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Russia to shut down UNICEF office by yearend

"Due to growing economic and donor potential of the Russia, the government made a decision in September 2009 to gradually close offices of the UN funds and programs in Russia and turn these relations into equally and mutually beneficial partnership," the Russian Foreign Ministry said, Xinhua reports. October 10 2012, 09:49 3 277 просмотрs

Crime

Wounded poacher escapes from hospital

A Russian citizen detained on suspicion of poaching ran away from Atyrau hospital (see “From Boat to Hospital”). October 10 2012, 09:32 2 856 просмотрs

Kazakhstan News

Aktau court proved Ablyazov's participation in provocations and instigation of oil industry workers

Aktau court proved Ablyazov's participation in provocations and instigation of oil industry workers. Using his unlimited financial resources and Alga party the former banker openly called people for violence, BNews.kz correspondent reports. October 9 2012, 15:05 2 001 просмотрs

Kazakhstan News

British Karl Jenkins’ symphony 'Shakarim' is presented in Almaty

On October 10, Almaty will host a premiere of the symphony "Shakarim" by British composer Karl Jenkins, BNews.kz correspondent reports citing Almaty Department of Culture. October 9 2012, 15:22 2 004 просмотрs

Kazakhstan News

No Kazakh citizens among those apprehended in the USA: KZ’s FM spokesman

Kazakhstan’s Foreign Ministry is checking the information on a Kazakhstan-based company allegedly being blacklisted by the US Trade Department, Foreign Ministry’s spokesman Altai Abibullayev told a briefing October 8. October 9 2012, 15:30 1 644 просмотрs

Kazakhstan News

Presidential Advisor Yertysbayev: Seems like Atyrau Oblast was out of control

The Kazakhstan President's advisor on political issues Yermukhamet Yertysbayev in an interview with KTK Channel said: - To me it seems like over the last 3-4 years Atyrau Oblast has been virtually out of control... October 9 2012, 14:43 2 032 просмотрs

Kazakhstan News

Shymkent Refinery stops for a month

A scheduled turnaround at Shymkent's refinery will last from October 5 till November 5, according to the media service of the plant, Kapital.kz reports.    October 9 2012, 10:29 2 894 просмотрs

Kazakhstan News

CSTO army exercise begins in Kazakhstan

The peacemaking exercise Indestructible Brotherhood 2012 was solemnly opened at the training center Iliysky in Kazakhstan on 8 October. October 9 2012, 09:55 2 905 просмотрs

Other News

New Zhylyoi akim assigned

On October 8, Atyrau Oblast Akim Baktykozha IZMUKHAMBETOV paid visit to Kulsary presenting a new district akim to the local core bodies upon consent of the district maslikhat. October 9 2012, 09:15 2 020 просмотрs

World News

N. Nazarbayev arrived to the Russian Federation with working visit

The president of the Republic of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev arrived with working visit to the Russian Federation, Akorda press service reports. October 9 2012, 09:38 2 884 просмотрs

Kazakhstan News

Court in Aktau sentences opposition leader Kozlov to 7.5 years in prison over unrest

Aktau, October 8. On Monday the Criminal Court of the Mangistau Oblast found guilty Vladimir Kozlov, the leader of the unregistered opposition party “Alga!” and his associates Akzhanat Aminov and Serik Sapargali, KazAkparat reported. October 8 2012, 18:23 3 078 просмотрs

Society

The Party is not aware

The Nur Otan party specified on the banner as the supervising “eye” of the Sports and Recreation Centre construction site in the Nursaya city district, denies its supervising powers. October 8 2012, 17:04 2 147 просмотрs

Kazakhstan News

Alstom unveils first KZ locomotive

The first of 10 pre-series KZ8A 25kV ac freight locomotives was unveiled today in Belfort, France, by the president of Alstom Transport, Mr Henri Poupart-Lafarge, who was accompanied by the president of Kazakhstan Railways (KTZ), Mr Askar Mamin. October 8 2012, 11:50 4 792 просмотрs

Kazakhstan News

Bardic Divas: Women's Songs from Kazakhstan

In conjunction with the highly successful exhibition Nomads and Networks: the Ancient Art and Culture of Kazakhstan, which is currently on display at the Smithsonian's Freer Sackler Gallery until November 11, 2012, this concert by the Bardic Divas was presented on October 5, 6 and 7 in collaboration with the Kazakh Embassy and Aga Khan Music Initiative, a program of the Aga Khan Trust for Culture. October 8 2012, 16:12 3 658 просмотрs

World News

2012 Nobel Prize for Medicine

Cell biologists Shinya Yamanaka of Japan and Briton John B. Gurdon have been jointly awarded the 2012 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine. October 8 2012, 15:32 1 756 просмотрs

World News

Afghanistan's government 'could collapse' after 2014

A new report on Afghanistan warns that the departure of NATO forces in 2014 could be followed by the government's collapse and even civil war, unless steps are taken now. October 8 2012, 15:20 2 398 просмотрs

World News

Australia's state workers defy order and down tools

More than 40,000 New South Wales public servants have walked off the job and at least 2,000 have rallied at the Town Hall in Sydney over public sector cuts. October 8 2012, 14:41 1 421 просмотрs

Kazakhstan News

Kazakhstan and Russia fail to agree on Baiterek space launch complex

Russia and Kazakhstan have failed to come to terms on the joint Kazakh-Russian project to construct the Baiterek (“poplar tree”) space launch complex for the Russia's new booster rocket, the Angara, at the Baikonur cosmodrome, Russia’s Izvestia newspaper reports. October 8 2012, 12:44 2 303 просмотрs

Kazakhstan News

Russia to clear KZ oil schemes at customs

Russia will clear oil schemes of Kazakhstan through customs, reports Tengrinews.kz referring to “Izvestiya”. October 8 2012, 12:34 1 657 просмотрs

Society

Dormitory in Tengiz burned down

In the morning on October 7, a one-storey workers' dormitory located in the rotational village near Tengiz burned down. No casualties or victims. October 8 2012, 09:43 2 395 просмотрs

World News

Venezuela presidential elections: Hugo Chavez wins another six-year term

CARACAS: Venezuela's Hugo Chavez shrugged off cancer and a unified opposition on Sunday to triumph yet again at the ballot box and win another six-year mandate to pursue his oil-funded socialist revolution. October 8 2012, 10:27 1 672 просмотрs

World News

Australia scientists tackle reef-killing starfish

An Australian research team said Monday they have found an effective way to kill the destructive crown-of-thorns starfish, which is devastating coral reefs across the Pacific and Indian oceans, AFP reports. October 8 2012, 11:14 1 694 просмотрs

World News

Iran Offers Plan, Dismissed by U.S., on Nuclear Crisis

WASHINGTON — With harsh economic sanctions contributing to the first major protests in Iran in three years, Iranian officials have begun to describe what they call a “nine-step plan” to defuse the nuclear crisis with the West by gradually suspending the production of the uranium that would be easiest for them to convert into a nuclear weapon. October 8 2012, 10:02 2 423 просмотрs

World News

Pig Bites a Man

An Oregon farmer was eaten by his hogs on Wednesday. The 70-year-old Vietnam veteran had gone to feed the animals in the morning, and his family found his dentures and scattered remains in the hog pen several hours later. Authorities are trying to determine whether the pigs deliberately killed the man. Do livestock intentionally kill their owners? October 7 2012, 13:55 2 437 просмотрs

World News

Presidential elections will be held today in Venezuela: Chavez’s defeat may cause unrest

The presidential elections being held today, October 7, 2012 in Venezuela: the leader of the country Hugo Chavez had a real contender - the leader of the united opposition Henrique Capriles. His victory may create unrest in the country and the elections are accompanied with unprecedented security measures: 139 thousand military personnel have been moved up for this purpose. October 7 2012, 11:57 1 433 просмотрs