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Seoul says has other drone options than Global Hawks South Korea is not necessarily committed to buying US Global Hawk surveillance drones, a spokesman said Wednesday, after the Pentagon requested congressional permission for such a sale.

27 December 2012

Egypt adopts new constitution as opposition cries foul Egypt's electoral commission confirmed on Tuesday that a controversial, Islamist-backed constitution was passed by 64 percent of voters, rejecting opposition allegations of polling fraud.

26 December 2012

France to transit military property from Afghanistan via Shymkent Transit of French military property and personnel will go via Kazakhstan's Shymkent airport.

26 December 2012

Kazakhstan to develop tourism in Turkish Kemer Kazakhstan will receive some land in the forest in Kemer district of Antalya province in Turkey.

26 December 2012

Serik Akhmetov met with head of Lukoil in Astana The meeting covered cooperation in oil and gas, as well as implementation of joint projects in oil production.

26 December 2012

Hawkish Abe to be named Japan's next prime minister Japan's conservative leader Shinzo Abe is to be named as the country's new prime minister Wednesday, after he swept to power on a hawkish platform of getting tough on diplomacy while fixing the economy.

26 December 2012

MP doubts Kazakhstan's pension savings system Kazakhstan Majilis deputy from the Communist party Vladislav Kossarev has doubts about Kazakhstan’s pension system.

26 December 2012

Kazakhstan has perfect conditions for oil transit from Transneft to China I think that Russians just don’t want to go to China: Samruk-Kazyna Managing Director.

26 December 2012

Netanyahu aims to deport tens of thousands of Africans Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday he aims to repatriate tens of thousands of African illegal migrants and that the inflow into Israel from the Sinai peninsula has been brought to a halt.

26 December 2012

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Anti-terrorist website launched in Kaznet A special website aimed at countering terrorism opened in Kazakhstan Internet segment.

25 December 2012

Syrian regime 'has no future' says US Peace envoy Lakhdar Brahimi held "constructive" talks in Syria with President Bashar al-Assad, as Washington warned Monday that his regime's days are numbered.

25 December 2012

Chavez could be sworn in by Supreme Court: Maduro Venezuela's ruling party and an opposition leader came to a rare agreement Monday, accepting that President Hugo Chavez's inauguration may be delayed if he is remains ill come January 10.

25 December 2012

King urges Spain to unite against crisis King Juan Carlos called on Spaniards to unite against an economic crisis of previously unimagined intensity in a Christmas Eve message Monday that took clear aim at Catalonia's bid for nationhood.

25 December 2012

Planned shift to the Latin alphabet will contribute to popularity of Kazakh language A special working group is to be formed shortly to gather suggestions and recommendations and outline a plan of further actions, including development of a new font and rules of its use.

25 December 2012

Russia: 'political suicide' if Assad uses chemical arms Russia said on Monday it would be "political suicide" for the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad if it used chemical weapons against the armed opposition.

25 December 2012

Ahmadinejad aide returns to jail after short parole Ali Akbar Javanfekr, a senior aide to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, returned to jail on Monday after a four-day parole during which he underwent medical treatment.

25 December 2012

Putin in India with eyes on arms, trade deals Russian President Vladimir Putin held talks in New Delhi on Monday to tighten defence ties and boost trade with India, a traditional ally and one of Russia's top clients for arms sales.

25 December 2012

Egypt waits on referendum results; opposition cries fraud Egypt on Monday was awaiting official results of a referendum on a new constitution reportedly backed by two-thirds of voters but which the opposition alleged was riddled with fraud.

25 December 2012

President's sport club opened in Astana Kazakhstan President’s professional sport club Astana has been presented in Astana.

24 December 2012