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Nursultan Nazarbayev and Tony Blair discuss Kazakhstan-2050 Strategy

Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev and ex-Prime-Minister of the United Kingdom Tony Blair have met in Swiss Davos discussed the Kazakhstan 2050 Strategy, tengrinews reports citing the official presidential website. January 27 2014, 08:59 2 096 просмотрs

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Andritz wins EUR75m contract to upgrade Kazakhstan hydropower plant

Austrian plant engineering company Andritz has secured a €75m contract from Shardarinskaya HPP, a subsidiary of Samruk Energy, to upgrade electro-mechanical equipment at the Shardarinskaya hydropower plant in Kazakhstan, hydro.energy-business-review.com reports. January 24 2014, 17:34 2 212 просмотрs

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Big explosion hits Cairo police headquarters, killing at least 5 and wounding over 100

A plume of black smoke rose over Cairo early Friday after a powerful explosion hit the city's police headquarters, killing at least five people and wounding more than 100 others, Egyptian authorities said, cnn reports. January 24 2014, 17:11 2 634 просмотрs

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Kazakhstan to modernise law enforcement system

Kazakhstan has started to implement a government programme to further modernise its law enforcement system in 2014-2020, head of the law enforcement system department of the Kazakh president's administration, Alik Shpekbayev said on Friday at a briefing in Astana, trend.az reports. January 24 2014, 16:56 1 588 просмотрs

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Nazarbayev calls EU to support Kazakhstan’s accession into WTO

Following his talks with Jose Manuel Barroso, President of the European Commission, Kazakhstan’s President Nursultan Nazarbayev has called the European Union to support Kazakhstan’s talks to enter the WTO, tengrinews reports citing the presidential press-service. January 24 2014, 15:42 1 814 просмотрs

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Grace church pastor on trial for extremism in Astana

The first hearing on the case of Grace church pastor Bakhytzhan Kashkumbayev has taken place in Astana, tengrinews reports. Kashkumbayev is accused of promoting extremism and managing a union that abused Kazakhstan citizens. January 24 2014, 12:49 2 955 просмотрs

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Ukraine Opposition Rejects Government Terms, Talks to Continue

Ukraine’s opposition held fast to its positions overnight Thursday, refusing the terms offered by the government during four-hour negotiations aimed at seeking a way out of the deepening political crisis gripping the former Soviet nation, ria.ru reports. January 24 2014, 11:39 1 348 просмотрs

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Kazakhstan to export surplus electricity

"Kazakhstan will export electricity only if the country see the power surplus in the single energy system of Kazakhstan," Vice Minister of Industry and New Technologies of Kazakhstan Bakytzhan Zhaksaliyev said presenting today  the draft law of Kazakhstan "On amendments to some legislative acts on control over electricity generation facilities", inform.kz reports. January 24 2014, 10:45 1 203 просмотрs

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Kazakhstan MPs suggest removing death penalty from Criminal Code

Death penalty may be removed from the Kazakhstan’s Criminal Code. Such a suggestion has been made in the country’s Majilis (lower chamber), tengrinews reports. January 23 2014, 18:03 1 408 просмотрs

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Ukraine Premier Rejects Opposition Ultimatum

Ukraine’s prime minister has dismissed an ultimatum from opposition leaders threatening to go on the offensive Thursday unless their demands are met by the government, ria.ru reports. January 23 2014, 17:39 1 348 просмотрs

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“Ryskaliev's OCG” trial begins in Atyrau court (photos+video)

“Bergey Ryskaliyev's organized criminal group” case began today, December 23, in the specialized inter-district court on criminal cases of Atyrau Oblast. January 23 2014, 15:57 5 751 просмотрs

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China sees record crude oil imports from Kazakhstan

China saw a rise in crude oil imports from Kazakhstan last year via a transnational pipeline to the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, xinhuanet.com reports. January 23 2014, 14:13 1 932 просмотрs

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Pentagon to relax rules on personal religious wear — including beards, turbans

The Pentagon on Wednesday is expected to announce widespread changes to rules governing religious items and religion-based physical attributes that service members can maintain while in uniform — including beards, some religious tattoos, and turbans, usnews.nbcnews.com reports. January 23 2014, 13:12 1 456 просмотрs

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Kazakhstan attended NATO Military Committee meeting in Brussels

The first deputy Defence Minister of Kazakhstan, Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces, Colonel General Saken Zhasuzakov participated in the annual NATO Military Committee meeting held in Brussels on Jan 18-19, reads the press release of nato.int. January 23 2014, 12:47 1 838 просмотрs

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Twitter storm in Russia over Sochi Olympics twin toilet

A BBC photo of a men's cubicle with twin toilets at a Sochi Olympics venue has caused a Twitter storm in Russia, bbc reports. January 23 2014, 12:07 2 187 просмотрs

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Ukraine protests: claims that police used live bullets as demonstrators die in clashes

A third person has died during overnight clashes between radical protesters and police in central Kiev, marking a serious escalation in the political crisis that has gripped Ukraine for more than two months, telegraph.co.uk reports. January 22 2014, 16:23 3 636 просмотрs

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Father of bomb suspect’s friend: "I will stay in Boston until the trial"

The day of the trial of Azamat Tazhayakov and Dias Kadyrbaev, the Kazakhstan citizens accused of obstruction of justice by conspiring to destroy objects belonging to their college classmate, suspected bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, have been assigned for June 23. January 22 2014, 15:40 1 821 просмотрs

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Pope Francis to Davos elite: Use your skills to help the poor

Pope Francis on Tuesday called on the world's political and business elite gathered in Davos to use their spirit of entrepreneurship to alleviate crushing global poverty, straitstimes.com reports. January 22 2014, 13:37 1 313 просмотрs

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Putin dissolves state news agency, tightens grip on Russia media

President Vladimir Putin tightened his control over Russia’s media on Monday by dissolving the main state news agency and replacing it with an organisation that is to promote Moscow’s image abroad, euronews.com reports. January 22 2014, 10:44 1 268 просмотрs

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Two Las Vegas casinos to accept virtual bitcoin currency

Two Las Vegas casino hotels will become the first known U.S. commercial gambling houses to allow the use of the unregulated digital payment system, bitcoin, casino officials said on Tuesday, reuters reports. January 22 2014, 10:38 1 284 просмотрs

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Transplantology pushes forward in Kazakhstan, so as organ donorship

There has been some progress in availability of transplantation surgeries to the public, ability of Kazakhstan surgeons to make them and public attitude towards cadaveric donorship, tengrinews reports.  January 22 2014, 10:29 1 781 просмотрs

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ENRC explains its delisting from LSE

Kazakhstan's billionaire, co-founder and one of the major shareholders of the Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation PLC (ENRC) Aleksandr Mashkevich has explained why the company chose to be delisted from the London Stock Exchange, tengrinews reports. January 22 2014, 10:20 1 693 просмотрs

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'Clear evidence' of systematic torture in Syria

A Syrian military police photographer has supplied “clear evidence” showing the systematic torture and killing of about 11,000 detainees in circumstances that evoked Nazi death camps, euronews.com reports. January 22 2014, 10:06 1 413 просмотрs

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ILO warns global joblessness set to rise

The United Nation’s International Labour Organisation has issued a dire warning that global unemployment is not just here to stay, but set to rise, euronews.com reports. January 21 2014, 18:19 4 268 просмотрs