08/08/2012 - Turkmen GDP rises 11 pct in Jan-July, president

ASHGABAT, August 8 (Reuters) - Turkmenistan's gross domestic product grew by 11.0 percent in January-July year-on-year compared to a 14.4-percent rise in the same period of 2011, President Kurbanguly Berdymukhamedov said in a state television report aired on Monday.