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NUR-SULTAN (TCA) — Dozens of activists have rallied in the Kazakh capital, Nur-Sultan, urging European Union officials to pressure local authorities over human and civil rights in the Central Asian country, RFE/RL’s Kazakh Service reported.
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NUR-SULTAN (TCA) — During a meeting with heads of foreign diplomatic missions in Kazakhstan on November 26, Kazakhstan’s President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev said the development of strategic partnership with China is very important for his country, Xinhua news agency reported.
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KABUL (TCA) — The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors on November 26 approved a $52.5 million grant for the Afghanistan Gas Project that will provide sustainable supply of natural gas to independent power producers in Northern Afghanistan.
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DUSHANBE (TCA) — The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Tajik Ministry of Health and Social Protection of the Population on November 26 officially launched two new projects: A five-year USAID Eliminating Tuberculosis in Central Asia (ETICA) Activity and a grant awarded to the World Health Organization (WHO) to “Improved Prevention, Detection, and Treatment of DR-TB in Central Asia”. Both TB projects are part of the USAID Central Asia Regional program that includes specific activities for Tajikistan, the U.S. Embassy in Dushanbe said.
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DUSHANBE (TCA) — The 28-year prison sentence of jailed Tajik lawyer Buzurgmehr Yorov has been shortened as part of a recent mass amnesty in Tajikistan, RFE/RL’s Tajik Service reported.
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NUR-SULTAN (TCA) — The level of disposal of associated petroleum gas (APG) in Kazakhstan’s national oil and gas company KazMunayGas (KMG) reached 93% in 2018. This is the highest figure in the history of the company, KMG said in a press release. The data is provided in KMG’s 2018 Sustainable Development Report, which provides information on KMG’s activities in the social, economic and environmental areas.
