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DAVID SEDNEY, DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF DEFENSE FOR AFGHANISTAN, PAKISTAN AND CENTRAL ASIA, HOLDS A DEFENSE DEPARTMENT NEWS BRIEFING O...
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ROBERT O. BLAKE JR., ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF STATE FOR SOUTH AND CENTRAL ASIAN AFFAIRS, HOLDS A NEWS BRIEFING AT THE FOREIGN PRESS CENTER, A...
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Eastern Europe and Central Asia saw reform in 10 economies. Six reduced the running-around time for entrepreneurs by creating one-stop shops. Albania took registration out of the courts and merged company, social security, labor and tax registrations. Before, entrepreneurs had to wait more than a month to start doing business; now it's just 8 days. Azerbaijan's one-stop shop reduced delays by 2 weeks, Slovenia's by 6. Bulgaria, the Kyrgyz Republic and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia undertook reforms similar to Azerbaijan's. And while Czech entrepreneurs still have to obtain multiple documents, the new "Project Czech Point" allows them to do so at one place.
Lebanon and Oman improved the efficiency of their one-stop shops. What used to take 46 days in Lebanon now takes 11. Tun...
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ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF STATE BOUCHER HOLDS A NEWS CONFERENCE ON A JOINT APPROACH TO SOUTH AND CENTRAL ASIA, TOKYO, JAPAN, AS RELEASED BY T...
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STATE DEPARTMENT OFFICIALS HOLD A NEWS BRIEFING ON SECRETARY RICE'S TRIP TO CENTRAL ASIA AND AFGHANISTAN, AS RELEASED BY THE STATE DEPARTM...
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WHITE HOUSE NEWS BRIEFING ON THE PRESIDENT'S MEETINGS IN HYDERABAD, AS RELEASED BY THE WHITE HOUSE
MARCH 3, 2006
SPEAKERS: AMBASSADOR RICHARD A...
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ASSISTANT SECRETARY BOUCHER HOLDS A NEWS BRIEFING AT THE FOREIGN PRESS CENTER ON THE YEAR AHEAD IN SOUTH AND CENTRAL ASIA, AS RELEASED BY ...
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Uncertain supplies from Central Asia and Iraq have led a European Union-backed pipeline consortium to look to Iran as a source of natural gas to reduce Europe's dependence on Russian energy.
The proposed $11.1 billion Nabucco pipeline, which would run from Central Europe through the Balkans and Turkey, would bring natural gas to Europe from Caspian Sea nations if it comes online in 2014.
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A chronology of events in Central Asia and the Caucasus for the Oct 17, 2005-Jan 15, 2006 time period is presented.
... of the latest issue of the opposition newspaper, Juma Times. Authorities alleged the newspaper was...
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Stuart profiles Joyce Davis, associate director of Radio Free Europe, a powerful, broadcast news service funded by the US government. Davis is a veteran journalist and an expert on the Middle East and the Muslim nations of Central Asia. She calls the shots daily on news reports and feature stories broadcast in 33 languages and beamed to an estimated 1.3 billion people across 12 time zones in 28 countries of oil-rich Central Asia and the Middle East, including Iraq, Iran, and Afghanistan.