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All aboard as Maduro takes the wheel in election stunt Venezuela's acting president Nicolas Maduro got behind the wheel of a public bus -- his former job -- as he vowed to steer the country into a socialist future after the death of Hugo Chavez.

15 March 2013

Kazakhstan mulls special forces to ensure order at rallies Kazakhstan General Prosecutor’s office is suggesting to create special divisions in the interior authorities to ensure order at mass events.

15 March 2013

Vietnam anti-China activists mark island battle Activists in Hanoi chanted anti-China slogans and laid flowers Thursday at a protest marking the anniversary of a battle over the contested Spratly Islands in which 64 Vietnamese soldiers died.

15 March 2013

Afghanistan asks for Kazakhstan's support in entering Organization for Cooperation of Railways Kazakhstan could support Afghanistan in Russia, so that it can enter this organization more quickly. Then the transit problem will be fully resolved: expert.

15 March 2013

Vote delay could destabilise Lebanon A divisive debate over Lebanon's electoral law may delay parliamentary elections scheduled for June 9, stoking fears of instability in a country already rattled by the conflict in neighbouring Syria.

15 March 2013

Kazakhstan’s President Nursultan Nazarbayev meets his Israeli counterpart Shimon Peres The two leaders discussed bilateral economic cooperation. Notably, they dwelt on interaction in agriculture and innovative technology.

15 March 2013

Eternal viewing of Chavez may be impossible: Maduro Venezuela's acting president Nicolas Maduro acknowledged Wednesday that it could be too late to have president Hugo Chavez embalmed "like Lenin" so that his body could be on view permanently.

14 March 2013

Crisis-weary Zimbabweans to vote on new constitution Beleaguered Zimbabweans will on Saturday vote on a new constitution that would, for the first time, put a definite end date on Robert Mugabe's controversial rule.

14 March 2013

India to hand plots of land to rural poor: reports India's government is drawing up a major new welfare reform which would hand small plots of land to millions of homeless poor in the countryside.

14 March 2013

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Mistrust in Mali for its soldiers in sandals On the banks of the River Niger, mud-walled buildings festooned with tricolours mark out the ancient trading post of Gao, Mali's largest northern city where the French have been welcomed as heroes.

14 March 2013

Australia gets first Aboriginal provincial government leader The first Aboriginal to head a government in Australia took office on Thursday as chief minister of the Northern Territory, after staging a backroom coup.

14 March 2013

Venezuela plans new exchange for better dollar supply Venezuela is planning a complementary system to increase a supply of dollars hindered by strict currency control measures.

14 March 2013

Xi Jinping named president of China: parliament Xi Jinping was named president of China Thursday after a vote at the nation's parliamentary meeting in Beijing, four months after he took charge of the ruling Communist Party.

14 March 2013

Lawyers demand US show steps toward closing Guantanamo Lawyers for detainees at Guantanamo prison called for the US to show concrete steps towards closing the facility on Tuesday, citing a "humanitarian crisis" at the controversial jail.

14 March 2013

Argentine president slams Falklands vote as 'parody' Argentine President Cristina Kirchner Tuesday slammed as a "parody" the referendum in the disputed Falkland islands, where residents voted in favor of remaining a British overseas territory.

14 March 2013

Italy ready to extradite criminals to Kazakhstan Italian Ambassador Alberto Pieri met with first deputy General Prosecutor of Kazakhstan Iogan Merkel.

13 March 2013

Australia defends media reforms amid 'Stalinism' claims Australia defended proposed media reforms arising from Britain's phone-hacking scandal Wednesday after a heated backlash from Rupert Murdoch's local operations, which labelled them dictatorial.

13 March 2013

Kazakhstan to adopt Polish local government experience A memorandum of experience exchange in local self-government has been signed between Poland and Kazakhstan.

13 March 2013

Nursultan Nazarbayev takes short vacation Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev is on a short vacation.

13 March 2013