International Business News - TKM http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif The Turkmen president met with South Korea's prime minister on Friday and invited Korean companies to help tap the ex-Soviet nation's rich energy resources. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080516/turkmen-leader-invites-skorea-to-tap-gas.htm Fri, 16 May 2008 14:37:44 EDT "I can't talk now, I think I'm in danger," a reporter in Myanmar whispered into the phone. Click. Phones are tapped and the few foreign journalists inside Myanmar are operating in secret, making it dangerous and difficult to tell the story of the cyclone that has devastated the Southeast Asian country. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/45765-myanmar-cyclone.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080513/dangers-of-reporting-on-myanmars-cyclone.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080513/dangers-of-reporting-on-myanmars-cyclone.htm Tue, 13 May 2008 04:17:02 EDT In a worldwide survey, a democracy watchdog organization said 90 countries respect a broad array of basic human rights and political freedom while 103 countries fail to some degree to observe standards of liberal democracy. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080506/survey-lists-most-worlds-most-repressive-regimes.htm Tue, 06 May 2008 13:42:51 EDT Worldwide, the environment for journalists grew more hostile last year, extending a six-year downturn, researchers reported Tuesday. Setbacks for press freedom outnumbered advances 2-to-1 across the globe, although the Internet and blogs helped slow the decline, particularly in Iran, reported Freedom House, a nonprofit organization that released the report in advance of World Press Freedom Day on Saturday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080429/press-freedom-declines-worldwide-nkorea-listed-as-worst.htm Tue, 29 Apr 2008 14:02:54 EDT Turkmenistan's president has abolished the calendar introduced by his late predecessor, who named months after himself and his parents as part of an elaborate personality cult, state media reported Thursday. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/41944-correction-turkmenistan-calendar.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080424/turkmenistan-abolishes-calendar-of-eccentric-ex-president.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080424/turkmenistan-abolishes-calendar-of-eccentric-ex-president.htm Thu, 24 Apr 2008 12:09:56 EDT South and Central Asian officials opened talks Wednesday on a pipeline to carry natural gas from energy-rich Turkmenistan to Pakistan and India by way of Afghanistan, a spokesman said. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080423/ministers-discuss-trans-afghan-pipeline.htm Wed, 23 Apr 2008 11:54:37 EDT Iraq has offered to increase its supply of natural gas to the European market over the next three years, the EU said Wednesday. The European Commission said the offer was made during talks between I... http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080416/eu-iraq-offers-to-increase-gas-supplies-to-europe.htm Wed, 16 Apr 2008 14:37:45 EDT Russian President Vladimir Putin scored a major diplomatic coup by scuttling the NATO membership bids of Ukraine and Georgia even before he reached the NATO summit. NATO's plan to expand further in... http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/37901-ukraine-nato.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080403/putin-scores-big-win-in-bucharest.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080403/putin-scores-big-win-in-bucharest.htm Thu, 03 Apr 2008 13:26:13 EDT A rare antelope species already under threat from poaching in Mongolia is facing a new danger _ worsening traffic. As affluent residents acquire motorbikes and cars in parts of western Mongolia, they are clogging roads that run along a key migration route for the saiga which, if not addressed, could reduce their already low numbers, Kim Murray Berger, an ecologist with the Wildlife Conservation Society, said Saturday. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/36978-mongolia-threatened-antelope.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080329/antelope-in-mongolia-under-threat.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080329/antelope-in-mongolia-under-threat.htm Sat, 29 Mar 2008 03:18:11 EDT European Union officials said Friday they hoped talks on closer ties with Russia _ which the EU wants to cover issues from trade and consumer protection to energy security _ could resume in June, but some internal obstacles remained. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080328/eu-wants-june-trade-talks-with-russia.htm Fri, 28 Mar 2008 17:41:45 EDT Boeing Co. said Thursday it has received an order from Turkmenistan Airlines for three 737 aircraft worth about $221 million. Boeing has more than 2,100 unfilled orders for such "next-generation" 737 models, worth more than $150 billion at list prices. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080327/boeing-gets-221-million-order-for-737s.htm Thu, 27 Mar 2008 07:50:31 EDT A planned U.S-backed pipeline across Europe from Turkey will mean more different sources of Europe-bound gas and be cheaper to build than a competing Russian pipeline, a project partner said Wednesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080319/nabucco-praised-as-cheaper.htm Wed, 19 Mar 2008 14:25:54 EDT A new Turkmen law aimed at encouraging foreign investment took effect Tuesday, moving the energy-rich Central Asian country further away from the isolation imposed by its previous ruler. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080318/turkmenistan-encourages-investors.htm Tue, 18 Mar 2008 16:07:08 EDT An avalanche buried 12 workers Thursday at a mountainous construction site for a pipeline in China's far northwest, and the bodies of four have been recovered, the official Xinhua News Agency said. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080313/avalanche-buries-12-in-western-china.htm Thu, 13 Mar 2008 09:51:58 EDT Russia's state-controlled natural gas monopoly and Ukraine on Thursday announced an agreement on gas deliveries for the rest of the year, apparently putting an end to a dispute that had been watched nervously in Western Europe. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080313/gazprom-ukraine-agree-on-gas-sales.htm Thu, 13 Mar 2008 05:07:13 EDT Turkmenistan's president hopes to start a baby boom in the gas-rich former Soviet nation with a plan to reward women who give birth to eight or more children _ a one-time bonus and lifetime perks, state media reported Wednesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080305/turkmen-moms-to-get-rewards-for-8-kids.htm Wed, 05 Mar 2008 05:54:09 EST Western Europe is watching warily as Russia and Ukraine are locked in a natural gas dispute that has reduced the supply to Ukraine by at least half since the beginning of the week. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/32276-ukraine-russia-gas.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080304/russia-cuts-gas-to-ukraine.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080304/russia-cuts-gas-to-ukraine.htm Tue, 04 Mar 2008 14:24:45 EST Russia's state-controlled gas monopoly is cutting supplies to Ukraine by another 25 percent, Russian news agencies reported. But Ukraine's natural gas company said deliveries to Western Europe would not be diverted as a result. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080304/russia-imposes-more-gas-cuts-on-ukraine.htm Tue, 04 Mar 2008 12:30:53 EST Russia's natural gas monopoly Gazprom on Tuesday threatened to further cut gas to Ukraine within hours unless agreement was reached on a debt dispute and contracts for future deliveries. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080304/russia-warns-of-more-gas-cuts-to-ukraine.htm Tue, 04 Mar 2008 06:38:15 EST Russia's natural gas giant OAO Gazprom on Tuesday threatened further gas cuts to Ukraine within hours unless agreement was reached on a debt dispute and contracts for future deliveries. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080304/russia-to-further-cut-gas-to-ukraine.htm Tue, 04 Mar 2008 06:14:34 EST