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US may relocate air base from Kyrgyzstan to Kazakhstan

The U.S. military command may relocate Manas military air base from Kyrgyzstan to Kazakhstan August 26 2013, 13:19 2 322 views

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US to send 18 tons of nuclear wastes to Kazakhstan from Japan

The U.S. are going to transfer more than 18 tons of nuclear wastes of American-origin from Japan over to Kazakhstan for processing them into fuel for nuclear power stations. August 26 2013, 09:42 1 725 views

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Kazakh oligarch denied bail in France

Fugitive Kazakh oligarch Mukhtar Ablyazov, wanted in Kazakhstan for allegedly embezzling up to $6 billion from his former bank BTA, has been denied release on bail in France. August 23 2013, 17:50 1 514 views

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Russia starts ballistic missile on Kazakhstan border

From the Dombarov position area of the Russian Federation, the start of the intercontinental RS-20 ballistic missile with the Kompsat-5 spacecraft is carried out, the press service of Kazakhstan Ministry of Emergency Situations reports. August 23 2013, 12:02 1 386 views

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Astana to hold International forum on inauguration of International Decade of Cultures Rapprochement

International forum on the occasion of the inauguration of the International Decade of Cultures Rapprochement 2013-2022, which was declared on the initiative of Kazakhstan by the UN General Assembly in December 2012, will be held in Astana on August 23, Kazakhstan's Foreign Ministry press service said on Thursday. August 23 2013, 11:51 1 561 views

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International archeological expedition in Pavlodar

The international archeological expedition will visit the areas on the territory of Pavlodar region. The expedition is aimed at finding new evidences of ancient civilizations and collecting more information and details about the people of this region,  kazakh.tv reports. August 23 2013, 11:24 1 674 views

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Moscow assesses Russian Consulate’s account freeze as unlawful

Moscow is assessing the arrest of the Russian Consulate General's bank account in the Kazakh city of Almaty as unlawful and urges the Kazakh authorities to give a legal assessment to this fact, August 22 2013, 16:32 1 323 views

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Air Astana plane lands in emergency over alleged smoke

An Air Astana plane performing Astana-Almaty flight returned to the airport of departure after the crew suspected smoke in the cabin August 22 2013, 16:12 3 233 views

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Ablyazov ok to wear electronic bracelet

Mukhtar Ablyazov, a fugitive Kazakh banker now arrested in France, has agreed to wear an electronic bracelet August 22 2013, 13:56 1 612 views

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Russia asks France to extradite fugitive ex-head of BTA Bank

Russia's Prosecutor General's Office has made a request to France to extradite Mukhtar Ablyazov, a Kazakh billionaire and former board chairman of BTA Bank August 21 2013, 14:52 1 492 views

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Kazakhstan to simplify obtainment of work permits for labor migrants from neighboring states

Kazakhstan plans to simplify issuance of work permits for labor migrants from neighboring countries August 21 2013, 12:13 2 138 views

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Football: Shakhter wins over Celtic, coach to give up smoking if wins second match

Karaganda city FC Shakhter of Kazakhstan has won 2:0 over Scottish Celtic in the first-leg match of the final qualification round of the European Champions League August 21 2013, 10:59 1 805 views

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Kazakhstan eager to host Winter Olympics-2022 in Almaty

Kazakhstan National Olympic Commission is working on submitting Almaty as a candidate-host of the Winter Olympics-2022 August 20 2013, 15:47 1 916 views

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Olympic gold winner Maya Maneza gives birth to boy

Two-time world champion, winner of gold at the London Olympics, Kazakh weightlifter Maya Maneza has successfully laboured a baby in one of Almaty's hospitals August 20 2013, 11:51 4 329 views

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President obliges every governor to meet public

Akims of all levels will go public in Kazakhstan following a presidential decree August 20 2013, 10:19 1 254 views

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Semey: A secret race for abandoned nuclear material

Working in top secret over a period of 17 years, Russian and American scientists collaborated to remove hundreds of pounds of plutonium and highly enriched uranium — enough to construct at least a dozen nuclear weapons — from a remote Soviet-era nuclear test site in Kazakhstan that had been overrun by impoverished metal scavengers, according to a report released last week by the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard. August 19 2013, 15:01 3 041 views

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Sexy question strikes dumb Kazakh MA seekers

Kazakh bachelors applying for MA ran across a tricky question during a written application test in Astana August 19 2013, 14:20 3 489 views

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Commercial production at Kashagan will not benefit Kazakhstan: industry source

Commercial production of crude at the giant Kashagan oilfield will not benefit Kazakhstan says an industry source. August 19 2013, 11:49 1 757 views

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Football: Kazakhstan fears crowd violence of Scottish during Shakhter-Celtic match

Use of pyrotechnics during the play-off game between Kazakhstan’s Shakhter and Scottish Celtic in Astana will be qualified as petty crime August 18 2013, 15:00 1 991 views

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Kazakhstan mulls to ban gay propaganda

Kazakh MPs want to ban gay propaganda in the country   August 16 2013, 17:05 3 211 views

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Alcohol smuggling pipeline discovered on Kyrgyz-Kazakh border

A pipeline for pumping of smuggled alcohol has been discovered on Kyrgyz-Kazakh border August 16 2013, 11:34 2 279 views

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Nazarbayev to hold bilateral meetings in Baku

Nursultan Nazarbayev, President of Kazakhstan, is paying a state visit to Azerbaijan August 16 2013, 11:12 1 484 views

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New high-speed train «Astana-Atyrau» will depart from Astana

On August 22, the new high-speed train “Atyrau” №19/20 with a route “Astana-Atyrau” consisting of “Tulpar Talgo” carriages will depart from the railway station of Astana August 16 2013, 10:26 2 632 views

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Nur Otan party arranges mass circumcision of children in Kyzylorda oblast

Kyzylorda branch of Nur Otan political party organized a campaign called Alpamys Goes to School that involved provision of free circumcision services to 200 children in local hospitals August 15 2013, 16:58 14 224 views

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Kulibayev leaves Nazarbayev's freelance advisor post

Timur Kulibayev, Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev’s son-in-law, has stopped being the President’s freelance advisor August 15 2013, 14:53 3 554 views