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Fresh start for Congress, but fiscal battles loom again With nearly 100 new members, the US Congress convened Thursday fresh from the year-end "fiscal cliff" fiasco, as lawmakers cast a wary eye towards the tough budget battles ahead.

04 January 2013

Obama signs sweeping US defense spending bill President Barack Obama has signed into law a $633 billion US defense spending bill that funds the war in Afghanistan and boosts security at US missions worldwide.

03 January 2013

An heir for North Korea's Kim Jong-Un? North Korea's next dynastic succession may have been secured, with new TV images of leader Kim Jong-Un's wife suggesting that Pyongyang's first lady recently gave birth.

03 January 2013

China will erect town on Kazakhstan border A district-level town has been established at Alashankou border crossing at Chinese-Kazakhstan border.

03 January 2013

Nazarbayev dreams of a domed city for 10-15 thousand people Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev shared the plans of EXPO-2017 exhibition facilities construction.

03 January 2013

US House to vote imminently on 'fiscal cliff' deal The House of Representatives will vote late Tuesday on a bill already approved by the Senate to avert huge New Year tax hikes and spending cuts known as the "fiscal cliff".

02 January 2013

Venezuela frets over ill Chavez as 2013 begins Somber Venezuelans began 2013 fretting over their ubiquitous and garrulous leader Hugo Chavez, wondering what the future holds as the president wages a tough battle with cancer in a Havana hospital.

02 January 2013

East Timor bids farewell to peacekeepers after 13 years The UN ends its peacekeeping mission in East Timor Monday after 13 years of boots on the ground in Asia's youngest nation following a bloody transition to independence.

01 January 2013

Vatican backs Monti, the anti-Berlusconi The Vatican has thrown its weight behind outgoing prime minister Mario Monti, ditching the scandal-hit Silvio Berlusconi in favour of a practising Catholic they hope may lead Italy after February's general election.

31 December 2012

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Russian President Vladimir Putin thanked Tokayev

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Tokayev: We hope for the opening of Kazakhstani schools in Russian cities

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South Korea to start hiring Kazakhstanis

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Dollar reached 505 tenge in exchange offices

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Tokayev’s article was published in a Russian newspaper

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Dollar is sold for 504 tenge in exchange offices

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Two more cows have died from anthrax in Atyrau

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Warming up to 18°C: Weather in Kazakhstan on November 27

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Efforts to increase Aral Sea water volume have been revealed

26 November 2024, 20:48

Baikonur captured through a photographer's lens

26 November 2024, 19:58

Kazakhstan’s New Year 2025 holidays announced

26 November 2024, 19:20

What you can buy for one dollar in Kazakhstan

26 November 2024, 15:33

Anthrax has been confirmed in a resident of Atyrau

26 November 2024, 14:33

Kazakhstan moves a January holiday for New Year 2025

26 November 2024, 14:20

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26 November 2024, 13:02

Earth's second 'moon' began drifting away

26 November 2024, 10:38

Residents of Almaty and Zhetysu regions felt earthquake

26 November 2024, 10:01

Terrorist attack was being planned in one of Kazakhstan's prisons

25 November 2024, 23:50

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25 November 2024, 22:22

Dollar is falling: the situation on the stock exchange

25 November 2024, 20:43

Chinese Foreign Ministry expressed condolences over plane crash near Shymkent Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi sent a telegram to his Kazakhstan colleague Yerlan Idrissov with condolences over the plane crash near Shymkent.

29 December 2012

Nazarbayev invited new Japanese Prime-Minister to Kazakhstan Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev congratulated Prime-Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe on the victory of the Liberal-Democratic Party at the Parliamentary elections.

29 December 2012

Britain's Cameron could make EU unravel: Van Rompuy British Prime Minister David Cameron's attempts to win back powers from the European Union could cause the 27-nation bloc to fall apart.

29 December 2012

Running from Putin: Russia's new political refugees In August, a group of Russian environmentalists were walking along a beach on the Black Sea, just outside the walls surrounding a majestic palace that has been linked to President Vladimir Putin.

29 December 2012

Abbas warns of disbanding PA if no peace talks Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas warned Thursday that he would disband his Palestinian Authority if there was no Israeli movement toward renewing peace talks after Israel's elections on January 22.

29 December 2012

Clinton, still recovering, to be back at desk Monday Outgoing US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who fell ill in early December and hasn't been seen in public since, will be back at her desk on Monday.

29 December 2012

Russia invites Syria opposition chief for talks Russia, one of the few powers to maintain links with the Syrian regime of President Bashar al-Assad, has sent an invitation for talks to the head of the opposition Syria National Coalition.

29 December 2012

C. Africa leader appeals for help to halt rebel advance The United States evacuated its embassy in the Central African Republic as the nation's embattled leader appealed for French and US help after rebels seized large swathes of the mineral-rich country.

29 December 2012

France to take in Afghans in danger for working with troops France will take in Afghans whose security is at risk after having worked with its troops in the war-ravaged country, joining other Western nations facing a similar quandary.

29 December 2012

Pakistan to mark five years since Bhutto murder Pakistan marks the fifth anniversary of the assassination of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto on Thursday, with her son expected to launch his political career with a speech in the family's ancestral home town.

28 December 2012