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Oil strikes two-year high; soya scores record high Oil prices hit two-month highs this week, driven by Federal Reserve stimulus hopes and Middle East unrest, while soyabeans soared to a record high as US supplies were hit by drought.

22 July 2012

Romney, Obama clash over Chavez threat Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney on Wednesday clashed with President Barack Obama over how serious a security threat Iranian ally Venezuela poses to the US.

13 July 2012

US calls on Iran to release Christian pastor The United States on Monday called on Iran to release Christian pastor Youcef Nadarkhani, who was imprisoned in 2009 and condemned to death for converting from Islam to Christianity.

10 July 2012

U.S. "want to own" Central Asian special forces: media U.S., same as Russia, are interested in retaining authoritarian, but secular political regimes in the region.

01 March 2012

Street in Astana will be named after King of Jordan One of Astana's streets will be named after Hussein bin Talal, farther of the current King of Jordan.

01 February 2012

Uzbekistan Islamists asked Pakistan to give asylum to foreign extremists Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan uploaded a video where they are convincing Pakistanis of Vaziristan to continue giving asylum to foreign extremists.

24 November 2011

SalamWorld Islamic network to be launched in 2012 in 8 languages Global Islamic social network called SalamWorld with interface in 8 languages will be launched in April 2012.

20 November 2011

The flood-tolerant rice to be grown in Bangladesh It was developed by the University of California and the International Rice Research Center in the Philippines. Other crops are under research.

23 October 2011