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Pressure on Assad as West plans Syria sanctions Pressure mounted on Syrian strongman Bashar al-Assad on Wednesday as Western powers drew up a 10-day sanctions ultimatum.

13 July 2012 11:59

The West will keep Kazakhstan for oil in case of a deal with Islamists: Volkov In case of a geopolitical deal, the U.S. will keep Kazakhstan, north Afghanistan, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan, while Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan may be farmed out to Islamists: Expert.