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Kazakhstan uneasy over China's embrace
Khorgos: The ancient Silk Road has turned into a busy trade route for China's booming economy China helped out with loans when the global financial crisis hit Kazakhstan, and Chinese companies are pouring investment into the Kazakh oil and gas industry,
Arab, Chinese leaders agree to boost ties
Chinese and Arab leaders agreed to develop China-Arab relations and discussed a number of regional issues of common interest at the China-Arab Cooperation Forum that concluded in Tianjin, China, on Friday. As part of the “Declaration of Tianjin,” they
Tectonic shift under way in Turkmen gas
Europe. That strengthens the prospects for the Nabucco pipeline project, which is planned to take gas from the Caspian Sea basin through Georgia and Turkey to the Baumgarten hub in Austria for distribution throughout the European Union. Second, President
Kyrgyzstan’s Legacy of Repression Five Years Later
Two female suicide bombers blew themselves up Monday in twin attacks on Moscow subway stations jam-packed with rush-hour passengers, killing at least 37 people.
Medvedev Inherits Putin’s War on Terror in Moscow Metro Attacks
terrorism than his predecessor, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. The dual attacks linked to Islamist terrorists in the North Caucasus region were the deadliest in the capital since 2004, when Russia grappled with the aftermath of two wars in Chechnya. This
Russian Market Still Attractive: Chief Investor
'Russia is a developed economy. It is beginning to suffer from the developed economy problems, (like) terrorism,' Louis Gargour from LNG Capital said Monday of the two bomb blasts on
Chinese automaker inks deal to buy Volvo
China's Zhejiang Heely Holding Group has reached an agreement with Ford Motors to take over Ford's Volvo Unit. The deal to buy the struggling Swedish company has been two years in the making.
Belarus Executions Draw EU Protest
The issue of whistleblowers' protection came to focus when NHAI engineer Satyendra Dubey was killed after he wrote a letter to the office of then PM A B Vajpayee about corruption in highway construction.
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