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Total says oil output to be expected from Kashagan after 2015

French major Total said no oil production was to be expected from the troubled Kashagan project in Kazakhstan this year and it was not likely to yield much next year either, reuters.com reports. April 22 2014, 15:08 2 261 views

Kazakhstan News

Rare Manul cat caught in the suburb of Astana

A rare mammal named Manul cat has been caught in the suburb of Astana. That animal is the ancestor of all cats, inform.kz reports.  April 22 2014, 14:49 7 795 views

Kazakhstan News

State Protection Service formed in Kazakhstan

State Protection Service formed as per the president Nursultan Nazarbayev’s decree, was the result of merge of the previous services - the President’s Security Service and the Republican Guards, azh.kz reports citing the President’s press service. April 22 2014, 14:41 2 455 views

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Caspian states to limit deployment of third countries' military forces in the sea (+update)

Today the FMs of “Caspian Five” will consider the draft convention on the legal status of the Caspian Sea at the meeting in Moscow, azh.kz reports citing kommersant.ru newspaper. The Moscow meeting is the preparation stage for the September summit that will take place this fall in the Russian city of Astrakhan. April 22 2014, 12:03 3 524 views

Kazakhstan News

500 Kazakhs became Heroes of the Soviet Union during the Great Patriotic War

This year Kazakhstan marks the 69th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War, inform.kz reports. April 22 2014, 11:47 10 934 views

World News

Crimean Tatars Public Building Attacked. New Head of Crimea Recommends Them to Leave

On Monday, April 21, following a Russian presidential decree on rehabilitation of Crimean Tatars and other ethnic groups living in Crimea who had suffered from Stalin's purges, the building of Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar people was attacked by a group wearing military uniforms without insignia, azh.kz reports. April 22 2014, 09:38 3 564 views

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Britain's Got Talent star Lettice Rowbotham performed for Vladimir Putin - at daughter's secret wedding

Lettice Rowbotham told the Sunday People she was paid just £200 and escorted in and out of the reception at the luxury hotel La Mamounia, in Marrakesh, “quickly”   April 21 2014, 16:55 14 663 views

Kazakhstan News

Editor of magazine may seek justice in Hague after Hitler publication

Editor-in-Chief Zharylkap Kalybai of Anyz Adam magazine base in Alamty, the April issue of which was dedicated to Hitler, announced that he intends to file a lawsuit against KTK TV channel and RoK Information and Communication Agency, azh.kz reports. April 21 2014, 16:46 2 821 views

World News

South Korea president says crew's conduct 'unforgivable,' 'murderous'

South Korea's president described the actions of a sunken ferry's crew as "unforgivable" and "murderous" Monday as a prosecutor said that four more crew members had been detained on charges that they had allegedly failed to protect the stricken vessel's passengers. April 21 2014, 14:48 2 554 views

World News

Putin Introduces Bill On Gambling Zone in Crimea

Russian President Vladimir Putin has introduced a bill on creating a specially-designated gambling zone in Crimea, according to an announcement made Monday on the webpage of the lower house of the Russian parliament, ria.ru reports. April 21 2014, 14:36 2 308 views

Kazakhstan News

Italy grants Mukhtar Ablyazov's wife and daughter refugee status

The Italian authorities have granted the refugee status to Mukhtar Ablyazov's wife Alma Shalabayeva and their daughter, ITAR-TASS reported. April 21 2014, 12:38 3 098 views

Kazakhstan News

Military parade to be held in Kazakhstan

A military parade will be held in Kazakhstan's Kazak Eli square (country of Kazakhs) on May 7, on Defender of the Fatherland Day, Kazakh Defense Ministry said. April 21 2014, 11:11 6 017 views

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President of Kazakhstan pays visit to Almaty Catherdral to congratulate on Orthodox Easter

President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev visited the Saint Ascension's Cathedral in Almaty on April 21 to congratulate the Orthodox Christians on Easter, the President's press service reported. April 21 2014, 11:08 2 527 views

World News

Florida sinkhole swallows parts of resort near Disney World

A 60-foot-wide sinkhole formed under a resort in central Florida late Sunday, forcing guests out of their rooms as one three-story building collapsed and another slowly sank, cnn reports. April 21 2014, 11:00 3 910 views

Kazakhstan News

Breast cancer rates in Kazakhstan highest in Central Asia

Kazakhstan has the highest breast cancer rate in Central Asia, tengrinews reports citing the president of the Breast Physicians Association of Kazakhstan Raushan Rakhimzhanova. April 21 2014, 09:44 3 334 views

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Canadians rally to legalize marijuana

Several thousand people came out in Canada's biggest cities to call for the legalization of marijuana - a yearly protest that happens internationally on April 20, afp.com reports. April 21 2014, 09:31 2 525 views

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Vice President Biden to meet Ukraine president, prime minister in Kiev

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden will meet with Ukraine's acting president, Oleksander Turchinov, and Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk during a visit to Kiev on Tuesday, the White House said on Sunday, yahoo.news.com reports. April 21 2014, 09:28 2 381 views

Society

Almaty-Atyrau train derailed, over 30 people injured (Photos, video)

On April 19, at about 6:00pm (Astana time) two last cars of a passenger train performing Almaty - Atyrau route derailed in Atyrau Oblast. April 21 2014, 09:00 5 728 views

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S Korea school vice principal hangs himself after pupils die in ferry accident

The vice principal of a high school whose pupils died or are missing in a South Korean ferry accident has committed suicide by hanging himself outside a large gym where families of the victims were staying. Police said that Kang Min-gyu, 52, had been missing since Thursday and appeared to have hung himself with his belt from a tree outside the gym, voiceofrussia.com reports. April 18 2014, 17:52 3 666 views

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Ukraine security puts Yanukovych’s son on wanted list

The Ukrainian Security Service has placed ousted President Viktor Yanukovych's eldest son on a wanted list, azh.kz reportdc on  Friday citing lentra.ru. Oleksandr Yanukovych is suspected of forgery, issuing and using of fraudulent documents that led to drastic consequences. He was seen in Kiev for the last time on March 23 and his current whereabouts are unknown. April 18 2014, 17:31 5 239 views

Crime

Suspected with murder of his own mother

29-y.o. resident of Kulsary has been arrested and put into temporary detention facility on suspicion of murder of his 67-y.o mother. The incident took place in her house on the night of April 15. April 18 2014, 17:05 3 063 views

Kazakhstan News

UK to revoke asylum status of Kazakh banker-activist

The UK has decided to revoke the asylum status it granted in 2011 to Mukhtar Ablyazov, a former banker accused of fraud and one of Kazakh president Nursultan Nazarbayev’s main political opponents, following intense lobbying from the central Asian state, ft.com reports. April 18 2014, 16:04 4 330 views

World News

Iran murder victim's mother forgives killer, stops hanging

A convicted killer due to be hanged for murder has been spared after the victim's mother had a last-minute change of heart, foxnews reports. April 18 2014, 15:32 4 437 views

World News

Colombian novelist and Nobel laureate Gabriel Garcia Marquez dies at 87

Nobel Prize-winning Colombian novelist Gabriel Garcia Marquez, author of One Hundred Years of Solitude, has died in Mexico City. He was 87, the world press reports. April 18 2014, 14:39 2 350 views

Kazakhstan News

"Hitler is not a fascist": Kazakh magazine's issue on 125th anniversary of Adolf Hitler

The Kazakh agency for communication and information sees the signs of law violation in the content of the April issue of “Anyz Adam” magazine (Person -Legend) dedicated to the 125th anniversary of Adolf Hitler, azh.kz reports citing the state mass media. April 18 2014, 12:29 3 196 views