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Dragon Oil on track for 100,000 barrels per day target

24.10.11
Turkmenistan-focused oil firm Dragon Oil says it was confident of maintaining its 10 to 15 percent target growth rate to 2015, putting it on track to produce 100,000 barrels of oil per day in four years time... more

Kazakh warriors seize the reins of the film industry

16.08.11
With Myn Bala, the Kazakh movie industry will be dragged out of the arthouse and into the mainstream, reports Nick Roddick... more

Dragon Oil profits soar

10.08.11
Turkmenistan-focused oil firm Dragon Oil said profit soared 135 per cent in the first half of the year on higher production from its fields and as the price of oil rose during the period... more

The Light Thief - review

29.07.11
Aktan Arym Kubat's The Light Thief is about a rural society being systematically corrupted and a village electrician (the director himself) who fights against it all... more

Kate Middleton and the people's wedding gown

28.07.11
Though the Queen has called the display of the royal wedding dress 'horrid', thousands of Kate fans from around the globe are flocking to see it at the Palace. Johanna Thomas-Corr reports... more

Embassy staff accused of serious crimes hide behind 'immunity'

05.07.11
Soaring numbers of foreign diplomats and embassy staff in London are being arrested - but escape justice because they claim immunity from prosecution... more

£4 billion fraudster must be jailed to recover cash after he defies High Court order

18.05.11
Lawyers have begun legal moves to jail the man accused of being the world's biggest fraudster... more

Sheep sacrificed for political peace

21.04.11
Politicians in Kyrgyzstan's raucous parliament have sacrificed seven sheep to drive away "evil spirits" in a bid to bring harmony... more

Does this Kazakh banker know the secret of RBS's missing billions?

12.04.11
Tom Harper reveals the billionaire's luxury London life... more

BBC man quits after claims he helped to topple president in Kyrgyzstan revolt

07.04.11
BBC newsreader has resigned after extraordinary claims that he helped foment a revolution in Kyrgyzstan, the Standard can reveal ... more

Jail threat to former bank chief accused of world record fraud

30.03.11
The man accused of the world's biggest banking fraud could face a High Court bid to have him jailed... more

Oil and gas services firm Petrofac reports positive outlook with 26% rise in profit

07.03.11
Major deals to set up oil and gas infrastructure in Iraq and Turkmenistan help Petrofac beat City expectations and post a 26% rise in pre-tax profit to $557.8 million for 2010... more

City Spy: Peter Mandelson in muddle over Kazakh cash

09.12.10
Lord Mandelson is fully entitled to tout his services on the after-dinner circuit, but his obsequious praise for his hosts at a dinner held by Kazakhstan’s sovereign wealth fund has raised a few eyebrows... more

Police hurt in Kyrgyzstan blast before Hillary Clinton visit

30.11.10
Bomb rocks the centre of Kyrgyzstan’s capital Bishek, ahead of a visit by US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, slightly wounding two policemen... more

City abuzz with talk Lookers has caught someone’s eye

27.10.10
Market round-up: Rumours of interest in Lookers are revived, with the City’s big mouths claiming that a private equity firm is mulling a bid worth 95p per share... more

Living in fear in London: the exiled Kazakh banker accused of $2 billion fraud

25.08.10
Exiled multi-millionaire is accused in the High Court of being one of the world’s biggest fraudsters, in a record-breaking $2 billion case... more

Alberto Contador quits team over contract demand

28.07.10
Tour de France winner will leave Astana at the end of this season after refusing to give a quick decision on offer... more

'Up to 2,000' dead in Kyrgyzstan violence, says president

18.06.10
The interim president of Kyrgyzstan suggests the death toll from the country's ethnic violence could be as high as 2,000... more

Red Cross warns of Kyrgyzstan crisis

17.06.10
The ethnic violence in Kyrgyzstan has sparked an “immense crisis”, the Red Cross warns... more

Uzbeks threaten to destroy oil depot in Kyrgyzstan

16.06.10
Uzbeks threatened by ethnic violence in southern Kyrgyzstan say they will blow up an oil depot if the government tries to take it by force... more

UN pleads for end to Kyrgyzstan violence

15.06.10
The UN Security Council calls for calm in Kyrgyzstan after 'hundreds' of people are killed in ethnic violence and thousands forced to flee... more

Deadly ethnic violence forces 75,000 to flee Kyrgyzstan

14.06.10
Mobs of rioters slaughter Uzbeks and burm their homes and businesses in Kyrgyzstan’s worst ethnic violence in decades, making more than 75,000 flee the country... more

26 killed as youths riot in Kyrgyzstan

11.06.10
At least 26 people are killed and 450 injured as hundreds of youths fight and set shops and cars ablaze in Kyrgyzstan’s second-largest city Osh ... more

High flyer - Goga Ashkenazi takes over the world

04.06.10
Who is the mysterious beauty on Prince Andrew's arm these days? Goga Ashkenazi is much more than mere consort material; she's a billionaire industrialist, jet-setter, single mother and diamond-lover. Lydia Slater is awestruck... more

Kazakhmys China link to split costs

26.04.10
London-listed copper miner Kazakhmys agrees a joint venture for one of its major projects with China’s Jinchuan Group... more

Ousted Kyrgyz leader Kurmanbek Bakiyev flees to Belarus

20.04.10
Kyrgyzstan's deposed president, Kurmanbek Bakiyev, flees to Belarus as his supporters fight for his restoration... more

Krygyzstan opposition seizes power after bloodshed

08.04.10
Video: Opposition in Kyrgyzstan proclaims that it has seized power today after an uprising that left dozens of people dead and hundreds injured... more

Dragon Oil aims to fire up gas sales

23.02.10
Dragon Oil hopes to see progress soon on a gas sales deal in Turkmenistan,... more

Teenager in the frame for photography award

20.08.08
This is one of the highlights of the Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition... more


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