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N. Korea threatens South over 'monstrous' act North Korea's military on Tuesday threatened the South with imminent "sledge-hammer" retaliation unless Seoul apologised for anti-Pyongyang protestors burning effigies of its revered leaders.

16 April 2013

Corruption is srinking steadily in Kazakhstan: financial police Kazakhstan finance police is holding an international anti-corruption seminar.

16 April 2013

Obama to host South Korean president on May 7 US President Barack Obama will hold his first White House talks with South Korean counterpart Park Geun-Hye on May 7.

16 April 2013

New Zealand set to legalise gay marriage New Zealand is poised to become the first Asia-Pacific nation to legalise same-sex marriage in a parliamentary vote that gay rights advocates on Tuesday hailed as a milestone for equality.

16 April 2013

US military helicopter crashes near N. Korea border A US military helicopter taking part in a joint South Korea-US drill crashed Tuesday near the North Korean border with no apparent casualties.

16 April 2013

Presidents of Kazakhstan and Finland to meet in Astana Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev will meet with Finland’s President Sauli Niinisto.

16 April 2013

Battle lines drawn as US Senate readies gun debate The most significant US Senate debate on gun laws in 20 years starts Tuesday with the chamber introducing a bipartisan compromise on background checks.

16 April 2013

National Intelligence Service to make sure Bolashak scholarship holders return to Kazakhstan to work off the state expenses Bolashak state-run program seeks to provide an opportunity for the most talented students from Kazakhstan to gain higher education at the best universities overseas.

16 April 2013

Thousands protest against Venezuela's president-elect Thousands of opposition supporters crammed the streets of Caracas on Monday, banging pots, burning trash bags and chanting "fraud" to protest the confirmation of late leader Hugo Chavez's political heir as president-elect.

16 April 2013

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French ministers face first-ever assets declaration French ministers will for the first time on Monday disclose their assets, in a move President Francois Hollande's Socialist government hopes will restore public confidence after a tax fraud scandal.

15 April 2013

Falklands War to pervade Thatcher's funeral For many of Margaret Thatcher's admirers, the war she fought with Argentina over the Falkland Islands was her finest moment -- and there will be many reminders of the brief.

15 April 2013

Hong Kong transsexual woman in last fight to wed boyfriend Hong Kong's highest court on Monday began hearing the final appeal of a transsexual woman who is seeking to wed her boyfriend, in a potentially groundbreaking case for the Chinese city.

15 April 2013

Russia puts Putin critic Navalny on trial Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny goes on trial Wednesday on embezzlement charges carrying a maximum 10-year jail term.

15 April 2013

Cambodia, Thailand take temple dispute to top UN court Thailand and Cambodia are to face off at the UN's highest court Monday in a dispute over land surrounding a flashpoint temple that has seen deadly clashes along their joint border.

15 April 2013

Kazakhstan to spend 1 percent of GDP on green economy There are many scenarios and we will compare them, but I think we will invest at least 1 percent: Kazakhstan Minister.

15 April 2013

S. Korea 'regrets' North rejection of dialogue South Korea voiced regret Monday at North Korea's dismissal of its offer for dialogue, as the South's armed forces remained on heightened alert for an expected missile test by Pyongyang.

15 April 2013

Chavez heir Maduro wins Venezuela's presidency Nicolas Maduro was declared the winner of the election to succeed his late mentor Hugo Chavez by a razor-thin margin over an opponent that voiced fears of vote manipulation.

15 April 2013

US Republicans oppose gay marriage, in Hollywood US Republicans reaffirmed their opposition to gay marriage Friday, as they closed a three-day meeting vowing to reach out to liberals, symbolically in the lion's den of liberal Hollywood.

14 April 2013

Manila offers US its military bases in case of N.Korea war The US would be allowed to station forces at military bases in the Philippines if it went to war with North Korea, Foreign Secretary Albert del Rosario said Saturday citing a treaty between the allies.

14 April 2013