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Maduro Says to Continue Chavez Course if Elected President

Venezuela’s Acting President Nicolas Maduro pledged to continue the political course of the late leader Hugo Chavez in case he was elected the president after April 14 elections. March 19 2013, 14:33 2 876 views

Kazakhstan News

Cheapen fuel for domestic flights - proposal

Kazakhstan's Agency for Natural Monopolies Regulation [AREM] has proposed to reduce fuel prices for air companies making inland flights, as said Murat Ospanov, AREM chairman, before the Majilis of the RoK Parliament addressing his "Consumer Protection - Priority of State Policy" report March 19 2013, 09:32 2 174 views

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Kashagan hearings - March 20

Ahead of start of oil production scheduled for next June, NCOC - North Caspian Operating Company B.V. - is to hold public hearings on the outcomes of environmental impact assessment of Kashagan's experimental development program. March 18 2013, 17:01 2 976 views

Kazakhstan News

Tony Blair, Kazakh police and human rights questions

Tony Blair is helping Kazakhstan reform its brutal police force after widespread concern that it is at the forefront of human rights abuses in the country. March 18 2013, 12:42 2 557 views

Kazakhstan News

Ethnic Kazakhs of Omsk and Novosibirsk regions (Russia) will celebrate Nowruz

Kazakh people living in Omsk and Novosibirsk regions of the Russian Federation will be celebrating Nowruz in the yurts from Pavlodar. March 18 2013, 12:33 2 877 views

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Asyk competition to take place on Nauryz. Winner takes laptop.

Ak Zhaik newspaper invites teenagers to participate in the annual Altyn Saka competition - the game of asyk - to take place on March 22. March 18 2013, 11:54 6 605 views

Kazakhstan News

Kazakhstan figure skater Denis Ten awarded silver at World Cup

The Kazakh team finished fifth in the team event at the World Cup, which ended in London, Canada, the website Vesti.kz posts the news. March 18 2013, 11:45 3 038 views

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ISS Crew Lands Safely in Kazakhstan

The Soyuz TMA-06M manned spacecraft touched down on Saturday ending its three-and-a-half hour voyage to bring three International Space Station (ISS) crew members to Earth after 142 days in orbit. March 18 2013, 11:44 2 835 views

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Iran launches 2nd domestically-made destroyer in Caspian Sea

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Sunday that the presence of Iran's newly-launched destroyer in the Caspian Sea will "guarantee security" in the region. March 18 2013, 11:37 4 360 views

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Strong wind tears roofs off

Sharp fitful wind came crushing down on the city of Atyrau on March 16 bringing a lot of trouble to townspeople. March 18 2013, 11:17 2 955 views

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China Replaces UK as Fifth Global Arms Exporter - SIPRI

China has become the world’s fifth largest exporter of major conventional arms, replacing the United Kingdom, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) said in a report Monday. March 18 2013, 10:45 2 478 views

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Cherry blossom season starts in Tokyo

Japan's weather agency announced the official beginning of cherry blossom season in Tokyo on Saturday, equaling the record for the earliest ever start. March 18 2013, 10:08 2 713 views

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Prosecutors confirm gap in salaries

Tasked by General Prosecution Office, the oblast prosecutor's office, labor department and employment coordination department investigated into the disproportion in labor remuneration of Kazakh and foreign citizens working in international companies. March 18 2013, 09:39 4 051 views

Kazakhstan News

Nazarbayev meets Shimon Peres

During his short vacation, Kazakhstan's president Nursultan Nazarbayev had a work meeting with Israeli president Shimon Peres, writes nur.kz citing the presidential media service. March 15 2013, 13:36 3 005 views

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Wintry Conditions Delay ISS Soyuz Crew Landing by 24 Hours

A Russian state commission called for a rare 24 hour postponement in the scheduled landing of a Soyuz spacecraft carrying three U. S. and Russian International Space Station astronauts late Thursday, when fog and freezing rain prevented helicopter born recovery teams from positioning themselves over the landing zone in northern Kazakhsta March 15 2013, 11:33 2 575 views

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Vietnam anti-China activists mark island battle

Activists in Hanoi chanted anti-China slogans and laid flowers Thursday at a protest marking the anniversary of a battle over the contested Spratly Islands in which 64 Vietnamese soldiers died. March 15 2013, 11:22 3 009 views

Kazakhstan News

Kazakhstan confirms discovery of two offshore fields in Caspian Sea

Two offshore fields have been discovered at the Caspian Sea in Kazakhstan for the first time after discovery of the giant Kashagan field, Tengrinews.kz reports citing chairman of Geology and Subsoil Use Commission of Kazakhstan Ministry of Industry and New Technologies Bazarbai Nurabayev. March 15 2013, 11:18 2 901 views

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Kazakhstan mulls special forces to ensure order at rallies

Kazakhstan General Prosecutor’s office is suggesting to create special divisions in the interior authorities that would be tasked with ensuring order during mass events, Interfax-Kazakhstan reports. March 15 2013, 11:05 2 613 views

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Invite top managers only, replace the rest with locals - proposal to labor ministry

Kazakhstan's labor and social protection ministry [www.enbek.gov.kz] has posted a letter from someone named Egemberdy laying down proposals to settle the painful problem of large difference in the salaries of locals and expatriates in Kazakhstan. March 15 2013, 09:36 5 867 views

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Police Free Hostages in Astrakhan College Siege

Russian police released several hostages held at a college in the southern city of Astrakhan on Thursday and detained the suspected hostage-taker, the Interior Ministry said. March 15 2013, 09:28 2 620 views

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World class oil and gas training center opens in Atyrau

APEC – Atyrau Petroleum Education Center – opened its doors on March 11 to train, retrain and upskill oil and gas workers. Following the grand opening its first hundred students sat down to desks. March 14 2013, 15:09 9 786 views

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West Kazakhstan marks Korisu

March 14, Kazakhs in the west of Kazakhstan have started celebration of Korisu, a holiday of seeing each other after the winter. March 14 2013, 14:08 6 845 views

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Xi Jinping named president of China

Leaders in Beijing have confirmed Xi Jinping as president, completing China's 10-yearly transition of power. March 14 2013, 13:31 2 557 views

Kazakhstan News

Kazakhstan hardest drinking country in Central Asia

Kazakhstan is the most drinking state in Central Asia, where every citizen consumes almost 11 liters of ethanol. March 14 2013, 13:06 2 937 views

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Kazakhstan to transform basic pension into guaranteed minimum pension

As part of expanding the coverage of the employed population by pension system services it is planned to transform the basic pension into a guaranteed minimum pension, Minister of Labor and Social Protection Serik Abdenov announced on March 12. March 14 2013, 13:10 2 279 views