Kazakhstan's president, Nursultan Nazarbaev, told Elizabeth Jones, America's envoy to the Caspian, last week that the Baku-Ceyhan pipeline would provide an export route for early oil from Kashagan, where production is due to start in 2005.

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Early signs of a rebound in trade in Asia are brightening prospects for the region's export-dependent economies.

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