Central Asia
Geographic Region
Putin seeks more Chinese largesse...Russia's pipeline systems to bring their oil and gas to market. CNPC plans to finish building a gas pipeline to Turkmenistan, Central Asia's largest gas producer, this year. ''Russia sees this as a foray into its traditional zone of... In this article: Vladimir Putin, China, Russia, Shanghai Cooperation Organization, Gazprom, Wen Jiabao, CNPC, Central Asia, and Hu Jintao |
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The Australian | November 12, 2009
Emerging From Economic Crisis At UN Forum
...for addressing a broad range of regional connectivity issues," she said, referring to UN Special Programme for the Economies of Central Asia (SPECA) Economic Forum, comprising Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan,...
In this article: United Nations, Deforestation, International Federation of Journalists, Samoa, Unicef, Buddhist, and HMAS Tobruk
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boston.com - Latest world news | October 14, 2009
Russia, China say will work on financial crisis
...Iran were passed. While Moscow and Beijing consider the Shanghai group a counterweight to U.S. influence in the energy-rich, former Soviet states of Central Asia, they also compete fiercely for dominance in the region. Russia currently...
In this article: Gazprom, Russia, China, Vladimir Putin, Alexei Miller, Moscow, Beijing, Wen Jiabao, Shanghai Cooperation Organization, and Iran
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Reuters | October 07, 2009
U.S. raising Central Asia supply role in Afghanistan
...Afghanistan, but we can do more," Deputy U.S. Trade Representative Demetrios Marantis said in a speech at a conference on U.S. trade with Central Asia. Trade ministers from five Central Asia countries -- Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan,...
In this article: United States, Afghanistan, Kyrgyzstan, U.S. Department of Defense, Goods and services, Thomson Reuters, Washington, and NATO
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Reason Magazine - All Reason Articles from the Past Year: Page 1 | November 05, 2009
<em>Reason</em> Morning Links: UN Pulls Staff From Afghanistan, American Officials Convicted in Italy, Cash for Clunkers Post-Mortem
...perception may vary. From TFA: Murray asserts that the primary motivation for US and British military involvement in central Asia has to do with large natural gas deposits in Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. As evidence, he points to the plans...
In this article: U.N., Natural gas, Afghanistan, CIA, Uzbekistan, Italy, Turin, and U.K.
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BBC News | October 09, 2009
A refugee's life
Now Tajikis are returning the favour. Tajikistan is one of the poorest states in Central Asia, but unlike its neighbours Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan it is willing to accept Afghan refugees. Sitting on the floor in her one-bedroom flat...
In this article: Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Kabul, Taliban, UN, and Islam
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Central Asia is a region of Asia from the Caspian Sea in the west to central China in the east, and from southern Russia in the north to northern Pakistan in the south. It is also sometimes known as Middle Asia or Inner Asia, and is within the scope of the wider Eurasian continent. Various definitions of its exact composition exist and no one definition is universally accepted. Despite this uncertainty in defining borders, it does have some important overall characteristics. For one, Central Asia has historically been closely tied to its nomadic peoples and the Silk Road. As a result, it has acted as a crossroads for the movement of people, goods, and ideas between Europe, West Asia, South Asia, and East Asia.
In modern context, Central Asia consists of the five former Soviet republics of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. Other areas are often included such as Mongolia, Afghanistan, most of Pakistan, north-eastern Iran, north-western India, and western parts of the People's Republic of China such as Xinjiang. South-western and middle China such as Tibet, Qinghai, Gansu and Inner Mongolia, and southern parts of Siberia may also be included in Central Asia.
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