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Queens family raises two transgender kids from Kazakhstan and Russia

Jeff and Mary Timmons were surprised when their second son Gabriel told them he wanted to be a girl at 4, but the bigger shock was when their youngest daughter, Jamie, also turned out to be a transgender child, timesledger.com reports. June 9 2014, 11:17 4 335 просмотрs

Ecology

Court upheld a ruling about 134bn environmental fine for Agip and NCOC

On June 6, the Board of Appeals of Atyrau Oblast Court reported that the specialized inter-district economic court of Atyrau Oblast reviewed the appeal petition filed by Agip KCO and NCOC against the decision of the 1st instance court about compensation of environmental damage in the amount of 134 billion tenge. The appeal petition was not satisfied and the decision of the 1st instance court was upheld. June 9 2014, 10:39 3 689 просмотрs

Ecology

Was fry mortality due to pumps?

On June 6 the employees of nature protection prosecutor's office showed to journalists an irrigation canal in Makhambet District where mass death of fry fish took place the day before. June 9 2014, 10:57 1 929 просмотрs

Kazakhstan News

The cause of "Proton-M" carrier rocket accident announced

The commission on investigation of causes of "Proton-M" carrier rocket accident has been completed in Russia, azh.kz reports citing Izvestiya newspaper. June 7 2014, 13:46 1 321 просмотрs

World News

Petro Poroshenko is sworn in as president of Ukraine (inauguration live)

Petro Poroshenko is being inaugurated as Ukraine’s new president in a ceremony in Kiev. The event is being attended by US Vice President Joe Biden, the most senior American official to be present at a Ukrainian presidential inauguration, azh.kz reports citing rt.com.  Kazakhstan is represented by PM Karim Massimov and Russia - by its Ambassador to Ukraine Mikhail Zurabov. June 7 2014, 12:42 1 840 просмотрs

World News

Melanie Griffith, Antonio Banderas end marriage

Melanie Griffith and Antonio Banderas are ushering in a new phrase for divorce: the "thoughtful and consensual" breakup, cnn reports. June 7 2014, 12:25 3 955 просмотрs

World News

Putin meets Poroshenko in France

Russian President Vladimir Putin has met Ukrainian President-elect Petro Poroshenko for the first time since his election, at a D-Day event in France, bbc reports. June 6 2014, 17:41 2 056 просмотрs

Kazakhstan News

Exxon may take over as Kashagan operator

U.S. oil major Exxon Mobil is in line to take over as operator of the giant Kashagan field in an attempt to fix the beleaguered $50 billion project offshore Kazakhstan, industry publication Nefte Compass reported on Friday. June 6 2014, 17:17 1 379 просмотрs

Crime

Police car chase through the streest of Atyrau

Video recording of a pursuit during which several crews of traffic police try to stop Niva car in the streets of Atyrau have been sent by our reader. June 6 2014, 17:05 3 286 просмотрs

Kazakhstan News

Summer frosts in some parts of Kazakhstan

A drop in the temperature to the freezing point is expected in some areas of Kazakhstan this June, tengrinews reports citing the national weather service Kazhydromet. June 6 2014, 10:51 1 350 просмотрs

World News

Wearing disguise, Boko Haram slaughters hundreds

When men wearing military fatigues and carrying weapons showed up in pickup trucks, villagers thought Nigerian soldiers had finally come to protect them from Boko Haram, yahoonews.com reports. June 6 2014, 15:34 1 238 просмотрs

World News

Mounties: Suspect in Canada shooting arrested

A man suspected in the shooting deaths of three Royal Canadian Mounted Police and the wounding of two others in a rare case of gun violence in eastern Canada was arrested early Friday, police said, yahoonews.com reports. June 6 2014, 15:18 1 456 просмотрs

Kazakhstan News

EBRD President to pay working visit to Kazakhstan

EBRD President Sir Suma Chakrabarti will discuss a new initiative to raise investment in Kazakhstan and drive forward reform in the investment climate when he visits the country from 9-13 June 2014, ebrd.com reports. June 6 2014, 13:13 2 150 просмотрs

World News

Russia’s Ambassador to Ukraine to Attend Poroshenko Inauguration – Moscow

Russian ambassador to Kiev Mikhail Zurabov is to attend the inauguration of Petro Poroshenko as Ukrainian president, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Alexander Lukashevich told reporters Thursday, ria. ru reports. June 6 2014, 12:54 1 522 просмотрs

World News

Egypt brings in new sexual harassment laws

Egypt has introduced new punishments for sexual harassment in an effort to crack down on the worsening problem, bbc.com reported. June 6 2014, 12:27 1 297 просмотрs

World News

Ukraine crisis: Russia must engage with Kiev, says G7

Leaders of the G7 industrial nations have urged Russia to begin talks with the new leadership in Kiev to end the crisis in eastern Ukraine, bbc.com reports. June 6 2014, 11:30 2 027 просмотрs

World News

D-Day 70th anniversary: World leaders gather for ceremony

World leaders are joining hundreds of veterans in Normandy to mark the 70th anniversary of the D-Day landings, bbc.com reports. June 6 2014, 11:25 1 936 просмотрs

World News

Bergdahl declared jihad in captivity, secret documents show

U.S. Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl at one point during his captivity converted to Islam, fraternized openly with his captors and declared himself a "mujahid," or warrior for Islam, according to secret documents prepared on the basis of a purported eyewitness account and obtained by fox news. June 6 2014, 11:12 2 891 просмотрs

Society

Road repairs on June 6

On June 6, in Atyrau the following roads will be closed for repairs: June 6 2014, 09:46 2 550 просмотрs

Kazakhstan News

Former son-in-law of Kazakh leader arrested in Austria

Rakhat Aliyev, the erstwhile son-in-law of Kazakhstan's President, who was convicted at Kazakhstan for kidnapping, was arrested in Vienna on Thursday evening, RIA Novosti reports with the reference to the Austrian media. June 6 2014, 09:34 2 801 просмотрs

World News

Veterans reunite as they arrive in Normandy for 70th anniversary of D-Day

They stood to attention as straight as their creaking backs would allow and saluted briskly as a lone bugler high up on the old Pegasus Bridge played the Last Post. A minute's silence followed; the men bowed their heads, dabbed their eyes and remembered the fallen, theguardian.com reports. June 5 2014, 19:03 2 335 просмотрs

Kazakhstan News

Construction of 29 new water reservoirs to fight land degradation, water deficiency – Environmental Minister

Twenty-nine new water reservoirs will be built in Kazakhstan, Minister of Environment and Water Resources Nurlan Kapparov said at the media briefing on Wednesday, azh.kz reports. June 5 2014, 18:45 2 118 просмотрs

Kazakhstan News

Kazakh President calls on Turkic nations to use Silk Road potential effectively

President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev calls on the Turkic-speaking nations to revive and use potential of the Great Silk Road effectively. June 5 2014, 18:28 1 622 просмотрs

Kazakhstan News

National Bank prohibits 2 Kazakhstan-based banks to conduct foreign currency exchanges for 1 month

The National Bank of Kazakhstan has suspended the licenses of the Housing Construction Savings Bank of Kazakhstan (ZhilStroiSberBank) and the Capital Bank Kazakhstan for one month.  June 5 2014, 18:11 3 247 просмотрs

Ecology

27 tons of fish seized from Atyrau poachers

Since the beginning of "Bekre - 2014" campaign, aimed at combating poaching, 27 tons of illegally caught fish has been seized, inform.kz reports. June 5 2014, 17:49 9 059 просмотрs