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Two students of Nazarbayev Intellectual School among world's best in Mathematics Two students from Nazarbayev Intellectual School of Semey city in eastern Kazakhstan Oblast have been acknowledged the world's best in Mathematics based on their SAT test results.

24 January 2014

No health shield from vitamin D pills: study Vitamin D supplements have no significant effect on preventing heart attack, stroke, cancer or bone fractures.

24 January 2014

Grace church pastor on trial for extremism in Astana Grace church pastor Bakhytzhan Kashkumbayev charged by Kazakhstan authorities with extremism has had his first hearing in Astana.

23 January 2014

Azeri gay rights leader commits suicide A leading Azerbaijani gays rights activist killed himself after writing in an online suicide note that he could not go on living in "this country and this world".

23 January 2014

HK tycoon doubles bounty to marry off gay daughter A Hong Kong tycoon may double a "marriage bounty" to find a male suitor for his gay daughter to US$130 million, despite his initial offer attracting 20,000 candidates.

23 January 2014

Texting while walking impairs stride, poses risks: study Texting while walking impairs a person's ability to follow a straight line and keep a normal pace, and may pose risks to pedestrians according to a study out.

23 January 2014

Top chefs bring ready meals to NYC elderly Shivering in Arctic temperatures and reeling from a brutal winter snowstorm, elderly New Yorkers got the surprise of their lives when five top chefs suddenly appeared with meals on wheels.

23 January 2014

Brain-dead Texas woman's fetus 'abnormal,' lawyers say The fetus being carried by a pregnant American woman already declared brain dead is "distinctly abnormal".

23 January 2014

Vienna's old cinemas tap retro charm to survive Buy your ticket to an art house movie, order a glass of wine and kick back on century-old seats: Vienna's half a dozen old picture houses still draw crowds with their retro charm.

22 January 2014

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Winners of Juste Debout Kazakhstan qualifiers announced The Juste Debout qualifiers were held in Kazakhstan for the first time.

22 January 2014

Update: Rebellious teens from Stonyhurst College found in run down apartment The rebellious teenagers Indira Gainieva and her boyfriend Edward Bunyan were found by the police of the Dominican Republic.

22 January 2014

Beijing's 'rat tribe' scurry from high costs underground Near Beijing's $600 million Olympic stadium, migrant worker Ye Yiwen, her husband and two children cram into a tiny underground room, sheltering from the Chinese capital's biting winter and soaring property prices.

22 January 2014

Thai teen pregnancy on the rise as sex education misses the young Days away from giving birth and living apart from her family, 16-year-old Ying is one of a growing number of Thai teenagers to fall pregnant every year in a country where sex education is focused on the married.

22 January 2014

Spain blind association puts disabled to work After completing high school, 46-year-old Spaniard Ricardo Velesar struggled to hold down a job as a degenerative eye disease slowly robbed him of his sight.

22 January 2014

Australia to go ahead with shark 'kill' zones A controversial policy to catch and kill sharks off popular west coast beaches got the green light in Australia, in a move the Humane Society Tuesday termed a "complete disgrace".

22 January 2014

Transplantology pushes forward in Kazakhstan, so as organ donorship The public opinion in Kazakhstan has been changing towards becoming more positive about transplantations from deceased donors.

21 January 2014

Schiaparelli makes whimsical couture comeback in Paris Sixty years after Elsa Schiaparelli's last runway show, the house on Monday made a highly-awaited comeback with an elegant collection studded with whimsy, in a nod to the Italian fashion legend.

21 January 2014

Vietnam reports first bird flu death in nine months Vietnam has recorded its first death from bird flu in nine months, according to the country's Health Ministry, amid growing regional concerns over a potential resurgence of the deadly virus.

21 January 2014

Czech billionaire sets aside business for power politics The Czech Republic's second richest man whose fledgling party came in second in parliamentary elections, Andrej Babis, said Monday he is setting aside his business portfolio to take up a political one, as finance minister.

21 January 2014