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No foreign and even no Russian singers will participate in the concerts dedicated to the Astana Day this year.
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Within three years Kazakhstan’s universities will have the authority to decide what academic programs and courses they’ll offer. This autonomy will help the universities respond better to changing student, employer and society demands for skills, according to speakers at the Second Annual Eurasian Higher Education Leaders Forum at Nazarbayev University.
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He and Marzhan had been comfortable from the start precisely because she was a modern Kazakh girl. She wasn’t worldly or wild, but she enjoyed many of the things he did – listening to live music, dancing, having a drink or two. And she liked to be fashionable. Ben loved her taste in clothes – chic but elegant. So the words “I want a burkha” chilled him like a snowstorm roaring down on Astana from Siberia in mid-January.
Equaling retirement age is reasonable only if men start giving birth: head of Halyk Bank
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Urker band frontman appointed UNHCR goodwill ambassador in Kazakhstan
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At least 50 plots foiled by US spy programs: NSA chief
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Russell Brand told Katy Perry of divorce via text message
British comic Russell Brand told Katy Perry he was divorcing her by text message, the US pop star said in a new magazine interview, adding that she hasn't heard from him since.
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A woman dragged under car in Almaty
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Cycling: Three Astana team racers injured before Tour de France
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- Namgar soundcheck at The Spirit of Tengri fest leaves no one indifferent
A stage has been erected for The Spirit of Tengri festival in front of Mega Alma-Ata mall. As the bands were sound checking for the June 8 concert passersby stopped to listen and some of them even danced.
12 bands from Eurasian continent will perform at the festival of contemporary ethnic music today at 7 p.m. Entry is free of charge.
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