The 27 June edition of Uzbek TV's religious programme "Hidoyat Sari" ("Towards Guidance") was devoted to the subject of drug addiction among the youth.

Text of report by privately-owned Tajik news agency Asia-Plus Dushanbe, 11 February: Iran is ready to build another hydroelectric power station with a capacity of 1,000 megawatts in Tajikistan.

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Cuba published a photo Sunday of a standing, smiling Fidel Castro looking heavier but still gaunt as he met with Angola's president, the first head of state to see the ailing 81-year-old since June.