Kazakhstan to get new Business Road Map
I instruct the Prime-Minister to personally develop the new Road Map, similar to the old one. Shake off the dust, it is ready: Nursultan Nazarbayev.
UN to sanction N. Korea space agency: diplomat
The UN Security Council will order sanctions against North Korea's space agency in a resolution to be passed this week condemning a ballistic launch.
23 January 2013
Sao Paulo begins mandatory detention of crack addicts
Brazil's economic capital Sao Paulo on Monday began mandatory detention of drug addicts for rehab, authorities said, amid rising worries over an epidemic of crack cocaine use.
Israelis vote in elections seen swinging to the right
Polls opened on Tuesday in Israel's general election, which is expected to return Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to power at the head of a government of hardline right-wing and religious parties.
Chavez joking, giving orders: Venezuelan minister
Venezuela's top diplomat said Monday that President Hugo Chavez was joking and giving orders, after disappearing from the public eye six weeks ago for cancer surgery in Cuba.