energy
tax on oil to range from 5 to 18 percent
sri the new tax code which was approved by the kazakh parliament on wednesday sets new tax rates for oil production ranging between 5 and 18 percent in 2009 and 6 and 19 percent in 2010.
lukoil eyes bigger stake in cpc pipeline
the moscow times lukoil is in talks to buy bps stake in the caspian pipeline...... [Show More]
a brief world news roundup for 26 november 2008.
united states the americas
state dept well we dont comment on transfers from guantanamo until they actually take place so but youre aware of the administrations policy. the president has said you know time and again wed like to close guantanamo. so well do that as quickly as we can.
thomas joscelyn clear and pres...... [Show More]
tradeoffs Post Source: rossdouthat.theatlantic.com Posted: Nov 25 2008 13:43:12
the theme of my commentary on the russogeorgian war was the need for america to choose between grand strategies if were fighting a global war on terror that tends in practice to be concentrated in places like afghanistan i suggested we cant simultaneously be going all in on a strategy of democratic enlargement that involves taking sides against moscow in its near abroad. ot...... [Show More]
energy
azerikazakh cooperation a project with high hopes
new europe recently in baku the heads of kazakhstans kazmunaigas kmg and azerbaijans socar signed an agreement on the transcaspian project. its purpose is to ship kazakhstans oil across the caspian sea to the new pipelines that will take it further to the international markets.
tethys pe...... [Show More]
energy summit in baku advances regional energy cooperation
eura sianet41 agreements signed at bakus recent energy summit mark a significant show of azerbaijani support for projects that could break moscows regional stranglehold over export routes. the documents are the first such affirmations since the august war between georgia and russia.
turkey pushes for closer political ...... [Show More]
i hoped with all my might that obama would win the presidency and end the reign of terror that the bush administration has inflicted on the world. much more needs to be said about the historical significance of a white house with black residents but not here. i am jubilant that he has won and apprehensive about how soon he and his administration will capitulate to the habitual politics of...... [Show More]
oil falls americans cut driving by 90b miles
sioux falls s.d. oil slipped below 54 a barrel wednesday as stock markets across the globe fell and yet another u.s. government report illustrated the disarray in the housing market.
u.s. motorists stung by record gasoline prices job losses and falling home prices left the roadways in droves logging almost 11 billion fewer miles in sept...... [Show More]
come non detto la turchia ha provato a proporsi come mediatore tra iran e nuova amministrazione americana ma entrambe le parti hanno in buona sostanza fatto cadere nel vuoto lofferta come spiega lhurriyet questoggi .... commenta ...... [Show More]
energy
imperial energy drops kazakh license to focus on russia
sri imperial energy a british oil company operating in west siberia and kazakhstan relinquished its kazakh license to concentrate on russian interests.
while south africa falters uranium one says ops in kazakhstan will lead to dividends
mineweb ceo jean nortier says there are no issues in kazak...... [Show More]
sturgeon fund fishing for returns around the caspian
bne clemente cappello doesnt mind when azeris laugh at the name of his fund. the sturgeon fund was named after the fish that is an emblem of the caspian region where the fund is focused. the sturgeons production of valuable caviar is a metaphor for the funds strategy of extracting value from the region.
imf kazak...... [Show More]
the un news service carries this missive from officials in country warning that the situation in kyrgyzstan is only getting worse.a it may yet be a recipe for political mayhem but its certainly setting the stage for an unpredictable amount of largely preventable human suffering.
the office for the coordination of humanitarian affairs ocha reported that the hundreds of thou...... [Show More]
crisis kyrgyzstan Post Source: feeds.feedburner.com Posted: Nov 18 2008 22:37:27
though it surprises view regular readers the crisis in kyrgyzstan is ramping up.a eurasianet has two excellent stories and i would argue the connection between them is strong enough to argue for them being one long article.a the first article im linking covers the energy crisis and the second article illustrates the most recent antigovernment rally and the authoritys tacit ...... [Show More]
almost a week ago the bbc carried this story concerning the latest outbreak of maternalinfant hiv this time in namangan in the ferghana valley of eastern uzbekistan.
the uzbek cases were discovered in october and have reportedly been referred to prosecutors.
but they have not been reported in the local media which is tightly controlled by the government.
the officials who spoke to the...... [Show More]
spencer is still issuing platitudes about taliban negotiations though now hes tempering it with sage wisdom from mister kilcullen and the zeitgeisty swj . the latest movement involves hamid karzais latest blanket offer of safety to mullah mohammed omaran offer that was quickly rebuffed .
now ackerman plays this like a reasoned first step in testing a hypothesis about ...... [Show More]
whos an economics expert who knows how to solve the worlds current financial crisis was that kazakhstan on the amazing race answers not me probably no one and yes nick and starr are unbeatable
with the leaders of most of the worlds economies attending an international summit to try and combat the current economic downturn and create systems wh...... [Show More]
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