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Key Points of the Presidental Address to the People of Kazakhstan

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Key Points of the Presidental Address to the People of Kazakhstan

Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev has instructed today the Presidential Administration, Government, People's Assembly of Kazakhstan jointly with the nationwide Kazakhstan 2050 movement to issue the Mangilik Yel (Eternal Nation) patriotic document. January 17 2014, 16:55 1 915 просмотрs

Final surrender for soldier who fought on in isolation – three decades after WWII

Final surrender for soldier who fought on in isolation – three decades after WWII

Hiroo Onoda, the Japanese soldier who hid out in the jungle refusing to believe that World War II had ended, has died at 91, euronews reports. January 17 2014, 15:56 2 308 просмотрs

USA vs. NSA: Legislative Efforts to Curtail Spying

USA vs. NSA: Legislative Efforts to Curtail Spying

In the wake of Edward Snowden's NSA leaks, members of Congress have proposed a litany of bills to put an end to domestic spying. Rather than creating bills that support each other, Congressional members' multiple bills now have to compete against each other, and have clouded the debate, truth-out.org reports. January 17 2014, 15:29 1 389 просмотрs

Kazakhstan and Brazil agree to cancel visas

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Kazakhstan and Brazil agree to cancel visas

Kazakhstan and Brazil have agreed to mutually cancel visas, tengrinews reports citing the press-service of the Kazakhstan Foreign Ministry. January 17 2014, 15:16 1 683 просмотрs

Judge sets June trial date for accused marathon bomber’s friends

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Judge sets June trial date for accused marathon bomber’s friends

The federal judge overseeing the case of three college friends of accused marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev took a tough line with lawyers looking for more time to prepare for trial before setting a June 23 date, bostonherald.com reports. January 17 2014, 13:21 1 607 просмотрs

Nursultan Nazarbayev delivers his Presidential Address to the people of Kazakhstan

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Nursultan Nazarbayev delivers his Presidential Address to the people of Kazakhstan

Today Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev started delivering his annual state of the nation address in Astana, azh.kz reports. January 17 2014, 13:02 1 812 просмотрs

Chief rescuer detained on suspicion of taking bribe

Chief rescuer detained on suspicion of taking bribe

The department on combat against economic and corruption crime (financial police) on Atyrau Oblast circulated press release about detaining the Head of the Western Regional Airmobile Rapid Response and Rescue Group under the RoK Ministry of Emergency Situations January 17 2014, 09:58 1 982 просмотрs

Kazakhstan to Auction Energy Exploration Rights

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Kazakhstan to Auction Energy Exploration Rights

Energy-rich Kazakhstan plans to auction exploration rights to eight or nine oil and gas fields in the Central Asian nation this year, a senior official said Thursday, ria.ru reports. January 17 2014, 09:38 1 470 просмотрs

US Senators Seek to Extend Magnitsky Sanctions Globally

US Senators Seek to Extend Magnitsky Sanctions Globally

Two senior US senators introduced legislation Thursday that would extend the Magnitsky Act sanctions punishing alleged Russian rights abusers to individuals around the world that Washington deems complicit in human rights violations, ria.ru reports. January 17 2014, 09:33 1 489 просмотрs

Beijing announces emergency measures amid fog of pollution

Beijing announces emergency measures amid fog of pollution

With its skies regularly shrouded by a filthy film of gray smog, bringing chaos to the transportation network and forcing millions to seek refuge behind surgical masks, Beijing has been forced to take more extreme action, cnn reports. January 16 2014, 16:19 2 366 просмотрs

Minister: Kazakhstan’s Kashagan field developers to be fined

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Minister: Kazakhstan’s Kashagan field developers to be fined

Developers of the Kashagan field in Kazakhstan, will be fined both for environmental damage due to an accident and suspension of work at the field, Kazakh Minister of Oil and Gas Uzakbai Karabalin said at a press conference on Jan.16 following the meeting of the Board of KazEnergy Association, trend.az reports. January 16 2014, 15:56 3 100 просмотрs

95% Egypt voters back constitution

95% Egypt voters back constitution

Egyptians who voted in a referendum overwhelmingly approved a new constitution, official sources said, citing early results of a ballot that could set the stage for army chief General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi to declare his candidacy for president, reuters repots. January 16 2014, 14:00 1 799 просмотрs

Kazakhstan's economy the 67th freest in the world - Index of Economic Freedom

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Kazakhstan's economy the 67th freest in the world - Index of Economic Freedom

Kazakhstan’s economic freedom score is 63.7, making its economy the 67th freest in the 2014 Index, reads Heritage Foundation report. January 16 2014, 13:13 1 263 просмотрs

Kuwait Leads Aid Pledges For War-Ravaged Syria

Kuwait Leads Aid Pledges For War-Ravaged Syria

Kuwait, the United States and other donor nations have so far promised more than $1.2 billion of new funding to alleviate the suffering of Syrians affected by their country's civil war at the start of an international fundraising conference Wednesday that aid officials hope will help cover billions of dollars needed this year, ria.ru reports January 16 2014, 11:06 2 584 просмотрs

Kazakhstan eyes its 'Cannabis Klondike'

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Kazakhstan eyes its 'Cannabis Klondike'

Despite a heavy-handed campaign against drug trafficking and related crime in the country, one Kazakh lawmaker thinks it's time to cash in on some 140,000 stubborn hectares of wild cannabis that can be found around Kazakhstan. Darigha Nazarbaeva, the eldest daughter of Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbaev, proposed this week that the country lease some of its treasured cannabis fields to international pharmaceutical companies, stuff.co.nz reports. January 16 2014, 11:00 8 422 просмотрs

Kazakh Professor Solves Another Millennium Prize Problem

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Kazakh Professor Solves Another Millennium Prize Problem

Academician from Astana Mukhtarbai Otelbayev has solved one of seven most difficult mathematical millennium problems, the press service of the Eurasian National University reported. January 15 2014, 12:21 2 789 просмотрs

Kazakhstan gives greenlight to sell 95 pct stake in Maten Petroleum

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Kazakhstan gives greenlight to sell 95 pct stake in Maten Petroleum

The government of RK gives greenlight to Chinese Hainan Zhenghe Industrial to purchase 95% stake in Kazakhstan oil-extracting company Maten Petroleum, azh.kz reports. January 15 2014, 11:35 6 280 просмотрs

Kyrgyz Ambassador Recalled Over Border Clash With Tajikistan

Kyrgyz Ambassador Recalled Over Border Clash With Tajikistan

Kyrgyzstan has recalled its ambassador to Tajikistan on Tuesday following a border skirmish on Saturday, inform.kz reports citing Kyrgyz media. January 15 2014, 10:22 1 539 просмотрs

The Emir of Qatar to pay official visit to Kazakhstan

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The Emir of Qatar to pay official visit to Kazakhstan

The Emir of the State of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani will pay an official visit to Astana on January 17-18, reads the press service of the Committee for Investments under the Ministry of Industry and New Technologies, inform.kz reports. January 15 2014, 10:11 1 553 просмотрs

Edward Snowden to join Freedom of Press Foundation Board of Directors

Edward Snowden to join Freedom of Press Foundation Board of Directors

Edward J. Snowden, the former National Security Agency contractor whose leaks of secret documents set off a national and global debate about government spying, is joining the board of a nonprofit organization co-founded by Daniel Ellsberg, the well-known leaker of the Pentagon Papers during the Vietnam War, nytimes.com reports. January 15 2014, 09:29 1 092 просмотрs

With Muslim Brotherhood crushed, Egypt sets sights on Hamas

With Muslim Brotherhood crushed, Egypt sets sights on Hamas

After crushing the Muslim Brotherhood at home, Egypt's military rulers plan to undermine the Palestinian militant group Hamas, which runs the neighboring Gaza Strip, senior Egyptian security officials told reuters. January 14 2014, 16:42 1 623 просмотрs

Kerry seeks to bridge US-Russia gap with potatoes

Kerry seeks to bridge US-Russia gap with potatoes

After months of tension between the United States and Russia over issues ranging from Edward Snowden's intelligence leaks to the Syrian conflict, US Secretary of State John Kerry sought to bridge the diplomatic gap Monday by giving his Russian counterpart an unusual gift of potatoes, yahoo.com reports. January 14 2014, 16:00 1 076 просмотрs

MPs waive off legalization of polygamy in Kazakhstan

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MPs waive off legalization of polygamy in Kazakhstan

Members of Kazakhstan's Majilis (Lower Chamber of the Parliament) have commented on the idea of making polygamy legal in Kazakhstan, tengrinews reports. January 14 2014, 15:28 1 636 просмотрs

American journalist David Satter kicked out of Russia

American journalist David Satter kicked out of Russia

Russia has expelled American journalist and author David Satter, a former Moscow correspondent for the Financial Times and a longtime critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin, Satter told followers on Twitter, cnn reports. January 14 2014, 15:20 2 549 просмотрs

Moldovan investor wins $1 million in court against Kazakhstan

Moldovan investor wins $1 million in court against Kazakhstan

The story with seizure of the oil business belonging to the Moldavian billionaire Anatol Stati ended up with loss for Kazakhstan at the Stockholm arbitration court. The oligarch managed towin by court action 506 million dollars (but together with penalties - about 1 billion), having proved that in 2010 the Kazakhstan authorities illegally took his oil and gas business. “Ak Zhaik” wrote about this conflict where politics, oil and corruption were mixed, that ended with intricate scenario of Moldovan national escaping from Atyrau prison. January 14 2014, 11:11 5 107 просмотрs