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CNPC AktobeMunaiGas to pay $50 million for environmental damage

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CNPC AktobeMunaiGas to pay $50 million for environmental damage

CNPC - AktobeMunaiGas will have to pay 7.7 billion tenge for violating Kazakhstan's environmental laws, Tengrinews reports referring to the website of the Prosecutor’s Office in Aktobe Oblast. December 4 2013, 18:57 1 729 просмотрs

Recent riots in central Kyiv led to opening of 53 criminal cases

Recent riots in central Kyiv led to opening of 53 criminal cases

Fifty-three cases were included in the unified register of pretrial investigations in Ukraine in the period between November 30 and December 3, the Ukrainian Interior Ministry reported on Wednesday, citing the Main Investigations Department, interfax.com.ua reports. December 4 2013, 18:05 1 247 просмотрs

EU fines eight leading banks record 1.7 bln euros for benchmark rigging

EU fines eight leading banks record 1.7 bln euros for benchmark rigging

A group of leading European and American banks will be fined a record 1.7 billion euros ($2.3 billion) by the European Commission for the rigging of interest-rate benchmarks, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters on Wednesday. The banks to be fined are Citigroup, Deutsche Bank, Royal Bank of Scotland, JPMorgan, Barclays and Societe Generale, sources have said. December 4 2013, 16:59 1 154 просмотрs

Kazakh-Russian CPC crude pipeline expansion Phase 1 to be completed Oct 2014

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Kazakh-Russian CPC crude pipeline expansion Phase 1 to be completed Oct 2014

The Caspian Pipeline Consortium expects to complete construction work on phase one of the expansion of the line which carries crude from Kazakhstan to the Russian Black Sea port of Novorossiisk in October 2014, CPC said in a statement Friday, platts.com reports. December 4 2013, 16:32 2 270 просмотрs

Storm Warning for the West and South Regions of Kazakhstan

Storm Warning for the West and South Regions of Kazakhstan

Storm warning due to possible weather deterioration on Wednesday and Thursday in the West and South regions of our Republic has been announced by Kazhydromet forecasters, azh.kz reports. December 4 2013, 16:01 1 950 просмотрs

Obama's Kenyan-born uncle gets U.S. green card

Obama's Kenyan-born uncle gets U.S. green card

A U.S. immigration judge ruled on Tuesday that President Barack Obama's Kenyan-born uncle can stay in the United States as a lawful resident, despite his decades dodging deportation and a 2011 drunk-driving arrest, reuters reports. December 4 2013, 12:34 1 268 просмотрs

London Court Orders Fugitive Kazakh Banker to Pay Back $400M

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London Court Orders Fugitive Kazakh Banker to Pay Back $400M

London’s High Court has ordered a fugitive Kazakh former banker to pay damages of around $400 million to the bank he allegedly embezzled it from, the court said, ria.ru reports. December 4 2013, 12:23 1 323 просмотрs

Ex-Head of City Construction Department Sentenced to 10 years

Ex-Head of City Construction Department Sentenced to 10 years

On December 3, the specialized inter-district criminal court of Atyrau Oblast passed the sentence upon the former head of city construction department -Serik Saduakasov. He is sentenced to 10 years of imprisonment. December 4 2013, 11:57 1 817 просмотрs

Kazakhstan slated to start production of spacecrafts in 2015

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Kazakhstan slated to start production of spacecrafts in 2015

Production of satellites and integrated parts will reportedly kick off in Kazakhstan in 2015, Vice Chairman of the National Space Agency (Kazcosmos) Meirbek Moldabekov announced at the Tuesday press briefing of the Central Communications Service, inform.kz reports. December 3 2013, 16:23 1 249 просмотрs

Kazakhstan’s rating of corruption lowered to 140, sharing the line with Honduras

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Kazakhstan’s rating of corruption lowered to 140, sharing the line with Honduras

Kazakhstan has been lowered by seven lines in the corruption rating of Transparency International in 2013, occupying the 140th position, reads the organization’s report posted on the website, azh.kz reports. December 3 2013, 12:24 2 090 просмотрs

Thai police remove barricades to police and PM offices

Thai police remove barricades to police and PM offices

Thai police have removed barricades at the police and government headquarters in a bid to defuse tensions with anti-government protesters. December 3 2013, 11:31 2 363 просмотрs

Power outage plunges most of Venezuela into darkness

Power outage plunges most of Venezuela into darkness

Venezuela's second massive power outage of the year plunged much of the nation into darkness on Monday night, prompting renewed talk of sabotage from President Nicolas Maduro's government and cries of incompetence from its foes, reuters.com reports. December 3 2013, 11:21 1 509 просмотрs

Aktau Caspian seaport to be managed by foreign operator

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Aktau Caspian seaport to be managed by foreign operator

Kazakhstan's Aktau seaport, currently undergoing an expansion upgrade, may be transferred to foreign management, deputy chairman of the board of JSC Kaznex Invest Kairat Karmanov said on Nov. 29 at a press conference in Astana, trend.az reports. December 3 2013, 10:41 2 160 просмотрs

EU, Ukraine Agree to Continue Deal Talks

EU, Ukraine Agree to Continue Deal Talks

The presidents of Ukraine and the European Commission on Monday agreed to continue talks regarding association and free-trade deals that Ukraine recently said it would postpone. December 3 2013, 10:01 1 368 просмотрs

Kiev - NY Times, AFP, Euronews, Reuters journalists among at least 40 mass media employees injured in clashes with police

Kiev - NY Times, AFP, Euronews, Reuters journalists among at least 40 mass media employees injured in clashes with police

When baton-wielding riot police outside the presidential offices began to charge, Denys Danko held up the only shield he knows -- his journalist's identification card, kyivpost.com reports. December 2 2013, 15:09 2 405 просмотрs

Nazarbayev calls Kazakhstan to learn English

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Nazarbayev calls Kazakhstan to learn English

President Nursultan Nazarbayev has called Kazakhstan citizens to learn three languages - Kazakh, Russian and English, Tengrinews reports. December 2 2013, 14:56 4 005 просмотрs

Head of fish inspection and crime investigator nailed for bribes

Head of fish inspection and crime investigator nailed for bribes

Financial police released information about initiation of criminal cases against the head of fish protection department of Zhyloy region and crime investigator from Atyrau Internal Affairs Department. December 2 2013, 14:50 1 711 просмотрs

Ukraine: Protesters Besiege Government Building

Ukraine: Protesters Besiege Government Building

Thousands of Ukrainian protesters on Monday blocked entrances to the government building and called for the ouster of the prime minister and his cabinet, as anger at the president's decision to ditch a deal for closer ties with the European Union gripped other parts of the country and threatened his rule, abcnews.go.com reports. December 2 2013, 14:01 1 091 просмотрs

China launches probe and rover to moon

China launches probe and rover to moon

China launched the Chang'e-3 lunar probe with the country's first moon rover aboard early on Monday, marking a significant step toward deep space exploration, xinhuanet.com reports. December 2 2013, 13:30 1 468 просмотрs

Croatians Vote Against Gay Marriage

Croatians Vote Against Gay Marriage

Croatians have voted for amendments to the country's constitution that would ban same-sex marriage rferl.org reports. December 2 2013, 13:27 1 237 просмотрs

Rugby - Kazakhstan Women win Dubai7s invitational tournament

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Rugby - Kazakhstan Women win Dubai7s invitational tournament

The SA Select Women on Saturday suffered a disappointing defeat against the Kazakhstan Almaty in the final of the International Invitational Sevens tournament in Dubai following an impressive run throughout the series. December 2 2013, 13:13 1 484 просмотрs

Speed Skating - Lee's World Cup winning run continues in Astana

Speed Skating - Lee's World Cup winning run continues in Astana

The world records may have stopped in Europe but Lee Sang-Hwa remains unbeatable over 500m after taking her sixth successive speed skating World Cup win of the season in Astana. December 2 2013, 12:57 1 284 просмотрs

German policeman 'kills and eats lover'

German policeman 'kills and eats lover'

Police in Dresden say they have arrested a 55-year-old police officer on suspicion of murder after the body of another man was found in the Erz mountains in eastern Germany, bbc.co.uk reports. November 29 2013, 18:26 1 170 просмотрs

India, CIS discussing crude pipeline alongside TAPI

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India, CIS discussing crude pipeline alongside TAPI

The proposed Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) gas pipeline is meant for fetching gas from the Turkmen fields, but now an idea has been mooted to build a parallel pipeline to carry crude — perhaps from Russia and Kazakhstan. November 29 2013, 16:43 1 645 просмотрs

H&M suspends angora production over rabbit video

H&M suspends angora production over rabbit video

Swedish clothing giant H&M says it will stop making clothing with angora hair following the release of a video showing fur being plucked from live rabbits in China. November 29 2013, 16:19 2 539 просмотрs