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		<title>Kazakhstan and the Boston bombs</title>
		<link>http://silkroadintelligencer.com/2013/05/10/kazakhstan-and-the-boston-bombs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 09:49:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[>>The arrest of two Kazakh teenagers with links to the alledged Boston bombers has become a national problem]]></description>
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		<title>ANALYSIS: Radicalism in the North Caucasus and Kazakhstan</title>
		<link>http://silkroadintelligencer.com/2013/04/30/analysis-radicalism-in-the-north-caucasus-and-kazakhstan/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 14:51:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Central Asia, a short hop over the Caspian Sea, is potentially vulnerable to radical Islamic ideas emanating out of the North Caucasus]]></description>
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		<title>Inflation slowdown stalks Central Asia</title>
		<link>http://silkroadintelligencer.com/2012/07/18/inflation-slowdown-headache-stalks-central-asia-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jul 2012 01:18:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SRI</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(The Conway Bulletin) &#8211; Tajikistan’s Central Bank has cut interest rates to a record low to try to breathe life into its slowing economy, a problem that other countries in the region, including Kazakhstan, are facing. A faltering global economy, driven by unease over the security of sovereign debt in the Eurozone, is impacting economies [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ANALYSIS: Kazakhstan faces growing need for warehouse space</title>
		<link>http://silkroadintelligencer.com/2011/09/26/kazakhstan-faces-growing-need-for-warehouse-space/</link>
		<comments>http://silkroadintelligencer.com/2011/09/26/kazakhstan-faces-growing-need-for-warehouse-space/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Sep 2011 17:09:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SRI</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[real estate]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[(bne) &#8211; New modern warehouses are being built in Kazakhstan, but the country still has a pressing need for more, especially in the far-flung central and western cities where food is still stored in rat-infested Soviet buildings. By Clare Nuttall (business new europe) Kazakhstan&#8217;s capital Astana and Almaty, the country&#8217;s main logistics hub, have existing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ANALYSIS: &#8220;People&#8217;s IPOs&#8221; to expand Kazakh investment universe</title>
		<link>http://silkroadintelligencer.com/2011/08/31/peoples-ipos-to-expand-kazakh-investment-universe/</link>
		<comments>http://silkroadintelligencer.com/2011/08/31/peoples-ipos-to-expand-kazakh-investment-universe/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Aug 2011 17:51:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SRI</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(bne) &#8211; The range of publicly traded equities for Kazakhstan-focused funds to invest in has so far been limited mainly to the commodity and banking sectors. But the planned &#8220;People&#8217;s IPO&#8221; program is set to change that, ushering in an age of exchange-traded funds. By Clare Nuttall (business new europe) The timing of the People&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ANALYSIS: Succeeding in Kazakhstan</title>
		<link>http://silkroadintelligencer.com/2011/08/24/succeeding-in-kazakhstan/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Aug 2011 21:26:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SRI</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(bne) &#8211; When Nursultan Nazarbayev won April&#8217;s Kazakh presidential election with a resounding majority, the issue of who would suceed the septuagenarian appeared to have been put on the backburner for the time being. But three months later, Nazarbayev&#8217;s visit to Germany for medical treatment has put it firmly back on the agenda. By Clare [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ANALYSIS: Kazakhstan&#8217;s financial sector problems drag on</title>
		<link>http://silkroadintelligencer.com/2011/08/23/kazakhstans-financial-sector-problems-drag-on/</link>
		<comments>http://silkroadintelligencer.com/2011/08/23/kazakhstans-financial-sector-problems-drag-on/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Aug 2011 00:20:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SRI</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Astana Finance]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[(bne) &#8211; Astana Finance is struggling to reach a debt restructuring deal with creditors after Kazakhstan&#8217;s sovereign wealth fund Samruk-Kazyna pulled the plug on extra financing for the troubled firm. By Clare Nuttall (business new europe) This is more bad news for the country&#8217;s banks, which are making little headway in dealing with troubled loans [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ANALYSIS: Winners and losers in Eurasia&#8217;s frontier markets</title>
		<link>http://silkroadintelligencer.com/2011/07/29/winners-and-losers-in-eurasias-frontier-markets/</link>
		<comments>http://silkroadintelligencer.com/2011/07/29/winners-and-losers-in-eurasias-frontier-markets/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jul 2011 00:48:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SRI</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(bne) &#8211; Kazakhstan set itself apart from the rest of Central Asia with several billion-dollar listings on the London Stock Exchange. Mongolia has since burst onto the international scene, with the $650-million Mongolia Mining Company IPO on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange in October 2010. By Clare Nuttall (business new europe) Mongolia&#8217;s mineral wealth and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ANALYSIS: Under-mined in Central Asia</title>
		<link>http://silkroadintelligencer.com/2011/07/28/under-mined-in-central-asia/</link>
		<comments>http://silkroadintelligencer.com/2011/07/28/under-mined-in-central-asia/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jul 2011 02:17:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SRI</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[mineral resources]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mining]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[(bne) &#8211; Central Asia&#8217;s mineral resources remain under-developed given the region&#8217;s potential. And outside of Kazakhstan and Mongolia, international investment into exploration is minimal. By Clare Nuttall (business new europe) Even in Kazakhstan, the most developed country in the region, exploration investment has been low by global standards given the size and range of its [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ANALYSIS: Malaysia seeks greater presence in Kazakhstan</title>
		<link>http://silkroadintelligencer.com/2011/07/25/malaysia-seeks-greater-presence-in-kazakhstan/</link>
		<comments>http://silkroadintelligencer.com/2011/07/25/malaysia-seeks-greater-presence-in-kazakhstan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jul 2011 00:18:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SRI</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(bne) &#8211; Malaysian investors are targeting Central Asia in sectors ranging from oil and gas to Islamic finance. Although geographically distant, Malaysia shares with the Central Asian republics a religion and an economy based on natural resources. By Clare Nuttall (business new europe) The most recent Malaysian delegation to Central Asia, led by Prime Minister [...]]]></description>
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