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Adilbek Dzhaksybekov appointed State Secretary of Kazakhstan Adilbek Dzhaksybekov has been appointed Kazakhstan's Secretary of State.

03 April 2014

Ex-Prime-Minister Serik Akhmetov appointed Defence Minister Serik Akhmetov, Kazakhstan's Prime-Minister until yeasterday afternoon, has been appointment Minister of Defence today.

03 April 2014

Nurlan Nigmatulin replaces Massimov as Head of Presidential Administration Speaker of the Majilis Nurlan Nigmatulin has replaced the newly appointed Prime-Minister Karim Massimov as the Head of the Presidential Administration.

03 April 2014

Number of Syria refugees registered in Lebanon surpasses 1 mn: UN The number of Syrians registered as refugees in Lebanon after fleeing war in their country has surpassed one million, the UN refugee agency said on Thursday.

03 April 2014

Japan cancels next Antarctic whaling hunt after ICJ ruling Japan said Thursday it was cancelling its annual Antarctic whaling hunt for the first time in more than a quarter of a century in line with a UN court ruling that the programme was a commercial activity disguised as science.

03 April 2014

Two sovereigns in Rome: Queen visits pope Queen Elizabeth II meets Pope Francis for the first time on Thursday on a visit that coincides with the anniversary of the start of the Falklands War between Britain and Argentina.

03 April 2014

President Nazarbayev signs appointment of Massimov into force President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev has signed the decree appoinment Karim Massimov the new Prime-Minister of Kazakhstan.

03 April 2014

President Nazarbayev on languages in Kazakhstan Measures should be taken to calm down the excessively ardent public servants discriminating against candidates seeking public service on the basis of the language the latter speak: President Nazarbayev.

02 April 2014

President Nazarbayev on stability and unity of the nation The new leadership of Ukraine is threatening to deprive part of its people of the Ukrainian citizenship and prohibit them from speaking their mother tongue (…) it is unthinkable here in Kazakhstan: President Nazarbayev.

02 April 2014

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Nazarbayev offers Massimov as new Prime-Minister of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev, President of Kazakhstan has offered Karim Massimov as the new Prime-Minister of Kazakhstan hour after the Kazakhstan Government and Prime-Minster Serik Akhmetov resigned.

02 April 2014

Kazakhstan Prime-Minister and Kazakhstan Government resign Prime-Minister of Kazakhstan Serik Akhmetov has resigned. He is the head of the Government so his resignation automatically meant resignation of the Government of Kazakhstan.

02 April 2014

Kazakhstan Minister of Foreign Affairs meets US Assistant Secretary of State Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan Yerlan Idrissov met with US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs.

02 April 2014

Situation in Ukraine - US Assistant Secretary of State speaks to Kazakhstan students US Assistant Secretary of State Nisha Desai Biswal lectured at Eurasian National University in Astana.

02 April 2014

Kazakhstani militants in Syria The number of Kazakhstanis participating in military actions in Syria has been overstated.

02 April 2014

Remains of 'missing US soldiers' repatriated from Cambodia Remains believed to be those of three American servicemen killed in Cambodia more than four decades ago during the Vietnam War were repatriated Wednesday for identification in the United States.

02 April 2014

Kirchner to be godmother of lesbian couple's daughter Argentina's President Cristina Kirchner has agreed to be godmother to the baby daughter of a lesbian couple, one of the mothers told AFP.

02 April 2014

Moscow threatens US retaliation over blocked funds transfer Moscow on Wednesday threatened retaliatory action against US diplomats after US bank JP Morgan blocked a transfer of funds carried out by a Russian envoy.

02 April 2014

'Letters to father' deepen Uzbek first daughter mystery The appearance of rambling letters said to have been written by Uzbekistan's once all-powerful first daughter Gulnara Karimova has heightened the mystery over her astonishing fall from grace in the ex-Soviet state.

02 April 2014

Kazakhstan introduces prison terms of up to 12 years for spreading rumors The rumors of alleged bankruptcy of some Kazakhstan-based banks in the wake of the 20% currency devaluation undermined the country’s banking system: First Vice General Prosecutor.

02 April 2014