| Fri, 18 May 2012 Ancient Silk Road revived with soaring trade volumes
| Dubai: The so-called New Silk Road continues to fascinate policymakers and analysts as rising Asian economic power seals its imprint on this century. | This "east-east" corridor, named after ancient trade routes linking Asia with the Middle East, saw trade v... | Xpress Money may use the UAE as trial market for transaction service
| Dubai: The UAE could be one of two trial markets as the UK-headquartered payment services company Xpress Money makes a move into the individual to business (or business to individual as the case may be) transaction space. Its home market could be the other test m... | Pakistan inks $1b deal to import power
| Dubai: Pakistan, Afghanistan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan on Thursday signed a deal estimated at $1 billion (Dh3.7 billion) to construct a dedicated cross-border electricity transmission line. | The tetra partners and donors have been pursuing the development of el... | Bumps on the New Silk Road
| As the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) meets on May 20 in Chicago, coalition partners hope to stabilize Afghanistan with development projects beyond 2014. One initiative is the "New Silk Road," which aims to revamp Afghanistan's ancient position as the regio... | Tajikistan bans Sacha Baron Cohen’s ‘The Dictator’
| Paramount released Sacha Baron Cohen’s latest comedy, The Dictator, worldwide on Wednesday, but one country has decided to ban the film. The Central Asian state Tajikistan has opted to ban the film. One local film distributor said that they simply did not have room ... | Tajikistan bans The Dictator
| Sacha Baron Cohen spoof denied distribution licence over fears film is incompatible with central Asian country's mentality The Dictator star Sacha Baron Cohen as Admiral General Aladeen. Tajikistan had opted not to screen the movie. Photograph: Anne-Christine Poujoula... | |
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