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Boston Bombing Suspect Buried in Small Virginia Town – Reports

The body of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev was buried earlier this week in a Muslim cemetery in a small town in Virginia known for its sprawling, popular amusement park, US media reported Friday. May 11 2013, 14:39 1 532 views

Kazakhstan News

Bolashak-Serhetyaka through railway service is opened by Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan Presidents

As it is known, the new line "Zhanaozen - the state border with Turkmenistan" will make the route 600 km shorter than the existing railway via the Turkmen city of Sarahs. The project implementation in Iran relating to the new railway called "Bafq-Meshhed" will reduce the range of freight traffic between the Persian Gulf and the Far East for 1300 km. May 11 2013, 14:11 2 928 views

Ecology

Waste disposal leaves Kashagan first oil deadline under question

Kashagan project, which CNN Money recognized as the most expensive energy project in the past 40 years [$116bn], has grown heavier by another $65mln. NCOC, the consortium, will have to spend this much on construction of liquid process waste cleaning units, previously ‘forgotten’ in the design. 75% of the wastes are formation waters containing poisonous substances.  May 10 2013, 08:45 2 701 views

World News

Bangladesh building collapse death toll over 800

The army in Bangladesh say 804 people have been confirmed dead after the collapse of an eight-storey factory building near the capital Dhaka. May 9 2013, 18:03 1 425 views

Kazakhstan News

Nazarbayev congratulates Kazakhstan citizens with Victory Day

Today the President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev congratulated veterans and all Kazakhstan citizens with the Victory Day. May 9 2013, 17:57 3 158 views

Society

Die Hard Soldier

It wasn’t easy for me to get hold of the Grandad for taking an interview. He was “hardly accessible”. His schedule was very tight: 90-year old veteran of war and oil industry and, since recently, newlywed Kourmanbai Dosymbetuly (or Kurmanbai-ata) is either staying out or, on the contrary, giving party in his house. I arrived to Akzhar village on Friday afternoon. I opened the door of the small tidy house and was immediately enveiled with clouds of “beshbarmak” - meat a la Kazakh. Just as I thought, Grandad again was entertaining guests in his house!   May 9 2013, 06:18 3 315 views

Culture

On the steep banks walked Katyusha…

In Atyrau on the Victory Day eve in eleven points of the city at one and  the same time the famous wartime song “Katyusha” composed by Matvei Blanter with lyrics from Mikhail Isakovsky was sung. Such a peculiar flashmob initiative belongs to the public association “Zheruyik Cultural Fund”. May 8 2013, 18:03 2 569 views

Other News

Egg throwing contest held in Saraichik

May 7, the village of Saraichik, to the north of Atyrau, hosted an egg throwing competition for the Cup of Andrei Tsukanov, a public activist famous for egging Labor Minister Serik Abdenov during a press conference in Almaty on April 26. The minister fell under public displeasure for promoting unpopular retirement system reform in Kazakhstan. May 8 2013, 12:26 2 829 views

World News

Father of UMass Dartmouth student arrested after Marathon bombings visits memorial site

The father of one of the students from Kazakhstan arrested in connection with the Boston Marathon bombings and accused of helping to destroy evidence appeared at the memorial site in Copley Square Tuesday morning. May 8 2013, 12:06 1 804 views

World News

Study: US immigration reform would cost $6.3 trillion

A US political battle raged Monday over the cost of Senate-proposed immigration reform, with a conservative think-tank warning the plan to legalize 11 million undocumented workers would soar to $6.3 trillion, AFP reports. May 8 2013, 11:44 1 444 views

Kazakhstan News

Astana Media Center caught fire, 800 evacuated

Media Center caught fire this weekend in Astana, Tengrinews.kz reports. May 8 2013, 11:30 2 488 views

World News

North Korea removes missiles from launch sites

In a sudden de-escalation of tension on the Korean Peninsula, Pyongyang has removed two of its ballistic missile units from their launching positions, US officials confirmed. May 7 2013, 15:37 1 723 views

Society

Two women freed from slavery, make peace with "slave-drivers"

Two women, who spent six months in slavery, reconciled with the family of exploiters in the West Kazakhstan Oblast. May 7 2013, 13:28 2 182 views

Other News

Structural changes possible at Kashagan: an informed source

The giant Kashagan oilfield may face structural changes, KazTAG reports, citing an informed source in Astana. May 7 2013, 13:06 2 645 views

Kazakhstan News

Kazakhstan proud of its army and does best to enhance it

President of Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev has stated at the first military parade on the occasion of the Defender of the Fatherland Day today. May 7 2013, 12:54 3 483 views

Kazakhstan News

First Kazakh Woman Promoted To General

A woman has been promoted to the rank of general within the Kazakh Prosecutor-General's Office for the first time ever. May 6 2013, 16:43 1 954 views

Kazakhstan News

Azamat Tazhayakov meets with father in U.S. jail

Kazakhstan student Azamat Tazhayakov accused of obstructing justice in the Boston bombings case met with his father, CNN reports. May 6 2013, 14:12 1 794 views

Kazakhstan News

MP proposed stricter immigration rules

The case of Kazakh students Dias Kadyrbayev and Azamat Tazhayakov suspected of involvement in the Boston Marathon explosions, pushed Kazakh politicians to think about stricter migration control in the country. May 6 2013, 12:37 1 629 views

World News

Working gun made with 3D printer

The world's first gun made with 3D printer technology has been successfully fired in the US. May 6 2013, 12:23 1 623 views

Kazakhstan News

First oil at Kashagan to flow in early July

First oil at Kashagan will be produced in early July 2013, an informed source in oil and gas sector in Astana told KazTAG. May 6 2013, 11:27 2 901 views

Society

Minister Abdenov given bag of eggs in Uralsk

Serik Abdenov, the RoK Minister of Labour and Social Protection, said that in the city of Uralsk, West Kazakhstan Oblast, people are against the pension reform. May 6 2013, 10:23 2 562 views

Kazakhstan News

Kazakh Prime Minister speaks about unpopular pension reform

The pension reform proposed by the government is aimed at decent life of Kazakhstan people after retirement, stated Kazakh Prime Minister Serik Akhmetov. May 6 2013, 10:18 2 020 views

World News

Cemeteries refuse to bury Boston maraton suspect

A funeral home owner in Worcester, Mass. is struggling to find a burial plot for one of the suspects in the Boston Marathon bombing. Four cemeteries in three states have refused to accept Tamerlan Tsarnaev’s body, according to the New York Daily News. May 6 2013, 09:43 1 687 views

Kazakhstan News

Kazakhstan Kun-Do actors to perform stunts in Indian movie

A team of professional stunt actors of Kazakhstan’s Kun-Do stunt fighting school led by Igor Tsai has been invited to cooperate with an Indian filmmaker, Tengrinews.kz reports. May 6 2013, 09:34 1 994 views

Kazakhstan News

Astana joined EC initiative on rational use of energy resources

Astana joined the initiative of the European Commission “Agreement of Mayors”, reports the national chamber of housing-communal economy and construction. May 4 2013, 16:42 1 356 views