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French army tight-lipped on Mali intervention More than seven weeks into its intervention to root out Islamist rebels in Mali, the French army keeps a tight lid on details of the operation -- a policy some call a public relations fumble.

04 March 2013

'We mean it,' Israel's Barak tells Iran on nuclear arms Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak warned Iran on Sunday that Israel would never allow Iranian leaders to develop a nuclear weapon, as he addressed a powerful US-Israel lobby.

04 March 2013

04 March 2013

Serik Akhmetov meets French Foreign Minister French business delegation and Kazakhstan reps exchanged opinions on enhancement of Kazakhstan-French relations in trade and investments.

04 March 2013

Swiss overwhelmingly vote for golden parachute ban A large majority of Swiss voted Sunday to rein in executive pay and force business leaders to give up golden parachutes, according to final results of the popular vote.

04 March 2013

Biden marches with US civil rights leaders in Alabama Vice President Joe Biden marched with black civil rights leaders Sunday in Selma, Alabama to commemorate the "Bloody Sunday" beating of voting rights marchers 48 years ago.

04 March 2013

Participants of Iranian nuclear program talks to come back to Almaty The 5+1 international negotiators and Iran are planning to hold negotiations on the expert level in Istanbul and then continue discussion of the Islamic nuclear program in Almaty.

04 March 2013

Movement in nuclear talks, but onus on Iran: UN chief UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Friday that the ball remained in Iran's court over its contested nuclear programme, though he was encouraged by new feelers being put out by Tehran and the West.

03 March 2013

Venezuela slams media 'lies' about Chavez The Venezuelan government lashed out Friday at a wave of rumors about the fate of ailing President Hugo Chavez, branding it "psychological warfare" aimed at destabilizing the nation.

02 March 2013

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Kazakhstan Foreign Ministry against adoption of children by foreign same-sex couples More and more countries are legalize same-sex marriages. Make sure that our children don't get to such 'families', Kazakhstan Foreign Ministry representative.

01 March 2013

US, South Korea launch major joint exercises Thousands of US troops converged on South Korea Friday for the start of annual joint military exercises, a report said, as tensions run high on the peninsula following North Korea's third nuclear test.

01 March 2013

Israel to delay settlement starts for Obama trip: report Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has banned settler housing tenders being issued for the West Bank and east Jerusalem when US President Barack Obama visits this month.

01 March 2013

British PM Cameron faces 'crisis' after by-election defeat The Liberal Democrats on Friday hung onto the southern England parliamentary seat of Eastleigh, dealing a heavy blow to Prime Minister David Cameron whose Conservative Party were beaten into third place.

01 March 2013

S. Korea leader offers North 'flexible' engagement South Korea's new president Park Geun-Hye offered a "more flexible" engagement with North Korea on Friday if Pyongyang chooses a path of trust-building rather than provocation.

01 March 2013

Japan PM quotes Britain's Iron Lady on island dispute Japan's prime minister on Thursday quoted comments by former British premier Margaret Thatcher about the Falklands War as he spoke about Tokyo's acrimonious islands dispute with China.

28 February 2013

Top Cuban dissidents launch opposition coalition Top Cuban dissidents Guillermo Farinas and Jose Daniel Ferrer joined forces Wednesday to create a more powerful opposition as Raul Castro celebrates his re-election to lead the Communist-run island.

28 February 2013

Amsterdam raises legal age for prostitution to 21 The city of Amsterdam said Tuesday it will raise the legal age of prostitutes from 18 to 21 and announced plans to close brothels during the early morning hours in a bid to protect sex workers.

28 February 2013

Village Akims to be elected in August in Kazakhstan The elections of village Akims will be held throughout Kazakhstan. Maslikhat deputies will be voting for the candidates.

28 February 2013

Head of Iranian delegation thanks Nazarbayev for organizing talks with 5+1 Chief Iranian nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili has thanked Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev for hosting negotiations with 5+1.

28 February 2013