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Kazakhstan Daily News Roundup - October 27, 2009
HEADLINES:
Astana Finance plans to cut debt by $650 billion
(SRI) - Astana Finance plans to reduce its international debt by $650 million, in part by issuing new shares to give its creditors a majority stake in the lender.
Kazakhstan prepares for return of good old commercial banking
(bne) - Now that Kazakhstan’s economy is starting to revive, the country’s major banks are preparing for a resumption of growth in the sector - but a period of more cautious and conservative growth.
From ecological Soviet-era ruin, a sea is reborn
(AP) - From barren Central Asian steppes, a devastated sea is reborn - and along with it hope. The rescue of the Aral Sea has happened on Kazakhstan’s portion, and it is striking.
ENERGY:
Nazarbayev supports the Samsun-Ceyhan pipeline (Eurasia Daily Monitor)
BUSINESS AND ECONOMY:
Air Astana expects record profit thanks to early cuts (Air Traffic News)
Admission to WTO will expand Kazakhstan’s export potential - Ministry of Industry and Trade (Interfax)
Altyn engaged in illegal business in Turkey - investigators (Itar-Tass)
National Bank of Kazakhstan: Exchange rates October 27, 2009 (Kazinform)
POLITICS:
Two major opposition parties merge in Kazakhstan (Interfax)
Kazakhstan to promote OSCE common vision of security issues (Interfax)
Nazarbayev to pay working visit to United Arab Emirates (Kazakhstan Today)
SOCIETY:
Kazakhstan: economic paradoxes, sexism and the decline of science (Global Voices Online)
REGIONAL:
Turkmenistan completes section of gas line to China (Oil and Gas Journal)
Turkmen police arrest green activist - rights group (Reuters)
Top U.S. general holds talks with Tajikistan president (AFP)
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