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By rail to Persia
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Ankara - President Suleyman Demirel flew to Iran to attend today's
opening of a railway line to Turkmenistan, part of the Istanbul-
Peking railroad link. The 185-mile rail...
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By rail to Persia
The Independent - London
; Ankara - President Suleyman Demirel flew to Iran to attend today's opening of a railway line to Turkmenistan, part of the Istanbul- Peking railroad link. The 185-mile railway, which will connect Iran's Mashhad and Turkmenistan's Tejen towns, will offer the shortest journey to the Persian Gulf from
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Two Central Asian Republics Quit U.S.S.R.; Departures Bring Total to 10; U.S. Said Set to Recognize Baltics
The Washington Post
; ... announced its intention to secede but said it will stick to the five-year process laid down by the present Soviet constitution. At a news conference in Tashkent, Uzbek President Islam Karimov said his republic wanted to maintain economic links with Russia and the ...
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9th, 10th republics join march to independence
Chicago Sun-Times
; TASHKENT, U.S.S.R. The Central Asian republics of Uzbekistan and Kirgizia on Saturday declared their independence from the Soviet Union - the 9th and 10th of the 15 republics to do so. The declarations signaled an almost complete collapse of the unitary Soviet state in the wake of the failure of
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Black gold.(petroleum resources of the Central Asian Republics)
Canada and the World Backgrounder
; Why should the Western world be bothered aboUt whether Russia meddles in the affairs of distant Asian republics or not? One reason is oil. Since 1991, Western oil companies have been spending millions of dollars exploring for oil in the Caspian Sea region. The drillers are excited about what
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More Soviet republics agree to join new union
Chicago Sun-Times
; MOSCOW The presidents of five Soviet Central Asian republics agreed Friday that they will join the Commonwealth of Independent States proclaimed by the leaders of the old Soviet Union's big-three Slavic republics. Their action heightens the chances that the burgeoning commonwealth ultimately will
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Central Asian republics calm amid storm
Chicago Sun-Times
; ... questions and rumors about the events half a continent away. News of Soviet President Mikhail S. Gorbachev's restoration to power ... descriptions of events in Moscow. But larger numbers ignored the news bulletins in favor of dinner or pop music at a local dance hall ...
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Asian birth surge worries Russians // Moslem growth is seen as a threat to traditional rule
Chicago Sun-Times
; TASHKENT, U.S.S.R. Young women wearing brightly colored head scarves, some carrying infants and others leading toddlers by the hand, are a common sight here in the capital of Uzbekistan. Indeed, children seem to be everywhere in the narrow, curving lanes of the city's adobe-walled Old Quarter. The
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Inhalable exports.(Central Asian republics want end to Afghantstani opium exports)(Brief Article)
The Economist (US)
; TASHKENT AFTER ten years of trying to forge their separate identities and strengthen their newly gained statehoods, the five ex-Soviet Central Asian republics--Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan--are beginning to realise that some problems have to be tackled jointly.
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Central Asia needs rail link for commerce.(World)(Briefing/Western Asia)(Q&A)
The Washington Times
; Anthony Cordesman, director of the Middle East Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, spoke with Assistant Foreign Editor Refet Kaplan about the new Central Asian railroad. Question: What has motivated the Central Asian republics to build this rail link? Answer: These
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Business Seminars & Emphasis On Gas-Fired Electricity
APS Review Gas Market Trends
; At the business level, conferences for Central Asia would be equally significant, if not more important than governmental meetings. The most important will be an international seminar on the Central Asian republics, to be held in Tehran at a date yet to be decided, which will concentrate on the
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