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Amanda Knox sentenced to 28 years for murder as Italian court reinstates guilty verdict

Amanda Knox sentenced to 28 years for murder as Italian court reinstates guilty verdict

More than two years after Amanda Knox returned to the U.S. apparently home free, an Italian court Thursday reinstated her murder conviction in the stabbing of her roommate and increased her sentence to 28 1/2 years in prison, raising the spectre of a long extradition fight, nationalpost.com reports. January 31 2014, 13:27 2 021 просмотрs

Kazakhstan Taekwondo Fed accuses London lawyer of deception

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Kazakhstan Taekwondo Fed accuses London lawyer of deception

A nap in an airplane landed the triple taekwondo champion of Kazakhstan Azamat Tenizbayev, 18, into a half-a-year-long experience of sexual harassment charges, jail, hearings, ankle bracelets and jury trial in London. Upon returning home to Kazakhstan at long last Azamat, his mother and Kazakhstan Taekwondo Federation chief held a press-conference to share the details of the ordeal and celebrate its happy ending, tengrinews reports. January 31 2014, 10:29 1 651 просмотрs

Meteor-encrusted medals up for grabs at Sochi 2014

Meteor-encrusted medals up for grabs at Sochi 2014

Sochi Olympic champions that happen to win their medals on February 15, 2014 - one year after the meteor crashed in the Urals - will receive special medals inlaid with tiny pieces of the celestial object, inform.kz refers to www.nydailynews.com. January 31 2014, 10:20 1 621 просмотрs

Feds to seek death penalty against accused Boston bomber Tsarnaev

Feds to seek death penalty against accused Boston bomber Tsarnaev

The Justice Department has notified a federal judge that it intends to seek the death penalty if a jury convicts Dzhokhar Tsarnaev for last April’s bomb attacks at the Boston Marathon, usnews.com reports. January 31 2014, 10:06 1 990 просмотрs

Freezing Uzbek travelers rescued on Atyrau highway

Freezing Uzbek travelers rescued on Atyrau highway

45 freezing Uzbek citizens heading by bus from Russia to Uzbekistan have been rescued by the regional Emergency Department officers. The bus broke down 35 km away from Dossor viilage of Makat district. When rescue team from Makat district center arrived to the site, 45 bus passengers and the driver were almost frozen. They called “112” emergency desk only 5 hours after the breakdown, when people could not tolerate cold temperature any more. January 31 2014, 09:49 2 927 просмотрs

U.S. readies financial sanctions against Ukraine: congressional aides

U.S. readies financial sanctions against Ukraine: congressional aides

The Obama administration is preparing financial sanctions that could be imposed on Ukrainian officials and protest leaders if violence escalates in the political crisis gripping Ukraine, congressional aides said on Wednesday, reuters reports. January 30 2014, 18:21 1 014 просмотрs

Ukraine protesters reject amnesty offer, Yanukovych on sick leave

Ukraine protesters reject amnesty offer, Yanukovych on sick leave

Ukraine's opposition on Thursday vowed further protests after defiantly rejecting an amnesty bill to free activists and ease the ex-Soviet country's worse crisis since independence, yahoo.com reports. January 30 2014, 18:04 2 057 просмотрs

Abu Dhabi Plaza to be constructed in Astana estimated at $1.6 billion

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Abu Dhabi Plaza to be constructed in Astana estimated at $1.6 billion

Construction of Abu Dhabi Plaza will cost $1.6 billion, according to the country’s Minister of Industry and New Technology and Vice Prime Minister Asset Issekeshev, tengrinews reports. January 30 2014, 17:56 2 097 просмотрs

Schools are closed tomorrow due to extreme weather (+update)

Schools are closed tomorrow due to extreme weather (+update)

Due to adverse weather conditions the schoolchildren of the 1st - 4th grades of secondary schools in Atyrau are excused from attending the classes on January 30, - informed AkZhaik newspaper the head of city education department Alpamys Gilimov. January 29 2014, 20:47 1 983 просмотрs

Deputy FMs in Astana to Participate in Caspian Sea Meeting

Kazakhstan News

Deputy FMs in Astana to Participate in Caspian Sea Meeting

Deputy Foreign Minister for Asian and Pacific Affairs Ebrahim Rahimpour left Tehran for Kazakhstan capital city, Astana, Wednesday to participate in the 35th meeting of the special working group of the Caspian Sea, tasnimnews.com reports. January 30 2014, 14:22 2 401 просмотрs

Why ex-chief accountant of “Atyrau-Akparat“media holding committed suicide (+update)

Why ex-chief accountant of “Atyrau-Akparat“media holding committed suicide (+update)

Aitzhan Uteshev, the former chief accountant of “Atyrau-Akparat” public state enterprise, committed suicide on January 27. January 29 2014, 17:24 2 226 просмотрs

Kazakhstan to compete in first World Games of Nomads

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Kazakhstan to compete in first World Games of Nomads

Kyrgyzstan has presented the “World Games of Nomads” national project aimed to promote traditional ancient games of nomadic Turkic peoples, advantour.com reports. Thus, during an international forum held on 25 January 2014 in Bulan-Sogottu, Issyk-Kul region, the representatives from Kyrgyzstan, Turkey, Kazakhstan, Russia and Azerbaijan signed a resolution on the conditions, goals and participants for the World Games of Nomads. January 30 2014, 13:36 7 802 просмотрs

Edward Snowden Nominated For Nobel Peace Prize

Edward Snowden Nominated For Nobel Peace Prize

In a surprise move, National Security Agency whistleblower Edward Snowden has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize, sitepronews.com reports. January 30 2014, 12:00 2 189 просмотрs

Soros-Kazakhstan to grant $1.9 million in 2014

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Soros-Kazakhstan to grant $1.9 million in 2014

Soros-Kazakhstan embarks on a new strategy for 2014-2017 to focus on SFK traditional fields, such as human rights, public finance transparency, development of independent media and support of youth initiatives. interfax.kz reports. January 29 2014, 20:21 1 450 просмотрs

State of the Union: Obama calls for action, with or without Congress

State of the Union: Obama calls for action, with or without Congress

He talked a good game of acting on his own if necessary, calling for 2014 to be a "year of action, but President Barack Obama's State of the Union address showed he knows that true progress depends on cooperation with a divided and recalcitrant Congress, cnn reports. January 29 2014, 19:36 1 188 просмотрs

Kazakhstan eyeing Ablyazov's property

Kazakhstan News

Kazakhstan eyeing Ablyazov's property

Mukhtar Ablyazov might loose his property that is under distraint in Kazakhstan. He doesn't even have to be extradited to Kazakhstan for this to happen, tengrinews reports citing the First Deputy Prosecutor General of Kazakhstan Iogan Merkel as saying today. January 29 2014, 18:11 1 301 просмотрs

Tengizchevroil LLP hits record high by producing 27 million tons of oil in 2013 (+update)

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Tengizchevroil LLP hits record high by producing 27 million tons of oil in 2013 (+update)

Tengizchevroil LLP produced 27 million tons of oil in the Atyrau region in 2013, inform.kz reports, citing the company's press service. January 29 2014, 14:59 3 350 просмотрs

Kazakhstan's Harmony Lessons wins Grand-Prix at Premiers Plans Festival

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Kazakhstan's Harmony Lessons wins Grand-Prix at Premiers Plans Festival

Kazakhstan's film Harmony Lessons by director Emir Baigazin has been awarded with the 2014 Grand-Prix of the Festival Premiers Plans in Angers, France, tengrinews reports. The 26th edition of the international film festival was held on January 17-26, 2014. January 29 2014, 16:40 2 114 просмотрs

Karzai reportedly suspects US hand in recent Afghanistan attacks

Karzai reportedly suspects US hand in recent Afghanistan attacks

Afghan President Hamid Karzai reportedly believes that the U.S. government and military have been a hidden force behind recent insurgent attacks in Afghanistan, such as an attack earlier this month that killed 21 people, including three Americans, in Kabul, foxnews.com reports. January 29 2014, 16:00 1 435 просмотрs

Natural phenomenon: perfect ice disc in Kazakhstan river

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Natural phenomenon: perfect ice disc in Kazakhstan river

A ice disc of a perfectly round form has been spotted on the Narym River in eastern Kazakhstan, tengrinews reports citing Altaynews.kz. January 29 2014, 15:56 2 368 просмотрs

Ryskaliev's organized criminal group. Indictment

Ex-Governor case

Ryskaliev's organized criminal group. Indictment

Yesterday, January 28, was the fourth day of court proceedings and the third day when two state accusers read in turns the indictment. January 29 2014, 11:46 5 742 просмотрs

Russia Wants Free-Trade Zone Linking EU, Moscow-Led Customs Union

Russia Wants Free-Trade Zone Linking EU, Moscow-Led Customs Union

Moscow wants to establish a free-trade zone between the European Union and the Russian-led economic union of former Soviet States, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday, ria.ru reports. January 29 2014, 11:01 1 434 просмотрs

KazMunaiGas purchasing 26.7% in Rompetrol Rafinare

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KazMunaiGas purchasing 26.7% in Rompetrol Rafinare

KazMunayGas oil and gas company is purchasing 26.7% in Rompetrol Rafinare (a member company of Rompetrol Group, operates the most modern refinery in Romania) for $200 million, tengrinews reports, citing the Company’s Press Service. January 29 2014, 10:23 1 584 просмотрs

'Smart rubber' to be produced in Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan News

'Smart rubber' to be produced in Kazakhstan

The first recycling plant for used tires has been opened in Kyzylorda city in southern Kazakhstan on January 27, 2014, tengrinews reports citing the press-service of the Oblast Akimat (Regional Authorities). January 29 2014, 10:45 1 317 просмотрs

Sergey Arbuzov to lead temporarily the Ukranian govt

Sergey Arbuzov to lead temporarily the Ukranian govt

Ukraine’s opposition has forced out the government and is pressing President Viktor Yanukovich to resign, despite warnings from a former head of state that the country is “one step from civil war”, baq.kz reports. January 29 2014, 10:17 1 487 просмотрs