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Saraichik: Ural destroying landmark

A group of tourists from China and Italy went to see Saraichik, a village located to the north of Atyrau on the Ural River, which has an archaeological landmark nearby - the medieval trade center of Golden Horde, a Mongol and later Turkic khanate that was established in the 13th century and formed the north-western sector of the Mongol Empire. May 23 2013, 17:18 4 844 views

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Wartime MI6 had secret plans for 'liquidation or kidnapping' of targets

National Archives reveal plan to sow dissension among Soviet communists then kill Rommel and top Gestapos before D-Day May 23 2013, 15:58 1 953 views

Kazakhstan News

Top rank diplomat reprimanded by Mazhilis chairman, runs away

Chairman of Mazhilis, the lower chamber of Kazakhstan's parliament, in fury, showed the door to the deputy minister of foreign affairs. May 23 2013, 14:55 1 501 views

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World on course to run out of water, warns Ban Ki-moon

Freshwater supply and water quality under pressure, warns UN secretary general on International Day of Biological Diversity May 23 2013, 14:43 2 082 views

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NCPOC boss meets governor before leaving post

As previously reported the NCPOC managing director will be changed on July 1. In place of Hans Bakker, another Shell top manager Arjan van Dijk is coming. May 23 2013, 11:44 5 425 views

World News

UK, Woolwich attack: Killed man 'in armed forces'

A man killed in a suspected terrorist attack in south-east London was a member of the armed forces, senior Whitehall sources have confirmed. May 23 2013, 11:29 1 654 views

Kazakhstan News

Nazarbayev suggests 'triple seven initiative'

Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev has suggested a “triple seven initiative" called to promote implementation of innovative projects May 23 2013, 11:04 1 629 views

World News

Ibragim Todashev, questioned in connection with Marathon Bombings, shot and killed by police: reports

NBC News reports that an FBI agent shot and killed a man who had been interviewed over ties to April's Boston Marathon bombing. May 22 2013, 17:38 1 755 views

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US Senate committee votes to arm Syrian rebels

A US Senate committee had passed a bill that would allow, if signed for the Obama administration to supply arms to Syrian opposition — a move that could threaten the entire region if these weapons end up in terrorist cells operating on the ground. May 22 2013, 16:07 1 472 views

Kazakhstan News

In USSR Kazakhstan was made raw material appendage - Nazarbayev

In USSR, Kazakhstan was made a raw material appendage, said Nazarbayev during a foreign investors' council in Astana titled "Innovational and technological development of the Republic of Kazakhstan till 2020," reports a BNews correspondent. May 22 2013, 15:01 2 078 views

World News

Merkel's cavalry and Orban's tanks occupy touchy territory

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has won some rebukes from Berlin. Irked by Merkel mentioning "cavalry," Orban said his country once had tough experiences with German tanks. His historical data came under fire too May 22 2013, 14:56 1 617 views

Kazakhstan News

Supermarket security shocked guests from Japan

Last Friday, security of Green Supermarket in Almaty, held a 14-year-old Japanese citizen Ayako Mukayama in a utilities room for nearly an hour, accusing the teenager of stealing a bottle of mineral water. May 22 2013, 11:56 1 677 views

World News

Iran elections: Eight presidential candidates confirmed by Guardian Council

In a statement issued late on Tuesday, the Interior Ministry announced that the Guardian Council has approved eight candidates for Iran’s June 14 presidential election. May 22 2013, 10:32 1 839 views

Kazakhstan News

President of Kazakhstan received ConocoPhillips Chair

President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev  has received chairman and chief executive officer of ConocoPhillips Ryan M. Lance, who arrived to  partake in the 26th Foreign Investors' Council session, Kazinform has learnt from the Presidential  Press service May 22 2013, 09:49 1 959 views

World News

Saakashvili Says Pacific Island No Longer Recognizes Abkhazia

Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili says the tiny Pacific island nation of Vanuatu has withdrawn its recognition of Georgia's breakaway region of Abkhazia. May 21 2013, 16:53 1 645 views

Kazakhstan News

Lawyers of Kazakhs arrested in Boston case achieve Tsarnayev's backpack examination

Evidence, which Dias Kadyrbayev and Azamat Tazhayakov allegedly got rid of, may have never been linked to Boston Marathon Bombing, reports Kazakhstan's KTK TV channel. May 21 2013, 16:30 1 854 views

Crime

Arrest in Makat: police wounds suspect + Relatives' story

May 20, the village of Makat, officers of law enforcement agencies used service weapons when apprehending a local citizen suspected of committing a serious crime. May 21 2013, 15:41 3 172 views

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KMG Kashagan BV bookkeeper accused of tax evasion

Atyrau department of financial police has launched a criminal proceeding into evasion of tax and other mandatory corporate payments to budget in relation to the accountant of KMG Kashagan BV. May 21 2013, 10:11 3 431 views

Kazakhstan News

Kazakh Deputy Education Minister detained on suspicion of budget funds theft

Kazakhstan's Financial Police Agency has detained the Deputy Minister of Education and Science Sayat Shayakhmetov and General Director of 'Management of Education and Science Projects Construction' A. Pak, the press service of the financial police reported. May 21 2013, 10:02 1 790 views

Kazakhstan News

Kosovo officials suspected of trafficking human organs from Kazakhstan

A former Kosovo health minister and another Pristina official are among eight suspects in a new EU probe into a human organ trafficking case, AFP reports citing a local daily. The organs were allegedly trafficked form Kazakhstan, Russia, Moldova and Turkey. May 21 2013, 09:52 2 049 views

World News

Bigotry against Jews and Muslims on the rise, says US

Discrimination against Jews and Muslims is on the rise around the world, according to an annual US Department of State report. May 21 2013, 09:46 2 494 views

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Oklahoma tornado: Dozens killed in Moore

At least 51 people, including 20 children, have been killed after a huge tornado tore through Oklahoma City suburbs, officials in the US state say. May 21 2013, 09:39 1 845 views

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Eurovision: Azerbaijan probes Russian 'nul points'

Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev has ordered an inquiry into why his country gave Russia "nul points" at Saturday's Eurovision Song Contest. May 21 2013, 09:35 1 868 views

World News

Syrian troops score gains in strategic rebel-held town near Lebanon

Syrian troops push into a rebel-held Qusair as President Bashar Assad tries to strengthen his grip on a strategic strip from Damascus to the Mediterranean. May 20 2013, 12:08 1 540 views

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Atyrau traffic accident kills six people

Six people left dead and five others injured and were taken to hospital after a traffic accident in Atyrau Oblast. May 20 2013, 11:30 1 927 views