Cambodia fights surge in bird flu deaths Cambodia fights surge in bird flu deaths As China scrambles to contain a deadly new strain of bird flu, Cambodia is battling a spike in the better known H5N1 strain that is baffling experts a decade after a major outbreak began in Asia.
09 April 2013
China bird flu 'devastates' poultry business: group China bird flu 'devastates' poultry business: group China's deadly bird flu outbreak has dealt a "devastating" blow to the nation's poultry sector, an industry group said Tuesday, with sales reportedly plunging amid concerns over food safety.
09 April 2013
Conspiracy theories fly as Poles mark presidential jet crash Conspiracy theories fly as Poles mark presidential jet crash Three years after a jet crash in Russia killed a Polish president and 95 other people, conspiracy theorists in Poland are as adamant as ever that it was an assassination.
09 April 2013
American traveler reaches Aktau on foot American traveler reaches Aktau on foot An American traveller has reached Aktau in western Kazakhstan as part of his round the world journey on foot.
09 April 2013
Ex-British PM Margaret Thatcher dead at 87: spokesman Ex-British PM Margaret Thatcher dead at 87: spokesman Former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher, the "Iron Lady" who shaped a generation of British politics, died following a stroke on Monday at the age of 87.
08 April 2013
Stephen King's Mist covers villages in West-Kazakhstan oblast Stephen King's Mist covers villages in West-Kazakhstan oblast A strange fog has scared the citizens of one of the villages in West-Kazakhstan oblast and caused the sanitary services to check the area.
08 April 2013
China bird flu not spreading between people: WHO China bird flu not spreading between people: WHO There is no proof that the H7N9 bird flu virus is being transmitted between people in China, the World Health Organization said Monday, despite several members of a family falling ill in Shanghai.
08 April 2013
Pope completes installation with emotional Rome mass Pope completes installation with emotional Rome mass Pope Francis on Sunday completed his installation as pontiff at an emotional ceremony in which he formally took possession of Rome's St John Lateran basilica -- the official seat of the city's bishop.
08 April 2013
Work under way for exhuming poet Neruda's remains Work under way for exhuming poet Neruda's remains Experts on Sunday started work on opening the tomb of Chilean Nobel prize-winning poet Pablo Neruda, to uncover his remains and determine if he died of cancer or was poisoned.
08 April 2013
Philippines asking $1.4 mn from US for reef damage Philippines asking $1.4 mn from US for reef damage The Philippines will ask the United States to pay 58 million pesos ($1.4 million) in compensation for damage caused by a US warship to a protected coral reef.
06 April 2013
Pope urges determined action against sex abuse Pope urges determined action against sex abuse Pope Francis has given his first pronouncement on the Catholic Church's pervasive paedophile priest scandal, urging Vatican disciplinarians to act "with determination" against the scourge.
06 April 2013
Chilean poet Neruda to be exhumed Monday Chilean poet Neruda to be exhumed Monday The remains of Chilean Nobel prize winning poet Pablo Neruda will be exhumed Monday to determine if he died of cancer or was poisoned.
06 April 2013
Shanghai stops poultry trade on bird flu fears Shanghai stops poultry trade on bird flu fears Shanghai's live poultry markets were shut on Saturday after authorities banned trading in birds to prevent the spread of H7N9 bird flu, which has killed six people in China.
06 April 2013
Chinese travellers are top spenders: UN tourism body Chinese travellers are top spenders: UN tourism body Chinese travellers are the world's biggest tourism spenders, splashing out a record $102 billion (78 billion euros) on trips abroad in 2012.
05 April 2013
60 families have kids via surrogacy in Almaty yearly 60 families have kids via surrogacy in Almaty yearly Kazakhstan's Family Law is the most democratic one in the world: Director of the Reproductive Medicine Institute.
05 April 2013
Japan's whale 'research' is flashpoint in global dispute Japan's whale 'research' is flashpoint in global dispute The Institute of Cetacean Research can be found in a nondescript white-brick office building in Tokyo's port district.
05 April 2013
Girl from Kostanay to represent Kazakhstan at Miss Civilization-2013 Icon Girl from Kostanay to represent Kazakhstan at Miss Civilization-2013 Tatyana Dmitriyenko will represent Kazakhstan at Miss Civilization-2013. She was ranked second at the Top Model of the World in 2007.
05 April 2013
Kazakhstan's patient with artificial heart gets married Icon Kazakhstan's patient with artificial heart gets married People who had surgeries on artificial heart implantation gathered in Astana to discuss problems of chronic cardiac insufficiency.
05 April 2013
US health authorities announce bird flu vaccine effort US health authorities announce bird flu vaccine effort US health authorities said Thursday they are liaising with domestic and international partners to develop a vaccine for the H7N9 bird flu virus that has killed five people in China.
05 April 2013

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