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Earthquake hits Russia's Far East

A powerful earthquake on Friday hit Russia's Far East with tremors felt as far away as Moscow, about 7,000 kilometers (4,400 miles) west of the epicenter. May 24 2013, 12:42 3 563 views

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Amir Ismagulov - Journalists understand my son is innocent

May 22, an Ak Zhaik reporter liaised with Amir Ismagulov, a member of Atyrau city council, whose son Azamat Tazhayakov has been arrested and accused by the United States authorities in trying to obstruct the investigation into Boston Marathon Bombing. May 24 2013, 11:23 2 392 views

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Ex-Kyrgyz President Bakiev won't be extradited, Prosecutor General of Belarus

Information that Belarus is negotiating the extradition of Kurmanbek Bakiyev to Kyrgyzstan is not true, told the Prosecutor General of Belarus Alexander Konyukov to RIA Novosti on Thursday in Minsk. May 24 2013, 11:08 1 670 views

Kazakhstan News

House loanees picketing banks in Kazakhstan

Following promises to conduct a series of pickets in front of second tier banks, mortgage takers held their first protest rally in Almaty. May 24 2013, 10:30 1 749 views

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Syria opposition leader suggests transition plan

The outgoing leader of Syria's main opposition coalition Moaz al-Khatib has put forward a detailed plan for the transition of power May 24 2013, 09:56 1 528 views

Kazakhstan News

Aktau seaport to reach capacity of 18 million tons by 2020

It is planned to bring the capacity of Aktau seaport in Kazakhstan to 18 million tons of cargoes by 2020 said Kazakhstan Minister of Regional Development Bakytzhan Sagintayev at the Development of Transport Infrastructure and Trans-Caspian Routes for Access to Global Markets session of the 6th Astana Economic Forum. May 24 2013, 09:49 1 605 views

Kazakhstan News

People's IPO in Kazakhstan might fold

Implementation of the People’s IPO in Kazakhstan will be suspended until the end of the year and may possibly be even folded altogether, KazTAG reports citing a source in Kazakhstan government. May 24 2013, 09:46 1 819 views

Culture

Saraichik: Ural destroying landmark

A group of tourists from China and Italy went to see Saraichik, a village located to the north of Atyrau on the Ural River, which has an archaeological landmark nearby - the medieval trade center of Golden Horde, a Mongol and later Turkic khanate that was established in the 13th century and formed the north-western sector of the Mongol Empire. May 23 2013, 17:18 4 778 views

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Wartime MI6 had secret plans for 'liquidation or kidnapping' of targets

National Archives reveal plan to sow dissension among Soviet communists then kill Rommel and top Gestapos before D-Day May 23 2013, 15:58 1 927 views

Kazakhstan News

Top rank diplomat reprimanded by Mazhilis chairman, runs away

Chairman of Mazhilis, the lower chamber of Kazakhstan's parliament, in fury, showed the door to the deputy minister of foreign affairs. May 23 2013, 14:55 1 477 views

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World on course to run out of water, warns Ban Ki-moon

Freshwater supply and water quality under pressure, warns UN secretary general on International Day of Biological Diversity May 23 2013, 14:43 2 061 views

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NCPOC boss meets governor before leaving post

As previously reported the NCPOC managing director will be changed on July 1. In place of Hans Bakker, another Shell top manager Arjan van Dijk is coming. May 23 2013, 11:44 5 389 views

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UK, Woolwich attack: Killed man 'in armed forces'

A man killed in a suspected terrorist attack in south-east London was a member of the armed forces, senior Whitehall sources have confirmed. May 23 2013, 11:29 1 635 views

Kazakhstan News

Nazarbayev suggests 'triple seven initiative'

Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev has suggested a “triple seven initiative" called to promote implementation of innovative projects May 23 2013, 11:04 1 605 views

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Ibragim Todashev, questioned in connection with Marathon Bombings, shot and killed by police: reports

NBC News reports that an FBI agent shot and killed a man who had been interviewed over ties to April's Boston Marathon bombing. May 22 2013, 17:38 1 728 views

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US Senate committee votes to arm Syrian rebels

A US Senate committee had passed a bill that would allow, if signed for the Obama administration to supply arms to Syrian opposition — a move that could threaten the entire region if these weapons end up in terrorist cells operating on the ground. May 22 2013, 16:07 1 446 views

Kazakhstan News

In USSR Kazakhstan was made raw material appendage - Nazarbayev

In USSR, Kazakhstan was made a raw material appendage, said Nazarbayev during a foreign investors' council in Astana titled "Innovational and technological development of the Republic of Kazakhstan till 2020," reports a BNews correspondent. May 22 2013, 15:01 2 057 views

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Merkel's cavalry and Orban's tanks occupy touchy territory

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has won some rebukes from Berlin. Irked by Merkel mentioning "cavalry," Orban said his country once had tough experiences with German tanks. His historical data came under fire too May 22 2013, 14:56 1 597 views

Kazakhstan News

Supermarket security shocked guests from Japan

Last Friday, security of Green Supermarket in Almaty, held a 14-year-old Japanese citizen Ayako Mukayama in a utilities room for nearly an hour, accusing the teenager of stealing a bottle of mineral water. May 22 2013, 11:56 1 654 views

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Iran elections: Eight presidential candidates confirmed by Guardian Council

In a statement issued late on Tuesday, the Interior Ministry announced that the Guardian Council has approved eight candidates for Iran’s June 14 presidential election. May 22 2013, 10:32 1 814 views

Kazakhstan News

President of Kazakhstan received ConocoPhillips Chair

President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev  has received chairman and chief executive officer of ConocoPhillips Ryan M. Lance, who arrived to  partake in the 26th Foreign Investors' Council session, Kazinform has learnt from the Presidential  Press service May 22 2013, 09:49 1 930 views

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Saakashvili Says Pacific Island No Longer Recognizes Abkhazia

Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili says the tiny Pacific island nation of Vanuatu has withdrawn its recognition of Georgia's breakaway region of Abkhazia. May 21 2013, 16:53 1 615 views

Kazakhstan News

Lawyers of Kazakhs arrested in Boston case achieve Tsarnayev's backpack examination

Evidence, which Dias Kadyrbayev and Azamat Tazhayakov allegedly got rid of, may have never been linked to Boston Marathon Bombing, reports Kazakhstan's KTK TV channel. May 21 2013, 16:30 1 832 views

Crime

Arrest in Makat: police wounds suspect + Relatives' story

May 20, the village of Makat, officers of law enforcement agencies used service weapons when apprehending a local citizen suspected of committing a serious crime. May 21 2013, 15:41 3 137 views

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KMG Kashagan BV bookkeeper accused of tax evasion

Atyrau department of financial police has launched a criminal proceeding into evasion of tax and other mandatory corporate payments to budget in relation to the accountant of KMG Kashagan BV. May 21 2013, 10:11 3 404 views