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Japan's yakuza-linked justice minister quits Japan's justice minister, who has admitted past links with organised crime, resigned Tuesday just three weeks into the job, citing "health problems".

24 October 2012

Australia's Abbott says sorry to childless PM in new row Australian opposition leader Tony Abbott apologised Tuesday after saying the government was inexperienced when it comes to having babies, a comment seen as a dig at childless Prime Minister Julia Gillard.

24 October 2012

MP accused Kazakhstan Economic Ministry of lobbying for tobacco companies The deputy was outraged at the new draft law on taxation presented in the lower chamber of Kazakhstan Parliament.

23 October 2012

Kazakhstan working on new cooperation agreement with EU: Nazarbayev Nursultan Nazarbayev met with members of the International Council of Management Consulting Institutes during his official visit to Austria.

23 October 2012

US, Iran deny deal for bilateral nuclear talks Iran and the United States both denied any deal had been reached for one-on-one nuclear talks, as The New York Times reported -- even though the White House said it was open to such a dialogue.

23 October 2012

Fidel Castro appears in public after health rumors Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro has reappeared in public, meeting at a Havana hotel with a Venezuelan politician -- quashing swirling rumors that the former leader was on his death bed.

23 October 2012

Merkel to open Berlin Holocaust memorial for Roma German Chancellor Angela Merkel will inaugurate a memorial to murdered Roma and Sinti victims of the Nazis on Wednesday, as Europe's largest minority grapples with ongoing discrimination.

23 October 2012

300 ethnic Kazakhs live in Finland Kazakhstan Ambassador to Finland and Estonia Galymzhan Koishybayev held a meeting with representatives of Kazakh expatriate community living in Helsinki.

23 October 2012

Indonesian president to visit Kazakhstan in 2013 Kazakhstan Ambassador Askhat Orazbai presented his credentials to Indonesian president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono in Jakarta.

23 October 2012

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Australia PM poll boost after sexism speech Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard's popularity has surged following her aggressive speech calling the opposition leader a misogynist and a sexist, a poll showed Monday.

23 October 2012

Nazarbayev met with president of Austria The official meeting ceremony in Hofburg Palace was followed by talks of the presidents in narrow and extended formats.

22 October 2012

Iran and Spain to start extradition of Kazakhstan citizens Kazakhstan President signed laws ratifying the Agreements on extradition between Kazakhstan and Iran and between Kazakhstan and Spain.

22 October 2012

Nazarbayev arrived in Austria Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev is going to meet with Austrian Federal President Heinz Fischer.

22 October 2012

National Security Commission sees need for regional anti-terrorist commissions We believe that to effectively resolve these problems we should create two vertical chains of command: deputy chairman of Kazakhstan National Security Commission.

22 October 2012

S. Korea stops anti-North event after military threats South Korean troops and riot police on Monday prevented activists from sending anti-Pyongyang leaflets across the border after North Korea threatened a "merciless" military response.

22 October 2012

Obama, Romney tied in latest poll A new pull puts US President Barack Obama and his Republican rival, Mitt Romney dead even in their race for the White House on the eve of their final televised debate.

22 October 2012

Palestinians head to polls in first vote since 2006 Palestinians in the West Bank will head to the polls on Saturday for the first time in nearly seven years, casting their ballots in local elections.

21 October 2012

Annan says anti-drug policies have failed Former UN secretary general Kofi Annan called Thursday for a discussion on decriminalization of drugs, criticizing the crackdown on traffickers in Mexico led by outgoing President Felipe Calderon.

21 October 2012

Kazakhstan and EU will jointly counter terrorist propaganda We are working on a new agreement between Kazakhstan and the European Union to jointly counter propaganda of terrorism: deputy chairman of the National Security Commission of Kazakhstan.

21 October 2012