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![Women sell bread in Ashgabat May 21. Although bread is a prominent component of Turkmen meals, the new healthy food programme will teach them about other vital dietary components. [Dzhumaguly Annayev]](/shared/images/2013/05/24/tmhealth-88_70.jpg?1369394104)
Turkmenistan adopts healthy food programme
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![Turkey's President Abdullah Gul, right, shakes hands with his Afghan counterpart Hamid Karzai during a ceremony at the Presidential Palace of Cankaya in Ankara December 12, 2012. Turkey is committed to helping Afghanistan promote peace even after Turkish aid workers were captured in Afghanistan. [REUTERS]](/shared/images/2013/05/24/setturkey-88_70.jpg?1369394104)
Turkey maintains role in Afghanistan
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![A medic administers polio vaccine to a child in Bajaur Agency, Pakistan, in April as a security guard looks on. The World Health Organisation has detected only two polio cases in the tribal areas since September. [Ashfaq Yusufzai]](/shared/images/2013/05/24/pakpolio-88_70.jpg?1369394104)
FATA could be polio-free by end of 2013, officials say
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![Men with weapons stolen from arsenals are shown during anti-government riots in Bishkek in April 2010. Kyrgyzstan is trying not only to regain those weapons but also to tighten firearm regulations. [Dmitry Motinov]](/shared/images/2013/05/23/kgarms-88_70.jpg?1369312804)
Kyrgyzstan considers tighter firearm regulations
Turkmen-Chinese pipeline construction begins
Staff Report
2012-03-06
ASHGABAT – Work has begun in China on a pipeline to transport Turkmen gas to energy-starved Hong Kong, Birzhevoy Lider reported March 3, quoting the People’s Daily (China).
The 29km undersea pipeline will carry gas between Shenzhen, China, and Hong Kong, Birzhevoy Lider reported.
Turkmenistan is expected to ship up to 65 billion cu. m of gas to China yearly by 2015, Birzhevoy Lider reported. The country began supplying gas to southern China in November, with deliveries to Hong Kong expected to start by the end of 2012.
Meanwhile, the Turkmen Foreign Ministry March 5 hosted a Chinese delegation headed by Communist Party International Department official Jiang Naichen, Turkmenistan.ru reported. They discussed political, economic and global energy security issues.
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