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...denies entry to Peace Corps ALMATY, Kazakhstan The reclusive Central Asian nation of Turkmenistan has denied entry to dozens of Peace Corps volunteers, the organization's country director said Friday. The decision to bar 47 volunteers...

In this article: Peace Corps, Turkmenistan, Saparmurat Niyazov, Gurbanguli Berdymukhamedov, United States, Natural gas, American University in Bulgaria, American University of Central Asia, Mark Twain, and Hillary Rodham Clinton

...and Turkmenistan, where major progress has been made. Its report is published to mark the 30th anniversary of the Alma-Ata declaration which highlighted the issue of child deaths. It warns that malnutrition is now a contributing cause in...

In this article: HIV, AIDS, Insecticide, Malaria, South Asia, Measles, Ann Veneman, UN, and Alma-Ata

...energy minister. The ceremony was held on the open steppe 40 kilometres (25 miles) north of the commercial hub Almaty -- one of 3 sites in Kazakhstan where construction began simultaneously on Wednesday. The Kazakh link is part of...

In this article: Kazakhstan, Gazprom, China, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Central Asia, Russia, and Natural gas

...game after the fragmentation of the USSR in 1992, beating Turkmenistan 1-0. They joined Uefa in 2003, since when their most notable result has been the 2-1 victory over Serbia in a Euro 2008 qualifier in Almaty last March. Advertisement

In this article: Kazakhstan, England, Euro 2008, Sergei Ostapenko, Evgeni Jarovenko, and David Loria

Around the World CORRECTION: This article incorrectly said Almaty is the capital of Turkmenistan. The country's capital is Ashgabat. Almaty is the former capital of Kazakhstan. A bomb that witnesses said was set off by two men on a nearby...

In this article: Leopoldo Fernandez, Turkmenistan, Sanlu Group, Abdullah Wardak, Heavy gun, Kidney stone, Taliban, and Michelle Bachelet

...notice. Russian Cossacks founded numerous settlements (called stanitsas) and fortresses along troublesome borders such as forts Verny (Almaty, Kazakhstan) in south Central Asia, Grozny in North Caucasus, Fort Alexandrovsk (Fort...

In this article: The Cossacks, Don River, Dnieper River, and Russia

...to Russia and the West because of its enormous natural gas reserves _ and its status as a stable, neutral country bordering Iran and Afghanistan. Associated Press Writer Bagila Bukharbayeva in Almaty, Kazakhstan, contributed to this report.

In this article: Saparmurat Niyazov, Turkmenistan, Democracy, Gurbanguli Berdymukhamedov, Natural gas, Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, and International Crisis Group