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DUSHANBE (TCA) — A ceremony of completion of the second phase of the project to reconstruct and repair roads in the cities of Kurgan-Tyube and Kulyab was held on January 8 in Kurgan-Tyube, the main city of Tajikistan’s Khatlon province, Avesta news agency reported.
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BISHKEK (TCA) — Miners’ unions in Kyrgyzstan and the management of China’s Full Gold Mining have come to an agreement in a labor conflict at the company’s mine in southern Kyrgyzstan.
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ASTANA (TCA) — Former Kazakh Economy Minister Quandyq Bishimbaev, who is being tried on charges of bribery and embezzlement, is maintaining his innocence and pointing the finger at subordinates he said had “failed” him, RFE/RL’s Kazakh Service reported.
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BISHKEK (TCA) — Pakistan authorities are considering the option of blocking supplies of US troops deployed in Afghanistan through its territory amid the diplomatic tensions between Islamabad and Washington, Russia’s Sputnik news agency reports.
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ASHGABAT (TCA) — After reporting on a ban on the use of black (dark) cars introduced in Turkmenistan starting from the beginning of January, the Chronicles of Turkmenistan independent website now reports that road police in Turkmenistan are stopping not only black and dark-grey vehicles, but also cars of other colors as well, demanding that cars of blue, red, green and other colors be towed to a car impound, without providing any explanation.
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KABUL (TCA) — Officials from the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) announced on January 7 that it plans to launch a two-year program to help Afghan children and their families get access to safe drinking water in 27 provinces across Afghanistan, TOLOnews reports.
