• New hydroelectric power plant commissioned in Kazakh Zhambyl region

• New partner may join TAP project

• Kazakh government increases country’s investment attractiveness

• EU, UN promote the development of agriculture in Adjara

• Georgian Energy Minister: Trans-Caucasian corridor should be strategic for entire region

• Fitch Affirms Four Georgian Banks

• Drilling first well at Iran’s South Pars gas field phase 20 almost complete

• Tehran province absorbs $4.85 billion of foreign investment

• Iran’s zinc and lead production up 8 percent

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• Azerbaijani MP proposes vote on greater role for civil society

• Earthquake occurs in Georgia

• State program for development of railway infrastructure in Azerbaijan 80% complete

• Azerbaijan Democratic Reform Party chairman re-elected for new term

• Baku considers several int’l organizations’ criticism as biased

• Top Azerbaijani official: Opposition leaders must raise issue on Nagorno-Karabakh at European Parliament

• Official: Azerbaijan not an outpost for any country

• Central bank: IDA initiative on Azerbaijan's participation in projects as investor perceived positively

• Azerbaijani youth organizations to support Ilham Aliyev’s candidacy in upcoming presidential elections (PHOTO)

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• Georgian president discusses policy of non-recognition of separatist regions with Panamanian counterpart

• Georgian parliamentary delegation to get acquainted with experience of Estonian self-governance reforms

• U.S. Congress considers arrests of former officials as politically motivated in Georgia

• Georgia's foreign debt amounts to $4.2 billion

• Number of tourists increases by 30 percent in Georgia

• Nino Burjanadze welcomes progress in Georgian-Russian relations

• Georgia’s PM meets with Constitutional Court Chairman

• Georgian president welcomes adoption of the UN resolution on Georgia

• Georgian FM welcomes Kazakhstan's decision to raise level of diplomatic representation

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• Iran's Bam removed from List of World Heritage in Danger

• India cuts Iran oil imports 42 pct, takes Venezuelan, other crudes

• Iranian Rohani vows to use all efficient figures in his government regardless of their parties

• Rohani: Sanctions against Iran are brutal

• Tehran court summons Ahmadinejad over Majlis speaker complaint

• USD, Euro prices fall at Iran’s Forex center

• Iran rejects selling oil to India at discount prices

• Iran’s imports from UK increases by astonishing figure of 20.2 percent

• Iran imports 316,000 tons of rice in 2 months

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• Petronas Carigali announces tender in Turkmenistan

• Kyrgyzstan parliamentary committee approved agreement on British troops transit

• Turkmenistan to purchase medical equipment

• New Kazakh embassy building opens in Tashkent

• S& P suspends Uzbek Samarkand Bank’s ratings because of lack of information

• International oil and gas concern announces tender in Turkmenistan

• Turkmenistan announces tender for oil tanker dock repairs

• Average annual GDP growth of Turkmenistan at 11 percent

• Turkmenistan hydrocarbon production increased since January

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• Methane kills seven in Turkey

• Turkey negotiates with Russian, German travel agencies on tourist attraction

• Moscow opposes Syrian no-fly zone

• Saudi Arabia reports four deaths from SARS-like infection

• Damascus blast kills, wounds Syrian troops

• Iran dismisses news on halting cement exports to Iraq

• Earthquake hits Turkey

• Vice-Premier: Most countries do not want to see Turkey strong

• Egyptian forces 'ready to defend Hamas'

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