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Court in Aktau sentences opposition leader Kozlov to 7.5 years in prison over unrest

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Court in Aktau sentences opposition leader Kozlov to 7.5 years in prison over unrest

Aktau, October 8. On Monday the Criminal Court of the Mangistau Oblast found guilty Vladimir Kozlov, the leader of the unregistered opposition party “Alga!” and his associates Akzhanat Aminov and Serik Sapargali, KazAkparat reported. October 8 2012, 18:23 3 268 просмотрs

The Party is not aware

The Party is not aware

The Nur Otan party specified on the banner as the supervising “eye” of the Sports and Recreation Centre construction site in the Nursaya city district, denies its supervising powers. October 8 2012, 17:04 2 261 просмотрs

Alstom unveils first KZ locomotive

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Alstom unveils first KZ locomotive

The first of 10 pre-series KZ8A 25kV ac freight locomotives was unveiled today in Belfort, France, by the president of Alstom Transport, Mr Henri Poupart-Lafarge, who was accompanied by the president of Kazakhstan Railways (KTZ), Mr Askar Mamin. October 8 2012, 11:50 5 010 просмотрs

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Bardic Divas: Women's Songs from Kazakhstan

In conjunction with the highly successful exhibition Nomads and Networks: the Ancient Art and Culture of Kazakhstan, which is currently on display at the Smithsonian's Freer Sackler Gallery until November 11, 2012, this concert by the Bardic Divas was presented on October 5, 6 and 7 in collaboration with the Kazakh Embassy and Aga Khan Music Initiative, a program of the Aga Khan Trust for Culture. October 8 2012, 16:12 3 798 просмотрs

2012 Nobel Prize for Medicine

2012 Nobel Prize for Medicine

Cell biologists Shinya Yamanaka of Japan and Briton John B. Gurdon have been jointly awarded the 2012 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine. October 8 2012, 15:32 1 885 просмотрs

Afghanistan's government 'could collapse' after 2014

Afghanistan's government 'could collapse' after 2014

A new report on Afghanistan warns that the departure of NATO forces in 2014 could be followed by the government's collapse and even civil war, unless steps are taken now. October 8 2012, 15:20 2 542 просмотрs

Australia's state workers defy order and down tools

Australia's state workers defy order and down tools

More than 40,000 New South Wales public servants have walked off the job and at least 2,000 have rallied at the Town Hall in Sydney over public sector cuts. October 8 2012, 14:41 1 532 просмотрs

Kazakhstan and Russia fail to agree on Baiterek space launch complex

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Kazakhstan and Russia fail to agree on Baiterek space launch complex

Russia and Kazakhstan have failed to come to terms on the joint Kazakh-Russian project to construct the Baiterek (“poplar tree”) space launch complex for the Russia's new booster rocket, the Angara, at the Baikonur cosmodrome, Russia’s Izvestia newspaper reports. October 8 2012, 12:44 2 395 просмотрs

Russia to clear KZ oil schemes at customs

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Russia to clear KZ oil schemes at customs

Russia will clear oil schemes of Kazakhstan through customs, reports Tengrinews.kz referring to “Izvestiya”. October 8 2012, 12:34 1 751 просмотрs

Dormitory in Tengiz burned down

Dormitory in Tengiz burned down

In the morning on October 7, a one-storey workers' dormitory located in the rotational village near Tengiz burned down. No casualties or victims. October 8 2012, 09:43 2 502 просмотрs

Venezuela presidential elections: Hugo Chavez wins another six-year term

Venezuela presidential elections: Hugo Chavez wins another six-year term

CARACAS: Venezuela's Hugo Chavez shrugged off cancer and a unified opposition on Sunday to triumph yet again at the ballot box and win another six-year mandate to pursue his oil-funded socialist revolution. October 8 2012, 10:27 1 797 просмотрs

Australia scientists tackle reef-killing starfish

Australia scientists tackle reef-killing starfish

An Australian research team said Monday they have found an effective way to kill the destructive crown-of-thorns starfish, which is devastating coral reefs across the Pacific and Indian oceans, AFP reports. October 8 2012, 11:14 1 817 просмотрs

Iran Offers Plan, Dismissed by U.S., on Nuclear Crisis

Iran Offers Plan, Dismissed by U.S., on Nuclear Crisis

WASHINGTON — With harsh economic sanctions contributing to the first major protests in Iran in three years, Iranian officials have begun to describe what they call a “nine-step plan” to defuse the nuclear crisis with the West by gradually suspending the production of the uranium that would be easiest for them to convert into a nuclear weapon. October 8 2012, 10:02 2 532 просмотрs

Pig Bites a Man

Pig Bites a Man

An Oregon farmer was eaten by his hogs on Wednesday. The 70-year-old Vietnam veteran had gone to feed the animals in the morning, and his family found his dentures and scattered remains in the hog pen several hours later. Authorities are trying to determine whether the pigs deliberately killed the man. Do livestock intentionally kill their owners? October 7 2012, 13:55 2 584 просмотрs

Presidential elections will be held today in Venezuela: Chavez’s defeat may cause unrest

Presidential elections will be held today in Venezuela: Chavez’s defeat may cause unrest

The presidential elections being held today, October 7, 2012 in Venezuela: the leader of the country Hugo Chavez had a real contender - the leader of the united opposition Henrique Capriles. His victory may create unrest in the country and the elections are accompanied with unprecedented security measures: 139 thousand military personnel have been moved up for this purpose. October 7 2012, 11:57 1 554 просмотрs

Kazakhstan to undergo validation procedure next year

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Kazakhstan to undergo validation procedure next year

Kazakhstan is to undergo validation procedure next year. The World bank advisor in Kazakhstan Tatyana Sedova told during the 7th KAZENERGY Eurasian forum, BNews.kz correspondent reports. October 7 2012, 13:22 2 518 просмотрs

KAMaz truck and train collided, driver hospitalized

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KAMaz truck and train collided, driver hospitalized

Today early morning in Astana a train carrying 20 wagons of grain, derailed after colliding with KAMaz truck, the press service of the Kazakh Emergencies Ministry said. October 7 2012, 11:46 2 108 просмотрs

Russia keeps Tajik base, risking Taliban face-off

Russia keeps Tajik base, risking Taliban face-off

Russia won a 30-year deal on a military base in Tajikistan, but the price includes risk of placing Russian servicemen under fire if violence flares up in volatile Central Asia. October 6 2012, 13:06 1 926 просмотрs

American Films Festival takes on cities of Kazakhstan

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American Films Festival takes on cities of Kazakhstan

The American Films Festival kicked off at Petropavlovsk's movie theater Novy Svet on Friday. October 6 2012, 12:59 2 007 просмотрs

Young man fined for a KZ flag on his car hood

Young man fined for a KZ flag on his car hood

Wishing to express his patriotism, a 23 year old young man from Atyrau fastened a Kazakhstan flag onto the hood of his Mercedes. Yet, prosecution officers did not appreciate his noble action and fined him 323,600 tenge. October 5 2012, 17:00 4 707 просмотрs

EU finds key to Gazprom contracts

EU finds key to Gazprom contracts

Eurocommission will be reading all inter-governmental gas agreements European Union keeps on the struggle for transparency of energy market. EU Council approved the resolution a year after voicing the scandalous demands to disclose oil and gas agreements made between certain countries. Not later than March, all EU members should submit all inter-governmental oil and gas agreements to European Commission (EC). Starting the new year, EC will be rightful to participate in all negotiations and assess legal compliance of new contracts. In general, this will little impact on market, but will create problems to certain suppliers. To Gazprom first of all, reports Kommersant. October 5 2012, 15:08 2 000 просмотрs

Two bros spotted in London

Two bros spotted in London

On October 4, a person who introduced himself as a regular Forbes Kazakhstan reader and wanted to stay anonymous, contacted our editors’ office and reported he had seen the two brothers, Bergei Ryskaliyev and Amanzhan Ryskali, in a London cafe. October 5 2012, 11:14 27 864 просмотрs

Bergei Ryskaliyev is not on the wanted list - FinPol

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Bergei Ryskaliyev is not on the wanted list - FinPol

Ex-governor of Atyrau Oblast Bergei Ryskaliyev, after whose dismissal in the region the criminal cases have been initiated on the facts of embezzlement, hasn't been put on the wanted list, reported on Friday Andrey Lukin, the vice-chairman of RoK Agency on Combat against Economic and Corruption Crimes (financial police). October 5 2012, 17:47 6 661 просмотрs

Deadly Perch

Deadly Perch

On October 3, in Atyrau oblast administration of natural resources and regulation of environmental management the meeting was held on the issue of birds’ death on 6-10 kV power transmission lines. October 5 2012, 15:12 2 514 просмотрs

President congratulated teachers of Kazakhstan

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President congratulated teachers of Kazakhstan

I cordially congratulate you, pedagogues of Kazakhstan, on your professional holiday - Teacher's Day, reads the official address published in the republican press on Friday. October 5 2012, 10:33 2 092 просмотрs