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Pakistan-US gingerly seek to repair ties US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton met Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari on Monday as the two nations inch towards repairing vital ties severely damaged by a series of crises.

25 September 2012

Sagintayev appointed deputy chairman of Nur Otan Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev appointed Minister of Economic Development and Trade Bakytzhan Sagintayev first deputy chairman of Nur Otan party.

25 September 2012

Baurzhan Abdishev appointed Vice-Minister of Environmental Protection Baurzhan Abdishev was born in Karaganda oblast in 1968. He served as Karaganda Akim since January 2010.

25 September 2012

Iraq aims to unite with new national anthem, flag Iraq is seeking to replace its national anthem and flag in a move aimed at providing unifying national symbols and putting decades of conflict and hardship in the country behind it.

25 September 2012

Obama brushes off Israeli pressure over Iran President Barack Obama likened Israeli pressure on him to draw a line in the sand over Iran's nuclear ambitions as noise he tries to ignore.

25 September 2012

Togo ruling family faces increasingly determined opposition The leader of a stick-wielding mob, a small axe dangling from a rope around his neck, made no secret of why they had come: to stop a protest organised by opposition and civil society groups.

25 September 2012

Nursultan Nazarbayev commented new appointments Nursultan Nazarbayev talked to the journalists after appointment of new Prime-Minister and President's Administration head.

24 September 2012

Kazakhstan political experts on new Prime-Minister's course I think that nothing will change from economic development point of view: Dossym Satpayev.

24 September 2012

Massimov will enhance control over state authorities and government: Yermukhamet Yertysbayev Kazakhstan President’s Adviser commented appointment of Karim Massimov head of President's Administration.

24 September 2012

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Belarus opposition ridicules 'falsified' polls Belarus on Monday boasted of a massive turnout in parliamentary polls won by supporters of authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko but the opposition ridiculed the results as brazenly rigged.

24 September 2012

Poland supports Kazakhstan's bid to host EXPO-2017 Our government has reiterated its support to Kazakhstan's bid to host EXPO-2017: Poland's Minister of Economy Waldemar Pawlak.

24 September 2012

Swiss voters say no to tightening of smoking ban Two-thirds of Swiss voters rejected a referendum Sunday to tighten a smoking ban, to the relief of hotels and restaurants, while two cantons split in a vote over keeping tax breaks for rich foreigners.

24 September 2012

Hopes mount for deal as Sudan, South Sudan leaders meet The leaders of Sudan and South Sudan met late Sunday as international pressure grew to end long-running disputes that have brought the former civil war foes to the brink of renewed conflict.

24 September 2012

Unasur observers prepare for Venezuela election Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and his rival Henrique Capriles are satisfied with logistical preparations ahead of the arrival of election monitors from the Union of South American Nations.

24 September 2012

Kazakhstan setting tank-repair facility Uralvagonzavod and Kazakhstan Engineering will establish a joint company repairing and modernizing armored vehicles in Kazakhstan.

24 September 2012

S.Korean dictator's daughter apologises for abuses The ruling party candidate in South Korea's presidential election offered her "sincere apologies" Monday to victims of the repressive rule of her late father, military strongman Park Chung-Hee.

24 September 2012

Karim Massimov thanked President and Ministers I would like to thank our President for the high confidence he had in me all these years: ex-Kazakhstan PM Karim Massimov.

24 September 2012

Nazarbayev appointed Massimov head of Presidential Administration Karim Massimov shall be appointed head of Kazakhstan President’s Administration: Kazakhstan President’s decree.

24 September 2012

Kazakhstan President Nazarbayev relieves PM Massimov Nursultan Nazarbayev is expected to ask Prime Minister Karim Massimov to head his powerful presidential administration amid ongoing jostling to succeed the veteran strongman.

24 September 2012