Turkmenistan
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Viktor Yanukovych completes his metamorphosis...on Sunday, they should stay true to the Orange Revolution. Ukrainian voters are in a foul mood as the field of 18 candidates campaigns before Sunday's vote. Heroin, arms trafficking and the Taliban all threaten Turkmenistan's status quo. In this article: Viktor Yanukovych, Yulia Tymoshenko, Ukraine, Heroin, Joao Soares, Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, Anton Chekhov, Taliban, Leonid Kuchma, and Viktor Yushchenko |
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New Kerala | 1 day ago
Soccer: Under-23 probables camp on
...FC's practice ground in distant Mamurdi. In the AFC Challenge Cup India has been placed in the strong Group B. India would clash with Turkmenistan in their opening match. Two teams from each group qualify for the knockout semifinals.
In this article: Churchill Brothers SC, East Bengal Club, Mahindra United, SAFF Cup, Mohun Bagan AC, AFC Challenge Cup, and Air India
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The Moscow Times | 1 day ago
$2.2Bln Turkmen Deal
ASHGABAT - A group of European companies that includes EADS has signed a $2.2 billion deal with Turkmenistan to upgrade the country's power grid, one of the companies and Turkmen state media said Friday. State television said Friday that...
In this article: Russia, Viktor Yanukovych, Vladimir Putin, United Russia, Kaliningrad, PAK FA, Moscow, EADS, and Rene Preval
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GlobalPost | 3 days ago
Will Ukraine's east sway election?
In this article: Yulia Tymoshenko, Viktor Yanukovych, Ukraine, Dnipropetrovsk, Democracy, Party of Regions, European country, Arseniy Yatsenyuk, Yuriy Lutsenko, and Viktor Yushchenko
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Reuters | 4 days ago
Nabucco seen asking EIB for up to 2 bln euro -EIB
...of the pipeline itself. Finding gas for the pipeline has remained the largest problem for Nabucco. Supplies from Iraq, Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan have been considered, though no secure supply agreements have been drawn up, leaving the...
In this article: Europe, Natural gas, European Investment Bank, European Union, and Austria
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JPost.com Front Page Top Stories | 5 days ago
The Human Spirit: Picking up the scent
...course, refers to the ancient community of Central Asian Jews, once the Emirate of Bukhara, today Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Kyrgyzstan and parts of Russia. Cities with names like Tashkent,...
In this article: Jerusalem, Dushanbe, Bread, Bukhara, Tajikistan, Afghanistan, Israel, and Theodor Herzl
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Web Wire | 6 days ago
Schneider Electric signs an agreement with Turkmenistan to improve the capital city's power grid
Schneider Electric signs an agreement with Turkmenistan to improve the capital city s power grid WEBWIRE - Wednesday, February 03, 2010 Rueil-Malmaison (France), Schneider Electric, as part of consortium with ENEX, signed an agreement...
In this article: Schneider Electric, Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow, and France
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Independent.ie | 6 days ago
Irish shares continue winning streak
...catalyst for a wave of takeover activity in the gaming group industry. Dubai-based Dragon Oil, the explorer focusing on projects in Turkmenistan, rose 6.4pc to EUR5.06 in Dublin -- its biggest jump in three months. Ovova Gold was the...
In this article: Technip, Bank of Ireland, Europe, Net income, Coal, Platinum, Taoiseach, Paddy Power, Irish Life & Permanent, and Lonmin
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Telegraph.co.uk - UK news | 7 days ago
Duke of York received chocolate camel as official gift
...to Buckingham Palace. Published: 11:42AM GMT 02 Feb 2010 He also received three swords from Saudi Arabia, two photo books from Turkmenistan, a model palm tree from the King of Bahrain, and a chocolate camel and an Everton football shirt...
In this article: York, King of Bahrain, Buckingham Palace, Samsung, Stjepan Mesic, Saudi Arabia, and United Arab Emirates
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The Economist: Full print edition | January 28, 2010
China in Central Asia: Riches in the near abroad
...billion, China naturally thinks on a grand scale. This is what the five countries of Central Asia-Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan-both admire and fear. Like Russia, looking to its own far east, they worry about...
In this article: China, Central Asia, Expansionism, Recession, Jiang Zemin, Russia, Far East, Soviet Union, Uzbekistan, and Tajikistan
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Oil & Gas Journal | January 19, 2010
HEC lets contract for DSU at Turkmenistan gas plant
...Inc. for license and design of its proprietary Superclaus technology for a desulfurization unit at a gas plant to be built in Turkmenistan. The unit will be integral to the gas plant operated by state-owned Turkmengas, which produces,...
In this article: Jacobs Engineering Group Inc., South Korea, and China
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Turkmenistan (Türkmenistan Respublikasy), also known as Turkmenia (Russian: Туркмения) is a country in Central Asia. Until 1991, it was a constituent republic of the Soviet Union, the Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic (Turkmen SSR). It is bordered by Afghanistan to the southeast, Iran to the south and southwest, Uzbekistan to the east and northeast, Kazakhstan to the north and northwest and the Caspian Sea to the west.
Turkmenistan's GDP growth rate of 11.5% (IMF estimate for 2007) ranks 11th in the world, but official government statistics on which this estimate is based are widely regarded as unreliable. Although it is wealthy in natural resources in certain areas, most of the country is covered by the Karakum (Black Sand) Desert.
Until recently it was a single-party system, that was considered to not meet even the most basic standards of democracy. Turkmenistan was ruled by President for Life Saparmurat Niyazov (called "Türkmenbaşy" — "leader of the Turkmens") until his sudden death on December 21, 2006. Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow was elected the new president on February 11, 2007.
- Name:
- Turkmenistan
- Conventional Long Name:
- Turkmenistan
- Local Name:
- Türkmenistan
- Capital:
- Ashgabat
- Language:
- Turkmen
- Russian
- Largest City:
- Ashgabat
- Government type:
- Presidential republic Single-party state
- Founding Date:
- December 25, 1991
- Formations:
- Declared
- Area:
- 488,100
- GDP (per capita PPP):
- $30.332 billion
- Time Zone:
- TMT
- Currency:
- Turkmen new manat
- Demonym:
- Turkmen
- Drives On:
- right
- Currency (code):
- TMT
- Country Calling Code:
- 993
- ccTLD:
- .tm
- Anthem:
- Independent, Neutral, Turkmenistan State Anthem
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