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Drug-related HIV/AIDS cases on the rise in south

Injecting drug use, fuelled by illicit drug trafficking, is increasing the number of HIV/AIDS cases in southern Uzbekistan more »

Putin appoints new government

President Vladimir Putin kept Russia's economy and finance ministers in place on Tuesday more »

Astana Denies Links To Nuclear Smuggling Network

Kazakhstan is denying any connections to Dubai-based SMB Computers that could implicate it in an international black market in nuclear materials more »

Digging Iraq

After a 12-year break, Polish archeologists are returning to Iraq more »

European central banks renew gold deal

Fifteen European central banks said Monday they would sell an annual maximum of 500 tons of gold from their reserves over the next five years, an increase of 25 percent more »

Czechs Revive Interest toward Holidays in Bulgaria

Major Czech tour operators project a 2004 increase of 25 % of holidaymakers in Bulgaria more »

Warning: Blogs Can Be Infectious

The most-read webloggers aren't necessarily the ones with the most original ideas, say researchers at Hewlett-Packard Labs more »

Windows could lose Media Player in EU tangle

Removing the media player from Windows may help level the playing field for competitors more »

Controversial Election Code

Kazakhstan’s parliament is preparing to pass an electoral code that supporters of President Nursultan Nazarbayev portray as proof of their commitment to holding transparent elections more »

The party's new boss

Polish PM Quashes Revolt as Left Picks New Leader more »

An official visit

Parliament Speaker Paulauskas Of Lithuania Visits Istanbul Governor Guler more »

Business confidence is growing in Japan

Japanese Business Confidence Up as Economy Expands more »

Britain looks for investment opportunities in Poland

Great Britain is the second largest source of FDI in the world more »

Video forums in "Europa" supermarket

Penki kontinentai group presents the unique video forum systems, which are available at “Europa” supermarket as well. more »

The emergency plenary session

Lithuanian Sejmas adopted regulations and elected chairman of the impeachment procedure more »

TURKMENISTAN TO BUILD $1 BILLION OIL REFINERY

Turkmen President Saparmurat Niyazov announced on 4 March that his country plans to invest more than $1 billion in the reconstruction of the Seidi oil refinery in eastern Turkmenistan more »

ARMENIA REPORTS INCREASE IN EXTERNAL DEBT

Officials of the Finance and Economy Ministry reported on 3 March that Armenia's foreign debt rose by nearly 7 percent to reach $1.1 billion at the end of 2003 more »

Macromedia looks to extend Flash technology

Company also readies Flex framework more »

Pope's poems top one million copies

The Pope wrote the poems at his summer residence outside Rome more »

Russia Ready to Increase Foreign Bank Quota by 25%

Russian negotiators are ready to accept an increase of 25% in the number of foreign banks operating in Russia during the next round of World Trade Organization talks more »