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DUSHANBE (TCA) — The 28-year prison sentence of jailed Tajik lawyer Buzurgmehr Yorov has been shortened as part of a recent mass amnesty in Tajikistan, RFE/RL’s Tajik Service reported.
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NUR-SULTAN (TCA) — The level of disposal of associated petroleum gas (APG) in Kazakhstan’s national oil and gas company KazMunayGas (KMG) reached 93% in 2018. This is the highest figure in the history of the company, KMG said in a press release. The data is provided in KMG’s 2018 Sustainable Development Report, which provides information on KMG’s activities in the social, economic and environmental areas.
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BISHKEK (TCA) — A forum “Family Medicine in the Kyrgyz Republic: Experience, Challenges and Ways Forward” will be held in Bishkek on November 27. The goal of the forum is to discuss current status of the family medicine and to define ways forward to improve the quality and efficiency of the Primary Health Care system in Kyrgyzstan, the Embassy of Switzerland in the Kyrgyz Republic said.
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ASHGABAT (TCA) — At the Turkmen Government meeting on November 22, Deputy Prime Minister overseeing oil and gas Myratgeldi Meredov briefed President Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov that in the course of the exploration works carried out in the country’s Balkan province, major deposits of iron ore had been discovered, independent foreign-based news website Chronicles of Turkmenistan reported.
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TASHKENT (TCA) — The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) on November 25 opened an election observation mission for the 22 December parliamentary elections in Uzbekistan. The deployment follows an invitation from the country’s authorities, ODIHR said.
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TASHKENT (TCA) — On 29 November 2019, the second Consultative Meeting of the Heads of Central Asian States will be held in Tashkent, the official website of the President of Uzbekistan said.
