Word: astana
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...have never had great admiration for him, and I never will.' ALBERTO CONTADOR, Tour de France winner, on his relationship with fellow Astana-team cyclist and seven-time Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong...
...makers in the U.S. When not the illusory realm of Borat or an exotic waypoint of horse markets and mutton skewers, the region has been cast off as a dysfunctional Russian annex, easily manipulated by a Kremlin that still views these young republics as satellite states. From Ashgabat to Astana, the ruling elites are all holdovers from the Soviet era, and sometimes more fluent in Russian than their national tongues. "Their regimes operate," says Eric McGlinchey, a Central Asia specialist and professor of politics and government at George Mason University, "along almost pathological networks of patronage" - and ones that Moscow...
...Still, despite the fondness for Borat among the country's elite, the movie can't be found among the action movies and thrillers that dominate Kazakhstan's DVD stores. Kaharman Jazin, director of development for the Special Economic Zone in Astana, says he recently returned home from Croatia with numerous DVD copies for friends. Jazin says "the Borat factor" aids his efforts in coaxing foreign investors to plow billions into new development projects - "Thanks to Borat," he says, "the whole world knows about Kazakhstan." And Astana tour guide Gulmira Begimbetova reports seeing a notable spike in foreign vsitors since...
...That curiosity is evident among the visitors to the Museum of the First President of the Republic of Kazakhstan in the new capital, Astana - a homage to Nazarbayev, who has ruled, unchallenged, for 17 years. The museum's biggest attraction for school outings and tourists alike are the gifts received by Nazarbayev from foreign leaders. And, says Leila Omarova, head of the museum's excursions department, "Everyone wants to know: What have the Americans given...
...breathtaking view from Karanganyar's Astana Giribangun mausoleum, the final resting place of former President Suharto, was fit for a king - and the reception of Indonesia's longest-serving leader no less royal. Tens of thousands of Javanese came out to pay their last respects today in this small town in central Java, lining the steep hills overlooking the spectacular rice fields that feed this nation of more than 230 million people. Beneath hundreds of banners that read HAVE A SAFE TRIP FROM THE PEOPLE OF SOLO, old ladies walked for miles under the sweltering midday sun just to catch...