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Kazakhstan and EU discuss strengthening of trade and economic relations

Kazakhstan and EU discuss strengthening of trade and economic relations

Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev and Vice-President of the European Commission and EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Catherine Ashton discussed strengthening of trade and economic relations in Astana on Friday, the Kazakh presidential press-service reported today. December 1 2012, 17:46 2 390 views

UN General Assembly grants upgraded status for Palestine

UN General Assembly grants upgraded status for Palestine

UNITED NATIONS, Nov. 29 The United Nations General Assembly on Thursday voted overwhelmingly to grant an upgrade of Palestine's status from "entity" to "non-member state", which is an implicit and symbolic recognition of Palestine's statehood at the UN. November 30 2012, 13:35 2 867 views

Hijab first in British parliament

Hijab first in British parliament

A 16-year-old girl is thought to have become the first person to speak from the House of Commons dispatch box in the British parliament while wearing a hijab, The Times newspaper reported yesterday. November 27 2012, 17:29 3 218 views

US Under Secretary for Political Affairs Wendy R. Sherman Travel to Astana

US Under Secretary for Political Affairs Wendy R. Sherman Travel to Astana

Under Secretary for Political Affairs Wendy R. Sherman is traveling to New Delhi, Astana, and Bishkek beginning November 24, 2012. November 26 2012, 14:56 3 691 views

David Cameron: We must push in 'global trade race'

David Cameron: We must push in 'global trade race'

David Cameron has promised to improve the UK's position in the "global race" by increasing connections with "the fastest-growing parts of the world". November 26 2012, 14:52 2 669 views

Court rules against Ablyazov in $2bn suit

Court rules against Ablyazov in $2bn suit

The High Court on Friday entered judgment against a Kazakh businessman relating to two civil lawsuits worth $2bn. November 24 2012, 12:29 3 088 views

Scandal-hit BBC appoints new director general

Scandal-hit BBC appoints new director general

Tony Hall, the chief executive of the Royal Opera House and the BBC's former director of news, has been appointed the corporation's new director-general, the BBC announced Thursday. November 23 2012, 00:43 2 515 views

Astana to host EXPO 2017

Astana to host EXPO 2017

Paris: On 22 November 2012, the Bureau International des Expositions voted to select Astana as the host of Expo 2017. It will be Kazakhstan's first world's fair as well as the first in Central Asia. November 22 2012, 23:54 3 908 views

The world won't end next month, Maya experts insist

The world won't end next month, Maya experts insist

Relax doomsayers, the Maya people did not really mark their calendar for the end of the world on December 21, 2012, AFP reports. November 22 2012, 14:56 2 921 views

Sarkozy summoned by French judges in election corruption enquiry

Sarkozy summoned by French judges in election corruption enquiry

Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy was summoned Thursday by investigating magistrates as part of a probe into illegal financing of his successful election campaign in 2007, judicial and media sources said. November 22 2012, 14:49 4 546 views

Tajikistan set acceptable beard length

Tajikistan set acceptable beard length

Council of Ulemas of Tajikistan established standards for wearing beards for males and style of clothes for females, reports Islamnews.tj. November 21 2012, 09:48 3 464 views

21st ASEAN Summit in Phnom Penh - “One Community, One Destiny”

21st ASEAN Summit in Phnom Penh - “One Community, One Destiny”

The 21st Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit "One Community, One Destiny".opened in Phnom Penh Sunday, bringing together leaders from 10 ASEAN member countries, as well as the leaders from the United States, China, Japan, Russia, India, Australia and New Zealand, chinadayli.com reports. November 20 2012, 15:52 2 868 views

Israel Sends Hamas 36-Hour Ultimatum

Israel Sends Hamas 36-Hour Ultimatum

Diplomatic message to Egypt: Hamas terrorism must cease by Tuesday evening or we step up attack. November 19 2012, 15:34 2 538 views

Rocket targets Jerusalem as Israel mobilizes

Rocket targets Jerusalem as Israel mobilizes

Israeli ministers were yesterday asked to endorse the call-up of up to 75,000 reservists after Palestinian militants nearly hit Jerusalem with a rocket for the first time in decades and fired at Tel Aviv for a second day. November 17 2012, 10:18 2 850 views

Cease-fire fails as Egypt's prime minister visit Gaza

Cease-fire fails as Egypt's prime minister visit Gaza

Egypt tried to open a tiny window to emergency peace diplomacy in Gaza on Friday, but hopes for even a brief ceasefire while its prime minister was inside the bombarded enclave to talk to leaders of the Islamist Hamas movement were immediately dashed, reported Reuters on Friday. November 17 2012, 18:50 2 350 views

BP says it will pay $4.5 billion in settlement with US government over massive oil spill

BP says it will pay $4.5 billion in settlement with US government over massive oil spill

BP said Thursday that it will pay $4.5 billion in a settlement with the U.S. government over the disastrous 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico and plead guilty to criminal charges related to the deaths of 11 workers and lying to Congress. November 16 2012, 09:53 2 722 views

Central Asia oil economies bucking global slowdown: IMF

Central Asia oil economies bucking global slowdown: IMF

ALMATY (REUTERS) - Oil- and gas-exporting countries in Central Asia should take advantage of growth of around 5.5 per cent this year and next to invest in developing other industries, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said on Monday. November 16 2012, 09:20 2 751 views

OPEC ministers support keeping oil prices above $100 per barrel

OPEC ministers support keeping oil prices above $100 per barrel

Opec ministers who gathered at the Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Exhibition and Conference (Adipec) came out yesterday in support of keeping oil prices above $100 a barrel says The National November 16 2012, 09:14 2 986 views

Mongolia Marks 850th Birthday Of Genghis Khan

Mongolia Marks 850th Birthday Of Genghis Khan

Mongolians marked the 850th anniversary of the birth of Genghis Khan. It's the first time in Mongolia's modern history that the birthday of the Mongol Empire's founder has been celebrated on a national level. November 15 2012, 18:41 3 050 views

US to oppose Russia's intervening in Trans-Caspian pipeline project

US to oppose Russia's intervening in Trans-Caspian pipeline project

L. Tracey, the representative of American administration, warned Russia that Washington will not allow Moscow to intervene in the completion of Trans-Caspian pipeline project November 15 2012, 16:31 2 694 views

After months of mystery, China unveils new top leaders

After months of mystery, China unveils new top leaders

China on Thursday unveiled the elite group of leaders who will set the agenda for the country for the next decade, the culmination of months of secretive bargaining and a carefully choreographed performance of political pomp. November 15 2012, 15:11 2 874 views

US House of Representatives to approve Jackson-Vanik, Magnitsky bill

US House of Representatives to approve Jackson-Vanik, Magnitsky bill

A Committee on Rules of the US House of Representatives of the US Congress has recommended adopting a bill to repeal the Jackson-Vanik amendment and the Magnitsky Law. November 14 2012, 15:29 3 369 views

China unveils new leadership; Xi, Li elected as members of CPC central committee

China unveils new leadership; Xi, Li elected as members of CPC central committee

Beijing: China's ruling Communist Party Wednesday unveiled a new generation of younger leadership, including Xi Jinping and Li Keqiang, as members of the key Central Committee to lead the world's largest political party and the second largest economy in the next decade. November 14 2012, 14:12 2 849 views

The White House to consider independence petition of Texas

The White House to consider independence petition of Texas

Washington will have to review the online petition about secession of Texas and Louisiana from the United States. Within the We The People program launched in 2011, the administration of Barack Obama is obliged to respond to any public initiatives that gather over 25,000 signatures in thirty days. And the two separatist petitions now fully comply with the requirement. November 13 2012, 17:17 2 898 views

Kazakhstan elected to UN Council on Human Rights

Kazakhstan elected to UN Council on Human Rights

Kazakhstan has been elected as member of the UN Council on Human Rights during the 67th session of the UN General Assembly in New York, the press service of the MFA reported yesterday. November 13 2012, 10:54 2 893 views