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Nazarbayev to attend Iranian president's inauguration

Iranian MP Sayed Mokhammed Yasrebi has announced the preliminary list of foreign leaders who will attend the inauguration of the newly elected president of the Islamic Republic of Iran Hassan Rouhani. July 29 2013, 12:36 2 230 views

Kazakhstan News

Almaty mayor forces subordinates to use public transport

Since recently top officials of Almaty akimat get to work by public buses. July 29 2013, 12:00 2 402 views

Other News

Workers fell off scaffold at Tengiz

Two workers aged 36 and 47 fell from the height of five meters when dismantling scaffolding at Tengiz July 27 July 29 2013, 09:48 3 814 views

Kazakhstan News

Trains collide in Almaty, wound five

A passenger train run into another at the Almaty-2 train station July 29 2013, 09:28 2 547 views

World News

Mid-East peace talks to resume in Washington

Israeli and Palestinian negotiators will resume peace talks in Washington on Monday, the US State Department has announced. July 29 2013, 09:23 2 091 views

World News

Egypt crisis: 'Scores killed' at Cairo protest

More than 100 people have been killed at a protest by supporters of ousted Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi in the capital, Cairo July 27 2013, 16:44 2 179 views

World News

Electric shock: The Hummer is back

Until its demise in 2009 the Hummer vehicle by General Motors was an iconic gas guzzler in the United States. July 27 2013, 15:01 2 234 views

Kazakhstan News

Kashagan to affect oil prices in 2 years

Commercial production at giant Kashagan oil field in Kazakhstan may put some pressure on the global oil prices, but only in the long run July 27 2013, 14:41 2 899 views

Kazakhstan News

President Nazarbayev says no grounds for tenge depreciation

Central Bank Governor briefed Head of State that the financial market has seen stable growth, with the inflation rate standing at 5.9%, below the forecasted range of 6-8%. July 27 2013, 14:37 2 430 views

Kazakhstan News

Jailed Pastor Goes On Hunger Strike in Kazakhstan

A jailed Christian pastor in Kazakhstan accused of using mind-altering drinks to pry donations from a member of his congregation has gone on a hunger strike to protest his treatment by authorities.  July 26 2013, 17:07 3 042 views

World News

U.S. vague on whether Obama will go to Moscow amid Snowden flap

The White House is deliberately leaving it vague as to whether President Barack Obama will attend talks in Moscow with Russian President Vladimir Putin if the saga involving former U.S. spy agency contractor Edward Snowden is unresolved. July 26 2013, 16:46 2 460 views

Kazakhstan News

Over 400 tons of food products withdrawn from sale after sanitary inspection in H1

Over 400 tons of food products have been withdrawn from sale and liquidated after inspection by the state sanitary surveillance in the first half of the year, said Zhandarbek Bekshin, chief state sanitary doctor, KazTag reports. July 26 2013, 15:46 2 256 views

World News

Halliburton admits destroying US oil disaster evidence

Halliburton Energy Services has admitted destroying evidence relating to the devastating 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil rig disaster in the Gulf of Mexico, federal officials said Thursday. July 26 2013, 15:00 2 283 views

Society

Head-on collision on bridge, young woman dies

24-year old passenger woman died last night after a wrong-way driver caused an accident on the city central bridge. The accident took place on the European side of the bridge (from the side of Abai Square) at 22:10 hrs. July 26 2013, 11:10 3 283 views

Kazakhstan News

German hang glider crashes, dies in Kazakhstan

A man (citizen of Germany) is dead after a hang-gliding crash in Kazakhstan, Kazinform has learnt from the Kazakh Ministry for Emergency Situations. July 26 2013, 09:52 2 236 views

World News

Virus fears, Mecca work downsizes Saudi hajj pilgrimage

Fears of an outbreak of the deadly MERS virus in Saudi Arabia and construction in the holy city of Mecca have forced cuts in the numbers of pilgrims permitted to perform this year's hajj. July 26 2013, 09:34 3 096 views

Kazakhstan News

Kazakhstan’s Central Bank on rumors of tenge devaluation

Amidst the favorable external economic conditions, there are no reasons for the Kazakh Tenge to depreciate July 25 2013, 16:41 2 793 views

World News

Andrey Arshavin was a Russian spy?

Leaked NSA documents have revealed that former Arsenal player, Andrey Arshavin, was actually a Russian Spy. July 25 2013, 16:38 10 663 views

Kazakhstan News

Jailed pastor goes on hunger strike In Kazakhstan

A jailed Christian pastor in Kazakhstan accused of using mind-altering drinks to pry donations from a member of his congregation has gone on hunger strike to protest his treatment by authorities. July 25 2013, 16:31 3 411 views

World News

Cat allergy research offers new clues

Scientists have discovered how allergic reactions to cats are triggered, raising hopes of preventative medicine. July 25 2013, 16:21 2 431 views

Kazakhstan News

Italian FM: Behaviour of Kazakhstan’s ambassador to Rome inexcusable

Behaviour of Kazakhstan's ambassador to Rome Andrian Yelemessov during the case connected with deportation of Alma Shalabayeva was inexcusable, DPA quoted Italian Foreign Minister Emma Bonino as saying. July 25 2013, 15:45 3 281 views

World News

77 dead after train derails, splits apart in Spain

An express train derailed as it hurtled around a curve in northwestern Spain on Wednesday, killing 77 people and injuring more than 100 July 25 2013, 13:32 2 480 views

World News

Snowden gets novel and change of clothes, but no clearance to exit airport

After a month holed up in the transit zone of Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport, Edward J. Snowden, the former intelligence contractor sought by the United States on espionage charges, received a change of clothes and a copy of “Crime and Punishment” July 25 2013, 12:24 2 304 views

World News

Royal baby name revealed: George Alexander Louis

Baby Cambridge now has a name: George Alexander Louis. The name of Prince William and Kate's son was announced Wednesday by Kensington Palace, two days after he was born. July 25 2013, 12:20 2 440 views

Kazakhstan News

Ablyazov's bodyguard to be extradited from Spain to Kazakhstan

Spanish court has ordered to extradite Aleksandr Pavlov, head of the security service of the former head of BTA Bank Mukhtar Ablyazov, to Kazakhstan July 25 2013, 12:07 1 992 views