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Rockin’ in Tajikistan and breaking all the rules, except for drugs and alcohol

By Ruth Owen - Special to The Washington Times

In this file photo taken on Wednesday, Oct.17, 2012, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad speaks to journalists during a press conference in Kuwait, where he attends the first summit of the Asia Cooperation Dialogue (ACD). Even as U.S. and European sanctions tighten around Iran’s economy, officials in Tehran are busy reaching out to Asian markets as a critical lifeline. For months, Iran’s oil sales to energy-hungry nations such as China and India have been the focus of intense Western pressure to reduce the flow as part of pressure over Iranís nuclear program. (AP Photo/Gustavo Ferrari, File)

Iranians nurture ties to Asia to blunt sanctions

By Brian Murphy - Associated Press

**FILE** Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev (Associated Press)

Central Asian film fests blossom amid censorship

By Ruby Russell - Special to The Washington Times

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BERMAN AND MCKINLEY: U.S. and Russia in a new standoff

By Ilan Berman and Tyler McKinley

Drug trade, violence tear at Tajik society

By Ruth Owen - Special to The Washington Times - The Washington Times

Vladimir Putin

Tajikistan looks to Russia for lease, security

By R. Ignatov - Special to The Washington Times

Fight over gas and water kindles Tajik-Uzbek rivalry

By R. Ignatov - Special to The Washington Times

Tajik Web users rail against online censorship

By T. Umaraliev - Special to The Washington Times

Ex-Soviet states aid U.S. transit

By Donna Cassata - Associated Press

Tajik Muslims bristle over anti-fundamentalism efforts

By Rafael Ignatov and Nurhan Kocaoglu — Special to The Washington Times

25 Islamic militants escape from Tajik prison

By Olga Tutubalina - Associated Press