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Congress delaying U.S. aid to Syrian rebels - sources

Congressional committees are holding up a plan to send U.S. weapons to rebels fighting Syrian President Bashar al-Assad because of fears that such deliveries will not be decisive and the arms might end up in the hands of Islamist militants, five U.S. national security sources said. July 10 2013, 15:25 1 265 просмотрs

Politics

Police bids to prevent activists from attending human rights meeting

Police attempted to impede a few public activists from attending a human rights meeting. July 10 2013, 10:34 9 515 просмотрs

Kazakhstan News

Kazakhstan and U.S. unify consular fees for visas

Kazakhstan and the U.S. have unified the consular fees for issue of visas, the official representative of Kazakhstan Foreign Ministry Zhanbolat Ussenov says. July 10 2013, 10:28 1 439 просмотрs

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Boston bombing suspect faces first court appearance

Boston bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is to appear in court for the first time on Wednesday following his arrest for the April attacks which left three people dead July 10 2013, 10:25 1 296 просмотрs

Kazakhstan News

Air Astana plane makes emergency landing in Aktobe

An Air Astana plane has made a forced landing in the Aktobe International Airport, fortunately injuring no one, Kazakhstan's emergency ministry reported Wednesday. July 10 2013, 10:00 2 851 просмотрs

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Egypt unrest: Brotherhood rejects Mansour poll decree

Senior officials in Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood have rejected a timetable for new elections laid out by interim president Adly Mansour. July 9 2013, 17:41 1 188 просмотрs

Kazakhstan News

Kazmunaygas targets Europe's petrol market

Kazakhstan's national oil and gas company KazMunayGas is set to enter the markets of Ukraine and Turkey and considers buying filling station chains, raw material import terminals and distribution stations in these countries, reports Prime citing First Deputy CEO Kazmunaygas Daniyar Berlibayev as saying. July 9 2013, 14:49 1 561 просмотрs

Other News

Workers strike at D Island, Kashagan

Reports from D Island at the Kashagan oilfield say a group of Kazakhstan workers has come out on strike for the second day in a row. July 9 2013, 11:33 3 952 просмотрs

Kazakhstan News

Nazarbayev, Putin discuss space cooperation

President Nursultan Nazarbayev has met with the Russian leader Vladimir Putin in Astana, as the latter arrived July 7 to congratulate the Kazakh leader on his 73th birthday and the Day of Astana, as well as to discuss a range of issues between the two countries. July 9 2013, 10:00 1 769 просмотрs

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Ramadan begins today

Muslims across the world are celebrating the start of the fasting month of Ramadan. July 9 2013, 09:54 2 042 просмотрs

World News

Russia to Launch 2 Glonass Satellites After Proton Disaster

Russia will launch two Glonass navigation satellites later this year to make up for the loss of three satellites in the recent Proton rocket explosion after launch from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan, a senior space industry official said. July 9 2013, 09:44 1 358 просмотрs

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Matin well blows out in Atyrau Oblast

Gas and water spout rocked the oilfield of Matin in the district of Kyzylkoga in the early hours of July 6, reports Kazakhstan's emergency ministry. July 9 2013, 01:13 2 901 просмотрs

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Plane delay leaves 92 passengers holed up in Atyrau airport

On the days and nights between July 2-5 Air Astana national air carrier frequently delayed flights from Atyrau to Almaty. July 7 2013, 12:29 3 972 просмотрs

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1 dead, others missing after train derails, burns in Quebec

At least one person died and others were reported missing after a train pulling more than 70 tankers of crude oil derailed and burst into flames in eastern Canada near the U.S. border, CNN affiliates reported, citing authorities. July 7 2013, 11:49 1 319 просмотрs

Kazakhstan News

The name of capital become history - Kazakh President

"The name of the Kazkahstan's capital Astana has gone in the global history," the Kazakhstanskaya Pravda quotes the words of the President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev in the article "Astana - the great epoch and strategic vector of Kazakhstan." July 6 2013, 13:39 2 363 просмотрs

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Haven for Snowden: Icelandic Pirate Party pushes for granting NSA leaker citizenship

Icelandic Pirate Party, which is represented in the parliament, has proposed a bill on granting NSA leaker Edward Snowden citizenship of the island nation. July 5 2013, 17:29 1 258 просмотрs

Kazakhstan News

Kazakhstan plans Almaty Winter Olympic bid: President Nazarbayev

Kazakhstan is going to submit its bid to host the Olympic Winter Games in the city of Almaty. July 5 2013, 16:54 3 133 просмотрs

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Coward or scapegoat? Italy cruise captain on trial

With his slick hair and macho man image, the captain of the Costa Concordia has been portrayed as a villain who crashed and then abandoned his cruise ship in a tragedy that claimed 32 lives July 5 2013, 15:44 1 348 просмотрs

World News

China and Russia conduct joint naval drill

China and Russia are beginning joint naval drills which Beijing has described as the country's largest with a foreign partner. July 5 2013, 12:30 1 246 просмотрs

Kazakhstan News

Kazakhstan’s President on succession of power

Kazakhstan’s President Nursultan Nazarbayev commented on succession of power in Kazakhstan in a documentary titled Nazarbayev.live aired on the national KTK channel July 4. July 5 2013, 12:15 1 506 просмотрs

Society

Smokers speak of scary pics on cigarette packs

Government has required all tobacco producers to picture symptoms of diseases that may come from smoking on cigarette packs lately. July 5 2013, 09:47 2 751 просмотрs

Economy

Governor meets Serbian ambassador

July 4, the akim of Atyrau Oblast Baktykozha Izmukhambetov received Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Serbia to Kazakhstan Vladimir Mircovic and representatives of Serbian Poljostroj company Gordana Stanimirovic and Pavel Sudors. July 5 2013, 09:21 2 068 просмотрs

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Computer mouse inventor dies at 88

Douglas Engelbart, who revolutionized computing by inventing the mouse, died in California on Tuesday at the age of 88, AFP reports citing the institute bearing his name. July 4 2013, 16:53 1 332 просмотрs

Kazakhstan News

Nazarbayev approves road system reform

Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev has signed a law to reform road transport sector. July 4 2013, 14:39 1 319 просмотрs

Kazakhstan News

Expert: Situation with Kashagan indirectly affects personnel changes at Kazakh Oil Ministry and KazMunaiGas

The situation with Kashagan indirectly affects the personnel changes at the Kazakh Oil Ministry and KazMunaiGas (KMG), Kazakh political analyst Daniar Ashimbayev said on Wednesday. July 4 2013, 12:55 2 284 просмотрs