“Blair advises Kazakh dictator on liberty - and repression gets WORSE”, “Kazakhstan to set up a geological exploration cluster”, "Typhoon Haiyan makes landfall in Vietnam”, “Mussabayev commentes his statement about 'beer bar English' of Bolashak graduates

dailymail.co.uk. “Blair advises Kazakh dictator on liberty - and repression gets WORSE” - Tony Blair’s multi-million-pound deal to boost ‘good governance’ in Kazakhstan has resulted in civil rights and freedom of the Press getting worse, it was claimed yesterday.

timesca.com. “Kazakhstan to set up a geological exploration cluster” - Kazakhstan is not fully aware of its subsoil resources, Tengrinews.kz reports citing Galym Nurzhanov, chairman of the country’s National Geological Exploration Company. “Some core samples are still being sent abroad as Kazakhstan still lacks duly certified laboratories meeting international standards,” Nurzhanov said at a round table discussion on prospects of geological exploration in Kazakhstan. 

bbc.com. "Typhoon Haiyan makes landfall in Vietnam” - Tropical Storm Haiyan, which killed thousands as a typhoon in the Philippines, has made landfall in north Vietnam, near the China border. It still carried gusts of up to 157km/h (98 mph) as it arrived close to the Ha Long Bay tourist destination.

reuters.com. “Philippines storm kills estimated 10,000, destruction hampers rescue efforts”- Philippines storm kills estimated 10,000, destruction hampers rescue efforts

timesca.com. “Kazakhstan to set up a geological exploration cluster” - Kazakhstan is not fully aware of its subsoil resources, Tengrinews.kz reports citing Galym Nurzhanov, chairman of the country’s National Geological Exploration Company. “Some core samples are still being sent abroad as Kazakhstan still lacks duly certified laboratories meeting international standards,” Nurzhanov said at a round table discussion on prospects of geological exploration in Kazakhstan. 

tengrinews.kz. “Kazakhstan sets world record by cooked and eaten baursaks” - The world record by the number of cooked and eaten baursaks was set in Kazakhstan during the second part of MEGA Almaty mall opening earlier this month. Baursak is a traditional variety of doughnut-like pastry in Kazakhstan. It consists of fried dough made of flour, yeast, milk, eggs, margarine, salt and sugar. 

“Mussabayev commentes his statement about 'beer bar English' of Bolashak graduates” - "The program Bolashak is a gift of the Kazakhstan President, who is as valuable for Kazakhstan as Petr I was for Russia. Petr I sent noblemen's children abroad, but they spent their time in bars drinking ale, while their servants managed to study shipbuilding and gain other skills," Mussabayev said at the meeting with students of the Eurasian National University in Astana yesterday.