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DUSHANBE (TCA) — Italian company Salini Impregilo has won the international tender for the design, purchases, and construction of the Rogun hydro power plant in Tajikistan, Avesta news agency reports with reference to the website of Open Joint-Stock Company Rogun HPP.
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ASTANA (TCA) — Kazakhstan jumped 11 positions up and ranked 77th among 160 countries in the World Bank’s 2016 Logistics Performance Index (LPI), leaving behind such CIS countries as Russia (99), Ukraine (80), Uzbekistan (118), Belarus (120), and Kyrgyzstan (146), the Ministry of Investment and Development of Kazakhstan said.
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DUSHANBE (TCA) — Turkey, Kazakhstan, Switzerland, Russia, Pakistan, and Afghanistan are the largest importers from Tajikistan, Avesta news agency reported.
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BISHKEK (TCA) — On June 30 Turkish media reported that one of the suicide bombers who attacked Istanbul’s Ataturk International Airport this week was from Kyrgyzstan. The media reported the attack was conducted by citizens of Russia (Chechnya), Uzbekistan, and Kyrgyzstan.
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BISHKEK (TCA) — World famous American ultra-long-distance runner Dean Karnazes is running the Silk Road Ultra Marathon across Uzbekistan, the Kyrgyz Republic, and Kazakhstan June 29 to July 10. This ultramarathon is sponsored by the United States and dedicated to the 25th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the United States and the nations of Central Asia, the US Embassy in Kyrgyzstan said.
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BISHKEK (TCA) — Establishment of the Guarantee Fund is a good impetus for developing small and medium business, Kyrgyz Economy Minister Arzybek Kojoshev said at the media briefing in the Economy Ministry on June 29.
