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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 Officials see political benefits, but inhabitants near Semipalatinsk are uneasy http://www.centralasiaonline.com/en_GB/articles/caii/features/main/2012/02/21/feature-01 caii/features/main/2012/02/21/feature-01 Tue, 21 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000 Taliban kill locals to frighten others, analysts say http://www.centralasiaonline.com/en_GB/articles/caii/features/pakistan/main/2012/02/21/feature-01 caii/features/pakistan/main/2012/02/21/feature-01 Tue, 21 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000 Japan pledges to fight polio in FATA, ease visa process for KP traders http://www.centralasiaonline.com/en_GB/articles/caii/features/pakistan/main/2012/02/21/feature-02 caii/features/pakistan/main/2012/02/21/feature-02 Tue, 21 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000 KANDAHAR – A roadside bomb killed four civilians in Shawalikot District, Kandahar, February 19, the provincial government press office said in a stat... http://www.centralasiaonline.com/en_GB/articles/caii/newsbriefs/2012/02/21/newsbrief-01 caii/newsbriefs/2012/02/21/newsbrief-01 Tue, 21 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000 CHITRAL – Police are investigating the theft of about 550kg of explosives from a South Korean company working on a hydro-power project in the area, o... http://www.centralasiaonline.com/en_GB/articles/caii/newsbriefs/2012/02/21/newsbrief-02 caii/newsbriefs/2012/02/21/newsbrief-02 Tue, 21 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000 BISHKEK – Kyrgyz President Almazbek Atambayev February 23 will travel to Moscow for economic co-operation discussions, his press office told Central... http://www.centralasiaonline.com/en_GB/articles/caii/newsbriefs/2012/02/21/newsbrief-03 caii/newsbriefs/2012/02/21/newsbrief-03 Tue, 21 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000 KOHAT -– Two foreign terrorism suspects were arrested in the Jahazao Madian area of Kohat February 18 and suicide vests were seized from them, Thall... http://www.centralasiaonline.com/en_GB/articles/caii/newsbriefs/2012/02/21/newsbrief-04 caii/newsbriefs/2012/02/21/newsbrief-04 Tue, 21 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000 PESHAWAR – Pakistani medical workers have diagnosed two more children with polio, bringing the number of polio-afflicted children nationwide to 11 th... http://www.centralasiaonline.com/en_GB/articles/caii/newsbriefs/2012/02/21/newsbrief-05 caii/newsbriefs/2012/02/21/newsbrief-05 Tue, 21 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000 ASHGABAT – Workers February 19 raised the world’s largest flag in Ashgabat to mark Flag Day, Turkmen state TV announced late February 19.... http://www.centralasiaonline.com/en_GB/articles/caii/newsbriefs/2012/02/21/newsbrief-06 caii/newsbriefs/2012/02/21/newsbrief-06 Tue, 21 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000 KURRAM – Government forces destroyed the houses of Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan Islami chief Hafiz Fazl e Saeed and two of his relatives after he claim... http://www.centralasiaonline.com/en_GB/articles/caii/newsbriefs/2012/02/21/newsbrief-07 caii/newsbriefs/2012/02/21/newsbrief-07 Tue, 21 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000 PESHAWAR – Pakistan defeated Afghanistan in the last match of the 3-Matches Cricket for Peace series February 21.... http://www.centralasiaonline.com/en_GB/articles/caii/newsbriefs/2012/02/21/newsbrief-08 caii/newsbriefs/2012/02/21/newsbrief-08 Tue, 21 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000 TORONTO – Canadian authorities February 10 arrested Rustem Tursunbayev, a former vice-president of Kazatomprom, the Toronto Star reported February 19... http://www.centralasiaonline.com/en_GB/articles/caii/newsbriefs/2012/02/21/newsbrief-09 caii/newsbriefs/2012/02/21/newsbrief-09 Tue, 21 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000 MOSCOW – More than 160,000 Central Asians moved to Russia in 2011, Kommersant reported February 21, quoting the Russian statistical agency.... http://www.centralasiaonline.com/en_GB/articles/caii/newsbriefs/2012/02/21/newsbrief-10 caii/newsbriefs/2012/02/21/newsbrief-10 Tue, 21 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000 KABUL – Female MP Fawzia Koofi has reiterated her intention to run for president in 2014, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) reported February... http://www.centralasiaonline.com/en_GB/articles/caii/newsbriefs/2012/02/21/newsbrief-11 caii/newsbriefs/2012/02/21/newsbrief-11 Tue, 21 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000 ASTANA – Kazakhstan is expecting to harvest 13m-15m tonnes of grain in 2012, Agriculture Vice-Minister Muslim Umiriyayev said February 21, according... http://www.centralasiaonline.com/en_GB/articles/caii/newsbriefs/2012/02/21/newsbrief-12 caii/newsbriefs/2012/02/21/newsbrief-12 Tue, 21 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000 DUSHANBE – The Tajik Emergency Situations Committee and Kyrgyz Emergency Situations Ministry plan to sign a treaty on co-operation in civil defence,... http://www.centralasiaonline.com/en_GB/articles/caii/newsbriefs/2012/02/21/newsbrief-13 caii/newsbriefs/2012/02/21/newsbrief-13 Tue, 21 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000 PARAGRAKABUL – The Afghan government said February 20 that police had rescued 41 children February 15 from insurgents who they believe planned to smu... http://www.centralasiaonline.com/en_GB/articles/caii/newsbriefs/2012/02/21/newsbrief-14 caii/newsbriefs/2012/02/21/newsbrief-14 Tue, 21 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000 Islamabad's Nida Butt participates in the All-Pakistan Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Ladies Badminton Championship 2012. Butt defeated Lahore's Ghazala Siddiqui in the Singles Finals at Qayyum Sports Complex, Peshawar, February 17. [Intikhab Amir] http://www.centralasiaonline.com/en_GB/gallery caii/photos/2012/02/21/photo-01 Tue, 21 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000 ISLAMABAD - Visiting Afghan president Hamid Karzai February 18 held meetings with leaders of Pakistan’s main political parties to exchange views on h... http://www.centralasiaonline.com/en_GB/articles/caii/newsbriefs/2012/02/18/newsbrief-01 caii/newsbriefs/2012/02/18/newsbrief-01 Sat, 18 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000 KABUL – Afghan President Hamid Karzai’s spokesman, Aimal Faizi, said February 18 talks between the Afghan President and Pakistani leaders in Islamaba... http://www.centralasiaonline.com/en_GB/articles/caii/newsbriefs/2012/02/18/newsbrief-02 caii/newsbriefs/2012/02/18/newsbrief-02 Sat, 18 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000