Archives for May 2011

nCa Report Ashgabat, 24 May 2011 (nCa) — Turkmenistan, on the strength of its impeccable record of peace-building in the region, highlighted Monday the contours of its 5-point formula for creating and sustaining peace in Afghanistan. A senior spokesman of the foreign ministry told that the peace formula presented by President Berdymuhamedov in his speech […]

Ashgabat, 24 May 2011 (nCa) — President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan will visit Turkmenistan 28-29 May 2011. His visit is especially important because of fast changing situation in Afghanistan and the region and growing prospects for pursuing peace in the war torn country. The main topics during summit talks would include fuel and energy complex, […]

Clemente Ferrer A plenary held at the main room of the Supreme Court has ordered Bacardi to remove all of its “White Label” billboard ads. These ads were denounced by the Association of Communication Users. Other than removing the ads, the alcoholic company will have to pay a 300 euros fine for each day that […]

nCa Report On 25 May the World Kurultay of Kazakh people will start in Astana. It is the fourth Kurultay since the declaring of Kazakhstan’s independence. Kurultay is the traditional form of public representation among the nomads of Central Asia. It is difficult to say when this idea to hold such meetings emerged. Exact time […]

nCa Report Ashgabat, 21 May 2011 (nCa) — The approaching deadline for the withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan, and the death of Bin Laden – an important milestone in the so-called war on terrorism – have apparently stimulated the process of peace talks in Afghanistan. A delegation of the Afghan High Peace Council (AHPC) […]

Доклад nCa Ашгабат, 21 мая 2011 (nCa) — Приближающийся крайний срок вывода войск США из Афганистана и смерть бен Ладена – важные события в так называемой войне с терроризмом – по-видимому явились стимулятором для проведения мирных переговоров в Афганистане. В пятницу состоялась встреча делегации афганского Высшего Совета мира с президентом Туркменистана Бердымухамедовым в его резиденции […]

Ben Tanosborn Two years ago in Cairo, Barack Obama had everything going for him as he addressed the global Muslim community as new leader of powerful America; someone who had been elected to help bring about change not just domestically but in foreign policy as well, particularly in that region of the world where there […]

General Mirza Aslam Beg, Former Chief of Army Staff, Pakistan From the cool comfort of the White House Obama watched the drama of raid on the house in Abbottabad. This was a CIA operation, meant to fool the world and embarrass Pakistan but the fact of the matter is that the whole exercise was a […]

Новости и комментарий nCa Ашгабат, 19 мая 2011 (nCa) — В четверг в Ашгабаде начала работу выставка товаров, произведенных в США. В выставке, куда в полном составе прибыл Кабинет Министров, участвуют более 60 американских компаний. Выставка проходит в рамках сессии туркмено-американского делового совета. Американскую делегацию возглавили первый  заместитель помощника госсекретаря по делам Южной и Центральной […]

nCa News and Commentary Ashgabat, 19 May 2011 (nCa) — The first single-country exhibition of the United States started Thursday in Ashgabat. More than 60 American companies are participating in the event that attracted almost the entire cabinet of ministers of Turkmenistan. The exhibition is taking place in tandem with the session of the Turkmen-American […]

Доклад и комментарий Ашгабат, 18 мая 2011 (nCa) — Появились некоторые признаки того, что в ближайшее время начнется процесс по мирному урегулированию ситуации в Афганистане. Такие перспективы были отмечены и в ответах специального представителя Генерального Секретаря ООН и первого заместителя министра иностранных дел Туркменистана на вопросы агентства nCa в понедельник 16 мая. Возможность задать вопросы […]

Dr. Yossef Ben-Meir The Egyptian people must still yet overturn an overbearing force that has marginalized them for generations: top-down government control of budgets and local development.  Egypt’s central government administration consumes the far majority of public resources, allocating just 15 percent for local administration spending, which is less than half of the average percent […]

Ashgabat, 18 May 2011 (nCa) — There are some indications that announcement may come soon about the start of the peace process in Afghanistan. A special representative of the UN Secretary General, and the first deputy foreign minister of Turkmenistan, mentioned such possibilities when answering a question by nCa Monday (16 May). The opportunity for […]

General Mirza Aslam Beg, Former Chief of Army Staff, Pakistan The Abbottabad episode of 2 May 2011 provides the opportunity to restore our national sovereignty and establish new level of relationship with our immediate neighbors and countries beyond. “It is a blessing in disguise” to restore national honour and dignity. In fact, the 2/5 episode […]

Новости и комментарии nCa Ашгабат, 11 мая 2011 (nCa) — Во вторник посол России Игорь Блатов встретился с президентом Бердымухамедовым в связи с завершением своей дипломатической миссии в Туркменистане. В качестве посла Российской Федерации в Туркменистане Игорь Блатов был назначен в январе 2006 года. Посол Игорь Блатов, которому уже 65 лет, скорее всего, по возвращении […]

nCa News and Commentary Ashgabat, 11 May 2011 (nCa) — Ambassador Igor Blatov of Russia made farewell call Tuesday on President Berdymuhamedov. He has completed his tenure in Turkmenistan. He was appointed in January 2006 as ambassador of the Russian Federation to Turkmenistan. Blatov, who is 65, would most likely go on retirement on his […]

Ben Tanosborn If only Abraha m had known!  If only his would-be sacrifice had centered on love instead of obedience, half of the people on earth right now might be striving to achieve harmony with the other half to make this a better world.  Unfortunately, through his intended sacrifice of Isaac and the rest of […]

Peter Chamberlin The United States, in 2011, is in a strange, sad state.  The people stand (or sit), sick and divided, despairing over the fact that we cannot force logic upon our friends and relatives, seeing them wallow in the nothingness of political delusion.  Half of the people believe in the official national narrative being […]

nCa Report Ashgabat, 3 May 2011 (nCa) — The Wisdom Fund, a non-profit think tank run by Enver Masud, a US based scholar, predicted on 25 March 2011 – fully FIVE WEEKS BEFORE the Obama announcement – that grounds were being prepared for ‘staged death’ of Bin Laden, the head of Al Qaida who actually […]

General Mirza Aslam Beg, Former Chief of Army Staff, Pakistan There are two issues, which are the main cause of strained relations between Pakistan and the United States of America. One is, the Inter Services Intelligence (ISI), trying to reclaim its territory lost to CIA during the past regime and the second is the Taliban, […]

Ben Tanosborn Of all the quotes I have come across on heroes and heroism, there’s one by Jonathan Swift, the Anglo-Irish satirist, which has stuck with me for many years because it pronounces with genuine accuracy how we in America seem to define or view as a hero… “Whoever excels in what we prize appears […]