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ASTANA (TCA) — Authorities in Kazakhstan say they have detained 16 suspected members of a banned Islamic group during a major security operation in three regions of the country, RFE/RL’s Kazakh Service reported.
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ASTANA (TCA) — Kazakhstan’s GDP grew 0.8 percent in the first 11 months of 2016, Prime Minister Bakhytzhan Sagintayev said at the Government meeting on December 20 that reviewed the results of the country’s socio-economic development for 11 months of this year, the official website of the Prime Minister of Kazakhstan reported.
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BISHKEK (TCA) — Kyrgyzstan President Almazbek Atambayev held talks with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi on December 20 during his state visit to India.
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DUSHANBE (TCA) — Over 50 policy-makers, justice professionals and other experts from Central Asian and other countries gathered at a regional workshop in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, from 20 to 21 December to discuss promising practices and existing challenges related to the management of prison-based rehabilitation programs.
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BISHKEK (TCA) — The University of Central Asia’s Institute of Public Policy and Administration (UCA IPPA) celebrated the first graduates of its Certificate Programme in Mining Policy and Sustainable Development on December 19. The eight-week executive programme for civil servants, experts, and civil society representatives involved in extractive industries aimed to develop a pool of informed professionals who can improve the quality of public discussion within the mining sector, the UCA said.
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TEHRAN (TCA) — Iranian President Hassan Rouhani is to pay visits to Armenia, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan this week to discuss ways of improving mutual relations, Iran’s PressTV news agency reports.
