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Russian-Kazakhstan agreement on joint air defense system to be signed in 2013 Kazakhstan Foreign Minister commented on the results of Kazakhstan's chairmanship in CSTO in 2012.

21 December 2012

Kazakhstan co-chairs OECD Central Asian Initiative Kazakhstan has assumed the office of co-chairman of Central Asian Initiative of the OECD.

20 December 2012

Record backing expected for UN anti-death penalty vote A record number of countries are expected to back a UN General Assembly call for a moratorium on capital punishment on Thursday.

20 December 2012

S. Korea president-elect says security priority with North South Korean president-elect Park Geun-Hye vowed Thursday to put national security first while pursuing greater engagement with a belligerent North Korea.

20 December 2012

US shooting revives debate over mental health care The deadly US shooting rampage last week has revived debate about access to mental health care -- a tough issue as state funds dry up and laws make it difficult to treat people against their will.

20 December 2012

Nursultan Nazarbayev suggested that CSTO jointly respond to emergency situations Kazakhstan President took part in CSTO meeting in Moscow.

20 December 2012

Obama wants concrete gun proposals within a month President Barack Obama put ending an "epidemic" of gun violence at the top of his second term agenda Wednesday, denying he was "on vacation" on the issue before last week's school massacre.

20 December 2012

Eurasian Economic Union draft to be ready by mid-2014 Nazarbayev emphasized that the presidents of Kazakhstan, Russia and Belarus are intent on transforming the Customs Union and the ensuing Single Economic Space into a solid alliance that would attract other nations.

20 December 2012

Nazarbayev and Putin sign a joint actions plan for 2013-2015 During the talks in Moscow the two presidents discussed both bilateral cooperation and issues on the international agenda.

20 December 2012

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US inquiry slams 'grossly inadequate' Benghazi security A long-awaited inquiry into a deadly militant attack on the US mission in the Libyan city of Benghazi late Tuesday slammed State Department security arrangements there as "grossly inadequate."

20 December 2012

Kazakhstan MP Serik Akhmetov to visit Uzbekistan Kazakhstan Prime-Minister Serik Akhmetov will render a work visit to Uzbekistan.

19 December 2012

Hopes for stronger ties as Hollande visits Algeria President Francois Hollande arrives in Algeria on Wednesday seeking to end simmering resentment over French colonial rule and bolster ties with the OPEC country.

19 December 2012

South Koreans vote in presidential election South Koreans cast their votes Wednesday in a tight and potentially historic presidential election that could result in Asia's fourth-largest economy selecting its first female leader.

19 December 2012

Kazakhstan to boost gas supplies to Kyrgyzstan starting from December 19 Kazakhstan’s Gas Shipping Company had limited gas supplies to Kyrgyzstan starting from December 13 due to failed gas supplies from the neighboring Uzbekistan and ensuing gas shortages in the south of Kazakhstan.

19 December 2012

KazKosmos Head’s remarks over Baikonur distorted by journalists: Foreign Minister According to him, It would be unwise on Kazakhstan’s part to lose the opportunity to closely cooperate with such a full-fledged space power as Russia.

19 December 2012

Talks over co-use and co-management of Baikonur to start in Q1 2013 The lease contract was signed in 1994. The contract is obsolete: Kazakhstan President’s representative at Baikonur.

19 December 2012

'You need me': Berlusconi on new election run Italy's indefatigable former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi appeared on television Tuesday for the third time in as many days to vow a return to political life.

19 December 2012

Kazakhstan Foreign Minister comments Strategy-2050 Many people were skeptical about Kazakhstan’s future. Foreign analysts and observers believed that Kazakhstan would most probably not be growing a sovereign state, because the country had a demanding geopolitical surrounding, complicated ethnic composition of the population and backward economy: Yerlan Idrissov.

18 December 2012

Signs of evolving US gun debate after school tragedy New signs emerged Monday of an evolving US gun law debate, with several top lawmakers appearing more open to stiffening controls on firearms after the Connecticut school massacre.

18 December 2012