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U.S., Afghanistan discuss "last chapter" in war

U.S., Afghanistan discuss "last chapter" in war

U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and Afghan President Hamid Karzai discussed on Thursday the "last chapter" in building a sovereignAfghanistan that can provide its own security, including the nature of U.S. involvement after combat troops withdraw in 2014. January 11 2013, 11:45 1 419 просмотрs

2013 Oscar Nominatinos - ‘Lincoln’ Leads the Pack with 12 Nomonations

2013 Oscar Nominatinos - ‘Lincoln’ Leads the Pack with 12 Nomonations

Daniel Day-Lewis leads British acting hopes at the Oscars after he was nominated today for best actor in US historical drama Lincoln. January 11 2013, 11:00 1 571 просмотрs

Gallup poll reveals happiest people live in Latin America

Gallup poll reveals happiest people live in Latin America

The world's happiest people aren't in Qatar, the richest country by most measures. They aren't in Japan, the nation with the highest life expectancy. Canada, with its chart-topping percentage of college graduates, doesn't make the top 10. A Gallup Inc poll released of nearly 150,000 people around the world says seven of the world's 10 countries with the most upbeat attitudes are in Latin America. January 10 2013, 16:25 1 723 просмотрs

Oil price jumps as US averts 'fiscal cliff'

Oil price jumps as US averts 'fiscal cliff'

Oil climbs on deal to avert 'fiscal cliff,' as stock markets surge. The price of oil jumped Wednesday on the first trading day of the new year, after a deal in Washington averted the dreaded "fiscal cliff." The House voted near midnight to send the bill to President Barack Obama after a tense day of political brinksmanship on Capitol Hill. January 10 2013, 14:42 1 305 просмотрs

Ukraine leader cautious on Russian customs union plans

Ukraine leader cautious on Russian customs union plans

Ukraine's President Viktor Yanukovych has said he cancelled a visit to Moscow in December because his country was not yet ready to join Russia's customs union with Belarus and Kazakhstan. January 10 2013, 12:30 1 768 просмотрs

Tony Blair's business is prospering

Tony Blair's business is prospering

Windrush Ventures, which provides management services for Blair’s government advisory service, has nearly doubled its revenues over two years and paid tax of £447,000, reports The Sunday Time. January 8 2013, 16:56 1 630 просмотрs

Brazil inmates train cat for prison break

Brazil inmates train cat for prison break

A cat trained by prisoners to deliver cell phones and tools to dig tunnels was caught at a jail in northeastern Brazil after sneaking in with forbidden items strapped to its body, AFP reports. January 8 2013, 15:03 1 559 просмотрs

Assad gives defiant speech as Syrian rebels edge closer to Damascus

Assad gives defiant speech as Syrian rebels edge closer to Damascus

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Sunday outlined what was billed as a new peace initiative that included a national reconciliation conference and a new constitution in a rare speech about the uprising against his rule, which has killed an estimated 60,000 people and brought civil war to the edge of his capital. January 8 2013, 14:34 1 922 просмотрs

Brigitte Bardot threatens to become Russian if elephants are killed

Brigitte Bardot threatens to become Russian if elephants are killed

Famed French actress and animal rights campaigner Brigitte Bardot will request Russian nationality Friday if plans to euthanize two elephants at a zoo in the French city of Lyon go ahead, her foundation said. January 8 2013, 14:02 1 423 просмотрs

New Kazakh ambassador to US appointed

New Kazakh ambassador to US appointed

New Kazakh ambassador to US has been appointed, more than three months after position was vacated. January 8 2013, 12:14 1 456 просмотрs

5 Uzbek citizens wounded in conflict at Uzbek-Kyrgyz border

5 Uzbek citizens wounded in conflict at Uzbek-Kyrgyz border

5 citizens of Uzbekistan received wounds in an incident at the border with Kyrgyzstan, reports Border Agency of Uzbekistan in 12.uz -- an independent Uzbek portal. January 8 2013, 09:48 1 725 просмотрs

Lionel Messi wins Ballon d'Or ahead of Ronaldo & Iniesta

Lionel Messi wins Ballon d'Or ahead of Ronaldo & Iniesta

Barcelona and Argentina forward Lionel Messi has been awarded the Ballon d'Or for a fourth year running. January 8 2013, 09:40 1 710 просмотрs

Putin Tops List of Most Powerful People

Putin Tops List of Most Powerful People

MOSCOW, January 4 (RIA Novosti) - An article in leading US magazine Foreign Policy has named Putin as the most powerful person in the world, with the top spot left empty. January 4 2013, 18:28 1 408 просмотрs

Obama signs "fiscal cliff" bill into law

Obama signs "fiscal cliff" bill into law

U.S. President Barack Obama has signed a "fiscal cliff" bill into law that raises tax rates for the wealthiest Americans and extends tax cuts for most of the U.S. households, the White House said early Thursday. January 3 2013, 16:56 1 510 просмотрs

Putin grants Russian passport to Depardieu

Putin grants Russian passport to Depardieu

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree granting Russian citizenship to the famous French actor Gerard Depardieu, according to Kremlin's website. January 3 2013, 16:15 1 486 просмотрs

Azerbaijani President Aliyev Named Corruption's 'Person Of The Year'

Azerbaijani President Aliyev Named Corruption's 'Person Of The Year'

In 2012, corruption watchdog Transparency International reported that two-thirds of the world's countries may be considered "highly corrupt." It would seem tough to choose someone for the dubious honor of corruption's "person of the year." One investigative-journalism NGO has done just that. January 3 2013, 12:58 1 805 просмотрs

Four Die in Plane Crash at Vnukovo Airport in Moscow

Four Die in Plane Crash at Vnukovo Airport in Moscow

Tu-204 of Red Wings was crashed in Vnukovo Airport, en route flight from the Czech city of Pardubice to Moscow on Saturday Dec 29. Four people were killed. According to preliminary data, the cause of the accident could be pilot error. The plane caught fire after crashing through a runway barrier. December 31 2012, 15:00 5 434 просмотрs

U.S. teachers take up arms to prevent mass shootings

U.S. teachers take up arms to prevent mass shootings

Several US states are considering allowing school teachers to carry weapons, and educators, determined not to allow a repeat of the Newtown massacre, are flocking to training sessions. December 29 2012, 11:50 1 421 просмотрs

Wahhabis launch anti-New Year propaganda in Russia

Wahhabis launch anti-New Year propaganda in Russia

Radical Islamists in the Russian republic of Tatarstan are urging Muslims to refrain from celebrating the ‘pagan festival’ of New Year claiming it is ‘shirk’ – an unforgivable sin. December 29 2012, 10:44 1 533 просмотрs

Astana passed technical qualification at Africa Race

Astana passed technical qualification at Africa Race

Kazakhstan’s Astana team has passed the technical qualification before the Sonangol Africa Eco Race held in Saint-Cyprien, France. December 29 2012, 09:52 2 463 просмотрs

Putin signs U.S. adoption ban

Putin signs U.S. adoption ban

Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed into a law a measure that will prevent Americans from adopting Russian children. December 28 2012, 17:40 1 665 просмотрs

Kazakhstan Approves Afghanistan Cargo Transit

Kazakhstan Approves Afghanistan Cargo Transit

Kazakhstan’s parliament has agreed to allow French aircraft carrying military cargo and personnel out of Afghanistan to land at an airport in south Kazakhstan. December 27 2012, 17:50 1 641 просмотрs

Senate ratifies protocol on devolving forest ownership in Antalya to Kazakhstan

Senate ratifies protocol on devolving forest ownership in Antalya to Kazakhstan

Kazakh Senate approved the Law "On ratification of the protocol between the governments of Kazakhstan and Turkey on amendments to the protocol between Kazakhstan and Turkey on transfer of property in Kemer district of Antalya province into Kazakhstan ownership of 13 December 1993" at a plenary sitting on Thursday. December 27 2012, 13:01 1 492 просмотрs

World's longest high-speed rail line opens in China

World's longest high-speed rail line opens in China

China claimed to have beaten another record on Wednesday, December 26, launching the world's longest high-speed rail link between Beijing and Guangzhou. December 26 2012, 19:50 1 508 просмотрs

In Xmas mass, Holy Land patriarch urges peace efforts

In Xmas mass, Holy Land patriarch urges peace efforts

BETHLEHEM, Palestinian Territories: Addressing the faithful in his Christmas Eve midnight mass in Bethlehem on Tuesday, Latin Patriarch Fuad Twal urged "men of good will" to seek peace amid "the sufferings in the Middle East." December 25 2012, 20:49 1 516 просмотрs