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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 1 514 views

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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 1 364 views

Kazakhstan News

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 1 842 views

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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 2 896 views

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Japanese plan to build power plant on Moon isn't pie in sky

A Japanese construction company is proposing to solve the energy problems facing Japan, and ultimately the entire planet, by turning the Moon into a solar power plant. November 29 2013, 15:42 1 610 views

Kazakhstan News

Gulshara Abdykalikova appointed Deputy Prime-Minister of Kazakhstan

Gulshara Abdykalikova has been appointed Deputy Prime-Minister of Kazakhstan, Tengrinews reports citing the official website of the Kazakhstan President. November 29 2013, 14:45 2 263 views

Kazakhstan News

Moscow sent a note of protest to KZ over killing of Russian poucher in Caspian Sea

Moscow has sent a note of protest to Kazakhstan over the recent Caspian Sea incident in which Kazakh officers shot at suspected Russian poachers and killed one of them, azh.kz reports. November 29 2013, 11:23 1 847 views

Economy

Confrontation between Chinese and Kazakhstan workers

Confrontation between Chinese and Kazakhstan workers took place at 9 o’clock in the morning on Nov 27 at the central checkpoint of Atyrau Refinery. November 29 2013, 11:12 2 411 views

Kazakhstan News

Nearly 30 people hospitalized, 2 dead after poisoning in Zhanaozen

Over 28 employees of “KezBi” LLP service company were hospitalized with poisoning in the city of Zhanaozen, Mangistau Oblast. Two of them died, reports azh.kz on Friday citing Anuar Chuzhegulov, Mangistau Oblast deputy governor. November 29 2013, 10:34 2 293 views

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Louis Vuitton's Red Square Trunk To Be Removed After Uproar

Louis Vuitton is facing backlash following the installation of a 30-foot-tall, 112-foot-long brown trunk in Russia's Red Square, which sits just beside the mausoleum where Bolshevik leader Vladimir Lenin's was laid to rest. On Wednesday, Russia's presidential administration ordered that the symbol of luxury be removed. November 29 2013, 09:44 3 374 views

Kazakhstan News

Almaty Department of Natural Resources sues NGO environmentalist for 15 million tenge

The Almaty Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Management filed a 15-million tenge suit against Tabigat movement chairman Mels Yeleusizov for public disinformation about mass chopping of trees in the city, interfax.kz reports on Thursday. November 28 2013, 17:24 1 775 views

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Latvian PM Resigns After Shopping Mall Disaster

Latvian Prime Minister Valdis Dombrovskis resigned Wednesday over a shopping mall disaster in the small Baltic nation that left more than 50 people dead, ria.ru reports. November 28 2013, 17:06 1 436 views

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Russia Opens Criminal Case Against Former Defense Minister

A criminal case on negligence charges has been opened against former Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov, Russian investigators said Thursday. November 28 2013, 17:00 1 589 views

Kazakhstan News

Kazakhstan’s President furious over prices for real estate in Astana

Kazakhstan’s President Nursultan Nazarbayev believes prices for real estate in Astana, the country’s capital city, are fabulously high, Tengrinews reports, citing the President’s Press Service. November 28 2013, 16:10 1 692 views

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Belgium: Lawmakers back allowing minors to request euthanasia

A controversial bill that would extend the right to request euthanasia to children suffering terminal illnesses and adults with dementia cleared a vote in a Belgian Senate committee Wednesday. November 28 2013, 16:07 1 390 views

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Berlusconi expelled from parliament

The Italian Senate voted Wednesday to expel former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi from parliament after his conviction for tax fraud. The vote was 192 to 113, with two abstentions, cnn.com reports. November 28 2013, 16:00 1 644 views

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U.S. affirms support for Japan in islands dispute with China

The United States pledged support for ally Japan on Wednesday in a growing dispute with China over islands in the East China Sea and senior U.S. administration officials accused Beijing of behavior that had unsettled its neighbors. November 28 2013, 13:08 1 596 views

Kazakhstan News

Kazakhstan introduces Labor Day

Kazakhstanis introducing a new holiday -- the Labor Day, Tengrinews reports citing the official website of the Kazakhstan President. November 28 2013, 12:49 1 512 views

Society

Chagala Group kicks off Saraishyk apartments project in Atyrau

Chagala Group Ltd. said Nov. 26 that it kicked off construction on the first of four towers of its Saraishyk apartment project located at the Group’s site in Atyrau. November 28 2013, 10:47 4 035 views

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China 'monitored' US bombers in new air zone

China monitored the flight of two US bombers that flew across its newly-declared "air defence identification zone", its defence ministry said. November 27 2013, 15:34 1 502 views

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In Kyrgyzstan, Bakiyev's brother was sentenced in absentia to life inprisonment for bank robbery

In Kyrgyzstan Suzaksky District Court of Jalal-Abad region in absentia sentenced the brother of former President Kurmanbek Bakiyev - Janybekov Bakiyev to life imprisonment, azh.kz reports. November 27 2013, 11:37 1 785 views

Kazakhstan News

Salaries of local and foreign oil industry workers to become equal in Kazakhstan

The salaries of Kazakh citizens and foreigners in the oil sector will be equalized within two years, chairman of the Kazakh Federation of Trade Unions, Abelgazi Kusainov said on Nov. 26, trend.az reports. November 27 2013, 11:08 1 956 views

Kazakhstan News

BP plc decreases Kazakhstan’s natural gas proven reserves figures

BP plc, sometimes referred to by its former name British Petroleum, a British multinational oil and gas company headquartered in London, has decreased its estimates of proven natural gas reserves in Kazakhstan, oilru.com reports, citing Caspianbarrel.  November 27 2013, 10:32 1 792 views

Kazakhstan News

New Kazakh representative to UN appointed

By a decree of Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev, Kairat Abdrakhmanov has been appointed as the Permanent Representative of Kazakhstan to the United Nations, azh.kz reports citing Akorda's press service. November 27 2013, 10:23 1 416 views

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