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TASHKENT (TCA) — Uzbekistan attracted 5.6 billion U.S. dollars in foreign investments and loans in the first half of 2019, a fourfold increase compared to the same period of 2018, Xinhua news agency reports with reference to Uzbek authorities.
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BISHKEK (TCA) — The U.S. Government through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) procured and handed over soybean harvesting machinery to the Engels Farm company in Kyrgyzstan’s northern Chui Oblast. Approximately 400 soybean farmers will use the machinery to reap larger, higher quality harvests. The farmers will then be able to sell more of their crops at higher prices thanks to the identification of a confirmed buyer, the US Embassy in Bishkek said on August 5.
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TASHKENT (TCA) — Uzbekistan President Shavkat Mirziyoyev has ordered the closure of the Jaslyk prison in the Central Asian country’s northwest, an institution that has long been associated with torture and human rights abuses, RFE/RL reported.
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BISHKEK (TCA) — An arrest warrant has been issued for the former chairwoman of Kyrgyzstan’s State Registration Service after she failed to show up for questioning in a corruption case, RFE/RL’s Kyrgyz Service reported.
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BISHKEK (TCA) — China’s northwestern Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region saw 107.9 billion yuan (about 15.5 billion US dollars) of imports and exports with member states of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in the first half of 2019, China’s Xinhua news agency reported on August 4.
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TASHKENT (TCA) — President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev held a videoconference meeting on August 2 to analyze the government’s work on the promotion of small business and entrepreneurship in the country, the president’s official website reported.
