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Balkans flooding threatens Serbia power plants, 37 dead

Soldiers, police and villagers battled to protect power plants in Serbia from rising flood waters on Sunday as the death toll from the Balkan region's worst rainfall in more than a century reached 37, reuters reports. May 19 2014, 11:39 3 185 views

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Crimean Tatars commemorate Soviet deportation despite ban, demand to change status of Crimea

Tatars in Crimea are commemorating 70 years since their deportation by Soviet leader Josef Stalin, rferl.org reports.  May 19 2014, 11:00 3 002 views

Kazakhstan News

8 people injured in explosion at Semey factory

8 people have been injured in an explosion at the Flour and Combine Fodder Factory in Kazakhstan's Semey, tengrinews reports citing the city's Emergency Department. May 19 2014, 10:20 4 614 views

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Michael Jackson Hologram Rocks Billboard Music Awards in Las Vegas

The Michael Jackson performance on the 2014 Billboard Music Awards was the result of nearly half a year of planning, choreography and filming, not to mention the development of new technology. Producers of the Billboard Music Awards did not see even a portion of the film until eight days before the broadcast. May 19 2014, 09:59 4 105 views

Kazakhstan News

Proton rocket debris fell in China

When three unidentified flying objects came hurtling from the skies, terrified villagers in China's Heilongjiang province thought they were under alien attack, ibtimes.co.uk reports. May 18 2014, 21:52 3 640 views

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Switzerland rejects world's highest minimum wage

Swiss voters have overwhelmingly rejected a proposal to introduce what would have been the highest minimum wage in the world in a referendum, bbc.com reports. May 18 2014, 21:22 2 650 views

Society

Highway to airport closed for one month and a half

Due to road reconstruction activities the traffic on Aboulkhair Khan Avenue (highway to airport) will be closed from May 17 until the beginning of July. May 18 2014, 20:35 3 164 views

Society

Three kids drowned in Ural River in one day

On May 16, three children drowned in Ural River within one hour and a half period of time. May 18 2014, 19:37 4 347 views

Politics

Is Atyrau ready to meet Putin?

On May 16, the Plenipotentiary ambassador of the Russian Federation in Kazakhstan Mikhail Bocharnikov, during his working visit to Atyrau had a meeting with the representatives of the local ethno-cultural centers at the Small Hall of regional government administration building. May 17 2014, 14:27 12 178 views

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Moscow Region Market Shut After Killing of Spartak Fan

The Moscow suburb of Pushkino has closed a market near the site of a deadly attack on a 22-year-old fan of Moscow's Spartak football club, Leonid Saffyanikov, themoscowtimes.com reports. May 16 2014, 17:08 2 557 views

Kazakhstan News

Antigay Activists Build Wall In Almaty - Kazakhstan's Largest City

Dozens of antigay activists have built a brick wall in front of a gay nightclub in Kazakhstan's largest city, Almaty, to protest same-sex marriage, rferl.org reports.  May 16 2014, 16:26 5 477 views

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50,000 gallons of oil spills onto street in Los Angeles after pipe ruptures

Residents in Atwater Village in northeast Los Angeles woke up Thursday morning to find crude oil flowing down their streets. A 20 inch wide, above-ground oil line ruptured around 1 a.m., sending a geyser of oil 20 feet into the air according to local reports. The oil has coated a half-square-mile area of the mostly industrial neighborhood. May 16 2014, 16:06 2 648 views

Kazakhstan News

China Ready To Assist Kazakhstan In Hosting EXPO-2017

China is ready to provide its assistance to Kazakhstan in holding EXPO-2017, Kazakh First Deputy Prime Minister Bakytzshan Sagintaev said, trend.az reports. May 16 2014, 15:13 3 791 views

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Thousands strike over Turkish mine disaster: 283 people dead

Protests erupt across country over explosion in coal mine that has left at least 283 people dead and scores trapped, aljazeera.com reports. May 16 2014, 14:47 2 794 views

Kazakhstan News

BTC to transport some portion of oil from Kazakh Kashagan field

Once the oil production at Kazakhstan's Kashagan offshore field increases, some portion of this oil will be transported via the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) pipeline, Azerbaijan's Energy Minister, Natig Aliyev said, trend.az reports. May 16 2014, 12:13 3 850 views

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Bosnia, Serbia hit by worst flooding in 120 years; five die

The heaviest rains and floods in the past 120 years hit Bosnia and Serbia this week, killing five people, cutting off electricity and leaving several towns and villages isolated, reuters.com reports. May 16 2014, 12:01 3 915 views

Society

Museum with unique exhibits

On May 14 the paleontological museum in Zhilgorodok opened its doors after reconstruction. May 16 2014, 11:46 4 098 views

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Arrested Iranian-British millionaire had a girl from Kazakhstan in his slave ‘harem’

A wealthy Briton has been arrested in Spain on suspicion of holding a harem of women against their will and fathering at least seven children with them, typicallyspanish.com reports. May 16 2014, 11:10 4 871 views

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Brazilian anti-World Cup protests hit Sao Paulo and Rio

Riot police in Brazil have fired tear gas to disperse thousands of protesters in Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro who marched against the cost of hosting the football World Cup, bbc reports. May 16 2014, 10:00 3 152 views

Kazakhstan News

Russian Proton rocket launched from Baikonur crashed

A Russian Proton rocket with an advanced satellite on board after lift-off crashed outside of Kazakhstan's territory, probably in Altai or Pacific Ocean, azh.kz reports citing ria.novosti.  May 16 2014, 09:45 2 930 views

Crime

Ex-Governor's brother-in-law contacted AkZhaik editorial office

After the publication of our article «Ex-Governor's brother-in-law arrested in Geneva”, our editorial office was first contacted by the friends of Bergei Ryskaliyev, who claimed that Rustem Albakassov is not in custody. May 15 2014, 22:35 4 571 views

Crime

Ex-Governor's brother-in-law arrested in Geneva

Ak Zhaik newspaper has learned from its own sources that Kazakh citizen Rustem Albakassov, 36, the brother-in-law of Bergei Ryskaliev - the ex-governor of oil-rich Atyrau Oblast, has been detained by Swiss police at the end of April.  May 14 2014, 21:52 5 757 views

Kazakhstan News

Kazakh student prisoners in Boston to face trial separately

Federal District Court ruled that hearings against Dias Kadyrbayev and Azamat Tazhayakov, two Kazakhstani students who were arrested in the United States in relation to the Boston bombings case would take place separately Tengrinews reports May 15 2014, 12:42 1 904 views

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Factories burnt in Vietnam anti-China protest

Several factories have been set on fire amid anti-China protests at an industrial park in southern Vietnam, amid tensions over the South China Sea. May 14 2014, 15:43 2 940 views

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Turkey mine blast kills at least 201, hundreds trapped

At least 201 people were killed and hundreds more remained trapped underground after an explosion at a coal mine in western Turkey May 14 2014, 11:26 2 614 views