Politics - страница 264

Syrian deputy FM Muqdad begins talks in Russia A Syrian government delegation led by Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Muqdad on Thursday began talks at the Russian foreign ministry on the crisis in the country.

28 December 2012

Israel PM met Jordan king in Amman over Syria: media Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held talks with Jordan's King Abdullah II in Amman recently to discuss violence in Syria and the country's chemical weapons stock.

28 December 2012

UAE supports 'non-sectarian' change in Syria: FM The UAE supports a "non-sectarian" change in power in war-hit Syria, the WAM official news agency quoted the Gulf state's foreign minister as saying after he met with a top Syrian opposition leader.

27 December 2012

Netanyahu launches re-election bid centred on Iran Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday put Iran at the top of on his re-election campaign, pledging that halting Tehran's nuclear programme would be his first priority as premier.

27 December 2012

Egypt adopts new constitution as opposition cries foul Egypt's electoral commission confirmed on Tuesday that a controversial, Islamist-backed constitution was passed by 64 percent of voters, rejecting opposition allegations of polling fraud.

26 December 2012

Serik Akhmetov met with head of Lukoil in Astana The meeting covered cooperation in oil and gas, as well as implementation of joint projects in oil production.

26 December 2012

Hawkish Abe to be named Japan's next prime minister Japan's conservative leader Shinzo Abe is to be named as the country's new prime minister Wednesday, after he swept to power on a hawkish platform of getting tough on diplomacy while fixing the economy.

26 December 2012

MP doubts Kazakhstan's pension savings system Kazakhstan Majilis deputy from the Communist party Vladislav Kossarev has doubts about Kazakhstan’s pension system.

26 December 2012

Kazakhstan has perfect conditions for oil transit from Transneft to China I think that Russians just don’t want to go to China: Samruk-Kazyna Managing Director.

26 December 2012

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Son of late icon Kennedy rules out US Senate run A son of late political icon Edward Kennedy said Monday he will not run for the US Senate in Massachusetts -- the same state his father represented for nearly five decades -- US media reported.

26 December 2012

Syrian regime 'has no future' says US Peace envoy Lakhdar Brahimi held "constructive" talks in Syria with President Bashar al-Assad, as Washington warned Monday that his regime's days are numbered.

25 December 2012

Chavez could be sworn in by Supreme Court: Maduro Venezuela's ruling party and an opposition leader came to a rare agreement Monday, accepting that President Hugo Chavez's inauguration may be delayed if he is remains ill come January 10.

25 December 2012

King urges Spain to unite against crisis King Juan Carlos called on Spaniards to unite against an economic crisis of previously unimagined intensity in a Christmas Eve message Monday that took clear aim at Catalonia's bid for nationhood.

25 December 2012

Planned shift to the Latin alphabet will contribute to popularity of Kazakh language A special working group is to be formed shortly to gather suggestions and recommendations and outline a plan of further actions, including development of a new font and rules of its use.

25 December 2012

Russia: 'political suicide' if Assad uses chemical arms Russia said on Monday it would be "political suicide" for the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad if it used chemical weapons against the armed opposition.

25 December 2012

Ahmadinejad aide returns to jail after short parole Ali Akbar Javanfekr, a senior aide to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, returned to jail on Monday after a four-day parole during which he underwent medical treatment.

25 December 2012

Egypt waits on referendum results; opposition cries fraud Egypt on Monday was awaiting official results of a referendum on a new constitution reportedly backed by two-thirds of voters but which the opposition alleged was riddled with fraud.

25 December 2012

President's sport club opened in Astana Kazakhstan President’s professional sport club Astana has been presented in Astana.

24 December 2012

Akhmetov met with Uzbekistan Prime-Minister Kazakhstan Prime-Minister Serik Akhmetov met with Uzbekistan Prime-Minister Savkat Mirziyeyev during his official visit to Uzbekistan.

24 December 2012