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Astana Has a Leader (Maybe Two)
The Astana team’s manager had a little problem: Should he designate Lance Armstrong or Alberto Contador as the team leader?

Armstrong returns to Tour de France
Lance Armstrong returns to the Tour de France after a four year absence – but he's not the leader on his Astana team this year.

Slaking a thirst: In bed with the Middle East
China imports oil at a rate of nearly 4 million barrels a day; this strong demand has inevitably placed constraints on its ability to diversify its outbound energy investments. Oil deals with countries like Angola and Kazakhstan notwithstanding, China

Israeli paper analyzes importance of president's central Asia tour
['Analysis' by Yonatan Spyer, a senior Researcher at the Global Research International Affairs Centre IDC Herzliya:' Israel Gains Ground in Central Asia'] President Shimon Peres's landmark visit to Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan this week represents a

Official exchange rates for CIS and Baltic nations as of 02.07.2009
Country Currency For $1 For 1 For 1 ruble EUR Azerbaijan manat 0.8042 0.0259 1.1349 Armenia dram 360.27 11.57 507.66 Georgia lari 1.6535 0.053013 2.326 Belarus bel.ruble 2831 90.77 3986.05 Kazakhstan tenge 150.41 4.83 211.7 Kyrgyzstan som 43.281 1.3908

Russia launches US radio satellite: report
Russia successfully launched Tuesday a US radio satellite from Russia's Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Russian news agencies reported. The Proton-M rocket carrying the Sirius-FM5 satellite 'successfully blasted off and shortly after placed it on the

China takes ambitious oil acquisition strategy further
ENERGY TECH Sinopec's Addax deal would mark the most expensive foreign acquisition by a Chinese oil company, surpassing the 4.18-billion-dollar deal by China National Petroleum Corp, or CNPC, to acquire Canadian company PetroKazakhstan in 2005. by Staff

Kazakhstan is now participating in a world mountain climbing championship which is now underway in China
. The Republic?s athletes are known for their good skills in such disciplines as speed and difficulty. Over the past few years, a lot of new training grounds for mountain climbing have appeared in the country which is why the country?s youngsters

III Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions started its work in Astana
Astana. July 1. Kazakhstan Today - , the agency reports. According to the President of Kazakhstan, Nursultan Nazarbayev, III Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions promises to become an important event and will contribute to the cause of

Third Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions taking place in uneasy situation
Astana. July 1. Kazakhstan Today - The President of Kazakhstan, Nursultan Nazarbayev, said at III Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions in Astana that III Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions is taking place in uneasy

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For most of its history since independence from British administration in 1946, Jordan was ruled by King HUSSEIN (1953-1999). A pragmatic ruler, he successfully navigated competing pressures from the major powers (US, USSR, and UK), various Arab states, Israel, and a large internal Palestinian population, through several wars and coup attempts. In 1989 he resumed parliamentary elections and gradually permitted political liberalization; in 1994 a formal peace treaty was signed with Israel. King ABDALLAH II - the eldest son of King HUSSEIN and Princess MUNA - assumed the throne following his father's death in February 1999. Since then, he has consolidated his power and established his domestic priorities.

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