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Liao slams Chinese politicians' 'dirty wealth' Chinese dissident writer Liao Yiwu accused China's political elite of accumulating "dirty wealth" on Thursday, saying it had turned his country into "one of the biggest landfills in the world."

30 November 2012

US, Israel hail cooperation on Iron Dome defense system The US and Israel on Thursday hailed the performance of the Iron Dome defense system during the recent Gaza conflict, with Washington stressing its continued "strong commitment" to the program.

30 November 2012

'Friends of Syria' meet in Tokyo Delegates from more than 60 countries gathered in Tokyo Friday, seeking to ramp up pressure on Bashar al-Assad's regime as the US moved towards recognising the newly-unified opposition as true leaders of Syria.

30 November 2012

Iran in focus at UN atomic energy meeting Iran is set to be the main talking point at a two-day meeting of the UN atomic agency starting Thursday, amid ongoing weaponisation fears and safety concerns over Tehran's only operating nuclear power plant.

30 November 2012

UN backs holding G-Global in Kazakhstan From economic and political points of view Kazakhstan is eligible to bid for hosting G-Global under the aegis of the United Nations: Kassym-Jomart Tokayev.

30 November 2012

Kazakhstan President discussed Middle East with King of Jordan Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev had a telephone conversation with the King of Jordan Abdullah II bin Al-Hussein.

30 November 2012

Kazakhstan cuts political state positions 8-fold The number of political state workers will be cut 8-fold in Kazakhstan.

29 November 2012

While in Astana U.S. Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs discussed NATO troops in Afghanistan During the meeting we exchanged our opinions on regional security and stabilization of the situation in Afghanistan, in particular: Wendy Sherman said in Kazakhstan.

29 November 2012

White men to head all committees in US House US House Republicans, ruing a presidential election loss in which it failed to attract enough women and minorities, has picked leaders for the 19 committees in the upcoming Congress, and they are all white males.

29 November 2012

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Amnesty slams S. Korea for 'abuse' of security law Amnesty International on Thursday accused South Korea of systematically abusing a 65-year-old security law in order to stifle debate and silence political opposition in Asia's fourth-largest economy.

29 November 2012

Nazarbayev keeps berating Kazakhstan officials for bureaucracy How can we talk about quality of services, e.g. in education, if a teacher spends third of his time writing reports: Kazakhstan's Nazarbayev.

29 November 2012

Kadhafi called Nazarbayev to retain nuclear arsenal Kassym-Jomart Tokayev suggested to disclose the letter of Moamer Kadhafi sent to Kazakhstan Foreign Ministry in 1992.

29 November 2012

Pakistan test fires nuclear-capable ballistic missile Pakistan on Wednesday test fired a nuclear-capable ballistic missile with a range of 1,300 kilometres (800 miles), the military said.

29 November 2012

Kazakhstan and EU to sign expanded cooperation program A bilateral extended cooperation program for the nearest years will be signed during the visit of Catherine Ashton to Kazakhstan.

29 November 2012

S. Korea readies new bid to join global space club South Korea held a final dress rehearsal Wednesday for its third attempt to send a satellite into orbit and join an elite space club that includes Asian powers China, Japan and India.

29 November 2012

Kazakhstan National Security Commission mulls isolating convicted terrorists Kazakhstan National Security Commission is thinking of a more efficient way of jailing convicted terrorists so that they do not spread their ideas among other prisoners.

29 November 2012

French court to rule on Strauss-Kahn pimping probe A French court will Wednesday rule on whether to drop pimping charges against former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn in the last sex crime case against him in France.

29 November 2012

Sale of ConocoPhillips' stake in Kashagan to India is a 'red flag' for China Independent expert Olzhas Baidildinov of Kazakhstan has expressed his opinion on the news about ConocoPhillips intent to sell its stake in Kashagan to Indian ONGC.

28 November 2012

Euro crisis cements Merkel support for election duel Germany swings into election countdown next week when Chancellor Angela Merkel and her chief challenger rally their party faithful for a campaign likely shaped by how hard the euro crisis hits German wallets.

28 November 2012