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Kazakh Deputy Education Minister detained on suspicion of budget funds theft

Kazakhstan's Financial Police Agency has detained the Deputy Minister of Education and Science Sayat Shayakhmetov and General Director of 'Management of Education and Science Projects Construction' A. Pak, the press service of the financial police reported. May 21 2013, 10:02 1 766 views

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Kosovo officials suspected of trafficking human organs from Kazakhstan

A former Kosovo health minister and another Pristina official are among eight suspects in a new EU probe into a human organ trafficking case, AFP reports citing a local daily. The organs were allegedly trafficked form Kazakhstan, Russia, Moldova and Turkey. May 21 2013, 09:52 2 025 views

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Bigotry against Jews and Muslims on the rise, says US

Discrimination against Jews and Muslims is on the rise around the world, according to an annual US Department of State report. May 21 2013, 09:46 2 471 views

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Oklahoma tornado: Dozens killed in Moore

At least 51 people, including 20 children, have been killed after a huge tornado tore through Oklahoma City suburbs, officials in the US state say. May 21 2013, 09:39 1 825 views

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Eurovision: Azerbaijan probes Russian 'nul points'

Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev has ordered an inquiry into why his country gave Russia "nul points" at Saturday's Eurovision Song Contest. May 21 2013, 09:35 1 845 views

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Syrian troops score gains in strategic rebel-held town near Lebanon

Syrian troops push into a rebel-held Qusair as President Bashar Assad tries to strengthen his grip on a strategic strip from Damascus to the Mediterranean. May 20 2013, 12:08 1 514 views

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Atyrau traffic accident kills six people

Six people left dead and five others injured and were taken to hospital after a traffic accident in Atyrau Oblast. May 20 2013, 11:30 1 903 views

Kazakhstan News

Great Britain to pay Kazakhstan $300-400 thousand for military transit per year

Kazakhstan will be receiving $300-400 thousand per year from Great Britain from transit of military cargoes via its territory May 20 2013, 11:04 1 461 views

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Public figure about Bergei Ryskaliyev - I believe my eyes, not ears

"All the noise in our oblast now, in newspaper articles in all media, is about Bergei Ryskaliyev, the former governor of Atyrau Oblast," says Rakhymzhan Otarbayev, writer, playwriter, merited figure of the Republic of Kazakhstan May 20 2013, 09:40 4 272 views

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Denmark wins Eurovision 2013

Denmark has won Eurovision 2013 in a glittering finale with the typical kitsch and glitz for which the contest is renowned. Highlights included Finland's lesbian kiss, Romanian falsetto and '80s singer Bonnie Tyler. May 20 2013, 09:34 2 411 views

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France gay marriage: Hollande signs bill into law

France's president has signed into law a controversial bill making the country the eighth in Europe, and 14th globally, to legalise gay marriage. May 19 2013, 08:03 1 543 views

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Russia sends advanced missiles to aid Assad in Syria - US

Russia has sent advanced antiship cruise missiles to Syria, a move that illustrates the depth of its support for the Syrian government led by President Bashar al-Assad, American officials said Thursday. May 17 2013, 16:57 1 609 views

Kazakhstan News

Kazakhstan media should have own opinion on international scandals: expert

Kazakhstan media has to form up its own policy and position when covering international scandals that allegedly involve Kazakhstan citizens, President of Kazakhstan Press Club Assel Karaulova told Tengrinews.kz during PR forum in Almaty. May 17 2013, 16:12 1 702 views

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Malta court turns down request to order action against Rakhat Aliyev

The Magistrates' Court this morning rejected a call to order police action against  Kazakh multi-millionaire Rakhat Aliyev after finding that allegations made by his former bodyguards had not been supported to the minimum level required by the court. May 17 2013, 14:58 2 015 views

Economy

Managing director to be replaced at Kashagan on June 1

North Caspian Production Operations Company (NCPOС) Managing Director is expected to be replaced effective June 1, reports azh.kz, citing KazTAG. May 17 2013, 13:20 3 536 views

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Atyrau people demand dissolution of parliament

Activists in the city of Atyrau have put forward a demand to dissolve the government in a letter addressed to the country president Nursultan Nazarbayev. May 17 2013, 12:07 2 222 views

Crime

Help finpol - get bounty

Three residents of Atyrau Oblast received monetary reward - 121,170 tenge each - for communicating corruption crimes. May 17 2013, 11:44 2 221 views

Kazakhstan News

Kazakhstan citizen's implication in weapons sales unverified: Foreign Ministry

Kazakhstan Foreign Ministry has tagged the information on Kazakhstan citizen's alleged implication in deals in weapons for North Korea unverified, Tengrinews.kz reports citing the Ministry's press-secretary Nurzhan Aitmakhanov. May 17 2013, 11:42 1 764 views

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U.S. Police Arrest Uzbek In Terror Case

U.S. authorities in the western state of Idaho say they have arrested a man from Uzbekistan on terrorism charges.  May 17 2013, 11:16 1 702 views

Kazakhstan News

Theatre with a Political Edge in Kazakhstan

A group of villagers is held in thrall by omnipotent rulers, who warn that misfortune will befall the inhabitants if they defy authorities. And then, one day, the emperor is revealed to have no clothes. On a recent Friday evening in Kazakhstan’s cultural capital, Almaty, a small audience was transfixed by the story unfolding on the stage in Avalanche, a play by Turkish playwright Tuncer Cücenoğlu. May 17 2013, 10:43 1 711 views

World News

Bill Gates Retakes World’s Richest Title From Carlos Slim

Bill Gates is once again the world’s richest person.  The 57-year-old co-founder of Redmond, Washington-based Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) recaptured the title from Mexican investor Carlos Slim yesterday, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, as the software maker hit a five-year high. It is the first time Gates has held the mantle since 2007. His fortune is valued at $72.7 billion, up 16 percent year-to-date. May 17 2013, 10:24 1 742 views

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House, food and mobile communication of expats paid illegally in Kazakhstan - labor agency

During the labor laws compliance audit of some oil producing companies in Aktobe several violations were found May 17 2013, 09:38 2 606 views

Economy

Over 500 illegal workers detected in Atyrau

On May 13-17 police conducted an operative-preventive action “Illegal Worker” in Atyrau Oblast. May 16 2013, 18:19 2 247 views

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U.S. dismisses Rakhat Aliyev family members' claim against Samruk-Kazyna board member

The U.S. court has dismissed a civil action of Rakhat Aliyev’s relatives -- brothers Devincci and Issam Hourani -- against Samruk-Kazyna board member Dr. Alexander Mirtchev and his company Krull Corporation, Tengrinews.kz reports citing Kazakhstan Justice Ministry’s press-service. May 16 2013, 17:50 3 002 views

Kazakhstan News

Kazakh Senate approved draft law on pension provision in 1st reading

A draft law "On pension provision" has been approved in the first reading at a plenary sitting of the Senate of the Kazakhstan's Parliament. May 16 2013, 16:11 1 517 views