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Kazakh Yulia Putintseva makes striking debut at Australian Open-2013

Kazakhstan's tennis player Yulia Putintseva has advanced to the Round 2 of the Australian Open-2013 in Melbourne, reports Kazinform. January 15 2013, 12:55 9 941 views

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S Kazakhstan's storm damage estimated at KZT 2.5bn

More than 30 persons suffered from hurricane in Zhambyl Oblast.  Storm damage, according to preliminary data, is estimated at KZT 2.5bn, reports the press service of the Department of Emergency Situation of Zhambyl Oblast. January 15 2013, 12:32 1 731 views

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Karatau and Zhanatas get first light

Power supply was partly restored in Karatau and Zhanatas at around 4 a.m. on January 14, KazTAG reports. January 14 2013, 20:34 2 844 views

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Man Jailed for Flipping the Bird at Official

Officials in northern Kazakhstan have taken President Nursultan Nazarbayev’s zero-tolerance policy toward anti-social behavior to heart, jailing a man for making a rude gesture at an official motorcade. January 14 2013, 18:05 2 065 views

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2012 crude and coal production figures announced

In 2012 Kazakhstan produced a total of 79.211 million tons of crude, including condensed gas: 1.1% down as compared to 2011, Newskaz.ru reports, citing the State Agency for Statistics. January 14 2013, 16:09 1 606 views

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Republican emergency response center for elimination of hurricane consequences in KZ's Zhambyl region

The Republican emergency response center for elimination of hurricane consequences had been established in Kazakhstan's Zhambyl Oblast, headed by the deputy Prime Minister Krymbek Kusherbayev, at the request of the Head of State due to emergency situation in Zhambyl Oblast, RoK Prime Minister’s press service reports. January 14 2013, 11:01 1 789 views

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Sheraton to open its chain hotel in Aktobe

Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide said it has signed an agreement with Akcept Contraction to open Sheraton Aktobe, the first internationally-branded hotel in the rapidly emerging province of Aktobe in Kazakhstan next year. January 12 2013, 10:29 5 282 views

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Direct Flight to Vietnam

Air Astana has launched a new flight service to Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam), said the air carrier. January 11 2013, 12:08 1 696 views

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India urges Kazakhstan to consider OVL buy

Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister M Veerappa Moily on Wednesday urged Kazakhstan to support ONGC Videsh Ltd’s move to buy equity in Kashagan oil field. January 11 2013, 13:19 1 659 views

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KZ introduces Import Ban on Old Cars as of Jan 1, 2013

As of January 1, 2013 Kazakhstan is imposing ban on import and manufacture of Euro-2 or lower environmental classes vehicles, reports Kolyosa.kz citing press service of RoK MinTransCom (Transport and Communications Ministry). January 10 2013, 17:46 1 613 views

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350 evacuated due to hoax bomb threat at Astana railway station

An anonymous caller said a bomb was set to explode at a railway station in Astana at 11:11 pm on January 9, a spokesman of the press service of the Transport Department of the Kazakh Ministry of Internal Affairs told Kazinform correspondent. January 10 2013, 14:50 3 030 views

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Rough Year Ahead for Central Asia

Political risk in Central Asia for 2013 is widespread but uneven. Across the five post-Soviet countries, state decision-making is walled inside presidential palaces. While the heads of state range from outright dictators (Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan) to façade democrats (Kyrgyzstan), institutional mechanisms for sharing and transferring power are non-existent. The strongest organized bidders for influence are rogue actors like drug cartels, provincial strongmen and scheming business elites. Environmental degradation, the propensity for natural disaster and bitter politics expose much of the population to energy and food shortages. The extraction industries dominating Central Asian economies encourage wealth concentration and exasperate nepotism and cronyism. Ethnic hostilities, Islamic insurgencies, nationalist rivalries, intraregional grievances, and spillover from the war in Afghanistan threaten to reintroduce civil conflict and the possibility of forced regime change from below. January 10 2013, 12:40 2 470 views

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It took Shymkent animators 7 years to create 45-minute cartoon

Shymkent animators have finished working on an animated film about a Kazakh batyr (warrior) and a winged panther, Tengrinews.kz reports. January 9 2013, 15:43 3 409 views

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Vionnet Owner Victim Of Jewellery Heist

VIONNET owner Goga Ashkenazi was robbed while on holiday with her boyfriend, Fiat heir, Lapo Elkaan in Uruguay. Thieves broke into the holiday house the couple were renting on the beaches of Barra de Maldonado and stole 17 pieces of jewellery - estimated to be worth €3.5 million (£2.8 million) - as well as €25,000 (£20,300), in cash. January 9 2013, 14:17 1 841 views

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Tenge weakened against dollar

Over 2012, exhange rate of Kazakh tenge against the US dollar weakened in nominal terms by 1.6% - as of the year-end 1 dollar costs 150.74 tenge, reports nur.kz citing National Bank. January 9 2013, 14:33 2 134 views

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Ladyboy's house arsoned in Kapchagai

Ramil Khassanov, a transgender from Almaty Oblast, known as the first person to openly admit he is a gay on Kazakh television, lost his house and all his property, reports KTK. January 9 2013, 11:43 2 650 views

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Railway tickets price raised in Kazakhstan

As of January 7 the national rail carrier Kazakhstan Temir Zholy (KTZh) intends to increase passenger services tariffs by 12%, company press service reports. January 8 2013, 17:25 1 953 views

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Ex-Kazakh Customs Chief Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison

Ex-Kazakh Customs Control Committee Head Serik Baimaganbetov charged with large-scale bribery and abuse of office, has been sentenced to 10 years’ imprisonment in the correctional colony of strict regime, reports IA Novosti-Kazakhstan from the court room.    January 8 2013, 15:20 1 712 views

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Chinese companies to control over 40% of Kazakhstan’s oil shortly

The share of Chinese companies in the Kazakhstan’s Oil and Gas industry will exceed 40% in 2013, KazTag reports, citing an unidentified source. January 8 2013, 10:57 1 994 views

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China will erect town on Kazakhstan border

The district-level town was established at Alashankou border crossing on Chinese-Kazakhstan border, KazTAG reports citing China's Xinhua agency. January 4 2013, 12:33 1 885 views

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TeliaSonera paid $200mln to Kazakhstan’s Ex-Premier’s people

TeliaSonera acquired telecom-assets from two Kazakh businesswomen Aigul Nuriyeva and Raushan Sagdiyeva for $205 mln. Both ladies earlier worked with Karim Massimov, ex-premier of Kazakhstan. Nuriyeva is also a local partner of Tele2 – the main TeliaSonera competitor. January 3 2013, 17:21 10 319 views

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Kazakhstan's external debt nears $135bn

As of September 30, Kazakhstan's external debt amounted $134.9bn against $125.2bn in early 2012, reports country's national bank. January 3 2013, 16:49 1 526 views

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Construction of new GPP in W Kazakhstan to start in 2013

Kazakh state oil and gas company “KazMunayGas” has received state expertise's positive conclusion on the feasibility study of Gas Processing Plant in West Kazakhstan Oblast, said the Directorate of KMG Enterprises under Construction. January 3 2013, 15:47 2 293 views

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Kazakh police officers to see a pay raise in 2013

Starting from January 1, 2013, police officers will have their monthly wages raised by 30%. January 3 2013, 12:32 1 675 views

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Max Discovers Oil at Eskene North

Max Petroleum Plc, UK-based oil and gas exploration and production company focused on Kazakhstan, announces that the ESKN-1 exploration well in the Eskene North prospect has reached a depth of 1,507 metres with electric logs indicating 20 metres of net pay over an 90 metregross interval in the Triassic Formation at measured depths between 1,272 and 1,362 metres. Reservoir quality is fair with porosities ranging from 15% to 20%, reads the company press release. January 3 2013, 11:54 1 879 views