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It is designed to provide a regional audience with a portal to a broad range of information about future stability in the region. en-gb Severe cold increases electricity and gas demand http://www.centralasiaonline.com/en_GB/articles/caii/features/main/2012/02/07/feature-01 caii/features/main/2012/02/07/feature-01 Tue, 7 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000 Authorities suspect Lashkar-e-Jhangvi and Sipah-e-Muhammad in most attacks http://www.centralasiaonline.com/en_GB/articles/caii/features/pakistan/main/2012/02/07/feature-01 caii/features/pakistan/main/2012/02/07/feature-01 Tue, 7 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000 ORAKZAI AGENCY – Pakistani warplanes February 7 bombed militant positions in different parts of Upper Orakzai Agency, killing 15 militants and woundi... http://www.centralasiaonline.com/en_GB/articles/caii/newsbriefs/2012/02/07/newsbrief-01 caii/newsbriefs/2012/02/07/newsbrief-01 Tue, 7 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000 LAHORE – The death toll from a February 6 pharmaceutical factory cave-in rose to 19, while 30 victims were still feared trapped in the rubble, Geo Ne... http://www.centralasiaonline.com/en_GB/articles/caii/newsbriefs/2012/02/07/newsbrief-02 caii/newsbriefs/2012/02/07/newsbrief-02 Tue, 7 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000 BISHKEK – Kyrgyzstan has begun removing radioactive coal from Chui Oblast schools, Kyrgyz Emergency Situations Minister Kubatbek Boronov said Februar... http://www.centralasiaonline.com/en_GB/articles/caii/newsbriefs/2012/02/07/newsbrief-03 caii/newsbriefs/2012/02/07/newsbrief-03 Tue, 7 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000 ISLAMABAD – Pakistani Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar February 7 emphasised Pakistani-Russian co-operation in fighting terror and restoring Afghan... http://www.centralasiaonline.com/en_GB/articles/caii/newsbriefs/2012/02/07/newsbrief-04 caii/newsbriefs/2012/02/07/newsbrief-04 Tue, 7 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000 DOHA – Pakistan, facing its worst-ever energy crisis, will begin importing 500m cu. ft. of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) from Qatar daily under an agre... http://www.centralasiaonline.com/en_GB/articles/caii/newsbriefs/2012/02/07/newsbrief-05 caii/newsbriefs/2012/02/07/newsbrief-05 Tue, 7 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000 DUSHANBE – Tajikistan’s textile and garment industry grew 15.8% in 2011, Avesta.tj reported February 6, quoting the country’s Agency on Statistics. T... http://www.centralasiaonline.com/en_GB/articles/caii/newsbriefs/2012/02/07/newsbrief-06 caii/newsbriefs/2012/02/07/newsbrief-06 Tue, 7 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000 PESHAWAR – Terrorists have blown up 468 schools in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan during the past five years, of which only 39 h... http://www.centralasiaonline.com/en_GB/articles/caii/newsbriefs/2012/02/07/newsbrief-07 caii/newsbriefs/2012/02/07/newsbrief-07 Tue, 7 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000 ASHGABAT – The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) agreed to lend DGT Logistics Turkmenistan $1.6m (4.6m TMT), the EBRD said in a... http://www.centralasiaonline.com/en_GB/articles/caii/newsbriefs/2012/02/07/newsbrief-08 caii/newsbriefs/2012/02/07/newsbrief-08 Tue, 7 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000 SWAT – The Pakistani government has decided to withdraw troops from parts of the Swat Valley and transfer administrative responsibility to the civil... http://www.centralasiaonline.com/en_GB/articles/caii/newsbriefs/2012/02/07/newsbrief-09 caii/newsbriefs/2012/02/07/newsbrief-09 Tue, 7 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000 KABUL – Afghanistan freed imprisoned Tajik citizen Yakov Tsoy February 6, Avesta.tj reported February 7, quoting the Tajik Foreign Ministry.... http://www.centralasiaonline.com/en_GB/articles/caii/newsbriefs/2012/02/07/newsbrief-10 caii/newsbriefs/2012/02/07/newsbrief-10 Tue, 7 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000 BISHKEK – Kyrgyz Prime Minister Omurbek Babanov and chiefs of the country’s security agencies February 6 discussed national security and counter-traf... http://www.centralasiaonline.com/en_GB/articles/caii/newsbriefs/2012/02/07/newsbrief-11 caii/newsbriefs/2012/02/07/newsbrief-11 Tue, 7 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000 PESHAWAR – A national disaster risk management plan will be ready by June as part of the Pakistan National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA)’s con... http://www.centralasiaonline.com/en_GB/articles/caii/newsbriefs/2012/02/07/newsbrief-12 caii/newsbriefs/2012/02/07/newsbrief-12 Tue, 7 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000 PESHAWAR – An outbreak of measles has affected more than 200 Afghan children in a refugee camp in Haripur, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, UNICEF said February 7... http://www.centralasiaonline.com/en_GB/articles/caii/newsbriefs/2012/02/07/newsbrief-13 caii/newsbriefs/2012/02/07/newsbrief-13 Tue, 7 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000 BISHKEK – Kyrgyzstan and Afghanistan agreed to form a business council, the Kyrgyz Foreign Ministry press office said February 6, citing a February 3... http://www.centralasiaonline.com/en_GB/articles/caii/newsbriefs/2012/02/07/newsbrief-14 caii/newsbriefs/2012/02/07/newsbrief-14 Tue, 7 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000 LAHORE – The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) February 7 has announced One-Day International (ODI) and Twenty20 (T-20) squads for the series against Engl... http://www.centralasiaonline.com/en_GB/articles/caii/newsbriefs/2012/02/07/newsbrief-15 caii/newsbriefs/2012/02/07/newsbrief-15 Tue, 7 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000 Customers at the General Post Office (GPO) in Peshawar February 6 buy stamps commemorating the late computer prodigy Arfa Karim, who died of epilepsy at age 16 January 14. Pakistan Post has printed 2.5m of the Rs 8 ($0.09) stamps. GPO Peshawar already has sold 10,000 of the stamps, which went on sale February 3, postal officials said. [Ashfaq Yusufzai] http://www.centralasiaonline.com/en_GB/gallery caii/photos/2012/02/07/photo-01 Tue, 7 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000 Plan to export 180,000 tonnes a year by 2020 http://www.centralasiaonline.com/en_GB/articles/caii/features/business/2012/02/06/feature-01 caii/features/business/2012/02/06/feature-01 Mon, 6 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000 DUSHANBE – The Tajik-Kyrgyz commission on delimiting and demarking borders began a new working meeting February 6, AsiaPlus.tj reported, quoting the... http://www.centralasiaonline.com/en_GB/articles/caii/newsbriefs/2012/02/06/newsbrief-01 caii/newsbriefs/2012/02/06/newsbrief-01 Mon, 6 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000