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Snowden leaks: US and UK 'crack online encryption'

US and UK intelligence have reportedly cracked technology used to encrypt internet services such as online banking, medical records and email. September 6 2013, 15:50 1 375 просмотрs

Kazakhstan News

Kazakhstan to simplify rules for foreign labor migrants

In a rare piece of good news for Central Asian labor migrants, Astana has announced that it is easing migration regulations to allow some of the thousands of workers from neighboring states toiling underground in Kazakhstan to come out of the shadows. September 6 2013, 15:08 2 807 просмотрs

Kazakhstan News

President Nazarbayev speaks on the global financial crisis at the G20 summit

When speaking at the G20 summit in Russia’s St. Petersburg, Kazakhstan’s President Nursultan Nazarbayev voiced some suggestions on how to cope with repercussions of the global financial crisis September 6 2013, 12:25 1 695 просмотрs

Kazakhstan News

Kazakhstan to create military forces with advanced armament in Caspian region

Kazakhstan to create military forces with advanced armament and equipment in the Caspian region, defense minister says September 6 2013, 09:44 1 579 просмотрs

World News

Syria crisis dominates Day 1 of Russia’s global economy summit

The first day of the G20 summit, traditionally a platform for economic debate, was dominated Thursday by the Syrian crisis September 6 2013, 09:41 1 244 просмотрs

Kazakhstan News

Kazakhstan considers UN as key arbiter of international relations

Kazakhstan supports the full participation of the United Nations in the search for solutions to the existing international problems, in particular the issues of war and peace, Kazakh president says September 6 2013, 09:38 3 132 просмотрs

Kazakhstan News

Kazakhstan may face food deficit by 2050

The changing climate in Central Asian countries may have a significant effect of the region’s food security September 6 2013, 09:35 2 238 просмотрs 1 комментарий

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Broken wheel scares Boeing passengers

A Boeing passenger plane of Air Astana, a domestic air carrier, performing Almaty-Atyrau flight faced problems in wheels when landing in the Atyrau airport. September 5 2013, 15:56 2 989 просмотрs

World News

China 'smiling official' Yang Dacai jailed for 14 years

September 5 2013, 15:49 1 475 просмотрs

Kazakhstan News

Kazakh man kills wolf with bare hands

A man in Kazakhstan killed a wolf with his bare hands after it attacked and wounded him in a desolate steppe town September 5 2013, 15:47 5 122 просмотрs

World News

Suspect in Putin murder plot pleads guilty

A Kazakhstan national accused of plotting to kill Russian President Vladimir Putin admitted his guilt ahead of his upcoming trial in Moscow September 5 2013, 11:35 1 399 просмотрs

Kazakhstan News

US Consul to explain installation of checkpoint in Almaty

Afghanistan war veterans who passed a letter to the U.S. President Barack Obama requesting to recall the U.S. ambassador from Kazakhstan were invited to meet with the U.S. Consul General in Almaty September 5 2013, 11:09 1 543 просмотрs

World News

Russia not against bombing Syria, if chemical attack beyond doubt

Russian president Putin said any military strikes without UN approval would be "an aggression". September 4 2013, 15:54 1 453 просмотрs

Kazakhstan News

Kazakhstan's Soviet-Afghan war veterans ask Obama to recall ambassador

The embassy is inciting discord between citizens of the U.S. and Kazakhstan, veterans say September 4 2013, 14:32 2 289 просмотрs

Kazakhstan News

Astana welcomes Armenia's decision to join Customs Union

Kazakhstan has backed Yerevan's decision to join the Customs Union of Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan September 4 2013, 14:18 1 463 просмотрs

World News

The best of Vladimir Zhirinovsky, the Clown Prince of Russian politics

Vladimir Zhirinovsky sounds like a serious person on paper. He's a colonel in the Russian army, Vice-Chairman of the State Duma (the lower house of Russia’s legislature), a member of the Parliamentary Assembly Council of Europe, and, most notably, the founder and leader of the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia. September 4 2013, 13:47 3 858 просмотрs

Kazakhstan News

China's President Xi Jinping on relations between China and Kazakhstan

China's President Xi Jinping is to arrive in Kazakhstan on a state visit September 6-8. On the forthcoming visit the two heads of state are to sign a joint declaration to further the bilateral strategic partnership. September 4 2013, 10:00 2 063 просмотрs

Kazakhstan News

Lawyer who led to Ablyazov arrested in Moscow

The former chairman of Kazakhstan's BTA Bank multibillionaire Mukhtar Ablyazov was arrested thanks to her, although she never knew that she was helping the prosecutors locate him. September 4 2013, 09:57 1 783 просмотрs

Ecology

NCOC pays for 179 dead seagulls

State inspector says no link between bird kill and oil operations in the sea established. September 3 2013, 20:44 2 666 просмотрs

World News

Israel says it carried out joint missile test with US in Mediterranean

Israel has acknowledged conducting a joint missile test with the United States in the Mediterranean Sea on Tuesday, responding to reports that Russian radar had detected a missile launch in the direction of the eastern Mediterranean. September 3 2013, 17:04 1 568 просмотрs

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Hunting season open

Atyrau Oblast's forestry and hunting inspection has declared the 2013-2014 Autumn-Winter season open. September 3 2013, 16:36 2 335 просмотрs

Kazakhstan News

Police identifies Prime Plaza fight instigators

Almaty police has identified the instigators who provoked the fight at the concert in Prime Plaza in Almaty. They turned out to be three minors and three 18-y.o. young men September 3 2013, 16:27 1 556 просмотрs

World News

France accuses Syria of 3 chemical attacks, Assad slams Western logic

At least three chemical attacks were staged in Syria between April and August, a declassified French intelligence report claims, while President Bashar Assad said it was “illogical” for the government to launch a chemical weapons strike. September 3 2013, 10:30 1 385 просмотрs

Kazakhstan News

Road police forced tired bus drivers to sleep

On the night of August 2, road police of Zhambyl Oblast removed three coaches traveling from Karagandy to Shymkent and forced drivers to sleep off till the morning in the truest sense of the word. September 3 2013, 09:46 3 019 просмотрs

World News

Former CNPC head under investigation

Jiang Jiemin, former chairman of China’s largest oil and gas producer and supplier, China National Petroleum Corp (CNPC), is currently under a corruption investigation by the authorities as part of a sweeping anti-corruption move spearheaded by President Xi Jinping. September 2 2013, 17:23 1 497 просмотрs