8217;s depictions of sexual organs, homosexual intercourse and language are obscene and improper.
Some Austrian officials have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Uighur diaspora in Soviet Central Asia deplore violence in China, fear crackdown could spread</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 22:33:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Leonard</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan — Anguished by ethnic violence in China but fearful that crackdowns on their minority group could spread, Uighur activists across Central Asia said Tuesday they have urged local communities to avoid large public protests.

Up to half a million Uighurs live in the former Soviet states west of China, prompting concerns that ethnic clashes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Russian president: WTO membership via customs union with Kazakhstan, Belarus &#8220;problematic&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/russian-president-wto-membership-via-customs-union-with-kazakhstan-belarus-problematic-105904/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 23:05:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[L&#8217;AQUILA, Italy — Russia&#8217;s plans to join the World Trade Organization as a three-way customs union including Kazakhstan and Belarus could be &#8220;problematic,&#8221; President Dmitry Medvedev said Friday.

Medvedev&#8217;s comments, at the G8 summit in the Italian town of L&#8217;Aquila, were the latest indication that Moscow was backtracking on its earlier statements that Russia would seek [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Religious leaders must play role in building a more tolerant, inter-communal world: Kazakhstan</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/religious-leaders-must-play-role-in-building-a-more-tolerant-inter-communal-world-kazakhstan-96270/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 12:44:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ASTANA -  In hosting the two-day Third Congress of the Leaders of World and Traditional Religions here from today (July 1 and 2), Kazakhstan and its President, Nursultan Nazarbayev, will promote the key theme of an increased role for religious leaders in building a more tolerant world even as it cuts across national boundaries [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mediator says Russian WTO bid likely slowed by new strategy to join with Belarus, Kazakhstan</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 22:52:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[GENEVA — Russia&#8217;s troubled bid to join the World Trade Organization could be set back further by its decision to file a common application with neighbors Kazakhstan and Belarus, a key mediator said Thursday.

Icelandic diplomat Stefan Johannesson said Moscow&#8217;s new strategy may be deemed illegal by WTO member states, since the proposed customs union would [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kazakh parliament approves Internet law that rights groups say will curb free speech</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 01:30:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Leonard</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ALMATY, Kazakhstan — Kazakh lawmakers have approved Internet legislation that media rights activists say will limit freedom of speech in the Central Asian nation.

The bill would subject Internet outlets — such as chat rooms, blogs and online stores — to the same criminal prosecution currently applied to traditional media. Foreign Web sites deemed to be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AP News in Brief</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2009 06:45:01 +0000</pubDate>
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KABUL (AP) — Roadside bombs — the biggest killer of U.S. soldiers — claimed eight more American lives Tuesday, driving the U.S. death toll to a record level for the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lance Armstrong&#8217;s crisis-hit Astana team given May 31 deadline to straighten out finances</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2009 03:38:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Dampf</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[VALDOBBIADENE, Italy — Lance Armstrong&#8217;s Astana team must straighten out its financial crisis by May 31 or risk being suspended.

Astana team manager Johan Bruyneel said Monday that the International Cycling Union sent a warning letter to Kazakhstan&#8217;s cycling federation.
&#8220;That&#8217;s the deadline to arrange the whole financial situation. If it&#8217;s not taken care of by then, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lance Armstrong lashes out at Kazakhs that have left Astana team in crisis on eve of Giro</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2009 06:19:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Dampf</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[VENICE, Italy — With his Astana team in financial crisis, Lance Armstrong suggested Wednesday that his Livestrong cancer foundation could step in and bail out the team in time for him to go for an eighth Tour de France title in July.

&#8220;I don&#8217;t have any concrete answers, but I suspect we can find some funding [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Armstrong has &#8216;high interest&#8217; from sponsors if he takes over control of crisis-hit Astana</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2009 00:31:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Dampf</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[VENICE, Italy — Lance Armstrong has received &#8220;high interest&#8221; from sponsors willing to back his cycling team if he takes over control of financially strapped Astana.

Astana receives most of its financial support from Kazakh state holding company Samruk-Kazyna, but the Central Asian nation&#8217;s economy has been badly hit by the global financial crisis. The team [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Armstrong has &#8216;high interest&#8217; from sponsors if he takes over control of crisis-hit Astana</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2009 00:26:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Dampf</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[VENICE, Italy — Lance Armstrong says he has &#8220;high interest&#8221; from sponsors if he takes over control of the Astana cycling team.

The seven-time Tour de France winner also says he would do everything he could to keep Spanish rider Alberto Contador if he does end up owning the team.
Astana receives most of its financial support [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lance Armstrong lashes out at Kazakhs that have left Astana team in crisis on eve of Giro</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2009 04:01:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[VENICE, Italy — Lance Armstrong has lashed out at the Kazakh officials who let his Astana team fall into a financial crisis on the eve of his first Giro d&#8217;Italia.

The American cyclist suggested to a select group of reporters Wednesday that his Livestrong cancer foundation could step in and bail out the team.
&#8220;I don&#8217;t have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lance Armstrong&#8217;s Astana team in financial crisis on eve of Giro</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2009 20:09:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Dampf</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[VERONA, Italy — Lance Armstrong&#8217;s Astana team is in the midst of a financial crisis on the eve of the American&#8217;s first Giro d&#8217;Italia.

Astana spokesman Philippe Maertens confirmed reports out of Kazakhstan that the team has not been paying its riders lately.
&#8220;There are some financial problems,&#8221; Maertens told The Associated Press on Wednesday, while adding [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lance Armstrong&#8217;s Astana team in financial crisis on eve of Giro d&#8217;Italia</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2009 19:37:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[VERONA, Italy — Lance Armstrong&#8217;s Astana team is fighting through a financial crisis on the eve of the American&#8217;s first Giro d&#8217;Italia.

Astana spokesman Philippe Maertens confirmed reports out of Kazakhstan that the team has not been paying its riders recently.
Maertens told The Associated Press on Wednesday that &#8220;there are some financial problems,&#8221; adding that the [...]]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2009 17:57:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ALMATY, Kazakhstan — Kazakh state oil company KazMunaiGaz struck a deal Thursday that will significantly boost its access to the Caspian Pipeline Consortium, the only oil pipeline on Russian territory not controlled by the Russian government.

KazMunaiGaz will pay BP PLC $250 million for the British company&#8217;s 49.9 percent stake in Kazakhstan Pipeline Ventures, which holds [...]]]></description>
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		<title>China continues energy shopping spree with joint purchase of Kazakh oil producer</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/china-continues-energy-shopping-spree-with-joint-purchase-of-kazakh-oil-producer-37793/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2009 04:23:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Leonard</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ALMATY, Kazakhstan — The rivalry between Russia and the West for Central Asia&#8217;s energy resources has generated headlines. But it&#8217;s Chinese companies that have been snapping up assets in the region.

State-owned China National Petroleum Corp. is acquiring joint ownership of Kazakhstan&#8217;s fourth-largest energy company, MangistauMunaiGaz, which controls an estimated 500 million barrels of oil reserves. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Central Asian energy meeting comes amid rivalry between Russia, Europe, China and Iran</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/central-asian-energy-meeting-comes-amid-rivalry-between-russia-europe-china-and-iran-35657/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2009 22:55:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Leonard</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ALMATY, Kazakhstan — Russia has had a lock on Central Asia&#8217;s energy riches since the Soviet collapse. But, as representatives from key countries gather at an international conference in Turkmenistan, it is increasingly apparent that other countries have designs on breaking that stranglehold.

Gas-rich Turkmenistan says the meetings Thursday and Friday will focus on &#8220;energy transit [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kazakh court imprisons publisher of opposition newspaper for failing to pay libel damages</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/kazakh-court-imprisons-publisher-of-opposition-newspaper-for-failing-to-pay-libel-damages-35405/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/kazakh-court-imprisons-publisher-of-opposition-newspaper-for-failing-to-pay-libel-damages-35405/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2009 20:24:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AP</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ALMATY, Kazakhstan — A Kazakh court has imprisoned the publisher of an opposition newspaper for failing to pay damages from a libel suit in a case his supporters call politically motivated.

Yermurat Bapi was sentenced Thursday to five days in prison.
The sentencing comes as the former Soviet nation prepares to take the chair of the Organization [...]]]></description>
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		<title>South Korean businessman abducted but quickly released in Kazakhstan</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/south-korean-businessman-abducted-but-quickly-released-in-kazakhstan-33580/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/south-korean-businessman-abducted-but-quickly-released-in-kazakhstan-33580/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2009 22:17:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kwang-tae Kim</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SEOUL, South Korea — A South Korean businessman was kidnapped Wednesday in the Central Asian country of Kazakhstan but quickly released, the Foreign Ministry said.

The ministry said in a news release posted on its Web site that he was freed unharmed. The release had no other details.
Kidnappings of foreigners are almost unheard of in Kazakhstan, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Minister says Kazakhstan faces recession unless economic stimulus package is sped through</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/minister-says-kazakhstan-faces-recession-unless-economic-stimulus-package-is-sped-through-31854/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/minister-says-kazakhstan-faces-recession-unless-economic-stimulus-package-is-sped-through-31854/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2009 17:27:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AP</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ALMATY, Kazakhstan — Kazakhstan&#8217;s once-booming economy will slip into recession unless the government speeds through a multibillion dollar stimulus package, the country&#8217;s economy minister warned Tuesday.

The looming threat of contraction in Central Asia&#8217;s largest economy is a stark indication of how badly the country has been hit by falling prices and demand for its oil [...]]]></description>
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		<title>India&#8217;s junior tennis teams target World Group Finals</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/indias-junior-tennis-teams-target-world-group-finals-27863/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/indias-junior-tennis-teams-target-world-group-finals-27863/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Apr 2009 23:32:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW DELHI - India&#8217;s junior Davis Cup and Fed Cup teams will aim to reach the World Group Finals in the Asia-Oceania tennis qualifying event in Australia April 15-20.



The teams will leave Sunday morning for the competition to be held on the grasscourts of Shepparton Lawn Tennis Club and Tatura Lawn Tennis Club in Shepparton, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>US, Uzbekistan reach transit deal to supply Afghanistan forces</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/us-uzbekistan-reach-transit-deal-to-supply-afghanistan-forces-25086/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/us-uzbekistan-reach-transit-deal-to-supply-afghanistan-forces-25086/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Apr 2009 09:07:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DPA</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON - Uzbekistan has agreed to allow US non-military supplies to pass through its territory to reach neighbouring Afghanistan, US officials said Friday in a deal that could aid the US military in its fight against a growing insurgency in the region.



Goods covered by the agreement include food, medical supplies and building materials, State Department [...]]]></description>
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		<title>PM&#8217;s heart surgery successful, condition stable</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/pms-heart-surgery-successful-condition-stable-8009/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/pms-heart-surgery-successful-condition-stable-8009/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Jan 2009 06:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW DELHI - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh&#8217;s heart surgery was &#8217;successful&#8217;, doctors at All India Insititute of Medical Sciences AIIMS) said Saturday, describing his condition as &#8217;stable&#8217; after an operation here that went on for nearly eight hours.



&#8216;The operation was successful and there is nothing to worry about. His condition is stable. He has been [...]]]></description>
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