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Former mining minister in Kyrgyzstan arrested for embezzlement

Michael Allan McCrae | December 03, 2012 | 3:26 pm Precious Metals Asia Europe Gold 

The Associated Press says Uchkunbek Tashbayev, former head of the state mineral resources agency, has been arrested over suspect deals involving mining concessions and embezzling unrefined gold. Tashbayev was already in the outs after he was dropped from the mining agency in...

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