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EBRD supports private sector services in the Kyrgyz Republic
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development is supporting the expansion of non-banking services in the Kyrgyz Republic with a US$ 3 million loan equivalent to Microfinance Company Kompanion Financial Group for on-lending to micro and small enterprises (MSEs).
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U.S. Pact Could Turn Russia Into World’s Nuclear Dump
What should countries do with their nuclear waste? This question has been tormenting scientists and politicians since the early days of nuclear energy. Proposals have ranged from storing radioactive material in polar ice sheets, burying it in the ocean floor, or even blasting it into space.
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International talks over Iran’s nuclear program collapse
Negotiations in Istanbul over Iran’s nuclear program broke up on Saturday with no agreement between Tehran and the UN Security Council permanent members—the US, China, Russia, Britain and France—plus Germany (P5+1). Such was the gulf between the parties that no further meeting was scheduled
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Kiev, Minsk sign oil delivery agreement
Belarus on 17 January concluded an agreement with Ukraine that will give it access to crude oil from the Black Sea while bypassing Russian pipelines. Ukrtransnafta and the Belarusian Oil Company signed the two-year contract for the guaranteed annual transit of four million tons of oil through Ukraine’s oil transport system using the Odesa-Brody oil pipeline to the Belarusian oil refinery in Mozyr.
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Talks over Iran nuclear drive resume in Turkey
Six world powers began fresh talks with Iran today in a bid to resolve tensions over its controversial nuclear drive, but the United States warned against building up hopes of a breakthrough.
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Russia to back TAPI gas pipeline project in Central Asia
Russia will cooperate in a range of energy projects including the construction of the Trans-Afghanistan (TAPI) pipeline, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and his Afghan counterpart Hamid Karzai said
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Belarus President Inaugurated in Isolation
Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko was inaugurated Friday for a fourth term. Sometimes called "the last dictator in Europe," Lukashenko now may see his rule stretch for 21 years.
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Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko set for new term
Alexander Lukashenko is due to be inaugurated for a fourth term as Belarus's president in the capital Minsk, after his election last month.
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