Tag: Central Asia
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Russia blast suspect is ‘from Central Asia’
The man suspected of killing 11 people in a metro train in the Russian city of St Petersburg on Monday, is in his early 20s and from Central Asia, media reports said. At least 45 people were injured in the explosion between two underground stations on Monday afternoon. Another explosive device was found and made...
April 4, 2017 -
How herdsmen showed the way
For centuries, a network of overland trade routes enabled cultural contacts between the Far East and the Mediterranean. Essentially the same route, which is known as the Silk Road, has been in use since the second millennium BCE, for trade in horses, precious stones, art pieces and the spice trade. The name of Silk Road,...
March 14, 2017 -
Caspian tigers may roam again
Caspian tigers who met a grim end in the middle of the 20th century may roam again in Central Asia thanks to a subspecies that is nearly identical, genetically, to the extinct big cats, say researchers. Some of the largest cats that ever lived — up to 10 feet long and weighing more than 300...
January 17, 2017