Sally Ride, first US woman in space dead at 61
Sally Ride, the first American woman to journey into space, died on Monday after a 17-month battle with pancreatic cancer.
Alisher, 10, from Almaty won Slavianski Bazaar 2012
Alisher Zhaksybai from Almaty had become the First Prize Winner of the X International Children Contest Slavianski Bazaar 2012 in Vitebsk.
Asia fuels record elephant, rhino killings: WWF
China, Vietnam and Thailand are among the worst offenders in fuelling a global black market that is seeing record numbers of elephants and rhinos killed in Africa.
'No excuse' for not turning tide on AIDS: expert
Science has given the world "no excuse" to resist bold action against the spread of the 30-year AIDS pandemic, said a top US expert at the opening of the International AIDS Conference on Sunday.
Norway marks anniversary of Breivik massacre
Some 50,000 people attended a concert in Oslo to mark the first anniversary of the gun and bomb rampage by Norwegian right-wing extremist Breivik, which claimed 77 lives.
Men of Akmola oblast rest more than women
840 families have been polled. People over 10 y.o. told how they spend work days and weekends.
Modern Kazakhstan citizen is a careerist and lazybones
Psychologists, economists and financial experts have attempted to create a collective image of a modern Kazakhstan citizen.
PHOTO: Vice-Miss Kazakhstan showed her Miss World dress
First Vice-Miss Kazakhstan Yevgeniya Klishina will wear a Kazakh national dress at Miss World beauty pageant.
Olympics: London prostitutes 'cleaned from the streets'
The London Olympics are not big business for everyone -- sex workers say they are being cleared from the streets around the stadium to make the area more presentable for the Games.