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Disabled former miner uses Molotov cocktail against ArcelorMittal in Karaganda

Former employees of ArcelorMittal who were injured at work and ended up disabled have been rallying near the Coal Department of ArcelorMittal Temirtau in Karaganda today, NV.kz reports. They gathered to demand that the company resumes payment of allowances for their injuries and disability that it has suspended for some reason.  October 18 2013, 12:03 1 606 просмотрs

World News

Air pollution a leading cancer cause: WHO

International health experts have found "sufficient evidence" that outdoor air pollution is a leading environmental cause of cancer deaths.The World Health Organization (WHO) has classified outdoor air pollution as a leading cause of cancer in humans, sbs.com.au reports. October 18 2013, 10:38 1 293 просмотрs

World News

11 Nobel Laureates Ask Putin to Free Greenpeace’s ‘Arctic 30’

Eleven laureates of the Nobel Peace Prize have petitioned the Russian president, asking him Thursday to aid the release of the 30 Greenpeace activists charged with piracy in Russia. October 18 2013, 10:13 1 598 просмотрs

World News

India, China, Pakistan, Nigeria on slavery's list of shame, says report

A new report claiming to be the most comprehensive look at global slavery says 30 million people are living as slaves around the world, cnn.com reports. October 18 2013, 09:39 2 065 просмотрs

Crime

Nine Sentenced In Atyrau On Terrorism Charges

Atyrau court has sentenced nine local men to prison terms between 6 and 14 years for their involvement in terrorist activities, azh.kz reports.  October 18 2013, 09:07 3 460 просмотрs

Kazakhstan News

Kazakh official denies information that a new type of HIV arrived in Kazakhstan

A new form of HIV-1 virus has been found in Russia and cases of this type of HIV have also been registered in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan, Rossiyskaya Gazeta reported referring to Russian scholars, timesca-europe.com reports. October 18 2013, 10:04 1 482 просмотрs

Other News

TCO bus crashes into house (+update, +update)

Late October 10, a big size shuttle bus belonging to Tengizchevroil LLP crashed into a residential house at 211 Moldagulova Street in Atyrau and knocked down half the building. October 17 2013, 10:09 11 709 просмотрs

Kazakhstan News

Kazakhstan Corps A is not an elite, it’s national service: Nazarbayev

Kazakhstan Corps A is not an elite but the national service, the President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev said during meeting with civil servants of the administrative case A, BNews.kz correspondent reports. October 17 2013, 14:57 1 200 просмотрs

Kazakhstan News

International nuclear fuel bank to be hosted in Kazakhstan poses no environmental risks

The planned international nuclear fuel bank to be hosted in Kazakhstan poses no environmental risks, Tengrinews reports, citing the country’s Foreign Minister Erlan Idrissov as saying before the country’s Senate. October 17 2013, 14:27 1 190 просмотрs

World News

U.S. Congress ends default threat, Obama signs debt bill

Capping weeks of political brinkmanship that had unnerved global markets, President Barack Obama quickly signed the spending measure, which passed the Senate and House of Representatives after Republicans dropped efforts to use the legislation to force changes in his signature healthcare law, reuters.com reports. October 17 2013, 14:18 1 145 просмотрs

Kazakhstan News

Tokayev unanimously elected as the Chair of the Senate

Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, ex-Director-General of the United Nations in Geneva, was unanimously elected as the Chair of the Senate (Upper Chamber) of the Parliament of Kazakhstan, reports AkZhaik newspaper.   October 16 2013, 18:57 1 696 просмотрs

World News

An Uzbek national has been found dead in Moscow's troubled Biryulyovo district

A spokesman for the Moscow branch of Russia's Investigative Committee said on October 16 that the body of a 51-year-old Uzbek citizen had been discovered a day earlier. Officials say he had been stabbed multiple times, rferl.org reported. October 16 2013, 16:32 1 427 просмотрs

Kazakhstan News

US embassy promises to provide non-restricted access to House of Army in Almaty

The scandalous checkpoint of the U.S. Consulate General in Almaty was discussed in a meeting at Kazakhstan's Foreign Ministry last week, Tengrinews reports citing the Ministry’s official representative Zhanbolat Ussenov. October 16 2013, 16:01 1 422 просмотрs

Sport

Wrestler from Atyrau Won Gold in World Sambo Championship

Amanbai Kyzdarbaev, sambo wrestler from Atyrau, won gold in World Sambo Championship held in Bulgaria. In weight category up to 90 kg Amanbai was the 1st, leaving behind the athletes from France, Ukraine and Russia, reports azh.kz. October 16 2013, 15:05 5 373 просмотрs

World News

Russian Police Detain Azeri Suspect In Murder That Sparked Clashes

Police in Moscow have detained hundreds of youths who had gathered on October 15 to protest the killing of an ethnic Russian in a southern district of the Russian capital, rferl.org reports. October 16 2013, 12:41 1 466 просмотрs

Kazakhstan News

Gorgeous Glass House In the Mountains of Kazakhstan Encircles an Entire Tree

A. Masow Design Studio just unveiled plans to build a gorgeous glass house that wraps around an entire tree in the woods of Almaty, Kazakhstan, writes inhabitat.com. October 16 2013, 12:20 3 740 просмотрs

Kazakhstan News

Kazakh Consul In Frankfurt Arrested For Alleged Smuggling

Kazakhstan's consul-general in the German city of Frankfurt-on-Main has been detained for alleged involvement in smuggling, rferl.org reports. October 16 2013, 11:30 1 487 просмотрs

World News

Dutch ambassador's assistant beaten in Moscow

An assistant to the Dutch Ambassador in Moscow was beaten by unknown assailants in his apartment early on Wednesday morning, a source from the police department said. October 16 2013, 11:24 1 286 просмотрs

Kazakhstan News

AIBA World Boxing Championship opened in Almaty

The 17th AIBA World Boxing Championships Almaty 2013 is underway  in Almaty, Kazakhstan.  576 boxers (excluding the reserves) have been registered by 116 countries (Indian boxers will compete under the AIBA flag) around the World. October 16 2013, 11:06 2 310 просмотрs

Kazakhstan News

Republic of Ireland beats Kazakhstan in World Cup

OHN O’SHEA scored his first international goal for a decade as the Republic of Ireland fought back to beat Kazakhstan in Dublin. October 16 2013, 10:21 1 060 просмотрs

Society

Kurban-Ait (Eid al-Adha) in Atyrau

October 15 2013, 18:18 2 269 просмотрs

World News

Philippine earthquake death toll soars to 67

The death toll from magnitude 7.2 earthquake in central Philippines rose to 67, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) announced on Tuesday. October 15 2013, 18:11 2 207 просмотрs

Kazakhstan News

Ukraine's Foreign Minister visits Kazakhstan

Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine and current Chairman of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Leonid Kozhara is paying a working visit to Astana from October 13-15, the Central Communications Service under the President of Kazakhstan reports. October 15 2013, 17:55 1 047 просмотрs

Kazakhstan News

Astana to host 6th Civil Forum of Kazakhstan

The 6th Civil Forum of Kazakhstan will take place in Astana on October 14-15, the press service of the National Welfare Fund "Samruk-Kazyna" reports. October 14 2013, 20:33 1 148 просмотрs

Kazakhstan News

Astana to launch precious metals refinery in December

The construction of the precious metals refinery will be completed and first production will be produced in December 2013 in Astana, the press service of the National Welfare Fund "Samruk-Kazyna" reports. October 14 2013, 20:27 1 113 просмотрs