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Georgia's government collapses -
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Georgia’s government collapses. May 1, 2015. TBILISI, APRIL 29 (The Conway Bulletin) – Georgian sports minister Levan Kipiani resigned after a row with a parliamentary committee, triggering a vote of confidence in PM Irakli Garibashvili’s government. In-fighting has dogged Mr Garibashvili’s Georgian Dream coalition government since it was voted into power in October 2012 and his opponents now sense an opportunity to kill it off. It is the speed of the government’s collapse that has taken people by surpri...
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Europe wants gas from Turkmenistan by 2019 -
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Europe wants gas from Turkmenistan by 2019. May 8, 2015. MAY 6 (The Conway Bulletin) – The European Union wants to take gas deliveries from Turkmenistan from 2019, part of a determined drive to use Central Asia to weaken Russia’s grip over its energy supplies. 8220;Europe expects supplies of Turkmen gas to begin by 2019,” he said after meeting Turkmen president Kurbanguly Berdymukhamedov (May 1). And it would be a game-changer for Europe and Turkmenistan. Currently China buys most of Turkmenistan’s gas&#...
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Azerbaijan police arrest businessman linked to Tony Blair
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Azerbaijan police arrest businessman linked to Tony Blair. May 15, 2015. MAY 13 (The Conway Bulletin) – Police in Baku arrested Nizami Piriyev, a high-profile Azerbaijani businessman closely associated with President Ilham Aliyev. Mr Piriyev, media reported, was charged with various financial crimes. He is in prison ahead of a trial in what appears to be a spectacular public fall. Mr Piriyev used to work in Russia for Gazprom and had businesses stretching across Central Asia. It’s unclear what triggered ...
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Almaty loses out to Beijing for Winter Olympics 2022 -
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Almaty loses out to Beijing for Winter Olympics 2022. Jul 31, 2015. JULY 31 2015 (SRI) In a close final vote, Beijing beat Almaty, Kazakhstan’s financial centre, in the race to host the 2022 Winter Olympics on Friday. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) awarded Beijing the 2022 Winter Games after a final meeting in Kuala Lumpar. Beijing won 44 votes against Almaty’s 40 votes. There was one abstention. Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev had wanted to secure the right to host the Winter Olympic Ga...
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Fresh insights about energy, politics, travels, sports, music…. On December 15, 2014. Queens, New York. A poor count by both the police and The New York Times greatly underestimated the “Millions March” that took place in New York on Saturday. At least 50k turned up, although participants who hung around, clapped from the sides, and came out of their houses at night in Brooklyn made even that figure seem too low. I see racism as a political threat, a choice. You’re not born racist, society make...If an a...
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Street Boy, I Think of You – Part 2 | bottleneck analysis
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Fresh insights about energy, politics, travels, sports, music…. Street Boy, I Think of You Part 2. On November 6, 2014. Well, Rodriguez has made it into my daily routine. I remember his lyrics, his riffs, his pauses. It’s time to post a review of his second and last album so far, “Coming From Reality”. There is little doubt that if “ Cold Fact. 8221; didn’t make it into the US charts, there would be no game for “ Coming From Reality. Two weeks before Christmas,. 8220;Coming From Reality”. Which is perhap...
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United States cuts aid to Armenia --
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United States cuts aid to Armenia. Apr 28, 2015. APRIL 22 (The Conway Bulletin) — The United States has decided to cut its so-called assistance budget to Armenia which funds various social programmes run by USAID, the overseas development arm of the US government, and its embassy. The US defended the cuts by saying that dealing with the rise of the Islamic extremist group IS, the ebola epidemic in Africa and the civil war in Ukraine had placed extra pressure on its resources and that cuts had to be made.
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Jul 11, 2016. Kyrgyz president strips power from interior ministry. Jun 15, 2016. Fashion brands accuse Turkmenistan of using forced labour to pick cotton. Jun 13, 2016. Saudi Arabia looks to build influence in Tajikistan. May 16, 2016. Construction of CASA-1000 officially launched in Tajikistan. May 3, 2016. Georgia raises interest rates for first time in 3 years. Apr 27, 2016. Azerbaijan cuts budget for overseas study. Apr 25, 2016. Rakishev closes in on Kazkommertzbank. Apr 19, 2016. Apr 11, 2016.