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'I love Paris' may soon be passe for Chinese tourists Mass muggings and attacks on Chinese tourists in Paris have spawned alarm and warnings of a decline in the number of free-spending visitors from the Asian giant who swarm to France.

30 March 2013 12:15

Philippines marks Easter with bloody mock crucifixions Catholic zealots in the Philippines re-enacted the last hours of Jesus Christ on Good Friday, whipping their backs and nailing themselves to crosses in a grisly Easter ritual that persists despite Church disapproval.

29 March 2013 19:00

'Saint Hugo Chavez': Leader worshipped at his tomb An endless line of Venezuelans files past the tomb of late president Hugo Chavez inside an old barracks perched in a hillside Caracas slum. Many pray and sing hymns until night falls.

29 March 2013 17:25

Park tells N. Korea to change course or perish South Korean President Park Geun-Hye warned North Korea on Tuesday that its only "path to survival" lay in abandoning its nuclear and missile programmes.

26 March 2013 14:52

Coral atoll where giant tortoises outnumber man 10,000:1 It is perhaps not surprising that there are only a handful of humans on one of the most remote islands on Earth, coral atolls far out in the turquoise seas of the Indian Ocean.

26 March 2013 10:38

Former Woodside advisor Australia's new resources minister Australia's new Resources and Energy Minister Gary Gray on Monday denied there would be any conflict of interest stemming from his previous job as an advisor to oil and gas giant Woodside.

25 March 2013 17:17

Air Astana to launch direct Almaty-Ho Chi Minh flight Kazakhstan citizens can now fly to Vietnam’s biggest city with a population of 10 million people via Bangkok.

24 March 2013 16:49

Three green cycling tours to promote EXPO-2017 Three biking tours will take place in Kazakhstan to support EXPO-2017: Savoy-Astana in 2013, Astana-Shanghai in 2015, EXPO to EXPO in 2017.

23 March 2013 17:48

Turkey to offer Kazakhstan new seaside holiday It is expected that the total number of tourists from Kazakhstan travelling to Turkey will triple in the next three years.

23 March 2013 15:25

Palestinians want Obama to end 'passivity' on peace Palestinians want President Barack Obama's milestone visit this week to lead to a more active US approach to resolving the conflict with Israel.

20 March 2013 17:39

US tightrope walker to tackle Grand Canyon He's at it again. The US tightrope artist who crossed Niagara Falls last year will try to do the same at the Grand Canyon -- but this time much further up and without a safety harness.

20 March 2013 11:11

Madagascar's hungry eat grasshoppers after deadly cyclone With small, silent steps, 10-year-old Borikely carefully picks her way through the tall grass of a Madagascar field in search of her dinner. She's hunting for grasshoppers, which she'll catch with a stick.

20 March 2013 10:51

32 killed in western India bus crash: police A bus crash left 32 people dead and another 13 injured after the vehicle careered off a bridge into a dry river bed in India's western state of Maharashtra on Tuesday.

19 March 2013 14:44

Six men to appear in India court over gang-rape of Swiss Six men were due to appear in court on Monday over the gang-rape and robbery of a Swiss cyclist holidaying in India, an assault which has raised alarm about the safety of tourists.

19 March 2013 12:41

Kazakhstan citizen recieves $25 thousand from VKontakte founder Kazakhstan citizen Aleksander Kim has received one of 12 grants from the founder of VKontakte social network Pavel Durov and the founder of DST fund Yuriy Milner for his start-up.

18 March 2013 20:10

6th Astana Economic Forum to cost $2 million This amount will also cover holding and organization of a global anti-crisis conference in Kazakhstan: Murat Karimsakov.

18 March 2013 18:07

Philippines bets on joining gaming elite with mega casino The Philippines was set to open a $1.2 billion giant casino on Saturday in a high-stakes bid to join the world's elite gaming destinations.

16 March 2013 16:34

China city searching for 'modern Marco Polo' A Chinese city is searching for a foreign traveller to become a "modern Marco Polo", with a 40,000 euro ($52,000) salary on offer to the winner.

14 March 2013 10:25

World's largest ground-based space array to open in Chile In a super-arid desert at an altitude of 5,000 meters, with almost no humidity or vegetation, the world's largest ground-based astronomy project opens for business Wednesday ready to probe the universe with unprecedented might.

13 March 2013 15:23

What have we learnt from SARS? A decade ago, a highly contagious and deadly new illness sent people worldwide scrambling to cancel flights and holidays as schools closed and sales of surgical masks spiked.

10 March 2013 16:44