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Cutting or damaging conifer trees punishable by law in Kazakhstan Cutting of 7 or more conifer trees in Kazakhstan is a criminal offense in Kazakhstan.

28 November 2013

UN women's rights resolution passed despite backlash A UN General Assembly committee has agreed a landmark first resolution on women's rights defenders such as Malala Yousafzai, despite a hard fought campaign by an alliance including the Vatican to weaken the measure.

28 November 2013

Kazakhstan introduces Labor Day Kazakhstan is introducing a new holiday -- the Labor Day.

27 November 2013

New tariffs set for KazTransOil pipeline oil pumping Kazakhstan Agency for Regulation of Natural Monopolies (Anti-Monopoly Agency) has approved new tariffs on oil pumping through the KazTransOil pipeline.

27 November 2013

Kazakhstan to streamline labor migration Among other things, the amendments prohibit Kazakhstan’s citizens to employ more than 5 labor migrants as household personnel.

27 November 2013

Nazarbayev ratifies treaty with China on transfer of convicted Kazakhstanis President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev has ratified the treaty with China on transferring Kazakhstani convicts to Kazakhstan.

25 November 2013

Venezuelan president tries out new emergency powers Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro exercised new emergency powers for the first time Thursday, signing decrees limiting business profit margins and tightening regulation of imports.

22 November 2013

New York City raises legal age for cigarettes to 21 A New York City law banning cigarette sales to people under 21 was signed by Mayor Michael Bloomberg on Tuesday, the latest move in the Big Apple's war on smoking.

20 November 2013

US top court won't block restrictive Texas abortion law The US Supreme Court Tuesday refused to block a law that restricts women's access to abortions in the southern state of Texas.

20 November 2013

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Obama implores supporters for help on health law crisis President Barack Obama delved into his grass-roots organizing past Monday, appealing to his most faithful supporters to help him out of the political maelstrom over the botched rollout of his health care law.

19 November 2013

China's reform pledges: the main points China's Communist Party leaders this week emerged from a closed-door meeting in Beijing bearing a raft of promises on issues from the controversial one-child policy to the scope of the death penalty.

17 November 2013

British medics could face jail for patient neglect British doctors and nurses who neglect their patients could be jailed under government proposals announced Saturday, in the wake of a scandal at a hospital where hundreds died after receiving appalling care.

17 November 2013

Nazarbayev authorizes Kazakhstan's extradition treaty with Italy Kazakhstan President Nazarbayev has authorized General Prosecutor of Kazakhstan Askрat Daulbayev to sign the extradition treaty with Italy.

16 November 2013

Criminal liability for defamation and slander may be lifted in Kazakhstan Criminal liability for defamation and slander may soon be lifted in Kazakhstan.

16 November 2013

Penal Reform International to change lives of prisoners in Kazakhstan Penal Reform International will change the lives of prisoners in Kazakhstan, helping the country in its effort to humanize the penal system.

16 November 2013

Turkish parliament lifts ban on women lawmakers wearing trousers Turkish parliament has lifted a ban on women lawmakers wearing trousers in the assembly, shortly after a major government reform allowed them to don Islamic headscarves.

15 November 2013

Drunk driving fine to make 1 million tenge in Kazakhstan The fine for driving drunk will be increased to 1 million tenge ($6,530) in Kazakhstan.

14 November 2013

EU follows US in allowing portable electronics in-flight The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) said Wednesday it will allow passengers to use a range of mobile electronic devices in flight with very few restrictions.

14 November 2013

40 subsurface use contracts to be terminated in Kazakhstan Around 40 contracts on subsurface use will be terminated in Kazakhstan by the end of the year.

12 November 2013