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US marks 150th anniversary of Lincoln's Gettysburg Address The Gettysburg Address, Abraham Lincoln's undying call for a "new birth of freedom" at the bloody turning point of the US Civil War, turned 150 years old Tuesday, even as the union he fought to preserve quarrels bitterly over the role of government.

20 November 2013

Kazakhstan to get three additional days off in December Kazakhstan will enjoy additional three days off for December holidays.

20 November 2013

'Fifty Shades' rape case dismissed in New Zealand A New Zealand man has been cleared of raping his estranged wife while pretending to be her young lover in a case partially inspired by the novel "Fifty Shades of Grey".

19 November 2013

Philippine typhoon survivors turn cave-dwellers Victims who survived the Philippines' super typhoon by huddling in a cave as a tsunami-like wave obliterated their community have now made it their home -- reduced to Stone Age conditions with nowhere else to go.

18 November 2013

Czech party leader haunted by ghosts of communist past Unwelcome spectres are coming back to haunt Czech billionaire Andrej Babis, who emerged as a power broker in recent elections but is facing allegations he collaborated with the communist-era secret police.

16 November 2013

China one-child law change small but crucial: experts Beijing's relaxation of its hugely controversial one-child policy is an attention-grabbing first step, but it will have to usher in greater changes if China is to tackle its looming demographic timebomb, experts say.

16 November 2013

China cake millionaire at home in his six castles As the greatest urbanisation drive in history swells China's cities with ranks of identikit apartment blocks, one culinary businessman is indulging his architectural appetite with a visual feast of extravagant, outlandish castles.

16 November 2013

CIA spying on Americans' financial data: report The Central Intelligence Agency is amassing a huge database of international money transfers that includes the financial and personal data of millions of Americans, The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday.

15 November 2013

Britain's oldest resident dies aged 113 Britain's oldest resident died on Thursday just a few weeks short of her 114th birthday.

15 November 2013

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Young Frenchman too heavy to fly will go home by ship A young Frenchman who weighs 230 kilograms (500 pounds) and was deemed too heavy to fly on a jetliner arrived in New York Tuesday to head home by ship.

13 November 2013

Japan gov't report finds serious abuse of disabled The abuse of disabled people has emerged as a major problem in Japan with the violence most often inflicted by family members or domestic carers, according to a government survey.

12 November 2013

Britain red-faced over bungled 'sham marriage' raid British immigration officials admitted Friday that they mistakenly raided the wedding of an Italian man and his Chinese bride because they believed the marriage was a sham.

10 November 2013

Golovkin named most talked-about Kazakh since Borat American newspaper USA Today has named boxer Gennady Golovkin from Kazakhstan the most talked-about Kazakh since Borat.

10 November 2013

Lost kingdom: Myanmar's forgotten royals In a modest Yangon apartment, the granddaughter of Myanmar's last king lives poor and unrecognised by her neighbours -- a far cry from the power and riches of her ancestor.

10 November 2013

Anti-Semitism on rise in Europe: survey Anti-Semitism has worsened in Europe in the past few years with abuse increasingly widespread on the Internet, a survey by the European Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA) showed Friday.

09 November 2013

US woman's pre-mastectomy dance video goes viral A video showing a US woman leading a dance party in an operating theater just before undergoing a double mastectomy has gone viral online.

08 November 2013

Guantanamo prisoner's secret diaries leaked Al Jazeera America published Thursday part of the secret personal diaries of one of Guantanamo's most high-profile prisoners, with records of meetings with Al-Qaeda's chieftains.

08 November 2013

24-year-old gets into the Forbes’ list of 100 richest people in Kazakhstan In an interview for diapason.kz Mr. Abiyev told he had made a fortune with no seed capital or mighty contacts to rely on.

08 November 2013

Ban pleads for women's rights to curb Sahel fertility UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon pleaded Wednesday in Niger, the country with the world's highest fertility rate, for better reproductive health to curb the Sahel region's runaway demographic growth.

07 November 2013