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US plays tough with Karzai on Afghan troops US officials plan a mix of hardball negotiating and flattery during a visit by Afghan President Hamid Karzai as President Barack Obama decides how deeply to cut forces in America's longest war.

11 January 2013

Obama lines up Jack Lew for Treasury President Barack Obama was expected to name Washington veteran Jack Lew as his next Treasury chief as early as Thursday, stocking his team for the next tense budget showdown with Republicans.

10 January 2013

Kazakhstan ratified agreement with Azerbaijan on provision of land Azerbaijan will lease out a 0.5-hectare land lot in Khatinsk region of Baku to Kazakhstan for 49 years at the cost of 1 manat a year.

10 January 2013

Nazarbayev signed law on countering terrorism Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev signed a Law On amendments to several legislative acts of Kazakhstan on countering terrorism.

10 January 2013

Kazakhstan will reform its agrarian science Chairman of KazAgroInnovation Sergey Mogilnyi told about a new program of reforming Kazakhstan agrarian science.

10 January 2013

Kazakhstan ratifies agreement on French military transit The document allows French aircrafts arriving from Afghanistan to land in Shymkent airport and re-load military property owned by the French.

10 January 2013

Military vehicles up for sale in Almaty Over 200 units of military vehicles, including trucks and several ARVs can be bought near Almaty via an advertisement on Kolesa.kz.

10 January 2013

China paper: regulation must 'keep pace with the times' A Chinese newspaper at the centre of a dispute over censorship said Thursday that Communist regulation of the media must "keep pace with the times", in its first edition since the row began.

10 January 2013

Kazakhstan will withdraw from interstate organizations threatening its independence: Nazarbayev Our economy needs new markets, that’s why we strive for economic integration, not a political one: Kazakhstan President.

10 January 2013

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Central Bank Governor Gregory Marchenko refuses to comment on efforts to raise retirement age According to him, the Government and the Parliament will be responsible for any final decisions.

09 January 2013

President Nazarbayev suggests restricting car assess to Almaty downtown According to him, those travelling from the suburbs should leave their private cars on the out-skirts and rely on public transport to reach the city center.

09 January 2013

Kazakh language transiting to the Latin alphabet has nothing to do with the nation’s political preferences Some people groundlessly regard the decision as a sign of Kazakhstan’s political preferences changing: President Nazarbayev.

09 January 2013

Venezuela delays Chavez inauguration as crisis deepens Ailing President Hugo Chavez cannot return home in time for his inauguration on Thursday and so will take the oath of office at a later date before the Supreme Court.

09 January 2013

Czechs to vote in first direct presidential election Czechs vote Friday and Saturday in their country's first direct presidential election, with recession, austerity and graft weighing heavily on the nation as it turns the page on a decade under ardent eurosceptic Vaclav Klaus.

09 January 2013

KazMunaiGas refutes Chinese expansion in Kazakhstan's oil KazMunaiGas EP denies that the share of Chinese companies in oil and gas industry of Kazakhstan could exceed 40 percent in 2013.

09 January 2013

Passions rise in France ahead of anti gay marriage protest Passions and tensions are rising in France ahead of an expected giant weekend rally against the government's plan to legalise same-sex marriage and adoption that has angered influential Catholic and Muslim groups.

09 January 2013

Japan plans extra $2.1 bn on military spend: official Japan plans to spend an extra $2.1 billion on missiles, fighter jets and helicopters, an official said Wednesday, as Tokyo looks to boost defence capabilities with concerns growing over a rising China.

09 January 2013

Egypt's Morsi to urge Obama to free blind sheikh Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi has said he will urge US President Barack Obama to free the blind sheikh jailed for the 1993 World Trade Center attack.

09 January 2013

Honduras leader regrets embassy orgy Honduran President Porfirio Lobo said Monday that a pre-Christmas party at the country's embassy in Colombia that included prostitutes was a "sad incident."

08 January 2013