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Kazakhstan and Qatar plan to launch direct flights

Kazakhstan and Qatar eye the possibility of launching direct flights between the two countries October 22 2013, 16:21 1 658 просмотрs

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Barack Obama catches fainting pregnant woman during speech

Barack Obama helps catch Karmel Allison after she became faint during his speech on Obamacare October 22 2013, 15:35 1 959 просмотрs

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Chinese oil firms, Europe's giants win Brazil auction

China's CNOOC and CNPC, Anglo-Dutch giant Royal Dutch Shell and France's Total joined Brazilian state operator Petrobras on Monday in winning production rights to the huge "Libra" Atlantic oilfield October 22 2013, 12:46 1 345 просмотрs

Kazakhstan News

EIA made public Kazakhstan's oil output figures for 2014

The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) predicts that oil production in Kazakhstan will increase by 40,000 barrels per day (bpd) and amount to 1.65 million bpd in 2014. October 22 2013, 11:09 1 797 просмотрs

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UN calls for single Silk Road visa

China and Central Asian countries urged to ease visa processes October 22 2013, 10:38 1 590 просмотрs

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Militant’s wife behind Volgograd suicide blast

The 30-year-old female suicide bomber responsible for the deadly blast in Volgograd, central Russia, was a Dagestani national and allegedly the wife of a militant. She reportedly converted her husband to radical Islam to join the Dagestan rebels. October 22 2013, 10:09 2 300 просмотрs

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Russia bus bomb: Volgograd blast kills five

An explosion that killed at least five people on a bus in the southern Russian city of Volgograd was caused by a bomb, Russia's National Anti-Terrorism Committee has said in a statement. October 21 2013, 17:35 1 334 просмотрs

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Snowden leaks: France summons US envoy over spying claims

French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius has summoned the US ambassador over newspaper claims that the US spied on millions of phone calls in France. October 21 2013, 17:04 1 242 просмотрs

Kazakhstan News

President calls to learn English and eye Chinese and Russian for future

President Nazarbayev has called Kazakhstan to follow the example of India, Singapore and Malaysia and develop three languages - Kazakh, Russian and English, Tengrinews reports citing Nursultan Nazarbayev as saying this at the 15th meeting of Nur-Otan party the the end of last week. October 21 2013, 16:30 1 587 просмотрs

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Syria to join Customs Union of Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus?

Syria may enter the customs union of Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus. October 21 2013, 14:01 1 904 просмотрs

Kazakhstan News

Family vacation? No, 'family jihad' in Syria

As hundreds of thousands of Syrians flee the war in their country, others are doing everything they can to reach the battle zones. Around 150 Kazakhs said to be from the same family – including very young children, teenagers, women and men – left their country “to fulfil their duty of jihad in the Levant”. Jihadist networks have been proudly circulating images of their relocation to Syria October 21 2013, 11:26 3 197 просмотрs

Kazakhstan News

Kazakhstan: Senate reshuffle sparks succession talk

News that elder statesman Kassym-Jomart Tokayev is returning from a high-level diplomatic posting in Geneva to step into Kazakhstan’s second most important job, constitutionally speaking, has sparked renewed talk about who will succeed the long-serving president, Nursultan Nazarbayev. October 21 2013, 11:19 1 730 просмотрs

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Kazakhstan’s former central bank chief says he quit voluntarily

Kazakhstan’s former central bank chief Grigory Marchenko said his surprise exit this month was due to family reasons and a desire to work in the private sector. October 21 2013, 11:14 1 451 просмотрs

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KAZENERGY forum explores future for oil and gas

The world’s energy landscape is changing, but what will be next? This was one of the main topics during the KAZENERGY Eurasian Forum, an international energy conference in the Kazakh capital Astana. October 21 2013, 10:58 1 912 просмотрs

World News

The Englishman in charge of the worst team in the world

The island's league has six amateur teams, yet most of the players are expats meaning the coach has a pool of fewer than 25 players to choose from. October 21 2013, 10:52 1 911 просмотрs

Kazakhstan News

Kazakhstan's political stability: Heavy hangs the head

The president is genuinely popular, winning credit for the political stability and rising standard of living in his oil-rich nation. A generous visitor might suppose that is why his photo appears on billboards all over the place, strongman-style. October 21 2013, 10:36 1 339 просмотрs

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Kazakhstan News

Nazarbayev supports introduction of wealth tax in Kazakhstan

President Nazarbayev has declared his support to the parliament's initiative to introduce wealth tax in Kazakhstan October 21 2013, 09:37 1 514 просмотрs

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Kazakhstan gains status of EITI follower

Kazakhstan has received the status of a follower of Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI), the press service of KAZENERGY reports. October 19 2013, 17:20 1 224 просмотрs

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Court hands Berlusconi two-year ban from public office

 A Milan court on Saturday ruled that former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi should be barred from holding public office for two years following a conviction for tax fraud. October 19 2013, 17:15 1 805 просмотрs

Crime

We are guilty and we provide housing to family

The representative of Petroleum Facilities Е&С Limited (PetrofacKazakhstanLimited) contacted our newspaper regarding the road accident, when through the fault of their employee, company off-road vehicle collided with TCO shuttle bus and as the result of that collision the bus crushed into the residential house (see “TCO bus crashes into house”). October 18 2013, 18:22 2 081 просмотрs

Kazakhstan News

Kazakh parliament ratifies amendments to Protocol on customs duties

Kazakhstan's Majilis (lower chamber of parliament) has ratified the amendments to the 'Protocol' on the terms and procedure for applying import customs duty rates differing from rates prescribed by the Unified Customs Tariff in exceptional cases, trend.az reports. October 18 2013, 16:41 1 316 просмотрs

Economy

Tengizchevroil intends to increase price of gas for Atyrau region

Department of the Agency of the Republic of Kazakhstan on Regulation of Natural Monopolies of Atyrau region has received a petition from "Zhylyoygaz" Ltd. about intention of "Tengizchevroil" to increase the selling price of natural gas in 2014-2015, inform.kz reports. October 18 2013, 16:33 3 404 просмотрs

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Snowden says he didn’t take secret documents to Russia, ‘zero’ chance Russia or China got any

Former National Security Agency systems analyst Edward Snowden says that he did not take any secret NSA documents to Russia and that intelligence officials in China as well as Russia could not get access to the documents he had obtained before leaving the United States. October 18 2013, 16:28 1 126 просмотрs

Kazakhstan News

Nur Otan Party: New name, new logo and charter

The decision on the change of the name, the logo and the charter of the National Democratic "Nur Otan" Party was made at the XV extraordinary congress of the party in Astana on Friday, inform.kz reports. October 18 2013, 14:36 1 869 просмотрs