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TASHKENT (TCA) — Jailed Uzbek politician Samandar Kokonov has been released from prison after more than 23 years behind bars.
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TASHKENT (TCA) — The United States Department of Energy/National Nuclear Security Administration (DOE/NNSA), the United Kingdom’s Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS), and the Government of Uzbekistan on November 15 performed a final review of physical protection upgrades implemented to enhance the secure storage of radiological materials at the Republican Establishment of Radioactive Waste Burial (RPZRO). This jointly completed $330,000 project is a milestone in a broader cooperative effort to prevent nuclear and radiological materials from falling into the hands of terrorists, the US Embassy in Tashkent said on November 23.
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TASHKENT (TCA) — The Ministry of Foreign Economic Relations, Investment and Trade of Uzbekistan plans to create four new free economic zones in the country, Novosti Uzbekistana news agency reports.
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ASHGABAT (TCA) — State television in Turkmenistan reported on November 23 that the only son of Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov has become a member of parliament.
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ASTANA (TCA) — A member of Kazakhstan’s parliament has proposed that the country’s capital city, Astana, should be renamed to honor longtime President Nursultan Nazarbayev, RFE/RL reports.
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TASHKENT (TCA) — Amid unconfirmed media reports claiming that the oldest daughter of Uzbekistan’s late president has allegedly died, we are republishing this article originally published by EurasiaNet.org:
