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South Africa celebrates 20 years since apartheid President Jacob Zuma led celebrations Sunday on the 20th anniversary of post-apartheid democracy in South Africa, insisting it is closer to its dream of a multi-racial nation despite stubborn inequality, poverty and corruption.

28 April 2014

Egypt verdict expected for Islamist chief, 700 others The Egyptian judge who sentenced to death hundreds of supporters of ousted Islamist president Mohamed Morsi will pass judgment Monday on another 700 people, including Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohamed Badie.

28 April 2014

Iraqi forces cast ballots ahead of election Security personnel cast their ballots nationwide Monday ahead of Iraq's first election since US troops withdrew, amid attacks on voting centres and fears the country is slipping into all-out conflict.

28 April 2014

Pyongyang's 'prostitute' attack 'immoral': South Korea South Korea lashed out Monday at an "unspeakable" personal attack on its president, a day after Pyongyang called Park Geun-Hye a "prostitute".

28 April 2014

Kazakhstan and Morocco discuss cooperation Senate Speaker Kassym-Jomart Tokayev meet Morocco delagation to discuss prospects of cooperation between Kazakhstan and Morocco.

28 April 2014

Kazakh legislation to make cadaveric donors lists classified Information on cadaveric donors in Kazakhstan will be confidential.

27 April 2014

Parallels between Ukraine and Kazakhstan inappropriate: Lavrov According to the Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, drawing parallels between Crimea, which was declared a Russian territory as a result of a referendum, and Kazakhstan is completely inept.

27 April 2014

Tanzania marks 50th anniversary with midlife crisis The east African nation of Tanzania marks its 50th birthday this weekend, but celebrations are being overshadowed by a tussle over the union between the mainland and the islands of Zanzibar.

27 April 2014

Interpol reports low use of stolen passport database Fewer than 10 countries in the world systematically use an Interpol database to verify whether a passenger is flying with stolen documents, the organization's secretary general said.

26 April 2014

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UN set to lift Ivory Coast diamond embargo The UN Security Council is set to lift a nearly decade-old embargo on Ivory Coast's international diamond trade and plans to relax its arms embargo there, diplomats said.

26 April 2014

Obama in first US presidential visit to Malaysia since 1966 US President Barack Obama arrives Saturday in Malaysia hoping to energise aloof ties with a Muslim-majority nation whose government is under the microscope for wide allegations of abuse of power and the loss of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370.

26 April 2014

Senegal tense as exiled former president returns home Exiled former Senegalese president Abdoulaye Wade made a controversial homecoming with security forces on high alert on Friday, two years after he lost office in an election marred by violent protests.

26 April 2014

New pictures confirm North Korea nuclear activity A North Korean nuclear test within days "cannot be ruled out" analysts said Saturday, after new satellite imagery showed heightened activity at the test site.

26 April 2014

Japan kicks off first whale hunt since UN court ruling A Japanese whaling fleet is set to leave port Saturday in the first hunt since the UN's top court last month ordered Tokyo to stop killing whales in the Antarctic.

26 April 2014

G7 to impose new sanctions on Russia as Kiev warns of 'world war' The Group of Seven rich countries agreed Saturday to impose new sanctions on Russia over the crisis in Ukraine, after Kiev accused Moscow of seeking to trigger a "third world war".

26 April 2014

Astana to take after Singapore and Canadian cities: Nazarbayev President Nazarbayev has opened the traditional conference on the Astana’s development,

25 April 2014

No beard for convicts: Minister of Interior of Kazakhstan The Ministry of Interior Affairs suggested introducing new regulations considering the appearance of convicts into the New Criminal Code.

25 April 2014

Ukraine should solve crisis with no external interventions: Nazarbayev President Nazarbayev expressed his opinion about Ukraine’s own capability to solve the crisis at the 21st Assembly of People of Kazakhstan.

25 April 2014

Obama lands in Seoul as N. Korea nuclear test fears grow Barack Obama arrived in Seoul Friday to growing signs North Korea was defiantly readying another nuclear test, and with South Koreans in a state of national mourning over the sinking of a ferry full of schoolchildren.

25 April 2014