Uzbekistan News
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“I like this atmosphere,” said Muzafar, a 20-something volunteer at the American Corner, an outreach program of the U.S. Embassy, as we walked along a boulevard in the Tajikistan capital city of Dushanbe. “I just remember the civil war, growing up, and now these days!”
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VTB Group, Russia’s second-largest state bank, is calling on policy makers to lower interest rates to help spur credit just as Bank Rossii reiterates its commitment to refrain from monetary easing.
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An Uzbek national charged by the U.S. with conspiring to aid an Islamic terrorist group in his native country pleaded not guilty in federal court in Boise, Idaho.
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An Uzbek national living in Boise, Idaho, faces U.S. charges that he conspired to support a terrorist organization, the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan, and taught others how to make bombs.
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VimpelCom Ltd., the wireless carrier owned by Russian billionaire Mikhail Fridman and Norway’s Telenor ASA, improved first-quarter profitability after adding users in former Soviet republics and Italy and cutting costs.
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VimpelCom Ltd. Chief Executive Officer Jo Lunder said the mobile carrier will stick to its Wind Telecomunicazioni SpA unit, keeping the Italian asset off limits to former owner Naguib Sawiris, the Egyptian billionaire who is seeking to re-enter the market.
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As Secretary of State John Kerry visits Moscow today to try to shore up fraying relations, the show trial of the dissident Alexey Navalny also should be on the agenda.
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Did the social-media speculation over the Boston bombings help or hurt?
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Defense Secretary Philip Hammond said the U.K. government has started planning to repatriate 4 billion pounds ($6 billion) of military equipment from Afghanistan via Pakistan and Uzbekistan.
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U.S. lawmakers urged Uzbekistan’s president to resolve a conflict over New York-listed OAO Mobile TeleSystems, the Russian phone operator that had its local license withdrawn and employees detained, warning investment in the Central Asian state may suffer.
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