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First Vice PM refutes possibilities of a single currency within the Customs Union According to him, the draft agreement [on launching the Single Economic Space to replace the Customs Union] has no clauses covering a single currency. Kazakhstan retains its national currency, the tenge.

09 April 2014

Iran, world powers seek to intensify nuclear talks Iran and world powers kicked off a new round of nuclear talks Tuesday hoping to make enough progress to move up a gear and start drafting a historic final deal next month.

08 April 2014

Americans confuse Ukraine and Kazakhstan on world map Most Americans do not know how to locate Ukraine on the world map, while at the same time support use of U.S. military forces in the country.

08 April 2014

Kazakhstan toughens punishment for separatism The calls for illegal changes in the territorial integrity of Kazakhstan would be punishable by up to 10 years imprisonment, according to the draft of the new Criminal Code.

08 April 2014

Japan lawmaker resigns over $8 mn loan scandal A senior Japanese politician has announced he is resigning as his party's leader, despite insisting that he spent an undeclared $8 million loan not on politics but on personal items -- including an ornamental rake.

08 April 2014

Pro-Russians declare Ukraine's Donetsk independent Ukraine was threatened with disintegration Monday as pro-Kremlin militants seized government buildings in the eastern city of Donetsk, declared independence and vowed to vote on joining Russia.

08 April 2014

Protesters consider ending occupation of Taiwan's parliament Protesters said Monday they were considering ending their three-week occupation of Taiwan's parliament, after its Speaker intervened to try to end the standoff over a contentious services trade pact with China.

08 April 2014

China shows off new aircraft carrier to US defence chief China showed off its new aircraft carrier to US Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel on Monday, allowing him a first-hand look at a symbol of its growing military prowess.

08 April 2014

UAE upholds 15-year jail term for maid torturer A Dubai court has upheld a 15-year jail term for an Emirati woman who tortured her Ethiopian maid to death by forcing her to drink pesticide, media reported Monday.

07 April 2014

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Hungary gets four more years of Viktor Orban Hungary was set Monday for four more years of Prime Minister Viktor Orban after the divisive strongman swept to victory in elections that also saw the far-right increase its share of the vote.

07 April 2014

Samsung 'selfie' flap now in hands of lawyers: White House The controversy over a "selfie" photo of President Barack Obama and baseball star David Ortiz now is in the hands of attorneys, a White House official said on Sunday.

07 April 2014

N. Korea slams South's missile test 'farce' North Korea has slammed the South's recent ballistic missile test, calling it a "farce" aimed at showing off Seoul's military strength in the face of threats from Pyongyang.

06 April 2014

Israel strikes in Gaza after rocket attack Israeli warplanes attacked several sites in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip Sunday, sources on both sides said, hours after a rocket from the Palestinian enclave hit the Jewish state.

06 April 2014

Russia seeks over $11 bn in 'debt' from Ukraine: Gazprom Chairman of Russia's Gazprom Alexei Miller on Saturday said that Ukraine must pay back the full discount it has been granted on Russian gas over the past four years, worth $11.4 billion.

05 April 2014

Malta gets new female president Malta's Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca was on Friday sworn in as the island state's ninth president after being named by the prime minister and approved by parliament.

05 April 2014

Fugitive Italian mafia boss re-arrested in Britain Domenico Rancadore, the convicted Italian mafia boss who last week was told he was free to remain in Britain, has been arrested on a fresh international warrant, police said Saturday.

05 April 2014

Karzai votes in Afghan polls to choose his successor Afghan President Hamid Karzai cast his vote Saturday in the election that marks the start of his country's first-ever democratic transfer of power, as he steps down after serving the maximum two terms in office.

05 April 2014

Kazakhstan's Cabinet formed Forming of the new Cabinet of Minister has been completed in Kazakhstan.

04 April 2014

Russian Iskander missiles on Kazakhstan border meant to put pressure on United States Russian missiles on Kazakhstan border - experts express their opinion.

04 April 2014