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UN Offers Aid to Quake-Stricken Iran

The United Nations has offered Tehran humanitarian assistance following a powerful earthquake that hit southern Iran on Tuesday, killing at least 37 people and injuring over 850. April 10 2013, 10:10 1 241 просмотрs

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Balykshi becomes part of Atyrau

The area of the city of Atyrau has expanded by another administrative unit - the suburban village of Balykshi, situated to the south, has been merged into Atyrau. April 9 2013, 16:53 1 609 просмотрs

Kazakhstan News

Kazahkstan to declare 2017 a year of Chinese tourism

Kazakhstan mulls declaring a year of Chinese tourism in 2017, Tengrinews.kz reports citing Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev as saying after the meeting with Chinese Chairman Xi Jinping. April 9 2013, 16:49 1 389 просмотрs

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Boxer badly hurt in nightclub beating

A promising Russian boxer said Tuesday a gang of men beat him up in a Kazakh nightclub after a competition and broke his jaw. April 9 2013, 16:36 4 348 просмотрs

Kazakhstan News

Nazarbayev condoles over Iron Lady's death

Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev has sent his condolences to British Prime-Minister David Cameron over the death of Margaret Thatcher, President’s official website writes. April 9 2013, 16:33 1 906 просмотрs

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Evacuate, North Korea urges foreigners in latest 'thermo-nuclear war' threat

North Korea has urged foreigners living in South Korea to consider evacuating, saying there was a risk of “thermo-nuclear war” breaking out on the Korean peninsula. April 9 2013, 16:15 2 090 просмотрs

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Stephen King's Mist covers villages in West-Kazakhstan oblast

A strange fog has scared the citizens of one of the villages in West-Kazakhstan oblast and caused the sanitary services to check the area, UralskWeek writes. April 9 2013, 16:13 2 114 просмотрs

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Margaret Thatcher dies of stroke aged 87

Her son, Sir Mark, and daughter Carol confirmed that she died this morning. April 8 2013, 16:27 1 711 просмотрs

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BMW with teens turns over

A BMW X3 car with 8 teenagers turned over on the highway leading to the Atyrau International Airport on April 6, at around 22.30. April 7 2013, 17:08 2 352 просмотрs

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Tehran Daily: Baku Should Hold Referendum On Joining Iran

Hossein Shariatmadari, Editor-in-Chief of Kayhan, a newspaper that reflects Khamenei’s views, maintains in an editorial titled,  “Baku’s Turn”  that Iran should intervene  to “save” the Azeris by proposing to Azerbaijani officials that a referendum be held on the question of unification with Iran. April 6 2013, 10:14 1 343 просмотрs

Society

Tengizchevroil celebrated 20th anniversary

On April 5 a solemn meeting dedicated to the 20th anniversary of TCO was held in Atyrau. The day before a similar function was held in Astana with the participation of the President of the country Nursultan Nazarbaev. April 6 2013, 12:06 3 085 просмотрs

Economy

399 foreign workforce to arrive to Atyrau Refinery

RoK government approved the quota for attraction of foreign labor to Sinopec Engineering , Kazakh branch of Chinese company, for Atyrau Refinery Upgrade project . April 5 2013, 09:52 2 687 просмотрs

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Iran Offers World Powers New Round of Cooperation

A senior Iranian diplomat present in the talks underway between Iran and the Group 5+1 (the five permanent UN Security Council members plus Germany) in Almaty, Kazakhstan, informed that Tehran has offered the six world powers a set of specific proposals for the start of a new round of cooperation.     April 5 2013, 17:50 1 209 просмотрs

Kazakhstan News

Dashboard cams: 30 cops sacked in Kazakhstan

"We have achieved some success - as a result of our work, about 15 road policemen were dismissed in the South Kazakhstan Oblast and several more in the rest of Kazakh regions," says the community's activist named Lazuta April 5 2013, 14:39 2 297 просмотрs

Kazakhstan News

Iran urges stronger ties with Kazakhstan

The Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) says the expansion of bilateral ties between the Islamic Republic and Kazakhstan would pave the way for the further activation of the common capacities of both countries. April 5 2013, 11:27 1 276 просмотрs

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Tom Hanks, Leonardo DiCaprio developing Gorbachev project

The project will revolve around former USSR president Mikhail Gorbachev, who helped bring about the end of the Cold War, and will capture the dissolution of the USSR, as seen through Gorbachev's eyes. April 5 2013, 10:00 1 747 просмотрs

Ecology

Saiga tatarica population to be estimated by aviation

Estimation of saigas’ population (Betpakdala, Ural, Ust-Yurt populations) by means of aviation started in Kazakhstan on April 4 reports bnews.kz. The action is conducted by Okhotzooprom, the subdivision of the Committee on Forestry and Hunting under the RoK Ministry of Environmental Protection, reads the report of the Ministry of Environmental Protection (MEP). April 4 2013, 16:50 2 559 просмотрs

Kazakhstan News

Advisor to Kazakh President appointed as ambassador to Georgia

By a decree of President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev Yertysbayev Yermukhamet Kabidinovich has been appointed as Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of the Republic of Kazakhstan to Georgia. Earlier Yertysbayev served as presidential adviser on political issues of the country. April 4 2013, 13:06 1 449 просмотрs

Culture

Artist Mary O’Connor: Silk Road Behind the Lens

From the soaring mountain peaks to the lonely desert landscapes, from the people and places to the textures and tastes, acclaimed Irish artist Mary O’Connor has got behind the lens to capture the spirit of Central Asia. The result is “Head Over Heels” , a new book of mind-blowing photographs that takes you on a journey down the Silk Road, winding through the entrancing lands of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan. (Joanna Lillis, writer) April 4 2013, 12:52 4 585 просмотрs

Kazakhstan News

Thanks to Chevron Kazakhstan grossed $77bn in 20 years: President

"Chevron Corporation has invested nearly $20 billion into Tengizchevroil project over two decades. Based on that, Kazakhstan has grossed $77 billion," Kazakhstan's President Nursultan Nazarbayev said at a reception in Astana on Wednesday. April 4 2013, 12:20 1 740 просмотрs

World News

Iranian Negotiators in Almaty for Talks with Six World Powers

A team of Iranian negotiators is currently in Kazakhstan in a bid to hold talks with the representatives of the Group 5+1 (the five permanent UN Security Council members plus Germany) in the Kazakh city of Almaty on April 5-6.     April 4 2013, 12:09 1 399 просмотрs

Kazakhstan News

Opposition fails to muster quorum for Quit Customs Union polling

Kazakh opposition failed to initiate all-national referendum on whether to quit the Customs Union and Common Economic Space, return privatized strategic facilities to the state, ban construction of a nuclear plant and deployment of a nuclear fuel bank in the country, as well as electivity of akims of all levels, said Mukhtar Taizhan, a public figure and one of the referendum initiators. April 3 2013, 15:31 2 953 просмотрs

Economy

Tengizchevroil, Mangystau akimat sign memo

Mangystau akimat and Tengizchevroil LLP signed a memorandum of cooperation. The document was signed by governor Alik Aidarbayev on behalf of Mangystau and Tim Miller, general director of the company. April 3 2013, 14:32 3 210 просмотрs

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Kazakh WWII hero girl tomb empty - Russian scouts

Russian searchers voiced a sensational statement - Aliya Moldagulova, a sniper killed in action in January 1944 on the Eastern Front of World War II and posthumously awarded the distinction Hero of the Soviet Union the same year, was not buried in the village of Monakovo of Pskov Oblast, NW Russia, as was believed for the past 70 years. April 3 2013, 13:50 6 013 просмотрs

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North Korea blocks S Korea from joint industrial zone

South Korea says North is denying workers entry to joint-Korean Kaesong complex amid tensions on the peninsula. April 3 2013, 12:45 1 414 просмотрs