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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 10:22

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 00:42

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 19:13

WTO approves membership for Tajikistan The World Trade Organization on Monday approved Tajikistan's 11-year struggle to join the UN's global trade body, paving the way for the Central Asian nation to become its 159th member.

12 December 2012 16:38

US seen as 'first among equals' in 2030: intel report The United States will likely be the "first among equals" rather than a lone superpower by 2030, in an increasingly chaotic world where China is the top economy.

12 December 2012 16:18

US report faults Pakistan over Afghan war Despite an easing of tensions with the United States, Pakistan is persistently undermining security in Afghanistan by permitting safe havens for insurgents.

12 December 2012 14:47

Limited options to punish N. Korea rocket launch With North Korea seemingly intent on going ahead with its planned rocket launch, the international community must decide how it can punish a country that has proved largely impervious to past sanctions.

12 December 2012 13:40

World powers watching closely Iran-IAEA talks World powers keen to re-start diplomatic efforts to resolve he Iranian nuclear crisis will be closely watching a UN atomic agency trip to Tehran on Thursday for any indications of a change in mood.

12 December 2012 13:02

Clinton cancels Morocco trip due to illness US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has canceled a planned trip to Morocco due to a stomach virus, her office said Monday.

12 December 2012 10:55

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Kazakhstan plans to settle transborder rivers issue with China by 2015 Water diverting is growing exponentially in China and we understand that procrastination [with regards to a possible agreement] is getting more dangerous for Kazakhstan: Vice Minister of Agriculture.

12 December 2012 09:48

Chavez to leave for Cuba for more cancer surgery Hugo Chavez was set to leave for Cuba early Monday to undergo new cancer surgery that the Venezuelan leftist president admitted was urgently needed to fight the deadly disease.

11 December 2012 15:01

There should be no surprises or ultimatums around Baikonur: Moscow Russian government called the recent statement of the head of Kazkosmos Talgat Mussabayev “a personal interpretation of the negotiations".

11 December 2012 14:11

Xi's Shenzhen visit a sign of reform: Chinese media China's new Communist Party chief Xi Jinping has signalled his commitment to push for economic reforms by visiting the city of Shenzhen, the historic hub of modernisation.

11 December 2012 13:01

Altai Abibullayev appointed official representative of Central Communications Service The Service was established to ensure greater transparency of the activities of Kazakhstan's state authorities and raise people's awareness of the country leaders' work.

11 December 2012 12:30

Ghana opposition claims fraud in tight presidential vote Ghana's main opposition party on Sunday alleged fraud in the country's tight presidential election, claiming it had evidence that its candidate had won the vote even before official results were declared.

11 December 2012 10:48

Zhanaozen town in Mangistau oblast will not be celebrating the Independence Day December 16 Last year Zhanaozen and Shetpe village in Mangistau oblast were a scene to riots resulting in 15 deaths, with more than 100 people badly injured.

11 December 2012 08:38

Russia hopes changes to the Baikonur lease agreement will be introduced only after 2050 Earlier Head of KazKosmos National Space Agency announced that Kazakhstan and Russian are working out a new agreement to gradually edge away from lease-based relations over the Baikonur cosmodrome.

11 December 2012 08:03

Hu Jintao confident of EXPO-2017 sucess in Kazakhstan Chairman of China Hu Jintao is confident that Kazakhstan will hold EXPO-2017 successfully and in a special way.

10 December 2012 18:10

Egypt opposition debates Morsi concession Egypt's main opposition parties were to meet late Sunday to decide whether to keep up street protests against President Mohamed Morsi after the Islamist leader made a key concession in the crisis dividing the nation.

10 December 2012 17:45