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Saudi Aramco to invest $35 billion in oil production

Saudi Aramco to invest $35 billion in oil production

Saudi Aramco aims to maintain a steady oil production capacity and plans to invest $35 billion over the next five years in projects, the oil giant’s CEO said in an interview on Tuesday. He added that it is important to preserve the spare oil production capacity in order to protect world’s economy. October 18 2012, 15:55 1 722 просмотрs

Soros to Obama’s rescue

Soros to Obama’s rescue

Alarmed at the very real prospect of Mitt Romney becoming the 45th president of the United States, radical philanthropist George Soros has forsaken his oft-repeated vow to quit electoral politics. After Mr. Romney pulled roughly even with President Obama in national polling late last month, the pre-eminent funder of the left committed to plunking down an extra $1.5 million on re-electing Mr. Obama and helping congressional Democrats. October 17 2012, 20:51 1 557 просмотрs

Kazakh-US Energy Partnership Convenes In Washington

Kazakh-US Energy Partnership Convenes In Washington

The 9th meeting of the joint Kazakh-US energy partnership commission chaired by Kazakh Oil and Gas Minister Sauat Mynbayev and US Deputy Secretary of Energy Daniel Poneman has started its work today in Washington, DC, reports kazakhstanlive.com. October 17 2012, 10:09 1 546 просмотрs

Monet and Picasso among art theft

Monet and Picasso among art theft

AMSTERDAM. October 17. Paintings by artists including Picasso, Matisse, Monet, Gauguin and Freud have been stolen from a museum in Rotterdam. October 17 2012, 09:35 1 639 просмотрs

Turkey closes airspace to Syrian civilian flights after similar move by Damascus

Turkey closes airspace to Syrian civilian flights after similar move by Damascus

Ankara has placed a ban on Syrian Airlines flying into Turkish airspace, after a diplomatic row that began when Turkey seized cargo from a Syrian civilian plane it forced to land in Ankara. Earlier, Damascus closed its airspace to Turkish airlines. October 15 2012, 10:05 1 871 просмотрs

Maxim Bakiev, Kyrgyz ex-leader's son, released on bail until December

Maxim Bakiev, Kyrgyz ex-leader's son, released on bail until December

Scotland Yard has arrested the son of the ousted former president of Kyrgyzstan in London. Businessman Maksim Bakiyev, 34, faces extradition to the US on charges of conspiracy to defraud and perverting the course of justice. Mr Bakiyev appeared at Westminster Magistrates Court on Friday and was released on bail until Dec. 7, independent.co.uk. reports on Sunday. The amount of the bail is unknown. October 15 2012, 10:23 2 026 просмотрs

Nazarbayev invites major Turkish investors to Kazakhstan

Nazarbayev invites major Turkish investors to Kazakhstan

During the Istanbul Kazakh-Turkish business forum President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev invited major Turkish investors in Kazakhstan. October 13 2012, 14:42 1 546 просмотрs

Kyrgyzstan says ousted leader's son arrested in London

Kyrgyzstan says ousted leader's son arrested in London

Maxim Bakiyev, son of Kyrgyzstan's fugitive former president, was arrested in London on Friday at the request of Kyrgyzstan and the United States, which want him "for grave crimes", the Kyrgyz president's office said. October 13 2012, 02:50 1 699 просмотрs

Taliban gunman shoots teen advocate of educating girls

Taliban gunman shoots teen advocate of educating girls

A 14-year-old Pakistani activist who has championed the education of girls was shot Tuesday by a Taliban gunman while she was riding home from school in a bus, reports www.usatoday.com. October 13 2012, 01:49 2 036 просмотрs

EU wins Nobel Peace Prize

EU wins Nobel Peace Prize

The 2012 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded on Friday to the European Union for the advancement of "peace, democracy and human rights in Europe." October 12 2012, 17:33 2 319 просмотрs

2012 Nobel Prize: Literature, Mo Yan

2012 Nobel Prize: Literature, Mo Yan

Mo Yan's Nobel Prize in literature appears to be a nod to the hungry literary tastes in modern China and could help spark more freedom, activists say. October 12 2012, 14:41 3 547 просмотрs

Turkey Says Jet Held Military Gear

Turkey Says Jet Held Military Gear

On board of the Syrian passenger plane forced to land in Ankara there were 12 boxes with technical elements for air defense system radio detection stations. This was reported on October 12 by the Russian newspaper Kommersant, referring to its own sources. October 12 2012, 12:49 1 406 просмотрs

Nigeria oil spills: Dutch case against Shell to begin

Nigeria oil spills: Dutch case against Shell to begin

Oil giant Shell is due to appear in a Dutch court to face charges of polluting Nigerian villages in the Niger Delta region. October 11 2012, 15:34 1 532 просмотрs

Syrian plane had illegal cargo

Syrian plane had illegal cargo

Turkish officials have accused a Syrian passenger plane of carrying "illegal cargo" between Moscow and Damascus. October 11 2012, 15:25 1 509 просмотрs

IMF chief: Global economy under 'veil of uncertainty'

IMF chief: Global economy under 'veil of uncertainty'

The global economy is under a "veil of uncertainty" as economic issues grip the U.S., eurozone and developing markets such as China, the head of the International Monetary Fund said Thursday in Japan. October 11 2012, 15:03 2 497 просмотрs

Pussy Riot case: One defendant freed

Pussy Riot case: One defendant freed

A Moscow court has freed one of the convicted women from the punk band Pussy Riot but upheld two-year jail terms for the other two. October 10 2012, 19:28 2 261 просмотрs

U.S. says Kazakh verdict silences opposition

U.S. says Kazakh verdict silences opposition

ALMATY, Oct 9 (Reuters) - The United States on Tuesday accused Kazakhstan of using its justice system to "silence opposition voices" after a prominent critic of President Nursultan Nazarbayev was jailed for inciting violence. October 10 2012, 10:14 2 968 просмотрs

Physics Nobel goes to Serge Haroche and David Wineland

Physics Nobel goes to Serge Haroche and David Wineland

This year's Nobel prize in physics has been awarded to two researchers for their work with light and matter at the most fundamental level. Serge Haroche of France and David Wineland of the US will share the prize, worth 8m Swedish kronor (£750,000; $1.2m). October 10 2012, 09:54 1 699 просмотрs

Russia to shut down UNICEF office by yearend

Russia to shut down UNICEF office by yearend

"Due to growing economic and donor potential of the Russia, the government made a decision in September 2009 to gradually close offices of the UN funds and programs in Russia and turn these relations into equally and mutually beneficial partnership," the Russian Foreign Ministry said, Xinhua reports. October 10 2012, 09:49 3 272 просмотрs

N. Nazarbayev arrived to the Russian Federation with working visit

N. Nazarbayev arrived to the Russian Federation with working visit

The president of the Republic of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev arrived with working visit to the Russian Federation, Akorda press service reports. October 9 2012, 09:38 2 880 просмотрs

2012 Nobel Prize for Medicine

2012 Nobel Prize for Medicine

Cell biologists Shinya Yamanaka of Japan and Briton John B. Gurdon have been jointly awarded the 2012 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine. October 8 2012, 15:32 1 752 просмотрs

Afghanistan's government 'could collapse' after 2014

Afghanistan's government 'could collapse' after 2014

A new report on Afghanistan warns that the departure of NATO forces in 2014 could be followed by the government's collapse and even civil war, unless steps are taken now. October 8 2012, 15:20 2 394 просмотрs

Australia's state workers defy order and down tools

Australia's state workers defy order and down tools

More than 40,000 New South Wales public servants have walked off the job and at least 2,000 have rallied at the Town Hall in Sydney over public sector cuts. October 8 2012, 14:41 1 416 просмотрs

Venezuela presidential elections: Hugo Chavez wins another six-year term

Venezuela presidential elections: Hugo Chavez wins another six-year term

CARACAS: Venezuela's Hugo Chavez shrugged off cancer and a unified opposition on Sunday to triumph yet again at the ballot box and win another six-year mandate to pursue his oil-funded socialist revolution. October 8 2012, 10:27 1 666 просмотрs

Australia scientists tackle reef-killing starfish

Australia scientists tackle reef-killing starfish

An Australian research team said Monday they have found an effective way to kill the destructive crown-of-thorns starfish, which is devastating coral reefs across the Pacific and Indian oceans, AFP reports. October 8 2012, 11:14 1 691 просмотрs