Tajikistan’s president called Thursday for legislation to limit the size and expense of weddings, birthday parties and funerals, saying the ceremonies have become too expensive and unjustified for the poor former Soviet republic.
Popularity: 1% [?]
May 24, 2007Tajik President Emomali Rakhmon has instructed archaeologists to secure the return from the British Museum of an ancient collection of artifacts known as the Oxus Treasure, the Middle East Times web-site reported quoting a release by Rakhmon’s press service.
Popularity: 2% [?]
April 5, 2007President Emomalii Rakhmon has banned high school graduation parties in this largely Muslim Central Asian country, The Associated Press news agency reports.
Popularity: 2% [?]
March 29, 2007Tajikistan President Emomali Rakhmonov says he wants to change his name to drop the Russian-style ending that was attached to last names of people from ethnic groups across the Soviet Union, The Associated Press reported on Wednesday.
Popularity: 1% [?]
March 22, 2007A court in Tajikistan has handed down a 23-year prison sentence to a former member of the al Qaeda terrorist network.
Popularity: 2% [?]
March 7, 2007Police on Sunday killed an Arab who Russian security officials said commanded foreign mercenaries in Chechnya and was al-Qaeda’s top emissary in the troubled North Caucasus.
Popularity: 4% [?]
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