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No more fingerprintless visas for Kazakhstan Kazakhstan applicants for Schengen visas will have to provide fingerprints starting from mid November.

31 October 2013

S. Korea president addresses suspicions of poll-meddling S. Korean President Park Geun-Hye vowed to ensure the political neutrality of government agencies, as she addressed allegations that the domestic spy service interfered in last year's presidential election.

31 October 2013

Nazarbayev congratulates Margvelashvili on becoming Georgia's new president Kazakhstan's President Nursultan Nazarbayev has sent a telegram congratulating Giorgi Margvelashvili on his election as Georgia's new President.

31 October 2013

Uzbek first daughter confirms media empire shutdown The eldest daughter of Uzbekistan President Islam Karimov Wednesday confirmed the closure of television channels she is believed to control, as rumours build of a rift in the ruling family.

31 October 2013

India plays down prospect of early Rafale fighter deal India's defence minister played down on Wednesday the prospects of a speedy conclusion to contract negotiations with France's Dassault Aviation for the acquisition of 126 Rafale fighter jets.

31 October 2013

British newspapers in bid to block tough new press watchdog British newspaper and magazine publishers sought a last-minute court injunction on Wednesday to stop a mechanism backed by politicians to regulate the press from being approved later in the day.

31 October 2013

Israel frees 26 Palestinian prisoners Israel freed another 26 veteran Palestinian prisoners on Wednesday, alongside US-brokered peace talks.

30 October 2013

Germany to allow third gender option at birth Germany on Friday will become the first European country to allow babies born with characteristics of both sexes to be registered as neither male nor female.

30 October 2013

US spy chiefs hit back in Europe row US espionage chiefs turned the tables on European allies in the transatlantic spat over intercepted phone records, saying in many cases it was European agencies -- not the NSA -- that gathered and shared them with America.

30 October 2013

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Kazakhstan presses Russia to follow its laws at Baikonur In particular, Kazakhstan wants to cover the cosmodrome’s territory with its Ecological Code.

30 October 2013

Obama, Netanyahu discuss Iran US President Barack Obama spoke to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu about Iran, a day after the Israeli leader warned Tehran could convert uranium into weapons-grade material within weeks.

29 October 2013

Trousers should not be the main factor: Women Energy Club The first meeting of the Women Energy Club was held as part of the 8th KAZENERGY Eurasian Forum.

29 October 2013

China behaviour jeopardising 'peacetime': Japan Beijing's behaviour in its row with Tokyo over disputed islands is jeopardising peace.

29 October 2013

Peace envoy heads for Syria, Russia slams rebel threats UN-Arab League envoy Lakhdar Brahimi headed for Damascus to seek support for a Syria peace conference, as Russia slammed rebels for threatening those planning to attend the so-called Geneva II talks.

29 October 2013

Mid-term elections a key test for Argentina's Kirchner Voting got under way in Argentina Sunday in midterm elections that observers said could mark the beginning of President Cristina Kirchner's political unraveling.

28 October 2013

China official suspended over $115,000 pig trotter tab A Chinese Communist Party official has been suspended after running up unpaid bills of $115,000 at a speciality pig trotter restaurant.

28 October 2013

Kazakhstan to host 2014 Global Forum on Electronic Government The 2014 Global Forum on Electronic Government will be held Kazakhstan

28 October 2013

US denies Obama knew of Merkel spying The imbroglio over the tapping of Angela Merkel's phone deepened Sunday, after a US denial that President Barack Obama was informed years ago of electronic surveillance of the German chancellor.

28 October 2013

Georgia PM ally revels in big win at presidential poll An ally of billionaire Georgian PM Bidzina Ivanishvili on Monday basked in an overwhelming win at presidential polls in the ex-Soviet state to replace larger-than-life moderniser Mikheil Saakashvili.

28 October 2013