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Air Astana plane lands in emergency over alleged smoke

An Air Astana plane performing Astana-Almaty flight returned to the airport of departure after the crew suspected smoke in the cabin August 22 2013, 16:12 3 274 views

World News

Love your job? Then thank the country where you live

It is widely assumed that people in economically "advanced" countries do not differ significantly in how satisfied they are with their jobs. Since they are about equally productive, the reasoning is that they must produce things the same way, and so their work experience must be the same, too. August 22 2013, 16:08 2 493 views

Culture

Oymo-2013: Colour rage at Issyk Kul

A resort on the shore of Lake Issyk-Kul in Kyrgyzstan hosted an Oriental festival of traditional crafts - Oymo-2013, which welcomed folk masters from 15 nations. August 22 2013, 14:41 3 067 views

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TCO 1H 2013 Report: Millions of tons, billions of dollars

Tengizchevroil LLP has presented a report on its performance in the first half 2013. August 22 2013, 14:21 2 919 views

Kazakhstan News

Ablyazov ok to wear electronic bracelet

Mukhtar Ablyazov, a fugitive Kazakh banker now arrested in France, has agreed to wear an electronic bracelet August 22 2013, 13:56 1 634 views

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Keep cockroaches away to avoid scorpions, doctors say

According to the oblast hospital in Atyrau, every day two or three people seek medical assistance after scorpion attacks. August 22 2013, 12:07 2 927 views

World News

Bo Xilai: Disgraced politician goes on trial in China

August 22 2013, 11:53 1 549 views

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Straight-As student may be forced to move to ROMANIA to study medicine after being rejected by British universities

A student who achieved three A grades in her A'Levels may be forced to move to Romania to study to become a doctor after four universities in the UK turned her applications down. August 21 2013, 17:36 5 824 views

Kazakhstan News

Russia asks France to extradite fugitive ex-head of BTA Bank

Russia's Prosecutor General's Office has made a request to France to extradite Mukhtar Ablyazov, a Kazakh billionaire and former board chairman of BTA Bank August 21 2013, 14:52 1 508 views

World News

Egypt court to mull Mubarak release

A court in Egypt is due to rule on whether to release the former president, Hosni Mubarak, on bail. August 21 2013, 14:45 1 524 views

Kazakhstan News

Kazakhstan to simplify obtainment of work permits for labor migrants from neighboring states

Kazakhstan plans to simplify issuance of work permits for labor migrants from neighboring countries August 21 2013, 12:13 2 160 views

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TCO goes planting

Seemingly, the years long wish of the Zhylyoi District people who have been enduring intense oil production at Tengiz, has found success - Tengizchevroil LLP, a Chevron led joint venture, declared its greenery planting campaign open. Only in the center of the district - Kulsary, for the moment. August 21 2013, 11:17 2 504 views

Kazakhstan News

Football: Shakhter wins over Celtic, coach to give up smoking if wins second match

Karaganda city FC Shakhter of Kazakhstan has won 2:0 over Scottish Celtic in the first-leg match of the final qualification round of the European Champions League August 21 2013, 10:59 1 821 views

World News

CIA admits role in 1953 Iranian coup

Declassified documents describe in detail how US – with British help – engineered coup against Mohammad Mosaddeq August 20 2013, 16:36 2 124 views

Kazakhstan News

Kazakhstan eager to host Winter Olympics-2022 in Almaty

Kazakhstan National Olympic Commission is working on submitting Almaty as a candidate-host of the Winter Olympics-2022 August 20 2013, 15:47 1 938 views

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Fukushima nuclear plant: Radioactive water leak found

Radioactive water has leaked from a storage tank into the ground at Japan's Fukushima plant, its operator says. August 20 2013, 15:32 1 712 views

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Pakistan ex-leader Musharraf charged over Bhutto murder

Pakistani ex-President Pervez Musharraf has been charged in connection with the 2007 assassination of opposition leader and former PM Benazir Bhutto. August 20 2013, 15:15 1 624 views

World News

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 2 313 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 4 350 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 3 234 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 1 275 views

World News

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 1 494 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 3 062 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 3 519 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 1 553 views