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After heavy rain: tree falls on car

After heavy rain: tree falls on car

On May 12, after heavy rain, obviously, because the soil softened considerably, the tree fell on Priora car that was driving along Odesskaya Street in the residential district of Zhilgorodok. May 12 2015, 15:16 2 027 просмотрs

Rain cancelled lessons at schools

Rain cancelled lessons at schools

The head of education department of Atyrau Nursaule Sailauova informed that on May 12 due to plentiful rainfall all schools and kindergartens of Atyrau will be closed for one day. May 12 2015, 11:33 4 973 просмотрs

Cold temperature, winds grip northern Kazakhstan

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Cold temperature, winds grip northern Kazakhstan

Rain showers, thunderstorms and wind will batter most regions of Kazakhstan today, May 12. Only northern and northwestern Kazakhstan will enjoy weather without precipitation. May 12 2015, 10:53 1 263 просмотрs

French president calls for end to US embargo on Cuba

French president calls for end to US embargo on Cuba

French President Francois Hollande called on Monday for ending of the U.S. trade embargo on Cuba, saying France "will be a faithful ally" as Cuba reforms its centrally planned economy and tries to re-enter the global economic system. May 12 2015, 10:48 1 480 просмотрs

Saudi Arabia assembles 'massive force' on Yemen border

Saudi Arabia assembles 'massive force' on Yemen border

Saudi Arabia has assembled a "massive" additional force on its border with Yemen after trading heavy artillery and rocket fire with Yemen's Houthi fighters, prior to a proposed truce taking effect. May 12 2015, 10:37 1 295 просмотрs

New Astana Bus Stops to Include Heating and Wi-Fi

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New Astana Bus Stops to Include Heating and Wi-Fi

Astana plans to modernise its old bus stops to better relay accurate transportation information and keep passengers comfortable during the city's harsh winters and hot summers, representatives of the Astana LTR company recently told tengrinews.kz. May 12 2015, 09:50 1 722 просмотрs

China, Kazakhstan Agree to Align Development Strategies

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China, Kazakhstan Agree to Align Development Strategies

Chinese President China Xi Jinping and Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev agreed during Xi's May 7 visit to Kazakhstan to align development strategies, Xinhua News reported. May 12 2015, 09:48 1 454 просмотрs

Atyrau airport to be named after Khiuaz Dospanova

Atyrau airport to be named after Khiuaz Dospanova

This was announced at the festive event dedicated to the 70th anniversary of Victory that was held at the Atyrau airport. May 11 2015, 21:06 2 276 просмотрs

Kazakh Growth Rate to Bottom Out in 2015

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Kazakh Growth Rate to Bottom Out in 2015

The good news, according to the World Bank's latest Kazakhstan Economic Update, is that in 2015 the country's steeply diving growth rate should bottom out. The bad news is that the recovery won't be quick and depends on Russia and China. May 11 2015, 21:11 1 082 просмотрs

White House rejects Seymour Hersh 'baseless assertions' on bin Laden raid

White House rejects Seymour Hersh 'baseless assertions' on bin Laden raid

The White House is dismissing as "baseless" a controversial report alleging President Barack Obama's administration lied about the circumstances surrounding the 2011 killing of Osama bin Laden. May 11 2015, 23:46 1 270 просмотрs

Victory Day in Atyrau

Victory Day in Atyrau

May 9 2015, 18:50 2 444 просмотрs

Pakistan helicopter carrying foreign diplomats crashes

Pakistan helicopter carrying foreign diplomats crashes

A Pakistani military helicopter with 17 people on board, carrying foreign diplomats in the mountainous region of Gilgit-Baltistan has crashed, killing six people, the military says. May 8 2015, 16:15 1 460 просмотрs

Chairman of Kazakhstan's National Security Committee appointed

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Chairman of Kazakhstan's National Security Committee appointed

Kazakhstan's Senate, the upper chamber of Kazakhstan's Parliament, has approved Nurtai Abykayev as Chairman of Kazakhstan's National Security Committee, Tengrinews reports. May 8 2015, 16:12 1 467 просмотрs

"We put up umbrella over old veteran's head"

"We put up umbrella over old veteran's head"

The photo of a deputy governor of Atyrau Oblast Salimzhan Nakpaev, who was carefully protected by umbrella by his assistant next to the hunched aksakal (respected elder person) – the war veteran, standing in the pouring rain immediately went viral in social networks and mass media and underwent heated discussion. May 8 2015, 15:51 3 121 просмотрs

Pipeline owner was fined, but thieves are wanted

Pipeline owner was fined, but thieves are wanted

Based on the fact of oil leak on the 81st kilometer of Martyshi-Atyrau oil pipeline (see "Oil on tap") the Western branch of KazTransOil has been fined. May 8 2015, 15:17 3 427 просмотрs

Kazakhstan’s Astana to host Syrian crisis talks in May's end

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Kazakhstan’s Astana to host Syrian crisis talks in May's end

Kazakhstan's capital Astana will host talks on the Syrian crisis on May 25-27, Tengrinews reports citing RIA Novosti. The talks have been held for four years already with a sole aim of resolving the Syrian crisis that initially started as a pro-democracy revolt and turned into a multi-sided civil war after the forces of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's government responded with violent crackdowns. It has already killed over 200 thousand people, according to the United Nations. May 8 2015, 12:43 1 479 просмотрs

Cameron returning to power, Labour routed in Scotland

Cameron returning to power, Labour routed in Scotland

David Cameron is poised to return as U.K. prime minister at the head of majority Conservative government after pulling off a surprise election victory helped by a landslide for nationalists in Scotland. May 8 2015, 12:39 1 292 просмотрs

The war front was round the corner

The war front was round the corner

May 8 2015, 11:04 2 011 просмотрs

Kazakh president met Shell's Ben van Beurden in Astana

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Kazakh president met Shell's Ben van Beurden in Astana

President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev has received the CEO of Shell Ben van Bearden, Tengrinews reports citing Akorda. May 8 2015, 10:15 2 544 просмотрs

Al Qaeda claims US air strike killed top commander in Yemen

Al Qaeda claims US air strike killed top commander in Yemen

An al Qaeda operative claims in an online video that the strike killed one of its top commanders. In January, Nasr al-Ansi announced the group's Yemen branch was responsible for the attack on a French satirical magazine. May 8 2015, 10:00 1 316 просмотрs

Kashagan: everything is insured, except …

Kashagan: everything is insured, except …

A comment under the article "Kashagan as premonition" published on “AkZhaik" website inquired why criminal case hasn't been initiated still against contracting companies that constructed faulty pipes in the North Caspian project. Pipes later required replacement. But this is, no hard feelings, please, a naive question, in the light of the Agreement signed in December of last year between the Kazakhstan party and NCOC - the operator of the North Caspian project (see "Everything was written off and still remained endebted to all"). May 6 2015, 15:50 4 919 просмотрs

Kabul lynch killing prompts death sentences

Kabul lynch killing prompts death sentences

Four men have been sentenced to death in Kabul for their roles in the mob killing of a woman falsely accused of burning a Koran in March. The judge imposed lengthy prison terms on eight other defendants. May 6 2015, 15:04 1 253 просмотрs

Resumption of production at Kashagan unlikely before 2017, says expert

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Resumption of production at Kashagan unlikely before 2017, says expert

Resumption of production at the Kashagan field in Kazakhstan is unlikely to happen in 2015 or 2016, according to Oleg Yegorov, the senior fellow at the Institute of Economics of the Kazakh Education and Science Ministry. May 6 2015, 14:52 1 460 просмотрs

IS claims responsibility for Texas cartoon attack

IS claims responsibility for Texas cartoon attack

The Islamic State group claimed responsibility on Tuesday for a weekend attack at a center near Dallas, Texas, that was exhibiting cartoon depictions of the Prophet Muhammad — though it offered no evidence of a direct link to the attackers. May 5 2015, 18:19 1 130 просмотрs

N. Nazarbayev ordered to attract 10 transnational companies to processing industry

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N. Nazarbayev ordered to attract 10 transnational companies to processing industry

President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev ordered to attract 10 transnational companies to the processing industry at the enlarged sitting of the Government today. May 5 2015, 18:10 1 359 просмотрs