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Japan election candidates make final pitches Hundreds of candidates vying for a seat in Japan's parliament made their final pitches on Saturday in an election expected to see the return of the country's old guard.

15 December 2012

Clinton holds the key to 2016 White House race Will she, won't she, will she, won't she, will she join the dance? To borrow from "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland," that's the question on everyone's lips about Hillary Clinton and the 2016 White House race.

15 December 2012

Susan Rice folds US secretary of state bid Susan Rice asked President Barack Obama not to pick her as his next secretary of state Thursday, after becoming a lightning rod for Republicans over the raid on the US consulate in Benghazi, Libya.

15 December 2012

Candidate, 94, uses funeral fund for Japan election A 94-year-old man who cashed in his funeral savings to use as an election deposit was out canvassing for votes Friday, just two days ahead of Japan's general election.

15 December 2012

Kazakhstan to develop a State Program to Counteract Religious Extremism and Terrorism At the same time President warned that “measures to counteract extremism should not transform into witch-hunt and shouldn’t grow into moves to counteract religion”.

14 December 2012

I want to reiterate there should be no language discrimination: President Nazarbayev We should appreciate Russian language as a long-time advantage of the Kazakhs: President.

14 December 2012

Kazakhstan isn’t changing priorities in its foreign policy: President Nazarbayev We clearly say that political independence of Kazakhstan is inviolable: President.

14 December 2012

Adherence to radical Islamic movements is a way back to the Medieval times: President Nazarbayev According to him, when sticking to Islam canons, the modern generation should pay homage to our national traditions.

14 December 2012

Non-extraction industries to double by 2025 and triple by 2040: President Nazarbayev According to him, in 2012 Kazakhstan will be numbered among the top 50 nations in the world in terms of its GDP.

14 December 2012

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Beginning of 2013 will be difficult for Central Asian countries The beginning of 2013 will be difficult for Central Asian countries because of this year’s drought in the grain-yielding regions of the world.

14 December 2012

Japan scrambles fighters for China plane Japan scrambled fighter jets on Thursday after one Chinese state-owned aeroplane entered airspace over islands at the centre of a dispute between Tokyo and Beijing.

14 December 2012

Honduras fears new crisis over Supreme Court row The Honduran Congress fired four Supreme Court justices on Wednesday, raising fears of a new political crisis three years after a coup.

13 December 2012

Danial Akhmetov and Akhmetzhan Yessimov received First President's awards Prior to the Independence Day Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev handed state awards.

13 December 2012

Serik Akhmetov met with head of Chevron Kazakhstan Prime-Minister Serik Akhmetov met with chairman and CEO of Chevron corporation John Watson.

13 December 2012

Nazarbayev will make State-of-Union Address to people of Kazakhstan tomorrow The official meeting will be held in the new Opera and Ballet Theater on Astana’s Left Bank.

13 December 2012

India condemns N. Korea rocket launch, tests own missile India condemned North Korea's long-range rocket launch on Wednesday even as it tested one of its own ballistic weapons, which were developed when India was a nuclear pariah itself.

13 December 2012

World leaders face big challenges in 2013 Barack Obama is back and China has a new leader in Xi Jinping, but world leaders face heavyweight issues in the coming year, from lingering economic crises to bloody tumult in the Middle East.

13 December 2012

Kazakhstan’s Foreign Ministry makes a statement on the launch of a long-range rocket by North Korea “We believe the move may have an adverse effect on the global non-proliferation regime and poses a threat of both regional and global scale”, the statement reads.

13 December 2012

Chavez cancer surgery successful: vice president Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez was recovering after a successful cancer operation at a Cuban hospital, his vice president said Tuesday.

12 December 2012