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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 2 729 просмотрs

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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 3 239 просмотрs

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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 1 526 просмотрs

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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 1 798 просмотрs

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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 2 977 просмотрs

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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 2 029 просмотрs

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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 1 323 просмотрs

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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 2 355 просмотрs

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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 13 753 просмотрs

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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 3 347 просмотрs

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Kazakhs called to improve Google Translate

Kazakhstan citizens are welcome to improve Google Translate, Tengrinews.kz reports. Kazakh-speaking citizens who know English can contribute into development of the service. August 15 2013, 14:18 2 778 просмотрs

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Nazarbayev helps Putin and Aliyev make up

Azerbaijan has undertaken the obligations to Russian President Vladimir Putin with some assistance of Nursultan Nazarbayev August 15 2013, 11:50 1 600 просмотрs

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Tank farms of all three Kazakhstan refineries full to gills: media

The tank farms of all three Kazakhstan refineries -- in Shymkent, Atyrau and Pavlodar -- have been filled up to the gills August 14 2013, 15:54 1 738 просмотрs

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2 friends of Boston bombing suspect from Kazakhstan plead not guilty

Two friends of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev pleaded not guilty Tuesday in federal court to charges of conspiracy to obstruct justice and obstructing justice with intent to impede authorities August 14 2013, 09:34 1 598 просмотрs

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Kazakhstan, Iran discuss army coop

The department of Commander-in-Chief Land Forces of Kazakhstan has hosted a meeting between Murat Maykeev, Lieutenant General, and Colonel Hamza Ruhi Kabarega, the military attaché under the Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran in the Republic of Kazakhstan August 13 2013, 14:43 1 767 просмотрs

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No plans to introduce visa-free entry for Chinese: Foreign Ministry

There are no plans of introducing a visa-free entry for the Chinese, Vice Foreign Minister Kairat Sarybai says. August 13 2013, 09:50 1 280 просмотрs

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Situation around Ablyazov to have no impact on Kazakh-EU relations - Foreign Ministry

The situation around Mr. Mukhtar Ablyazov, an ex-chairman of Kazakhstan-based BTA Bank, will have no impact on Kazakhstan’s relations with the European Union August 13 2013, 09:47 1 328 просмотрs

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Nazarbayev to attend G-20 summit

The Kazakh President Nazarbayev on September 5-6 will participate in the G-20 summit in Russia's St. Petersburg Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Kairat Sarybai announced at a briefing in the Central Communications Service. August 12 2013, 15:46 1 186 просмотрs

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Kazakhstan students may be deported to Kazakhstan only after they serve sentence: official

Two 19-year-old Kazakhstan students Azamat Tazhayakov and Dias Kadyrbayev accused in the United States of conspiring to destroy evidences in the Boston bombings case may be deported to Kazakhstan only after they serve their sentence August 12 2013, 15:43 1 518 просмотрs

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Kazakhstan representatives at Miss World and Miss Universe unveiled

Ainur Toleulova, 18, will represent Kazakhstan at the most prestigious beauty pageant Miss World, that to be held on September 28 in Indonesia, August 12 2013, 15:28 3 988 просмотрs

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President's grandson ranks up to senior lieutenant

The grandson of Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev Aisultan Nazarbayev has been promoted to Senior Lieutenant, reports KazTAG citing a source in Astana. August 12 2013, 10:33 7 515 просмотрs

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Russian watchdog asks Kazakhs to ban Ukrainian confections

Russia's consumer rights watchdog, Rospotrebnadzor, has asked Kazakhstan to ban the import of products from Ukraine's Roshen confectionery company. August 9 2013, 15:36 1 445 просмотрs

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US Ambassador Fairfax to leave post

The United States Diplomatic Mission to Kazakhstan will go a month without an administrator August 9 2013, 14:25 1 735 просмотрs

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Boston Bombings suspect's friends face 20 years in jail

The extended jury in Boston has confirmed the legality of the accusation of impeding justice during the investigation into the Boston Marathon Bombings, laid down against two Kazakh students Azamat Tazhayakov and Dias Kadyrbayev, reports AFP. August 9 2013, 09:33 1 467 просмотрs

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Oil reserves at new Kazakhstan's field estimated at 880 million barrels

Based on preliminary results of geological exploration, the total anticipated reserves of the new oil field in Kazakhstan make around 120 million tons (880 million barrels) August 8 2013, 11:51 1 723 просмотрs