Historic US town of two goes on auction block
A historic American town with a population of two people will be auctioned off on August 15, the auctioneers Williams & Williams said Thursday.
S. Korean Buddhist monks fined for gambling
A South Korean court said Friday it has fined two Buddhist monks for illegal gambling, after video footage of their high-stakes poker game sparked a scandal in religious circles.
Kazakh journalist wins Peter Mackler prize
An investigative journalist in Kazakhstan who survived an attempt on his life is this year's winner of the Peter Mackler Award for Courageous and Ethical Journalism.
Tongan wreck may be pirate treasure ship: official Divers in Tonga have discovered a shipwreck believed to be a pirate vessel that folklore says sank in the 19th century with a hold full of treasure, officials in the Pacific nation said Thursday.
09 August 2012
Hollywood, Broadway composer Hamlisch dead at 68 Marvin Hamlisch, the composer behind a string of Broadway and Hollywood hits including "A Chorus Line," "The Way We Were" and "The Sting," has died.
09 August 2012
Canada to deport man after 32 years in country Canada's crackdown on immigration fraud has unwittingly snared a Portuguese man living in the country for 32 years who said Tuesday he is being deported over an administrative gaffe.
08 August 2012
Nazarbayev's official biography publishedA group of researchers and historians spent two years studying archived documents and video materials to discover new facts in Nazarbayev’s biography.
VIDEO: Bloggers explore Almaty subway Almaty bloggers have organized a flash mob in Almaty subway to present alternative creative concepts of the Almaty subway.