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UN inquiry chief left in tears by N. Korea brutality The head of a UN inquiry into North Korea rights abuses told Tuesday how he had been reduced to tears by witness accounts of people who fled the hardline state.

30 October 2013

Ancient past challenges modern teaching in 'cradle of mankind' In Kenya's national museum, wide-eyed school children gaze at blackened skeletons of long gone ancestors, 1.5 million-year-old remains that provide key lessons today for modern teachers of mankind's origin.

30 October 2013

Astana model wins place in Miss Bikini at Miss Tourism Kazakhstan model Kamila Temirova from Astana won the 3rd place in the Miss Bikini nomination at the Miss Tourism Queen International 2013 beauty pageant in China.

30 October 2013

Kazakhstan pushes ban on Caspian sturgeon fishing Kazakhstan insists that all the pre-Caspian states introduce a ban on catching sturgeons in the Caspian Sea.

30 October 2013

Kazakhstan designer short-listed for International Design Awards Designs of 25-y.o. Victoria Yurchenko from Almaty have been short-listed for the International Design Awards-2013.

30 October 2013

Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Germany to cooperate in snow leopards protection The joint project of Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan Transborder Cooperation in the Biodiversity Conservation of Northern Tian Shan Mountains has been presented at the world forum for snow leopard conservation.

29 October 2013

Beeline says Interior Ministry jams signal in Aktau A Beeline representative tweeted that the Kazakhstan Interior Ministry had been activating jamming equipment in Aktau.

29 October 2013

Gym not for you? Easy home tasks also help heart: study Mowing the lawn or washing the car are among simple activities that can reduce the risk of heart attack or stroke by almost 30 percent in people over 60.

29 October 2013

Churchill's London bunker welcomes wannabe WWII spies Deep in the bowels of London's Churchill War Rooms, shadowy figures are learning how to defuse bombs, crack codes and rooting out hidden microphones.

28 October 2013

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'Lost world' discovered in remote Australia An expedition to a remote part of northern Australia has uncovered three new vertebrate species isolated for millions of years..

28 October 2013

High-security isolation for South Korea's exam-setters Every October, hundreds of South Korean teachers and professors are sequestered -- like jurors in a mafia trial -- in a secret, guarded compound: prisoners of their country's obsession with education.

28 October 2013

Beyonce's Grammy dress presented at Kazakhstan Fashion Week Greek designer Vrettos Vrettakos presented the dress, ordered by the famous American R’n’B singer Beyonce for the Grammy Awards, at the Kazakhstan Fashion Week.

27 October 2013

Malaysia bans Ke$ha concert over religious fears US pop singer Ke$ha has been forced to cancel a concert due to take place in Muslim-majority Malaysia after authorities said it would undermine religious and cultural sensitivities.

27 October 2013

Kremlin Chef to judge culinary fest in Almaty Kremlin Chef will judge a culinary competition in Almaty.

27 October 2013

Saudi braces for 'open driving campaign' by women Saudi Arabia was braced for possible protests Saturday after women activists declared an "open driving campaign" against the deeply conservative kingdom's ban on women behind the wheel.

27 October 2013

'Dark is Beautiful' movement takes on unfair India Looking to find a husband, make friends, and get ahead at work? Then you need to have lighter skin. That's the all-pervasive message in India.

27 October 2013

Greenpeace activist hangs off Eiffel Tower in protest against Russia A Greenpeace activist Saturday staged a protest in a tent suspended from the second floor of the Eiffel Tower against Russia's detention of 30 members of the environmental lobby group.

26 October 2013

Theme park pulls Halloween show over 'gay Superman' Hollywood's Universal Studios theme park has cancelled a Halloween show based on the "Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure" franchise after criticism that a scene where Superman turns gay was homophobic.

26 October 2013

Are the open-minded Dutch in denial over Black Pete? A passionate debate around Black Pete in the Netherlands has highlighted the prickly subject of racism, often denied in a country proud of its open-minded values.

26 October 2013