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Nazarbayev dreams of a domed city for 10-15 thousand people Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev shared the plans of EXPO-2017 exhibition facilities construction.

03 January 2013

Obama signs 'fiscal cliff' bill into law President Barack Obama has signed into law a contentious compromise bill hammered out in Congress that narrowly averted the US 'fiscal cliff of tax hikes and drastic, immediate cuts in spending.

03 January 2013

US House to vote imminently on 'fiscal cliff' deal The House of Representatives will vote late Tuesday on a bill already approved by the Senate to avert huge New Year tax hikes and spending cuts known as the "fiscal cliff".

02 January 2013

Venezuela frets over ill Chavez as 2013 begins Somber Venezuelans began 2013 fretting over their ubiquitous and garrulous leader Hugo Chavez, wondering what the future holds as the president wages a tough battle with cancer in a Havana hospital.

02 January 2013

Nazarbayev signed amendments to state service law Kazakhstan President has signed amendments to Kazakhstan state service legislation called to improve efficiency of the state machine.

01 January 2013

Turkey is yet to decide on use of land lots in Almaty and Aktau Kazakhstan Parliament has approved the draft law On ratification of the protocol between the governments of Kazakhstan and Turkey on transfer of property in Kemer district of Antalya province, Turkey, into Kazakhstan ownership.

01 January 2013

East Timor bids farewell to peacekeepers after 13 years The UN ends its peacekeeping mission in East Timor Monday after 13 years of boots on the ground in Asia's youngest nation following a bloody transition to independence.

01 January 2013

Vatican backs Monti, the anti-Berlusconi The Vatican has thrown its weight behind outgoing prime minister Mario Monti, ditching the scandal-hit Silvio Berlusconi in favour of a practising Catholic they hope may lead Italy after February's general election.

31 December 2012

Talks stall as fiscal cliff looms Two days of last-gasp talks produced no deal Sunday between US political leaders struggling to averting a fiscal calamity due to hit the American and world economy within hours.

31 December 2012

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Obama signs law against Iran's influence in Latin America President Barack Obama enacted a law Friday to counter Iran's alleged influence in Latin America, through a new diplomatic and political strategy to be designed by the State Department.

31 December 2012

Senate renews warrantless surveillance act The Senate approved a five-year extension Friday of a George W. Bush-era surveillance law that allows US spy agencies to conduct wiretapping on foreign citizens without a warrant.

31 December 2012

Obama 'modestly optimistic' for fiscal deal President Barack Obama said Friday he was "modestly optimistic" a last-minute deal was possible with Republicans to avert a "fiscal cliff" crisis that could spark a recession and rock global markets.

30 December 2012

Philippines seeks unity after birth control law signed President Benigno Aquino's government called for reconciliation on Saturday after a "divisive" birth control act was signed into law despite bitter opposition from the influential Catholic church.

30 December 2012

Chinese Foreign Ministry expressed condolences over plane crash near Shymkent Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi sent a telegram to his Kazakhstan colleague Yerlan Idrissov with condolences over the plane crash near Shymkent.

29 December 2012

Kazakhstan marine corps received 30 new armored personnel carriers The new vehicles provide better protection of personnel and systems; their liveness is 20 percent higher than that of the previous versions.

29 December 2012

Nazarbayev invited new Japanese Prime-Minister to Kazakhstan Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev congratulated Prime-Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe on the victory of the Liberal-Democratic Party at the Parliamentary elections.

29 December 2012

Britain's Cameron could make EU unravel: Van Rompuy British Prime Minister David Cameron's attempts to win back powers from the European Union could cause the 27-nation bloc to fall apart.

29 December 2012

Running from Putin: Russia's new political refugees In August, a group of Russian environmentalists were walking along a beach on the Black Sea, just outside the walls surrounding a majestic palace that has been linked to President Vladimir Putin.

29 December 2012

Abbas warns of disbanding PA if no peace talks Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas warned Thursday that he would disband his Palestinian Authority if there was no Israeli movement toward renewing peace talks after Israel's elections on January 22.

29 December 2012