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Vatican, Iran resist UN effort fighting violence on women The Vatican, Iran and other religious states are resisting efforts by a UN conference, which started Monday, to demand tougher global standards to prevent violence against women and children.

06 March 2013

Father dies sheltering girl from Japan blizzard A father froze to death while sheltering his nine-year-old daughter from severe weekend blizzards that swept northern Japan.

05 March 2013

British queen hospitalised with gastroenteritis Britain's 86-year-old Queen Elizabeth II spent Sunday night in hospital after being admitted for the first time in 10 years as a precautionary measure against the symptoms of gastroenteritis.

04 March 2013

Kazakhstan rep elected to International Martial Arts Academy first time Dauren Mussa revived and popularized Kazaksha Tobeles in Kazakhstan and abroad.

03 March 2013

Russian activists set to march against foreign adoptions Activists from pro-Kremlin children's advocacy groups were set to march through Moscow to call on authorities to ban all foreign adoptions and demand the return of an adopted boy whose brother died in Texas.

02 March 2013

Population of Almaty to grow 150 thousand by 2015 The number of citizens in Kazakhstan's largest city Almaty will reach 1.6 million people by 2015.

01 March 2013

Fishermen rescue another 63 Rohingya off Indonesia Fishermen in western Indonesia rescued more than 60 ethnic Rohingya asylum-seekers from Myanmar found adrift in a wooden boat, police said Friday, in the second such arrival this week.

01 March 2013

Asia has the world's most billionaires: survey Asia has more billionaires than any other continent, followed by North America and Europe, according to a survey.

28 February 2013

Beijing restaurant removes 'racist' sign after fury A defiant Beijing restaurant manager refused to apologise Thursday despite removing a "racist" sign barring citizens of states in maritime disputes with China, along with dogs, following an international outcry.

28 February 2013

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Strauss-Kahn fails to ban tell-all book but wins damages A Paris court Tuesday turned down disgraced former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn's bid to ban a "despicable" book on his affair with the author, but ordered Marcela Iacub and her publisher to pay him 50,000 euros in damages.

27 February 2013

Turkey wants to retrieve kids fostered outside their culture Turkey has embarked on a campaign to retrieve children of Turkish immigrant families living in Europe who are fostered by foreigners, and instead place them in homes where their cultural identity can be preserved.

27 February 2013

Director of Shal and Kelin movies to leave Kazakhstan Prominent Kazakhstan filmmaker Yermek Tursunov is going to leave Kazakhstan when he reaches retirement age.

26 February 2013

Kazakhstan couple raises 110 children in Almaty oblast Their big house looks like a ant hill. Some children draw, some dance and sing in a large playing room, others make lab tests in a study room.

26 February 2013

Khrapunov does not preclude coming back to Kazakhstan "Kazakhstan is the country that has brought me up and this connection is very strong," Khrapunov.

26 February 2013

The steamy art of Latvia's ritual saunas Lying face down in deep snow, naked, in bone chilling sub-zero weather is enough to make anyone think twice.

24 February 2013

Germany returns lost ancient artifacts to Kosovo Kosovo's culture minister on Friday said Germany had returned seven millennia-old artefacts that were smuggled out during the 1998-1999 war with Serbia and were unexpectedly found in a German police raid.

24 February 2013

France tops US in women on corporate boards: study France has overtaken the United States in placing women on the boards of the world's 200 largest companies.

23 February 2013

Boris Becker to headline Cuba cigar festival Retired German tennis great Boris Becker will headline the XV Habanos Festival, an event in Cuba designed to promote cigars and tobacco use.

20 February 2013

Frenchman ends 4-day crane protest for custody of son A French father denied access to his son came back down to earth Monday after a four-day protest perched on a giant crane that sparked reactions from the prime minister and his justice minister.

19 February 2013