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Hungarian Chemimontazh workers panic over change of investor

Hungarian Chemimontazh workers panic over change of investor

NefteStroyService Ltd [NSS] people unexpectedly blew in their office, sealed the accounts room, changed security guards and seized the company stamp. In light of mass reduction in major projects, many are afraid to lose their jobs. The least they may face after change of management is salary cut. February 8 2013, 11:32 6 247 просмотрs

Workers strike at ArcelorMittal European sites

Workers strike at ArcelorMittal European sites

Thousands of workers were staging strikes and demonstrations on Wednesday at European plants of ArcelorMittal, the world's largest steelmaker, in what unions said was a protest against job insecurity. February 8 2013, 10:09 1 570 просмотрs

Journalist from Kazakhstan's Pavlodar sends letter to Obama

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Journalist from Kazakhstan's Pavlodar sends letter to Obama

A journalist from Kazakhstan's Pavlodar has written a letter to U.S. President Barack Obama, Tengrinews.kz reports. February 7 2013, 18:06 1 724 просмотрs

Gap between rich and poor needs to be reduced – Vice PM

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Gap between rich and poor needs to be reduced – Vice PM

Government has developed an anti-crisis program, which should help reduce gap between the rich and the poor in Kazakhstan, said deputy PM Yerbol Orynbayev. February 7 2013, 17:20 1 585 просмотрs

SCAT plane skidded off runway at Almaty airport

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SCAT plane skidded off runway at Almaty airport

SCAT airline’s AN-24 airplane skidded off runway at the Almaty airport when landing with 24 passengers on board, airline press service reported. February 7 2013, 18:01 3 350 просмотрs

China and Turkey biggest sources of labor migrants to Kazakhstan

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China and Turkey biggest sources of labor migrants to Kazakhstan

China and Turkey are responsible for biggest numbers of labor migrants to Kazakhstan, KazTag reports, citing the country’s Ministry of Labor. February 7 2013, 16:05 1 254 просмотрs

Teargas as thousands protest top opposition leader assassination in Tunisia

Teargas as thousands protest top opposition leader assassination in Tunisia

February 7 2013, 15:53 1 674 просмотрs

Spray can explosion in Atyrau caused panic among public

Spray can explosion in Atyrau caused panic among public

In the evening of February 6, two strong blasts in a trash bin [on photo] made the people living at 40 Tovarischeskaya street in Atyrau shiver. February 7 2013, 15:23 1 710 просмотрs

ESS served old salmon after clerical error

ESS served old salmon after clerical error

Ak Zhaik reporters got hold of evidence that ESS Support Services, a TCO contractor, partially owned by KazMunayGas-Service [40%], had been giving old salmon to rotational workers. February 7 2013, 13:40 4 016 просмотрs

Board of appeals leaves Chelakh verdict unchanged

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Board of appeals leaves Chelakh verdict unchanged

Kazakhstan's Military Court's Board of Appeals for Criminal Cases upheld the life imprisonment verdict to Vladislav Chelakh, a border guard found guilty of butchering his fellow soldiers. February 7 2013, 13:19 1 433 просмотрs

Russia launches six US satellites from Baikonur

Russia launches six US satellites from Baikonur

The Roscosmos space agency said the launch went off without a hitch after being delayed by a day due to bad weather in the Central Asian nation. February 7 2013, 12:57 1 294 просмотрs

Kazakh Calendar

Kazakh Calendar

On the basis of astronomical observations, different nations created their own time counting systems. They correlated to the movement of the Sun, or the Moon, or to the movement of other planets. Ancient cattle-farmers of Central Asia created their own cyclic animal calendar which was widely used by their descendants – Turkic nomads, through the 20th century. Kazakhs called it – Moushel. February 7 2013, 15:24 9 826 просмотрs

Ballistic expert admits mistake in Chelakh's case

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Ballistic expert admits mistake in Chelakh's case

Tuesday, February 5, during a tripartite online conference between an expert in Astana, Vladislav Chelakh in Taldykorgan court room and the military court in Almaty, it was identified that a ballistic expert had made a mistake in examination of the 9-mm bullet shell found at Arkankergen border post, which was destroyed in May 2012, allegedly by a 19-year old private Chelakh. February 6 2013, 15:15 1 461 просмотрs

Akhmadinejad attacked in Cairo

Akhmadinejad attacked in Cairo

Makhmoud Akhmadinejad, the president of Iran was attacked with shoe during his visit to Cairo, Egypt, reports Al-Arabiyya TV channel. February 6 2013, 14:10 1 584 просмотрs

Cops involved in rape in Kulsary

Cops involved in rape in Kulsary

Goulnazira Moukhtarova, the Head of Press Service of Internal Affairs Department, February 5, at a briefing informed that Amantai Kurenbekov, the Deputy Minister of RoK Internal Affairs arrived to Atyrau. He chaired the meeting where the rape of a 33-year old woman (the citizen of Taraz city) by two police officers in Kulsary was discussed. February 6 2013, 11:35 3 507 просмотрs

Customs seized pipes smuggled from Turkey

Customs seized pipes smuggled from Turkey

Atyrau Oblast Customs Control Department initiated a criminal case against one of the limited liabilities companies over smuggled goods. February 6 2013, 09:44 2 247 просмотрs

Malala Yousafzai speaks publicly for first time since Taliban shooting

Malala Yousafzai speaks publicly for first time since Taliban shooting

Malala Yousafzai, the 15-year-old Pakistani schoolgirl and activist who was shot in the head by a Taliban assassin on her way home from school last fall, has spoken publicly for the first time since the shooting. February 5 2013, 14:23 1 475 просмотрs

McCain refers to Iran’s president as a ‘monkey’; GOP rep calls jab ‘racist’

McCain refers to Iran’s president as a ‘monkey’; GOP rep calls jab ‘racist’

Republican Sen. John McCain on Monday called Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad a "monkey." The blunt-speaking Arizona lawmaker leveled the jab—swiftly condemned as "racist" by a Republican representative—via Twitter. February 5 2013, 12:20 1 536 просмотрs

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Google Translate to add Kazakh language by end of 2013

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Google Translate to add Kazakh language by end of 2013

Kazakh language will be added to Google Translate by the end of 2013, Tengrinews.kz reports citing head of Wikibilim social fund Rauan Kenzhekhanuly as saying at the presentation of Google Translate+Kazakh project to add the Kazakh language to Google translation service. February 5 2013, 11:29 2 146 просмотрs

Pemex explosion caused by methane gas

Pemex explosion caused by methane gas

Manmade explosives ruled out as cause of blast that killed at least 37 people at Mexican oil company facility, reports guardian.co.uk. A deadly blast that killed at least 37 people at Mexican state oil monopoly Pemex's headquarters in Mexico City was caused by a build-up of gas, the government has said on Monday. February 5 2013, 10:31 1 521 просмотрs

First 2013 space launch at Baikonur

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First 2013 space launch at Baikonur

February 5 Baikonur will see the first space launch in 2013, RIA Novosti reports, citing Russia’s Roskosmos Federal Space Agency spokesman. February 5 2013, 10:26 1 514 просмотрs

Stake in N block cost KazMunaiGas $32 million

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Stake in N block cost KazMunaiGas $32 million

The stake in N block cost KazMunaiGas $32 million, Tengrinews.kz reports citing Kazakhstan Oil and Gas Minister Sauat Mynbayev as saying at the briefing in Kazakhstan President’s Central Communications Service. February 5 2013, 10:44 2 522 просмотрs

Captives in Syria exchanged for rebels

Captives in Syria exchanged for rebels

MOSCOW (AP) — Two Russians and an Italian kidnapped by Syrian rebels have been freed in exchange for captured militants, Russia says. February 5 2013, 10:17 1 538 просмотрs

Another officer of Kazakhstan's border guard service has committed suicide.

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Another officer of Kazakhstan's border guard service has committed suicide.

Kazakhstan's National Security Committee said on February 4 that deputy commander of Shonzha border post brigade, Captain M. Qadyralinov, committed suicide on his return from a border guarding shift at an outpost. February 5 2013, 10:16 1 391 просмотрs