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Obama urges new gun laws, swift Congress action unlikely President Barack Obama called on Congress Tuesday to tighten gun laws after the latest in a "ritual" of shooting massacres, but lawmakers admitted there is insufficient support for new legislation.

18 September 2013

Russia 'ignoring facts' over Syria attack: US The United States Tuesday accused Russia of ignoring the facts surrounding a poison gas attack in Syria, highlighting tensions between the West and Moscow over how to eliminate the country's chemical weapons.

18 September 2013

Shooting spree at Washington naval base leaves 13 dead A former US naval reservist killed 12 people in a shooting rampage at a military base in the heart of Washington on Monday, exchanging fire with police before losing his own life.

17 September 2013

Kazakhstan to introduce language competency tests such as IELTS for public servants to measure their eligibility for trainings abroad Some public servants sent abroad for trainings are short of the needed language competency: Chairman of the Agency for Public Service.

16 September 2013

Kazakhstan hoping to expand its presence at Baikonur The expansion will envisage joint efforts of the two nations and will not be to the detriment of relations with Russia, according to him.

16 September 2013

Afghan election race kicks off as nominations open Candidate nominations opened Monday for Afghanistan's presidential election, with a large field expected to register in the race to succeed Hamid Karzai as the US-led war winds down.

16 September 2013

Kazakhstan’s President unveils the name of a new megapolis to emerge in Kazakhstan “We have set a task to create another two megapolises, as well as a number of smart green cities”, President said when speaking at the Eurasia Emerging Markets Forum in Astana September 10.

16 September 2013

Kazakhstan’s PM Serik Akhmetov to visit Paris He is expected to meet Secretary General of the International Exhibitions Bureau (BIE) Vicente Gonzalez, OECD secretary general Angel Gurría and French PM Jean-Marc Ayrault.

16 September 2013

Beijing and ASEAN in talks on South China Sea A code of conduct for handling disputes in the South China Sea should be discussed "gradually", Beijing said after meetings with Southeast Asian nations, suggesting any agreement is still far off.

16 September 2013

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Orphans from Kazakhstan traded through American online networks may be returned to Kazakhstan Chairwoman of the Committee for Protection of Children Raisa Sher said that the children adopted from Kazakhstan who are among the victims of the American re-homing networks may be returned to Kazakhstan.

15 September 2013

Four Chinese ships in disputed waters: Japan Four Chinese ships entered waters around islands at the centre of a bitter dispute with Japan on Saturday with no sign of a compromise seen between Asia's two largest powers.

14 September 2013

UN's Ban skeptical Assad will keep chemical arms deal UN leader Ban Ki-moon said Friday he shares international doubts that Syria's President Bashar al-Assad will respect an international deal on his country's chemical weapons.

14 September 2013

All will benefit from peacefull setlement of Syrian conflict: Nazarbayev Kazakhstan supports Russia's position of solving the Syrian conflict and passing Syria's chemical weapons under the international control.

13 September 2013

Nazarbayev participated in SCO Summit and had several bilateral meetings Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev arrived in Kyrgyzstan for the SCO summit on September 12.

13 September 2013

'Prove it,' US tells Assad on chemical arms vow President Bashar al-Assad confirmed for the first time that Syria plans to give up its chemical weapons as the United States urged him and his Russian allies to quickly make good on his promise.

13 September 2013

Kazakhstan’s Foreign Minister Erlan Idrissov and his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov discuss a joint center to enrich uranium The sides have also agreed to accelerate prep works to hold the 10th forum focused on cooperation of near-border regions to be held in Russia’s Ekaterinburg in November.

12 September 2013

Putin: Unilateral Syria strike would up-end world order Russia issued a stark warning Thursday that unilateral US military action could destroy world order, as the rival great powers discussed a plan to remove Syria's chemical weapons.

12 September 2013

China to finance Kazakhstan’s share of investments into Kashagan Further increase of the Chinese investors’ stake in the project is not considered: Oil and Gas Minister Bolat Akchulakov.

12 September 2013

Venezuela quits regional human rights court Venezuela withdrew from a regional human rights court on Tuesday, fulfilling the wishes of late president Hugo Chavez to the dismay of activists who fear the state may commit abuses.

12 September 2013