Youzhny reaches Swiss Open quarterfinals (Jul 30)
Top seeded Mikhail Youzhny advanced to the Swiss Open quarterfinals on Thursday, beating wild card Alexander Sadecky of Switzerland in straight sets.


Georgia Trades a Stick for a Carrot in Overtures to Abkhazia, South Ossetia (Jul 29)
Georgia has come knocking on separatist doors with a basket full of promised grants, investments and social welfare perks, but de facto Abkhaz and South Ossetian officials, wary of Georgians bearing gifts and mindful of Moscow and their own declarations of independence, show no sign of interest in the offering.
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Exxon profits soar in second quarter (Jul 29)
NEW YORK (AFP) - Profits at energy titan ExxonMobil nearly doubled in the second quarter of the year, the company said Thursday, as production from fields in Qatar and Kazakhstan rose.


Extracting Change in Afghanistan’s Development Quagmire (Jul 29)
The girls’ high school under construction in Jabal Seraj could have turned out like any other development project in the area: crumbling and dangerous. Afghanistan is littered with poor-quality buildings sponsored by foreign donors. The projects are often sub-contracted -- several times -- to a final implementer who maximizes profits using cheap labor and sub-standard materials.
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Living in Bishkek’s Brutal Underground (Jul 29)
Beneath the glamour and excess, the fast cars and “VIP” clubs, Bishkek’s feeble image of new money quickly evaporates. For an increasing number in Kyrgyzstan’s capital, the economic crisis means homelessness. Some seek refuge underground in the dark and dangerous corridors of the city’s central hot water and power system, living amongst decaying animals, used needles and human filth. read more


Roddick battles into semis (Jul 24)
Andy Roddick's unconvincing form at the Atlanta Tennis Championships continued as he was again taken to three sets before seeing off the determined challenge of Belgium's Xavier Malisse in the quarter-finals.


Melzer, Golubev advance (Jul 23)
Third-seeded Jurgen Melzer has beaten Potito Starace 6-4 6-1 to reach the semi-finals of the German Open.


COMMISSION DECISION of on the financing of emergency humanitarian actions in Central Asia from the general budget of the European Union (ECHO/-CA/BUD/2010/01000) (Jun 16)
Source: European Commission Humanitarian Aid department


Residents Flee Floods In Southern Kazakhstan (Jun 15)
Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty


Uzbek Detainees in Kazakhstan Fear Forced Return (Jun 10)
Source: EurasiaNet