News Digest
AZERBAIJANI ISLAMIC PARTY ACTIVISTS ARRESTED IN ANTI-ISRAELI DEMONSTRATION
By empty (8/7/2006 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Several activists of the Islamic Democratic Party of Azerbaijan were arrested on August 7 by police during a demonstration held in front of the Israeli Embassy in Baku. Police detained Islamic Democratic Party leader Tahir Abbas and three party activists for staging an \"unsanctioned public gathering.\" The demonstration is the latest in a series of rallies protesting Israeli actions in Lebanon and follows similar pickets in front of the UN office and the embassies of both Israel and the United States in Baku.TAJIK COURT SENTENCES UZBEK TO 15 YEARS FOR ESPIONAGE
By empty (8/4/2006 issue of the CACI Analyst)
A court in Tajikistan\'s northern Sughd province on August 4 sentenced Yori Yoqubov, a stateless individual and resident of Uzbekistan, to a 15-year prison term for espionage on behalf of Uzbekistan. A source in Tajikistan\'s Security Ministry said that Yoqubov, an assistant epidemiologist in Uzbekistan\'s Sirdaryo province, was recruited by Uzbekistan\'s National Security Service to spy in Tajikistan\'s Sughd region, where his parents and relatives reside in the town of Istaravshon. Yoqubov was detained in Istaravshon in May after \"he had obtained economic and political information constituting a state secret there and handed it over to officers of the Uzbek National Security Service,\" the source said.RUSSIA TO COMPENSATE KAZAKHSTAN FOR ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE CAUSED BY ROCKET
By empty (8/1/2006 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Russia will unconditionally honor its obligations and pay compensation to Kazakhstan for the environmental damage caused by the crashed Dnepr launch vehicle, Igor Panarin, spokesman for the Russian space agency Roscosmos, told Interfax-AVN on Tuesday. \"I officially announce that Russia is prepared to make compensation payments for the environmental damage caused, as required by international agreements. We hope that this regrettable incident will not influence Russian-Kazakh cooperation in space exploration,\" Panarin said in remarks about the aftermath of the Dnepr rocket\'s crash 150 kilometers from the Baikonur launch pad seconds after launch on July 26.NO HEALTH DISORDERS REPORTED IN ROCKET CRASH SITE IN KAZAKHSTAN
By empty (8/1/2006 issue of the CACI Analyst)
No health disorders have been uncovered in residents of Kazakhstan\'s Kyzylorda region in the wake of the crash of a Dnepr launch vehicle, said Kazakh Education and Science Deputy Minister Azamat Abdymomunov, who chairs a governmental commission set up to deal with the aftermath of the crash. \"A medical examination of residents in the villages of Zhanakala and Kuandariya revealed no heath disorders as of July 31, 2006. This information was provided by the Health Ministry in a fax message by 7 p.Visit also
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