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Crisis in Kyrgyzstan – What Does This Humanitarian Disaster Mean For the USA?
Posted by alibabarika in Articles on August 15, 2010
It is often amazing how events around the globe affect us here at home. Sometimes it pays to do nothing, and at other times we cannot turn a blind’s eye. How we handle such affairs says a lot about who we are, what we stand for, and our primary focus and objectives in those areas of the world; the US cannot be all things to all people. Sometimes it may seem cruel to do nothing, but often that is the best course of action, even if it hurts our hearts to watch things unfold.
The Kyrgyzstan Revolution and civil unrest is half a world away, but it still affects us here in the United States. Not long ago, I was discussing this Geo-Political issue with a post cold war scholar on Russian-US Relations, and I asked Mr. Jesse Giraldo point blank; What do you think about the latest challenges in Kyrgyzstan, that does throw a loop in the fire? Here is his reply;
Kazakhstan Adoption – One of the Few Options Left in International Adoption
Posted by alibabarika in Articles on July 22, 2010
For those seeking to adopt internationally, choices are fewer and fewer with each passing year. Countries such as Cambodia, Vietnam, Guatemala, Bulgaria, Romania, and Liberia which once approved hundreds and in some cases, thousands, of adoptions per year have closed their doors. China, once the largest adoption program in the world is backed up for years and single women can no longer adopt from China. The choices that remain are few and Kazakhstan stands out amongst those countries that still offer viable options.
Kazakhstan is situated in Central Asia in the eastern most reaches of Europe and borders Russia, China, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, and Kyrgyzstan. Kazakhstan is the ninth largest country in the world and was formerly a member of the Soviet Union.
Kazakhstan Landmarks That You Can’t Miss
Posted by alibabarika in Articles on July 22, 2010
Kazakhstan is a country located right in the heart of Eurasia. It’s kind of sandwiched between the two world powers as Russia and China. It also borders three other “Stans” of Central Asia: Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan and moreover shares a common soviet “Russian” history with them.
It’s size by area makes Kazakhstan the ninth largest country in the world and therefore it naturally is the ideal hub for diverse landscape that starts as lowlands in the west (130 meters or about 430 ft below sea level) and ends by a 7 000 meters (approx. 23000 ft) peak in the south east, called Khan Tengri.
Investing in Kazakhstan’s Uranium
Posted by alibabarika in Articles on July 22, 2010
StockInterview: What makes you respect the Kazakhs with regards to ISL mining in their country?
Fletcher Newton: First of all, they have a tremendous amount of experience with this. Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan have been doing ISL mining of uranium longer than anybody in the world. The Kazakhs, in particular KazAtomProm, have over the last 30 years, maybe more, developed an incredible amount of expertise in how to recover uranium effectively, inexpensively. They are extremely environmentally sensitive. Kazakhstan, to my knowledge, has had none of the environmental issues with ISL recovery of uranium that, for example, we’ve had in this country. They have gone to great lengths to be sensitive to the interests of people in local communities, who are obviously always concerned about groundwater. But, the bottom line is they are extremely competent in their ability to mine uranium. They are among the very best, if not the best.
StockInterview: Why do you call them among the very best?