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Head of European Commission Barroso to visit Kazakhstan in June Chairman of the European Commission Jose Manuel Barroso will render a visit to Kazakhstan in June.

16 May 2013

Senate approves pension draft law in first reading Kazakhstan Senate has approved the draft law amending the pension system in the first reading.

16 May 2013

S. Korea regrets North's negative response to talks South Korea voiced regret Thursday at North Korea's decision to spurn an offer of formal talks on removing goods from a joint industrial complex closed by military tensions.

16 May 2013

UN assembly slams Assad 'escalation' in Syria war The UN General Assembly condemned President Bashar al-Assad's "escalation" of the Syrian war on Wednesday as rebels battled to free inmates from a prison in the key city of Aleppo.

16 May 2013

IAEA, Iran talks fail again as US hikes pressure Nuclear talks between Iran and the UN atomic agency failed yet again Wednesday, as the top US diplomat in separate six-party negotiations warned Washington's patience was wearing thin.

16 May 2013

White House releases Benghazi emails The White House released 100 pages of emails Wednesday designed to defuse Republican claims of a cover-up over the attack on the US mission in Benghazi last year that killed four Americans.

16 May 2013

Japan mayor ready to apologise to comfort women The maverick mayor of Osaka on Thursday offered to meet former "comfort women" to apologise for their suffering after causing an international storm when he said they served a "necessary" role in wartime.

16 May 2013

Brazil gives green light to same sex marriage Brazil on Tuesday became the third and largest Latin American country to give a de facto green light to same-sex marriage.

16 May 2013

Obama condemns 'intolerable' tax agency scandal US President Barack Obama Tuesday condemned "intolerable" behavior by tax agency staff after a watchdog investigation found they unfairly targeted conservative groups opposed to his administration.

16 May 2013

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Australian PM brought to tears in parliament Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard's tough exterior cracked Wednesday as she choked back tears while introducing a bill into parliament on disability reforms.

15 May 2013

Iran in parallel nuclear talks in Vienna, Istanbul Two sets of talks on Wednesday aimed at easing tensions over Iran's nuclear programme are not expected to produce any major breakthrough ahead of next month's elections in the Islamic republic.

15 May 2013

Merkel offers controlled glimpses into private life German Chancellor Angela Merkel has revealed she finds "nice eyes" attractive in men, had a Polish grandfather and can easily handle an all-night summit without sleep.

15 May 2013

Venezuela inaugurates Simon Bolivar mausoleum Venezuela has inaugurated a mausoleum that will hold the remains of the South American liberator Simon Bolivar, an imposing structure whose brainchild was the late Hugo Chavez.

15 May 2013

Nazarbayev sends condolences to Turkish president Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev has sent a telegram with condolences to Turkish President Abdullah Gul over numerous victims of the deadly blasts in Reyhanli.

15 May 2013

Kazakhstan ratifies military-technical cooperation agreement with Russia Nursultan Nazarbayev signed a law On ratification of the agreement between governments of Kazakhstan and Russia on development and implementation of joint action programs in military-technical cooperation.

15 May 2013

Senators suggest revising draft pension law Senator Svetlana Dzhalmagambetova suggests to return the draft pension law for rework.

15 May 2013

N. Korea has no nuclear warhead to fit missile: official North Korea has yet to develop a nuclear warhead small enough to fit on a missile.

15 May 2013

Austria warns against arms shipments to Syrian rebels Austria has warned its 26 European Union partners in a letter against providing weapons for rebel movements in the Syrian conflict.

15 May 2013

Vermont OK's small amounts of pot Vermont's legislature on Monday voted to decriminalize possession of small amounts of marijuana, making the New England state the 17th to relax restrictions on the drug.

15 May 2013