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New Zealand set to legalise gay marriage New Zealand is poised to become the first Asia-Pacific nation to legalise same-sex marriage in a parliamentary vote that gay rights advocates on Tuesday hailed as a milestone for equality.

16 April 2013

Battle lines drawn as US Senate readies gun debate The most significant US Senate debate on gun laws in 20 years starts Tuesday with the chamber introducing a bipartisan compromise on background checks.

16 April 2013

National Intelligence Service to make sure Bolashak scholarship holders return to Kazakhstan to work off the state expenses Bolashak state-run program seeks to provide an opportunity for the most talented students from Kazakhstan to gain higher education at the best universities overseas.

16 April 2013

Hong Kong transsexual woman in last fight to wed boyfriend Hong Kong's highest court on Monday began hearing the final appeal of a transsexual woman who is seeking to wed her boyfriend, in a potentially groundbreaking case for the Chinese city.

15 April 2013

US Republicans oppose gay marriage, in Hollywood US Republicans reaffirmed their opposition to gay marriage Friday, as they closed a three-day meeting vowing to reach out to liberals, symbolically in the lion's den of liberal Hollywood.

14 April 2013

Uruguay approves same-sex marriage Uruguay's legislature voted Wednesday to allow same-sex marriages nationwide, making it only the second Latin American country to do so.

12 April 2013

US senators reach deal on gun-sale background checks Senators struck a hard-fought compromise Wednesday that could expand US background checks to all commercial firearms sales, which may result in the most ambitious change to gun laws since 1994.

11 April 2013

Obama slams Republicans for gun reform 'stunts' President Barack Obama accused Republicans of stooping to political stunts Monday to block gun reform, in a fervent appeal delivered close to the site of the Newtown school massacre.

09 April 2013

Every second Almaty cafe violates shisha law Almaty's bars and restaurants were checked for observance of the shisha-banning law.

09 April 2013

TENGRI LIFE

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Obama more optimistic on immigration than gun control US President Barack Obama said Thursday he was more upbeat about the prospects of immigration reform making it through Congress than tougher gun control legislation.

05 April 2013

Connecticut senate backs toughest US gun law Senate legislators in Connecticut, where a gunman massacred 20 small children and six adults in December, passed the toughest US law on owning military-style rifles.

04 April 2013

First Kazakhstan autobahn to get toll in 1 month First Kazakhstan 6-lane autobahn Astana-Borovoye will become a toll road starting from May 1, 2013.

04 April 2013

France says 75% tax will apply to footballers France said Tuesday that a new 75 percent tax rate on upper incomes would apply to top football players despite claims from clubs that they would be exempt.

04 April 2013

Quotas on foreign workers at reconstruction of Atyrau oil refinery approved Kazakhstan government approved the quotas for attraction of the foreign labor for the priority project on reconstruction and modernization of Atyrau oil refinery.

03 April 2013

UN adopts global treaty on weapons trade The UN General Assembly on Tuesday passed the first treaty regulating the conventional arms trade in an attempt to bring transparency and protection of human rights to the often murky industry.

03 April 2013

Retirement reform picking up in Kazakhstan A special attention is given to employees working in tough and hazardous conditions; their employers will allocated extra 5% into their pension funds.

02 April 2013

US visa day sparks new debate on tech workers As the US government opened up visa applications Monday for highly skilled immigrants, debate flared anew on the tech sector's demands to be able to hire more foreign workers.

02 April 2013

US criticizes EU restrictions on wine labels The United States on Monday criticized the European Union's restrictions on wine labeling, saying they hinder US wine exports to the 27-nation bloc.

02 April 2013

UN General Assembly set to adopt arms treaty The UN General Assembly is expected to adopt the first global treaty on the conventional arms trade Tuesday after the 193 member states failed to reach consensus on it last week.

02 April 2013