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7 websites blocked in West Kazakhstan after suicide of schoolgirl

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7 websites blocked in West Kazakhstan after suicide of schoolgirl

Prosecutors of Burlinsky district located in West Kazakhstan region decided to block seven websites that promote voluntary departure from life after a 16-year-old resident of the city of Aksai committed a suicide last year. August 4 2015, 16:42 1 498 views

How could Vladimir Putin’s spokesman afford a $620,000 watch?

How could Vladimir Putin’s spokesman afford a $620,000 watch?

It was the wedding of the summer. An Olympic gold medalist in ice dancing. A mustachioed aide to President Vladimir V. Putin. Pop stars and politicians gathered in Sochi, Russia's Olympic dream city on the sea. August 4 2015, 16:04 1 779 views

Who kidnapped the auditor from Astana?

Who kidnapped the auditor from Astana?

August 4 2015, 12:03 5 538 views

Inflation in Kazakhstan makes 1.5% YTD

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Inflation in Kazakhstan makes 1.5% YTD

Inflation in Kazakhstan made 1.5% since the beginning of the year; the rate reached 0.1% in July 2015, said the Statistics Committee under the Ministry of National Economy. August 4 2015, 11:18 1 604 views

Police brutality protests forced 24 states to pass 40 new police reform measures

Police brutality protests forced 24 states to pass 40 new police reform measures

National anti-police brutality protests, following the deaths of Eric Garner, Michael Brown, Tamir Rice and Freddie Gray, have propelled state lawmakers to pass dozens of police reform measures. However, activists want more concrete changes. August 4 2015, 10:15 1 498 views

U.S. delaying sanctions against Kazakh banks

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U.S. delaying sanctions against Kazakh banks

The U.S. Embassy in Kazakhstan recalled that sanctions against Kazakh banks had been expected to enter into force on 1 October 2015. By this time, Kazakhstan and the United States should have signed an agreement on implementation of the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) by Kazakh second-tier banks (STB), which requires the banks to provide data about American depositors to the U.S. Treasury. August 4 2015, 10:00 1 456 views

Obama unveils landmark regulations to combat climate change

Obama unveils landmark regulations to combat climate change

US President Barack Obama has unveiled a landmark decision to tackle climate change. Republicans were quick to criticize it, with some saying it would have "devastating consequences" for the US economy. August 4 2015, 09:45 1 379 views

Nazarbayev instructed to cut costs

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Nazarbayev instructed to cut costs

At a meeting with the head of the President's Administration and members of the Government, President Nursultan Nazarbayev said there is the need to save budgetary funds, Kazpravda.kz reports citing the press service of Akorda. August 3 2015, 16:13 1 547 views

Poland ‘ashamed and sorry’ for MEP’s Nazi salute to EU lawmakers

Poland ‘ashamed and sorry’ for MEP’s Nazi salute to EU lawmakers

Poland has issued an official apology for its right-wing MEP, who, in an ill-considered attempt to compare the EU policies to those of Nazi Germany, referenced an infamous Nazi slogan, “Ein Volk, ein Reich, ein Fuehrer," in front of the EU Parliament. August 3 2015, 16:06 2 477 views

California wildfire doubles in size on fifth day

California wildfire doubles in size on fifth day

A wildfire raging through northern California more than doubled in size on its fifth day on Sunday, expanding to 84 square miles (220 sq km). August 3 2015, 15:35 1 542 views

Ex- Governor's Case. Dyusenbaev was caught and sentenced to imprisonment

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Ex- Governor's Case. Dyusenbaev was caught and sentenced to imprisonment

One more person involved in “Bergei Ryskaliyev's organized criminal group" - former director of “ATG Kurylys" LLP Zhanbolat Dyusenbaev was sentenced by the specialized inter-district court on criminal cases of Atyrau Oblast to 10 years of imprisonment in high-security prison with confiscation of property. August 3 2015, 12:49 6 156 views

Man found hanged from lamppost in Atyrau, suicide suspected

Man found hanged from lamppost in Atyrau, suicide suspected

Suicide is suspected after the body of a young man was found hanged from a lamppost at the river bank in Zhilgorodok district of the city early Monday on August 3, said Gulnazira Mukhtarova, head of Internal Affairs Department press service of Atyrau Oblast. August 3 2015, 11:41 2 923 views

Half of Russians favor online censorship - poll

Half of Russians favor online censorship - poll

Almost half of Russians believe that online information should be censored, 58% support complete Internet shutdown in the country in case of a national threat of a possibility of mass protests, and 73% believe that negative information about civil servants should not be posted online, says a report prepared by the Russian Center for Public Opinion Studies (VTsIOM) and the Center for Global Communication Studies at the University of Pennsylvania. August 3 2015, 11:05 1 600 views

German Bundestag members are considering visit to Crimea

German Bundestag members are considering visit to Crimea

Following a trip to Crimea by French lawmakers, German Bundestag members from the Left faction are too considering a possibility of visiting the Black Sea peninsula, member of the faction Alexander Noy told Russia's Izvestia daily. August 3 2015, 10:45 1 624 views

Kazakhstan passed IOI baton to Russia (PHOTO)

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Kazakhstan passed IOI baton to Russia (PHOTO)

Kazakhstan has officially passed the baton of the International Olympiad in Informatics to the Russian Federation. August 3 2015, 10:36 2 390 views

Tumbling oil prices slam profit at Exxon Mobil, Chevron

Tumbling oil prices slam profit at Exxon Mobil, Chevron

Weak oil prices shriveled quarterly profit at Exxon Mobil Corp and Chevron Corp on Friday, compelling both companies to rethink operations and plan for what many expect to be a sustained period of cheap crude. August 3 2015, 10:18 1 679 views

Muted reaction in Almaty as Kazakh city’s Olympic bid fails

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Muted reaction in Almaty as Kazakh city’s Olympic bid fails

Within minutes of the announcement that Almaty's bid to host the 2022 Winter Olympics had failed, it was almost as if it had never happened. August 3 2015, 09:45 1 680 views

6 stabbed in Jerusalem gay pride parade

6 stabbed in Jerusalem gay pride parade

Arrested suspect identified as Yishai Shlissel after six marchers in Jerusalem evacuated to hospital; attacker previously wounded three in stabbing at 2005 Jerusalem gay pride parade. July 31 2015, 15:38 2 680 views

Families of MH370 victims renew talk of compensation after debris find

Families of MH370 victims renew talk of compensation after debris find

The discovery of plane debris washed up on a remote island in the southern Indian Ocean has rekindled efforts by family members of passengers on board a missing Malaysia Airlines flight to seek greater compensation, aviation lawyers said. July 31 2015, 15:30 1 533 views

Tokyo Electric executives to be charged over Fukushima nuclear disaster

Tokyo Electric executives to be charged over Fukushima nuclear disaster

A Japanese civilian judiciary panel on Friday forced prosecutors to indict three former Tokyo Electric Power (9501.T) (Tepco) executives for failing to take measures to prevent the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster. July 31 2015, 15:28 1 444 views

2022 Olympics: Beijing picked to host Winter Games

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2022 Olympics: Beijing picked to host Winter Games

The International Olympic Committee has selected Beijing's bid to host the 2022 Winter Games, picking the 2008 Summer Games host city over sole rival Almaty, Kazakhstan. July 31 2015, 15:10 1 578 views

11 railway cars caught fire during de-railment in Aktobe region (+video)

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11 railway cars caught fire during de-railment in Aktobe region (+video)

Seven railway cistern car with diesel fuel and four cars with bulk carrier caught fire as the result of derailment of freight train in Aktobe Oblast, reported emergency situations committee under the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Kazakhstan. July 31 2015, 12:45 2 860 views

Mukhtar Ablyazov's brother-in-law wanted by Interpol detained in Lithuania

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Mukhtar Ablyazov's brother-in-law wanted by Interpol detained in Lithuania

Kazakh citizen Syrym Shalabayev was detained in Vilnius on Tuesday after more than two years of being wanted by the Interpol, said the news agency Delfi. July 31 2015, 10:52 1 628 views

Mullah Omar: Taliban choose deputy Mansour as successor

Mullah Omar: Taliban choose deputy Mansour as successor

The Taliban have appointed a successor to Mullah Omar, who led the movement for some 20 years. July 31 2015, 10:34 1 975 views

Aberdeen lost to Kairat 1:2 (+Video)

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Aberdeen lost to Kairat 1:2 (+Video)

Aberdeen lost to Kairat Almaty in Kazakhstan but Kenny McLean's away goal gives the Dons hope in their bid to reach the Europa League play-off round. July 31 2015, 10:19 1 729 views