By empty (3/29/2004 issue of the CACI Analyst)

At least 19 people have been killed and 26 others injured in a series of blasts and attacks in Uzbekistan. Prosecutor General Rashid Kadyrov said suicide bombers killed three policemen and a child in an attack at a bazaar in the capital, Tashkent. There were also three fatal shootings of policemen in Tashkent, and a blast at the home of an alleged extremist in Bukhara, that killed 10 people.

By empty (3/29/2004 issue of the CACI Analyst)

Russia\'s privately owned National Reserve Bank (NRB) will represent Turkmenistan in the country\'s efforts to recover its international debts. The agreement came in the course of a meeting between NRB President Yurii Kudimov and Turkmen President Saparmurat Niyazov. Turkmenistan hopes to collect $500 million in debts from Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Kazakhstan, as well as $50 million from a number of Russian commercial banks.

By empty (3/26/2004 issue of the CACI Analyst)

A working group led by Kazakh Deputy Prime Minister Grigorii Marchenko approved the overall concept and strategy for Kazakhstan\'s \"electronic government\" project at a 26 March meeting. The project\'s stated aim is to increase government efficiency, information accessibility, and transparency by making as much information as possible available to citizens. Project developers include representatives of the executive branch, experts from Kazakhstan\'s information-technology sector, and businesspeople.