News Digest
MORE BIRD LOSSES REGISTERED IN KAZAKHSTAN, AVIAN FLU SUSPECTED
By empty (8/5/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)
New cases of death of domestic and wild birds have been registered in the East Kazakhstan and Akmola districts in Kazakhstan. The Emergency Situations Ministry told Interfax on Friday that the death of 364 chickens in seven households were reported in Krasny Yar, East Kazakhstan on Thursday. \"All poultry farms in the region are now operating in closed mode.TURKMEN PRESIDENT GRANTS CITIZENSHIP TO 13,000 PEOPLE
By empty (8/5/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)
President Saparmurat Niyazov has signed decrees granting Turkmen citizenship to 13,245 people, mainly former Tajik citizens who fled Tajikistan during that country\'s 1992-97 civil war. The report noted that most are ethnic Turkmen. Others covered by the decrees include residents of territory recently returned to Turkmenistan from Uzbekistan.KAZAKHSTAN TO JOIN BAKU-TBILISI-CEYHAN PIPELINE IN OCTOBER
By empty (8/4/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Energy Minister Vladimir Shkolnik announced in Aktau on 4 August that Kazakhstan will join the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) pipeline project in October. Shkolnik said the eventual connection between Aktau in Kazakhstan and Baku in Azerbaijan will initially function as an independent link carrying 7.5 million tons of oil a year.KAZAKH OPPOSITION BLOC OFFICIALLY REGISTERED
By empty (8/4/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)
The opposition bloc For a Just Kazakhstan announced on 3 August that it was officially registered by the Kazakh authorities the previous day. The bloc described its registration as \"the common victory of democratic forces.\" Bloc leader Zharmakhan Tuyakbai is the presumptive unified opposition candidate in Kazakhstan\'s upcoming presidential election, which will be held in either December 2005 or December 2006.Visit also
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