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SCO Watch: Treading Lightly in Dushanbe
Thursday, 28 Aug, 2008 – 6:08 | 2 Comments

The day before the official start of the SCO summit, Dushanbe served as apparently “unpromising surroundings” for Russian diplomatic outreach to the region, and caught the the attention of some western media as a result. …

SCO Watch
Tuesday, 26 Aug, 2008 – 22:46 | One Comment

With Tajikistan’s most successful Olympic team ever returning home victorious, the SCO summit is nearly here.  Such a star-studded conference would be a major event in any world capital and will thus focus particularly intense …

Food Crisis Continues; $10 Million from UN WFP
Tuesday, 19 Aug, 2008 – 5:45 | 3 Comments

MercyCorps in Tajikistan had somber news on Aug. 11 about the food crisis in Tajikistan:
more than 60 percent of households are down to only one warm meal a day. An extreme winter damaged harvests and …

Rahmon Back Home, Met with Hu
Monday, 11 Aug, 2008 – 5:23 | One Comment

President Rahmon left China August 8th after attending the opening ceremonies in Beijing.  Hopefully he got the chance to cheer on Dzakhon Kurbanov to overwhelming and  surprising victory over the world boxing champion, Abbos Atoev.  …

Update on Kashgar Attackers
Wednesday, 6 Aug, 2008 – 16:06 | No Comment

I last reported on the possibility that the two men in Kashgar crossed the Tajik border before carrying out their attack on border guards in the city.  Porfiriy, at The New Dominion, has translated state …

Too Close for Comfort: Xinjiang Attackers from Tajikistan?
Tuesday, 5 Aug, 2008 – 1:14 | 4 Comments

News is beginning to spread of an attack in Kashgar, Xinjiang province of China that resulted in the deaths of 16 Chinese Border patrol officers. Some sources are reporting that two attackers crossed over …

Tajikistan goes to the Olympics (in China!)
Friday, 1 Aug, 2008 – 3:41 | 8 Comments

Judging by the deserted stands at the Tajikistan/Turkmenistan football match in the AFC Challenge Cup opening round, all eyes are already focused on the Beijing Olympics as the ultimate sporting and political event of the …

Preparations and Anticipation of Dushanbe SCO Summit
Wednesday, 30 Jul, 2008 – 16:07 | 7 Comments

Dushanbe will see its name in the news more in the next month, with preparations for the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit at the end of August. The SCO Council of Ministers met in …