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G7 leaders take tough message to Putin on Ukraine Western leaders said they stood united Thursday ahead of their first direct meetings with Russian leader Vladimir Putin on Ukraine, with President Barack Obama giving him a month to back down or face more sanctions.

06 June 2014

Over $1.5 billion embezzled in Kazakhstan since 2013: Financial Police Nearly 300 billion tenge ($1.6 billion) has been embezzled in Kazakhstan since 2013.

06 June 2014

Putin calls Hillary Clinton a 'weak' woman Russian President Vladimir Putin waded into US politics Wednesday describing former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton -- and possible 2016 presidential candidate -- as "weak" in some sarcastic comments about women.

05 June 2014

Dalai Lama in democracy call ahead of Tibet autonomy push The Dalai Lama has called for democracy in China and offered prayers for victims of the Tiananmen crackdown ahead of the launch Thursday of a new campaign for autonomy in his Tibetan homeland.

05 June 2014

Russian and Ukrainian representatives to attend Ablyazov's trial in France Russian and Ukrainian representatives will be able to attend the court hearings in Lyon involving the former head of Kazakhstani BTA bank Mukhtar Ablyazov.

05 June 2014

Corruption in Kazakhstan is a major obstacle to FDI: MP Bribe is the only way to obtain a public service in Kazakhstan, MP Tursunbek Omurzakov said quoting Transparency International.

05 June 2014

Syria's Assad coasts to re-election in 'farce' polls Bashar al-Assad has been re-elected Syria's president with 88.7 percent of the vote after a poll labelled a farce by rebels fighting to overthrow him, whose outcome was never in doubt.

05 June 2014

White House apologizes to lawmakers over prisoner swap The White House apologized for keeping lawmakers in the dark regarding the exchange of an American soldier for five Taliban fighters, senators said Tuesday, as controversy grew over the issue.

04 June 2014

Obama to meet Poroshenko ahead of Putin encounter President Barack Obama meets president-elect Petro Poroshenko on Wednesday, in a show of US support for Ukraine's right to chart its own future, before an encounter with Russia's Vladimir Putin.

04 June 2014

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Insiders dealings and securities market manipulations now punishable by law in Kazakhstan Insiders dealings and securities market manipulations will be punishable by law in Kazakhstan according to the First Deputy Prosecutor General Iogan Merkel.

03 June 2014

Embezzlers may avoid prison in Kazakhstan Citizens accused of embezzling state property will be able to avoid imprisonment in case they fully compensate for it.

03 June 2014

Nursultan Nazarbayev arrives in Turkey Nursultan Nazarbayev has arrived in Bodrum, Turkey to participate in the IV Summit of the Cooperation Council of Turkic Speaking States.

03 June 2014

US shuts Afghan transit base in Kyrgyzstan The United States on Tuesday shut its airforce base in Kyrgyzstan that had been the main transit point for military personnel and cargo headed to Afghanistan for 12 years.

03 June 2014

Canada's Centerra Gold threatens to close Kyrgystan mine Canada's Centerra Gold on Monday threatened to close its mine in Kyrgyzstan unless its receives long-awaited government approvals for its annual mine plan and related operating permits by June 13.

03 June 2014

Malawi's president seeks 'new friends' in China, Russia Malawi, traditionally dependent on Western aid donors, will look for "new friends" in countries such as China and Russia, newly elected President Peter Mutharika said at his inauguration.

03 June 2014

Don't 'hurry' to back Palestinian govt: Israel PM World governments should not rush to approve the new Palestinian cabinet, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday, after the Palestinians accused the Jewish state of punishing them over a unity deal.

03 June 2014

Eurasian Union to stabilize Tenge: Kazakh minister Idrissov The new Treaty establishing the Eurasian Economic Union raises concerns about stability of Kazakhstan's national currency, the tenge, among the representatives of foreign diplomatic missions in Astana.

02 June 2014

Eurasian Economic Union is not a secret plan cherished by Vladimir Putin: Kazakhstan’s Foreign Minister According to him, there is no room for fears that the member states may lose their political sovereignty or experience political dominance of any of the states over the other.

02 June 2014

Spanish King Juan Carlos abdicates: PM Spanish King Juan Carlos will abdicate in favour of his son Prince Felipe, the premier announced Monday, ending a 39-year reign that ushered in democracy but was later battered by royal scandals.

02 June 2014