This news was added on 21.02.2001 More War Expected in Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyz military authorities announced that they expect another installment of the Islamic separatist violence that has marred at least the last two springs and summers. This time, there are fears that the guerrillas have winter training and better recon. There is a major brand of household goods in Iran called Barf, and yes, you can buy those goods right here in Kazakhstan. There s Barf dishwashing liquid, Barf laundry detergent, and possibly other Barf products. The consortium preparing to undertake a huge oil field development in the Caspian Sea made the surprising choice of AGIP S.p.A. of Italy as the company that will manage the project.
Critics argue that the principal beneficiaries are a handful of big consulting outfits.
In recent years, powerful lobbying groups have used their influence to sharply increase U.S. economic assistance to compatriots overseas despite overall cuts in foreign aid. The model of monarchy seems increasingly to be taking hold in the former Soviet lands formally democratic republics that have increasingly become the personal fiefdoms of rulers who mostly grew out of the Soviet system.