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US spy leaker Edward Snowden leaves Hong Kong hotel

An ex-CIA employee who leaked details of US top-secret phone and internet surveillance has disappeared from his hotel in Hong Kong. June 11 2013, 12:51 1 670 views

Ecology

Environmentalists reveal ZhaikMunayGas pipe discharging gas to air

Barbarian abuse of environmental rules has been revealed at SE Novobogatinskiy and E Zhanatalapskiy oilfields belonging to ZhaikMunayGas Field Office, an EmbaMynayGas JSC subunit. June 11 2013, 10:12 3 039 views

Kazakhstan News

Abdenov relieved of duties as Kazakh Minister of Labor and Social Protection

In accordance with the Nursultan Nazarbayev’s decree Serik Abdenov has been released from the office of the Minister of Labor and Social Protection of Kazakhstan, Akorda reports. June 11 2013, 09:55 2 197 views

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Turkey's Erdogan warns patience with protests will run out

Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan warned protesters who have taken to the streets across Turkey demanding his resignation that his patience has its limits and compared the unrest with an army attempt six years ago to curb his power. June 10 2013, 17:16 1 747 views

Kazakhstan News

Media unveils Ablyazov's wife arrival video

Kazakhstan TV channel KTK has published an exclusive video of the arrival of Mukhtar Ablyazov’s wife Alma Shalabayeva and their 6-y.o. daughter Alua Ablyazova to Almaty. June 10 2013, 14:39 2 083 views

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South Koreans to erect elite town in Atyrau

Atyrau Oblast administration - Akimat - and the South Korean company Cheonmoon C&T signed a memorandum on the construction of a high-price apartment complex with infrastructure in Atyrau. June 10 2013, 10:46 3 200 views

Kazakhstan News

Over hundred Kazakhstan citizens are in militant camps in Afghan-Pakistan zone: KNB

Control over militants' crossing of borders requires expansion of cooperation between the special services of different countries, Interfax-Kazakhstan reports citing chairman of Kazakhstan National Security Commission Nurtai Abykayev. June 10 2013, 10:40 1 923 views

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North Korea: A rare glance at daily life

North Korea is a difficult place for journalists to visit, but tourists are welcome so long as they do what they are told. Juliet Rix found an organised tour allowed her a glimpse of daily life under the secretive regime. June 10 2013, 10:31 2 477 views

Kazakhstan News

CIS air defense system - effective form of cooperation - Defense Minister

"Joint air defense system is one of the most effective form of interaction of the CIS air forces," Kazakh Minister of Defense Adilbek Dzakhsybekov announced  at the 64th session of the CIS Defense Ministers' Council, the press service of the Defense Minister of Kazakhstan reported. June 10 2013, 10:23 1 911 views

Kazakhstan News

Kazakh President returns bill on reform of pension system to parliament

Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev has returned a bill on a reform of the pension system to the parliament. June 10 2013, 09:54 1 919 views

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Gulsim Ryskaliyeva: My brother Bergei...

Only friends and relatives know his true biography before coming to civil service. Unfortunately, times have come when one can’t say a word in defense of Ryskaliyevs, even the truth, fearing consequences. I understand his friends and relatives who prefer staying silent to losing their families, jobs and reputation. June 9 2013, 15:33 10 497 views

Kazakhstan News

Children of Ablyazov and Khrapunov among UN mission's councellors in Central Africa

A son of a former Almaty Mayor Viktor Khrapunov (currently living in Switzerland), Ilyas Khrapunov, and his wife Madina Khrapunova, a daughter of the former BTA Bank’s chairman Mukhtar Ablyazov, turned out to be on the diplomatic list of the permanent UN diplomatic mission in one of the African countries. June 7 2013, 15:16 4 623 views

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Disclosure of internet surveillance programme 'reprehensible': US National Intelligence Director

James Clapper, the director of US national intelligence, has reacted sharply after leaked documents revealed information about two top-secret intelligence-gathering programmes. June 7 2013, 15:10 1 833 views

Kazakhstan News

Fugitive Kazakh oligarch's wife gets non-custodial sentence

Alma Shalabayeva, the wife of fugitive Kazakh oligarch Mukhtar Ablyazov, has been sentenced to a punishment not related to incarceration for using fake documents, said Kazakhstan's deputy public prosecutor Johann Merkel June 7 2013, 14:36 2 484 views

Kazakhstan News

Pension fund money may be spent on ConocoPhillips stake in Kashagan: MP

Majilis deputy Tursunbek Omurzakov believes that Kazakhstan government should purchase the share of ConocoPhillips in Kashagan project June 7 2013, 11:10 2 465 views

Kazakhstan News

The Government needs up to $600 million to launch the single network of ATMs run by the Central Bank

The government needs from $300 million to $600 million to create the single network of ATMs run by the country's Central Bank, Ms. Umut Shayahmetova, Halyk Bank Chairwoman of the Board, is quoted by KazTAG as saying. June 7 2013, 10:42 1 628 views

Ecology

Abandoned well leaks, has no owner

An oil spill covering 600 square meters near an ownerless abandoned well was discovered in the district of Kurmangazy, the west of Atyrau Oblast. June 7 2013, 10:17 3 039 views

Kazakhstan News

Heads of regional authorities in Kazakhstan to be elected by people

The Kazakh parliament passed the law on "Amendments and supplements to some Kazakh legislative acts on the development of local self-governing" which envisages election of the heads of regional authorities, Novosti-Kazakhstan reported. June 7 2013, 10:02 1 374 views

World News

Vladimir Putin reveals his 30-year marriage is over

In an awkward joint interview on state television, given after a rare public outing together, Russian President Vladimir Putin and his wife Lyudmila announced that they have separated. June 7 2013, 09:50 1 700 views

Kazakhstan News

Ablyazov's wife to be questioned about his whereabouts

The wife of former BTA Bank’s chairman Mukhtar Ablyazov will be questioned about his whereabouts, Tengrinews.kz reports citing the Foreign Ministry of Kazakhstan. June 6 2013, 15:44 1 904 views

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Almaty-Atyrau Tulpar Talgo speed train to debut June 8

June 8, a brand new Tulpar-Talgo speed train will begin its maiden trip from Almaty to reach Atyrau June 10. June 6 2013, 15:15 7 908 views

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Synoptics promise hot June

Weather forecasters say the first half of June will be hot. June 6 2013, 14:21 2 066 views

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Germans band together to bale out their flooded cities

In Dresden and elsewhere the waters are rising. But among the sandbags, a powerful sense of solidarity is developing June 6 2013, 12:35 1 672 views

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North and South Korea 'agree Kaesong talks'

The two Koreas appear set to hold talks on a jointly-run industrial zone, weeks after operations were suspended there. June 6 2013, 12:25 2 076 views

Kazakhstan News

Molotov cocktails thrown at court and prosecutor's office in Akmola oblast

The buildings of court and prosecutor's office in the town of Atbassar were attacked with petrol bombs according to Internal Affairs Department of Akmola Oblast, where Kazakhstan's capital city Astana is located. June 6 2013, 12:24 1 908 views