News Digest
BIRD FLU QUARANTINE LIFTED IN AZERBAIJAN
By empty (4/15/2006 issue of the CACI Analyst)
The Azeri bird flu prevention commission has announced that the situation surrounding the bird flu threat in the country has stabilized. The final quarantine has been lifted at the village of Banovshalar in the Agdam district, the commission said in a statement. The commission once again urged people to refrain from contact with wild birds, to keep poultry isolated and to strictly observe sanitary and hygienic standards.KARABAKH NOT A DRUG TRANSIT ROUTE – STEPANAKERT
By empty (4/15/2006 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Stepanakert has criticized the naming of the self-proclaimed republic of Nagorno-Karabakh as a territory used for illegal drug transit in a U.S. Department of State report.IRAN HAS NO CHANCE OF PRODUCING NUKES ON ITS OWN - RUSSIAN CHIEF OF STAFF
By empty (4/15/2006 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Iran has no opportunity to develop its own nuclear weapons, said Russian Chief of General Staff Gen. Yury Baluyevsky. \"I can tell you with all confidence that what Iran is doing now will not enable it to develop nuclear weapons either in the near or in the distant future,\" Baluyevsky told journalists in Moscow on Saturday.KAZAKH PRESIDENT SETS PRIORITIES FOR REGIONAL HEADS
By empty (4/14/2006 issue of the CACI Analyst)
President Nursultan Nazarbaev told a meeting with provincial governors and the mayors of Almaty and Astana on April 14 that the task of making Kazakhstan one of the world\'s 50 most competitive countries should become a \"national idea\" In his address, Nazarbaev singled out the following issues: the efficiency of local executive government, regional socioeconomic problems, the introduction of electronic government, encouraging a healthy lifestyle, youth unemployment, competition and the development of small and mid-size businesses, and provincial strategic-development plans. (Kazinform).Visit also
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