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BP offered its aid in extinguishing fire at well in Azeri Caspian Sea

The State Oil Company of Azerbaijan (SOCAR) could not cope with the fire on exploration well #90 at offshore field Bulla-Deniz and draws support from BP. August 20 2013, 12:18 3 315 views

Kazakhstan News

Olympic gold winner Maya Maneza gives birth to boy

Two-time world champion, winner of gold at the London Olympics, Kazakh weightlifter Maya Maneza has successfully laboured a baby in one of Almaty's hospitals August 20 2013, 11:51 5 474 views

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Kashagan to take first step without oil spill response base

Quiet and unnoticeable was the Caspian Sea Day, August 12, in Atyrau marking the 10th anniversary of the Tehran Convention inked by Caspian states. August 20 2013, 10:35 4 156 views

Kazakhstan News

President obliges every governor to meet public

Akims of all levels will go public in Kazakhstan following a presidential decree August 20 2013, 10:19 2 791 views

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Merkel to make historic visit as chancellor to Nazis' Dachau camp

Angela Merkel will become the first German chancellor to visit the former Nazi concentration camp Dachau on Tuesday as she steps up warnings about the far-right threat while campaigning for a third term August 20 2013, 10:16 2 468 views

Kazakhstan News

Semey: A secret race for abandoned nuclear material

Working in top secret over a period of 17 years, Russian and American scientists collaborated to remove hundreds of pounds of plutonium and highly enriched uranium — enough to construct at least a dozen nuclear weapons — from a remote Soviet-era nuclear test site in Kazakhstan that had been overrun by impoverished metal scavengers, according to a report released last week by the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard. August 19 2013, 15:01 3 987 views

Kazakhstan News

Sexy question strikes dumb Kazakh MA seekers

Kazakh bachelors applying for MA ran across a tricky question during a written application test in Astana August 19 2013, 14:20 5 051 views

World News

Egypt draft constitution may ban religious political parties – report

The new Egyptian constitution may seek to ban all religious parties from the political arena, sources told Ahram Online. The interim government may declare the Muslim Brotherhood a terror organization amid clashes which have left over 800 dead. August 19 2013, 12:02 2 494 views

Kazakhstan News

Commercial production at Kashagan will not benefit Kazakhstan: industry source

Commercial production of crude at the giant Kashagan oilfield will not benefit Kazakhstan says an industry source. August 19 2013, 11:49 2 818 views

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Atyrau Oblast governor against black hijabs

Governor Izmukhambetov has voiced his straight-out opinion about Kazakh girls that wear black burka. August 19 2013, 11:21 4 073 views

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Egypt mulls ban of Muslim Brotherhood as it calls week of protests

The Muslim Brotherhood may be banned in Egypt, the country’s interim prime minister’s spokesman said. The threat comes after the Islamist movement called for a week of protest against a military crackdown that left over 800 dead. August 18 2013, 15:25 2 569 views

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Gary Ralston : A guide for Celtic fans going to Kazakhstan

CELTIC fans would be just as well buying their drinks from the supermarket and watching the game on TV at home, says GARY. August 18 2013, 15:02 4 575 views

Kazakhstan News

Football: Kazakhstan fears crowd violence of Scottish during Shakhter-Celtic match

Use of pyrotechnics during the play-off game between Kazakhstan’s Shakhter and Scottish Celtic in Astana will be qualified as petty crime August 18 2013, 15:00 3 114 views

Kazakhstan News

Kazakhstan mulls to ban gay propaganda

Kazakh MPs want to ban gay propaganda in the country   August 16 2013, 17:05 4 372 views

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Turkey losing regional clout as Egypt crisis flares: analysts

Turkey's clout in the Middle East is taking a beating with the brutal sidelining of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood derailing Ankara's hopes to lead a regional surge of Islamist political power August 16 2013, 15:35 2 422 views

Kazakhstan News

Alcohol smuggling pipeline discovered on Kyrgyz-Kazakh border

A pipeline for pumping of smuggled alcohol has been discovered on Kyrgyz-Kazakh border August 16 2013, 11:34 3 463 views

Kazakhstan News

Nazarbayev to hold bilateral meetings in Baku

Nursultan Nazarbayev, President of Kazakhstan, is paying a state visit to Azerbaijan August 16 2013, 11:12 2 460 views

Kazakhstan News

New high-speed train «Astana-Atyrau» will depart from Astana

On August 22, the new high-speed train “Atyrau” №19/20 with a route “Astana-Atyrau” consisting of “Tulpar Talgo” carriages will depart from the railway station of Astana August 16 2013, 10:26 3 881 views

World News

China zoo under fire for disguising dog as lion

A Chinese zoo's supposed "African lion" was exposed as a fraud when the dog used as a substitute started barking. August 16 2013, 09:53 3 310 views

Kazakhstan News

Nur Otan party arranges mass circumcision of children in Kyzylorda oblast

Kyzylorda branch of Nur Otan political party organized a campaign called Alpamys Goes to School that involved provision of free circumcision services to 200 children in local hospitals August 15 2013, 16:58 15 686 views

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Job Fair-2013: Graduates prefer international companies

On August 12, the International Day of Youth, Atyrau State University hosted a fair of vacancies for young people. August 15 2013, 15:20 12 330 views

World News

Japan honors fallen, marks World War II surrender

Japan has marked the 68th anniversary of its WWII surrender. In a compromise of sorts, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe did not visit a controversial shrine, but also did not explicitly apologize for past Japanese aggression. August 15 2013, 15:06 3 116 views

Kazakhstan News

Kulibayev leaves Nazarbayev's freelance advisor post

Timur Kulibayev, Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev’s son-in-law, has stopped being the President’s freelance advisor August 15 2013, 14:53 4 578 views

Kazakhstan News

Kazakhs called to improve Google Translate

Kazakhstan citizens are welcome to improve Google Translate, Tengrinews.kz reports. Kazakh-speaking citizens who know English can contribute into development of the service. August 15 2013, 14:18 4 268 views

Culture

'From Khazar to Kazakh' hits the road to past

A group of historians and archaeologists went down on an expedition to poor-explored places of Atyrau Oblast in a campaign titled From Khazar to Kazakh. August 15 2013, 12:06 5 078 views