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“We’ll burn you and hang the director” – separatists ready for elections in Donetsk and Artemovsk

In Artemovsk, Donetsk region terrorists threatened to burn one of the schools and hang its director if the poling station in the building will open for presidential elections. The employees of the institution reported this to OstroV, inforesist.org reports. May 20 2014, 16:26 1 114 просмотрs

Kazakhstan News

Kazakhstan 1000 Tenge banknote named best in the world

The National Bank of Kazakhstan has once again won the award for "Bank Note of the Year". Kazakhstan’s commemorative 1000 tenge banknote was named The Banknote of the Year in the International Banknote Society contest (IBNS). The banknote is dedicated to a historical figure Kultegin, who was a political leader of the Second Turkic Kaganat, the press service of the National Bank informs. May 20 2014, 15:45 2 442 просмотрs

Society

Islam against terrorism (+update)

Atyrau regional government administration and RoK Agency for religious affirs conducted the scientific-practical conferenceentitled“Islam is against terrorism”. May 20 2014, 13:11 2 929 просмотрs

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Credit Suisse Pleads Guilty in Three-Year U.S. Tax Probe

Credit Suisse AG (CSGN) agreed to pay $2.6 billion in penalties and pleaded guilty to helping Americans cheat on their taxes, making it the first global bank in a decade to admit to a crime in a U.S. courtroom, bloomberg.com reports. May 20 2014, 11:59 2 421 просмотрs

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China denounces US cyber-theft charges

China has denounced charges brought by the US against five army officers accused of economic cyber-espionage, bbc reports. May 20 2014, 11:39 1 083 просмотрs

Kazakhstan News

Kazakhstan and China’s Presidents launch construction of a terminal in Lianyungang

Kazakhstan’s President Nursultan Nazarbayev and Chinese President Xi Jinping have launched construction of a Kazakhstan’s terminal at the Lianyungang seaport, a tengrinews.kz journalist reports from Shanghai. May 20 2014, 11:07 2 737 просмотрs

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Russia-China gas deal a nightmare for Ukraine and EU

The Russia-China gas deal is a nightmare for the Ukraine and European Union, because now Russia does not need the European market to sell its gas to avoid a budget deficit, eturbonews.com reports. May 20 2014, 10:23 3 351 просмотрs

Kazakhstan News

Naked toddler found walking alone in the street at 1:00am (Video)

A naked little boy (approx. 3-4-year-old) was found walking down Baidibek Bi street in Shymkent near Izumi trade centre, azh,kz reports citing regional TV channel TVK-UKO. May 20 2014, 10:18 1 850 просмотрs

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Russia withdrawing troops from Ukrainian border, NATO denies the fact

Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu to send troops back to bases from drills they were having in the southwestern regions of Rostov, Belgorod and Bryansk, on the border with Ukraine. In the same statement, Moscow called on Kiev to cease violence in southeastern Ukraine, immediately, azh.kz reports citing Deutsche Welle. May 19 2014, 18:36 2 146 просмотрs

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Mali sends troops to retake town from Tuareg separatists

Mali sent in troops on Sunday to retake Kidal from Tuareg separatists after six government workers and two civilians were murdered, according to the United Nations, during an attack on the regional governor's office, reuters.com reports. May 19 2014, 17:54 1 176 просмотрs

Kazakhstan News

Kazakhstan Seeks to Increase Hydrocarbon Production and Exports, Says Minister

Kazakhstan, which is ranked in the top 15 countries worldwide for proven oil reserves and top 20 for natural gas, would like to see increased development of its hydrocarbon sector, astanatimes.com reports. May 19 2014, 17:46 2 948 просмотрs

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Astana business center to open in St Petersburg

Construction of a new business center and shopping mall titled Astana will start in Saint Petersburg, Russia, this was announced during the Astana culture days in Saint Petersburg, akipress,kg reported on Monday, citing astana.gov.kz. May 19 2014, 17:21 1 486 просмотрs

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South Korea to break up coastguard after ferry disaster

South Korea plans to break up its coastguard in the wake of the ferry disaster in which more than 300 people died, says President Park Geun-hye, bbc reports. May 19 2014, 16:06 2 272 просмотрs

Kazakhstan News

President of Kazakhstan arrives in China for state visit

President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev has arrived in China for a state visit today, azh.kz reports citimg the Akorda press service. May 19 2014, 15:57 2 593 просмотрs

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5G standard may be introduced in Kazakhstan by Expo -2017

By 2017 Kazakhstan will be ready to introduce communication standard of new generation - 5G, this has been reported today by the first deputy chairman of the Agency for Telecommunications and Information Saken Sarsenov, inform.kz reports. May 19 2014, 15:20 2 105 просмотрs

Kazakhstan News

Kazakhstan plans to create free trade zones with EFTA countries, New Zealand, Vietnam

The RoK Ministry of Economy and Budget Planning jointly with the Customs Union countries is holding negotiations on free trade zone agreements with the countries of the European Free Trade Association (EFTA), Vietnam and New Zealand, said Aliya Alimbetova, acting director of the foreign trade development department of the Ministry, at the briefing  in Central Communications Centre in Astana, azh.kz reports. May 19 2014, 11:50 2 796 просмотрs

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Balkans flooding threatens Serbia power plants, 37 dead

Soldiers, police and villagers battled to protect power plants in Serbia from rising flood waters on Sunday as the death toll from the Balkan region's worst rainfall in more than a century reached 37, reuters reports. May 19 2014, 11:39 2 069 просмотрs

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Crimean Tatars commemorate Soviet deportation despite ban, demand to change status of Crimea

Tatars in Crimea are commemorating 70 years since their deportation by Soviet leader Josef Stalin, rferl.org reports.  May 19 2014, 11:00 1 738 просмотрs

Kazakhstan News

8 people injured in explosion at Semey factory

8 people have been injured in an explosion at the Flour and Combine Fodder Factory in Kazakhstan's Semey, tengrinews reports citing the city's Emergency Department. May 19 2014, 10:20 2 956 просмотрs

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Michael Jackson Hologram Rocks Billboard Music Awards in Las Vegas

The Michael Jackson performance on the 2014 Billboard Music Awards was the result of nearly half a year of planning, choreography and filming, not to mention the development of new technology. Producers of the Billboard Music Awards did not see even a portion of the film until eight days before the broadcast. May 19 2014, 09:59 2 719 просмотрs

Kazakhstan News

Proton rocket debris fell in China

When three unidentified flying objects came hurtling from the skies, terrified villagers in China's Heilongjiang province thought they were under alien attack, ibtimes.co.uk reports. May 18 2014, 21:52 2 333 просмотрs

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Switzerland rejects world's highest minimum wage

Swiss voters have overwhelmingly rejected a proposal to introduce what would have been the highest minimum wage in the world in a referendum, bbc.com reports. May 18 2014, 21:22 1 369 просмотрs

Society

Highway to airport closed for one month and a half

Due to road reconstruction activities the traffic on Aboulkhair Khan Avenue (highway to airport) will be closed from May 17 until the beginning of July. May 18 2014, 20:35 1 970 просмотрs

Society

Three kids drowned in Ural River in one day

On May 16, three children drowned in Ural River within one hour and a half period of time. May 18 2014, 19:37 3 221 просмотрs

Politics

Is Atyrau ready to meet Putin?

On May 16, the Plenipotentiary ambassador of the Russian Federation in Kazakhstan Mikhail Bocharnikov, during his working visit to Atyrau had a meeting with the representatives of the local ethno-cultural centers at the Small Hall of regional government administration building. May 17 2014, 14:27 10 468 просмотрs