Turkmenistan

...country in Central Asia which shares borders with Iran, Pakistan, China, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan. * Hamid Karzai has led the country since 2001, when U.S.-backed Afghan forces ended the five-year rule of the austere...

In this article: Afghanistan, NATO, Hamid Karzai, Taliban insurgency, Opium, United States, United Nations, Heroin, World Bank, and Transparency International

THIS STORY HAS BEEN FORMATTED FOR EASY PRINTING ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan-Energy-rich Turkmenistan could become a top supplier to fill a Western-backed natural gas pipeline aimed at reducing Europe's dependency on Russian gas, a top executive...

In this article: European Union, Russia, Caspian Sea, Europe, Iran, Natural gas, and Azerbaijan

...Thursday to a second five-year term:</p><p>GEOGRAPHY: Mountainous and landlocked. Borders Iran, Pakistan, China, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan. Resources include coal, copper, petroleum, natural gas and precious and semiprecious...

In this article: Islamic, Afghanistan, Coal, Natural gas, Unemployment, Opium, Copper, Hamid Karzai, and Uzbekistan

...for the house, testing clay and the strength of bricks, and safe construction techniques. Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan are all prone to a variety of disasters triggered by natural hazards, according to...

In this article: FAO, United Nations, UN World Food Programme, Tajikistan, U.S., Potato, Climate change, International Strategy for Disaster Reduction, and Geneva

...21, of Plymouth, Massachusetts, disappeared November 4 in Afghanistan. STORY HIGHLIGHTS Two sergeants disappeared near border with Turkmenistan this month Divers found body of one last week Family said he jumped into river after seeing...

In this article: U.S., Pentagon, Afghanistan, Morghab River, Plymouth, Massachusetts, Brigade Combat Team, and 82nd Airborne Division

...to expire Dec. 13, but will not be extended because the planes have been unable to receive permission to fly from Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan. The German government will also extend by a year a mission to fight piracy off the coast of...

In this article: Afghanistan, NATO, Angela Merkel, Germany, James Appathurai, Taliban, Guido Westerwelle, Gordon Brown, Barack Obama, and Nicolas Sarkozy

The source said that mission will not be extended because the planes have been unable to receive permission to fly from Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan. The source said the government also will extend by a year a mission to fight piracy off the...

In this article: Afghanistan, Angela Merkel, Germany, NATO, Africa, Berlin, and Azerbaijan

...urged the Caspian nation to allow U.S. companies to invest in its lucrative onshore projects but Turkmenistan has so far admitted only China's CNPC. Turkmenistan, an isolated country north of Iran, is at the heart of a geopolitical struggle...

In this article: Chevron, CNPC, China, United States, Washington, and EU

* EU Commissioner says hopes no gas shutoffs this New Year * Rules out EU support for Ukrainian gas bills Adds Piebalgs comment on Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan) By Katya Golubkova and Conor Sweeney The European Union and Russia on...

In this article: European Union, Andris Piebalgs, Ukraine, Europe, Moscow, Russia, Natural gas, and Brussels

...ballet and the circus are banned. To get a driving licence, citizens must sit an exam on the dead leader's autobiography. Welcome to Turkmenistan. Turkmen women mop water in front of Niyazov's family mausoleum (right) in Kipchak

In this article: Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov, Ruhnama, Saparmurat Niyazov, Birmingham, HIV, and Unemployment