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Exxon may take over as Kashagan operator

U.S. oil major Exxon Mobil is in line to take over as operator of the giant Kashagan field in an attempt to fix the beleaguered $50 billion project offshore Kazakhstan, industry publication Nefte Compass reported on Friday. June 6 2014, 17:17 2 539 views

Crime

Police car chase through the streest of Atyrau

Video recording of a pursuit during which several crews of traffic police try to stop Niva car in the streets of Atyrau have been sent by our reader. June 6 2014, 17:05 4 619 views

Kazakhstan News

Summer frosts in some parts of Kazakhstan

A drop in the temperature to the freezing point is expected in some areas of Kazakhstan this June, tengrinews reports citing the national weather service Kazhydromet. June 6 2014, 10:51 2 363 views

World News

Wearing disguise, Boko Haram slaughters hundreds

When men wearing military fatigues and carrying weapons showed up in pickup trucks, villagers thought Nigerian soldiers had finally come to protect them from Boko Haram, yahoonews.com reports. June 6 2014, 15:34 2 337 views

World News

Mounties: Suspect in Canada shooting arrested

A man suspected in the shooting deaths of three Royal Canadian Mounted Police and the wounding of two others in a rare case of gun violence in eastern Canada was arrested early Friday, police said, yahoonews.com reports. June 6 2014, 15:18 2 652 views

Kazakhstan News

EBRD President to pay working visit to Kazakhstan

EBRD President Sir Suma Chakrabarti will discuss a new initiative to raise investment in Kazakhstan and drive forward reform in the investment climate when he visits the country from 9-13 June 2014, ebrd.com reports. June 6 2014, 13:13 3 326 views

World News

Russia’s Ambassador to Ukraine to Attend Poroshenko Inauguration – Moscow

Russian ambassador to Kiev Mikhail Zurabov is to attend the inauguration of Petro Poroshenko as Ukrainian president, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Alexander Lukashevich told reporters Thursday, ria. ru reports. June 6 2014, 12:54 2 596 views

World News

Egypt brings in new sexual harassment laws

Egypt has introduced new punishments for sexual harassment in an effort to crack down on the worsening problem, bbc.com reported. June 6 2014, 12:27 2 444 views

World News

Ukraine crisis: Russia must engage with Kiev, says G7

Leaders of the G7 industrial nations have urged Russia to begin talks with the new leadership in Kiev to end the crisis in eastern Ukraine, bbc.com reports. June 6 2014, 11:30 3 121 views

World News

D-Day 70th anniversary: World leaders gather for ceremony

World leaders are joining hundreds of veterans in Normandy to mark the 70th anniversary of the D-Day landings, bbc.com reports. June 6 2014, 11:25 3 040 views

World News

Bergdahl declared jihad in captivity, secret documents show

U.S. Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl at one point during his captivity converted to Islam, fraternized openly with his captors and declared himself a "mujahid," or warrior for Islam, according to secret documents prepared on the basis of a purported eyewitness account and obtained by fox news. June 6 2014, 11:12 4 229 views

Society

Road repairs on June 6

On June 6, in Atyrau the following roads will be closed for repairs: June 6 2014, 09:46 3 500 views

Kazakhstan News

Former son-in-law of Kazakh leader arrested in Austria

Rakhat Aliyev, the erstwhile son-in-law of Kazakhstan's President, who was convicted at Kazakhstan for kidnapping, was arrested in Vienna on Thursday evening, RIA Novosti reports with the reference to the Austrian media. June 6 2014, 09:34 4 070 views

World News

Veterans reunite as they arrive in Normandy for 70th anniversary of D-Day

They stood to attention as straight as their creaking backs would allow and saluted briskly as a lone bugler high up on the old Pegasus Bridge played the Last Post. A minute's silence followed; the men bowed their heads, dabbed their eyes and remembered the fallen, theguardian.com reports. June 5 2014, 19:03 3 455 views

Kazakhstan News

Construction of 29 new water reservoirs to fight land degradation, water deficiency – Environmental Minister

Twenty-nine new water reservoirs will be built in Kazakhstan, Minister of Environment and Water Resources Nurlan Kapparov said at the media briefing on Wednesday, azh.kz reports. June 5 2014, 18:45 3 237 views

Kazakhstan News

Kazakh President calls on Turkic nations to use Silk Road potential effectively

President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev calls on the Turkic-speaking nations to revive and use potential of the Great Silk Road effectively. June 5 2014, 18:28 2 725 views

Kazakhstan News

National Bank prohibits 2 Kazakhstan-based banks to conduct foreign currency exchanges for 1 month

The National Bank of Kazakhstan has suspended the licenses of the Housing Construction Savings Bank of Kazakhstan (ZhilStroiSberBank) and the Capital Bank Kazakhstan for one month.  June 5 2014, 18:11 4 191 views

Ecology

27 tons of fish seized from Atyrau poachers

Since the beginning of "Bekre - 2014" campaign, aimed at combating poaching, 27 tons of illegally caught fish has been seized, inform.kz reports. June 5 2014, 17:49 10 961 views

Kazakhstan News

Taraz student saves her Mom's life by donating part of her liver

The student girl from Taraz, the southern city in Kazakhstan, saved her Mother's life. She gave part of her liver, so that it could be transplanted to her dying Mother. June 5 2014, 17:15 3 181 views

Kazakhstan News

Japanese scientists arrive in Kazakhstan to build nuclear power plants

Japanese scientists have arrived in the town of Kurchatov, East Kazakhstan, where it is planned to build nuclear power plants, inform.kz reports. June 5 2014, 16:58 3 522 views

World News

Around 4,000 Refugees Flee from Ukraine to Russia – Medvedev

Russia has already received around 4,000 Ukrainian refugees as Kiev turned a blind eye to the looming humanitarian crisis in the violence-hit east, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said Thursday, ria.ru reports. June 5 2014, 16:24 3 180 views

World News

Bashar al-Assad wins re-election in Syria as uprising against him rages on

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has been re-elected in a landslide, officials said on Wednesday, capturing another seven-year term in the middle of a bloody three-year-old uprising against his rule that has devastated the country, theguardian.com reports. June 5 2014, 16:17 2 568 views

Kazakhstan News

Financial Police of Kazakhstan closes 600 illegal casinos

The Financial Police of Kazakhstan has closed over 600 illegal casinos operating in Kazakhstan since 2013, said Deputy Chairman of the Agency for Combating Economic Crimes and Corruption Marat Akhmetzhanov, ca-news.org reports. June 5 2014, 16:09 2 206 views

Kazakhstan News

Senate adopts Criminal Executive Code of Kazakhstan

The Senate of Kazakhstan's Parliament approved in the second reading the draft Criminal Executive Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the official media reported Thursday.  June 5 2014, 14:53 2 322 views

World News

G7 leaders warn Russia of fresh sanctions over Ukraine

Leaders of the G7 industrial nations meeting in Brussels say they are prepared to impose further sanctions on Russia over its actions in Ukraine. June 5 2014, 12:57 2 576 views