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	Kazakhstan
		Kazakhstan is the ninth-largest country in the world by area, but has a population less than that of Australia.
		Kazakhstan possesses the Soviet equivalent to the United States' Cape Canaveral, where they have launched their version of the space shuttle and the well-known space station Mir.
		Although Kazakhstan is considered to have made greater progress in the field of democratic reforms, compared to the other Central Asian countries, the situation is far from perfect and international and non-governmental human rights organizations often point to frequent violations of human rights by state officials.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/ka/Kazakhistan.html (391 words)

	sociology - Kazakhstan
		Kazakhstan is the ninth-largest country in the world by area, but its semi-deserts (steppe) make it only the 57th country in population, with approximately 6 persons per sq km (16 per sq mi).
		Kazakhstan has stable relationships with all of its neighbors and is a member of the United Nations, Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, and North Atlantic Cooperation Council.
		Kazakhstan has identified at least two major ecological disasters within its borders-- the shrinking of the Aral Sea and radioactive contamination at the Semipalatinsk nuclear testing facility (in fact a large zone south of Koursatov) and along the Chinese border.
	www.aboutsociology.com /sociology/Kazakhstan (3002 words)

	CHARLES BRAY's Kazakhsta Journal
		Kazakhstan’s agricultural reforms in the 1950s were successful, but unpredictable rainfalls still cause crop failures once every 10 years.
		In December 7th 1997, Cossacks in Kazakhstan have protested to the country's president and an international human rights group over what they say is attempts to take away their traditions.
		Most of those infected in Kazakhstan are between the ages of fifteen and twenty-nine, and eighty per cent of those are drug addicts.
	www.greatestcities.com /users/cbray5003/Asia/Kazakhstan (4145 words)

	CENTRAL ASIA - CAUCASUS ANALYST
		Kazakhstan made its first steps during the recent visit of U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld to Astana by signing an agreement on providing its airports for the U.S. military aircrafts for emergency landing.
		Firstly, the establishment of U.S. military bases in Central Asia has had a huge impact on the strategic balance within the region, as Uzbekistan became a de facto strategic partner of the U.S. The establishment of U.S. bases in Uzbekistan and increased military aid have boosted Uzbekistan’s stance in Central Asia.
		Opponents claim that U.S. military presence in Kazakhstan may jeopardize its political relations with Russia and China, as the leaderships in both of those countries find themselves under the increasing domestic pressure to spell out and defend their geo-political and security interests in the region.
	www.cacianalyst.org /view_article.php?articleid=1092 (1176 words)

	Kazakhstan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Kazakhstan is the ninth-largest country in the world by area, but it is only 62nd country in population with approximately 6 persons per km² (15 per sq.
		Kazakhstan has stable relationships with all of its neighbors and is a member of the United Nations, Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council and Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC).
		Kazakhstan is a bilingual country: the Kazakh language, spoken by 64.4% of the population, has the status of the "state" language, while Russian is declared the "official" language, and is used routinely in business.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kazakhstan (4665 words)

	Kazakhstan: NATIONAL SECURITY
		Kazakhstan is a signatory of the Collective Security Treaty of the Commonwealth of Independent States, with Armenia, Belarus, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, and Tajikistan.
		Paramilitary Forces: In 2004 Kazakhstan had a total of 34,500 paramilitary personnel, of which 12,000 were in the state border protection forces (under the Ministry of Interior), 20,000 in the internal security troops (police, under the Ministry of Interior), 2,000 in the presidential guard, and 500 in the government guard.
		Crime figures on Kazakhstan are not available, but organized narcotics smuggling and human trafficking have prospered in recent years because of Kazakhstan’s location between source countries and Russia and the ineffectiveness of border controls.
	www.mongabay.com /reference/new_profiles/280kz.html (1913 words)

	Kazakhstan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Maslikhats) of Kazakhstan's 16 principal administrative divisions (14 regions, or oblasts, plus the cities of Astana and Almaty).
		The official response of the Assembly was that Kazakhstan could apply for full membership, because it is partially located in Europe, but that they would not be granted any status whatsoever at the Council until their democracy and
		Kazakhstan possesses the Soviet equivalent to the United States' Cape Canaveral, where they have launched their version of the space shuttle and the well-known space station
	www.brujula.net /english/wiki/Kazakhstan (2828 words)

	Senior Kazakhstani Military Official Visits U.S. 5th Fleet
		"Kazakhstan, as a new country and with an even newer navy, is looking for different ways that 5th Fleet can assist with determining the needs of their navy, and with possibly assisting with some of those needs in areas of education, exercises and different types of training."
		Kazakhstan is nearly four times the size of Texas and borders Russia, China, the Kyrgyz Republic, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan and the Caspian Sea.
		"Today, Kazakhstan's navy is engaged in protecting the maritime economic zone and the territorial waters from acts of terrorism and sabotage," said Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev in a January 2004 interview with French weekly Le Nouvel Economist.
	www.military.com /NewsContent/0,13319,usn1_021805.00.html (519 words)

	EurasiaNet Eurasia Insight - Constructing a Modern Military in Kazakhstan
		Despite Kazakhstan’s participation in the NATO Partnership for Peace Program since 1994, and the recent high profile training of its Special Forces by its US counterparts, the military remains undistinguished.
		Kazakhstan is keen to acquire modern weaponry as cheaply as possible.
		Altynbayev is a graduate of the Soviet Armavir Supreme Military Aviation School of the Antiaircraft Forces and later ran an antiaircraft regiment.
	www.eurasianet.org /departments/insight/articles/eav082102.shtml (994 words)

	Kazakhstan - Economy
		Economic growth in Kazakhstan is expected to remain steady at around 7 per cent until 2008.
		This pipeline is one of several being developed by Kazakhstan, which will increase the country's oil export capacity, contributing to high levels of economic growth.
		While oil revenue will continue to be the mainstay of the economy over the medium term, Kazakhstan's economic stability in the longer term will depend on progress with structural reform, diversification of the economic base, and higher levels of foreign investment.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/world/centralasia/kazak-econ.htm (179 words)

	Kazakhstan (09/06)
		Kazakhstan has identified a number of major ecological problems within its borders--desiccation of the Aral Sea, protection of the fragile Caspian ecosystem, remediation of the Semipalatinsk nuclear testing range, cleanup of the Baykonur launching facility, extremely polluted cities, desertification, and development of mechanisms for regional transboundary water management.
		Travelers transiting through Kazakhstan are reminded to check that their visas allow for sufficient number of entries to cover each transit trip and to check the length of validity of the visa.
		All U.S. citizens arriving in Kazakhstan through 12 international airports and the railway point of Dostyk (Druzhba) are registered at the moment of the border crossing and, as proof, receive a migration card with entry and registration marks from the Border Service of Committee of National Security of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
	www.state.gov /r/pa/ei/bgn/5487.htm (5170 words)

	KAZAKHSTAN OPENS MILITARY LANGUAGE INSTITUTE - Eurasia Daily Monitor
		Skeptics of the long-term sustainability of Kazakhstan's foreign policy paradigm, predicated on the principle of avoiding favoring any major power, may criticize the diversity of those invited and the difficulty of developing a common position on assisting Kazakhstan's military reform.
		Kazakhstan's careful balance between Washington and Moscow is not compromised by the international support or the regional aspect of the institute being linked in the future with NATO's PfP.
		Kazakhstan is the only Central Asian country and one of the few Muslim countries that has sent their military staff to Iraq.
	jamestown.org /edm/article.php?article_id=2370211 (857 words)

	Kazakhstan News Bulletin, August 4, 2006
		A planned administrative reform in Kazakhstan will raise salaries for public officials to levels similar to the private sector, will slash the number of positions filled by political appointees, and will institute the posts of permanent state secretaries in each ministry to ensure continuity during the reshuffles.
		Karim Massimov, Kazakhstan’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy and Budget Planning presented key components of the proposed reforms at a special meeting of government officials in Astana on August 2.
		As Kazakhstan has moved further along the road of untamed capitalism in the past decade private sector employees have tended to receive significantly higher wages compared to government employees with similar education and experience.
	www.kazakhembus.com /080406.html (1025 words)

	Kazakhstan New Bulletin, March 19, 2004
		Kazakhstan’s first contingent of engineers was recently honored in Astana with a visit from the U.S. Secretary of
		President Bush, marking the first anniversary of the U.S.-led liberation of Iraq at the White House, praised Kazakhstan for its army engineers’ clearing of “a half million explosive devices in Iraq”.
		U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld (L) thanks Kazakhstan’s army engineers on a recent visit to Astana, recently rotated out of Iraq, for their work in destroying mines and restoring drinking.
	www.homestead.com /prosites-kazakhembus/031904.html (370 words)

	NTI: Country Overviews: Kazakhstan: Biological Overview
		The covert military BW activities conducted in this new network of facilities were in obvious violation of the Soviet Union's obligation to stop all offensive BW activities as stipulated under the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention (BWC), signed by Russia in 1972.
		Like the military biotechnological centers, the work at those Biopreparat facilities was supervised by the 15th Directorate of MOD; the military and Biopreparat facilities also shared some technologies and personnel.
		In December 2004, Kazakhstan and the United States signed an agreement designed to eliminate the biological weapons proliferation threat or the use of related technology or know-how by terrorists.
	www.nti.org /e_research/profiles/Kazakhstan/Biological/index.html (1333 words)

	Kazakhstan News.Net
		Kazakhstan News.Net is part of an international network of news sites, dedicated to the major regions, countries and cities of the world.
		This particular portal features all the latest breaking Kazakhstan news, collating headlines and stories from a variety of sources, including global TV networks, major newspapers, news wires, and our own dedicated journalists.
		Links to Kazakhstan sports sites, and a regional map are also features of our site, and we regularly provide polls of general interest.
	www.kazakhstannews.net (973 words)

	King Bulan's Turkic Bookstore: Politics/Military/News - Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkey
		Since independence in 1991, Kazakhstan, the second largest of the former 15 Soviet Republics, stretching across 3500 kilometers, has been descending into a social and economic abyss.
		In "Journey into Kazakhstan" the author travels to different regions - the Aral Sea, the Caspian region, the vast central steppelands, the Semipalatinsk Nuclear Polygon, Karaganda, built by Stalin labour camp prisoners, ravaged industrial towns like Shymkent and Kentau, and collapsing state farms.
		At the outset of independence in 1991, Kazakhstan's leaders promised that the country's rich natural resources, with oil and gas reserves among the largest in the world, would soon bring economic prosperity, and it appeared that democracy was beginning to take hold in this newly independent state.
	www.khazaria.com /turkic/books9.html (1798 words)

	NTI: Country Overviews: Kazakhstan: Nuclear Facilities
		Russia will pay Kazakhstan $27.5 million in rent each year, $24.3 million of which will be in-kind payments in the form of military training and supplies.
		Kazakhstan may be open to a compromise under which $24.3 million of the annual rent be paid in the form of weapons and military equipment, possibly including antiaircraft systems and Su-25, Su-27, and MiG-29 aircraft, with the remaining $3.2 million to be paid in currency.
		Gabbasov claims that the document, which was to include an unbiased, comprehensive study of the effects of military and technical tests on the population and the environment, is not truly comprehensive, and presents a diminished picture of the negative consequences of these test ranges.
	www.nti.org /e_research/profiles/kazakhstan/nuclear/4278_4315.html (4004 words)

	Joint Military Operations in Kazakhstan
		The paratroopers boarded planes in Fort Bragg, NC for the 7,700 mile non-stop flight, the longest military expeditionary flight in history.
		In any actual intervention, we would be partners with the Russians who have a very great interest in the stability of these former Soviet republics.
		Airborne Division flew 19 hours and 7,700 miles to join a week-long joint exercise with 40 airborne troops from three Central Asian States and soldiers from Russia and Turkey.
	www.angelfire.com /wi/kazakhstanelumin/usmilitaryinkaz.html (773 words)

	Military.com Resources
		Chinese Military Aviation - Details the abilities of aircraft currently in service with the Chinese Air Force.
		Kazakhstan Special Weapons News - FAS - Find news archives about the former Soviet country's strategic role in the region's security.
		Military Aviation of the ROC - General guide presents details on aviation assets in each branch of the ROC's military.
	www.military.com /Resources/ResourceSubmittedFileView?file=fsl_asia.htm (1649 words)

	kazakhstan.neweurasia.net » Military
		Armenia Azerbaijan Georgia Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Uzbekistan Tajikistan Turkmenistan Homebase
		Kazakhstan’s Caspian Sea fleet is being extended, both through international assistance and domestic construction of new patrol vessels.
		With the collapse of the Soviet Union, Russia, China, and all five Central Asian states – Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan – accepted the old Soviet borders.
	kazakhstan.neweurasia.net /?cat=8 (262 words)

	People's Daily Online -- CSTO launches joint military drill in Kazakhstan
		The exercise, codenamed "border-2006," was staged near the western city of Aktau, Mangistau on the Caspian Sea.
		Some 2,500 troops, 60 armored vehicles, 50 cannons, 40 military aircraft and 14 warships from the seven CSTO member states took part in the military exercise.
		The military bloc, set up in 1992 to focus on anti-terrorism and counternarcotics programs, is made up of Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, which rejoined the group in June this year after the withdrawal in 1999.
	english.people.com.cn /200608/24/eng20060824_296396.html (160 words)

	97749. U.S., Kazakhstan Increase Military Ties (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		DoD's fiscal 1998 budget includes about $550,000 in international military education and training funds for training in Kazakhstan and for Kazakhstani officers to train in the United States, Pentagon officials said.
		The increased military contact is part of a defense cooperation agreement signed Nov. 17 by U.S. Defense Secretary William S. Cohen and Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev.
		Made up of troops from Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan, the battalion formed in 1996 to create a regional security cooperation structure focused on peacekeeping and humanitarian assistance.
	permanent.access.gpo.gov /lps22/9711262.html (343 words)

	Kazakhstan military 2000 - Flags, Maps, Economy, Geography, Climate, Natural Resources, Current Issues, International ...
		Military branches: General Purpose Forces (Army), Air Force, Border Guards, Navy, Republican Guard
		Military manpower - military age: 18 years of age
		Military expenditures - percent of GDP: 1.5% (FY99)
	www.photius.com /wfb2000/countries/kazakhstan/kazakhstan_military.html (78 words)

	U.S. Assistance to Kazakhstan - Fiscal Year 2003
		The Kazakhstan assistance program has a strong focus on security programs to support Kazakhstan as a partner in the war on terrorism, a market reform program that is shifting its focus from policy reforms toward strengthening the middle class, and democracy programs to help improve citizen participation and transparency.
		The Foreign Military Financing program assists in the development of Kazakhstan’s first military base and training center near the strategically vital, oil-rich northern Caspian Sea.
		Thus far in FY 2003, the Department of State has delivered $7.25 million in donated humanitarian medical and relief commodities to needy populations throughout Kazakhstan.
	www.state.gov /p/eur/rls/fs/29487.htm (1004 words)

	Military of Kazakhstan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Military expenditures - dollar figure: $175 million (FY01)
		Military expenditures - percent of GDP: 1% (FY01)
		All information in this article, apart from the sentence on the Republican Guard, has been taken from the CIA World Factbook, 2003 edition.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Military_of_Kazakhstan (117 words)

	Kazakhstan Military News - Media Monitoring Service by EIN News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		A source in law enforcement in neighboring Kazakhstan told Interfax that Turkmenistan's military was put on alert after Niyazov's death.
		The military and the interior ministry may be less in...
		IN JULY 1941, a military decision was made to establish the assembly plant...
	www.einnews.com /kazakhstan/newsfeed-kazakhstan-military (1600 words)

	Kazakhstan 2003 - Flags, Maps, Economy, Geography, Climate, Natural Resources, Current Issues, International ...
		Military manpower - military age: 18 years of age (2003 est.)
		Military manpower - reaching military age annually: males: 174,111 (2003 est.)
		Military expenditures - percent of GDP: 0.9% (Ministry of Defense expenditures) (FY02)
	www.theodora.com /wfb2003/kazakhstan/kazakhstan_military.html (123 words)

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