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Iran-Tajikistan transactions up (Islamic Republic News Agency)

15 October 2008, 4:19 am

Iran - Tajikistan - Sherdoost Iran's Ambassador to Tajikistan Ali- Asghar Sherdoost said the value of the two countries' economic transactions has increased 3.5 folds in the first half of current Iranian year (starting on march 21, 2008).... read more

In Tajikistan, Debt-Ridden Farmers Say They Are the Pawns (The Wilmington Star-News)

15 October 2008, 3:15 am

Cotton is at the core of Tajikistans economy and farmers are forced to grow cotton through a complex system of debts and obligations.... read more

In Tajikistan, Debt-Ridden Farmers Say They Are the Pawns (New York Times)

14 October 2008, 8:04 pm

Cotton is at the core of Tajikistan?s economy and farmers are forced to grow cotton through a complex system of debts and obligations.... read more

In Tajikistan, debt-ridden farmers say they are pawns (International Herald Tribune)

14 October 2008, 7:47 pm

In Tajikistan, farmers are shackled to the land — "like slaves," one European official says — and forced to grow cotton through a complex system of debts and obligations.... read more

Magnitude 5.3 aftershock hits China-Tajikistan-Kyrgyzstan border (People's Daily)

13 October 2008, 11:13 pm

An aftershock measuring 5.3 on the Richter scale hit the border area of China, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan at 0:05 a.m. Tuesday, the China Earthquake Administration said. The epicenter was fixed at 39.5 degrees north latitude and 73.7degrees east longitude, roughly the same area where an earthquake on... read more

Cotton Farmers in Tajikistan (New York Times)

13 October 2008, 8:19 pm

In the impoverished republic of seven million people, the government works in tandem with cotton trading companies to force farmers to grow cotton.... read more

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