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Helicopter makes emergency landing in Almaty oblast The helicopter with tourists onboard was performing a Burundai-Karaozek flight.

15 February 2013 16:03

Lady Gaga cancels tour, to have hip surgery Lady Gaga has canceled the rest of her "Born This Way Ball" tour due to a hip problem that requires surgery.

14 February 2013 11:56

Venezuelans race to spend before devaluation Venezuelans swamped stores on Tuesday to snap up everything from washing machines to plane tickets in a last-minute wave of panic-buying ahead of a 32 percent currency devaluation.

13 February 2013 11:10

Kazakhstan to run Got Talent show Citizens of Almaty, Astana, Karaganda, Atyrau, Aktau, Shymkent, Taraz, Aktobe, and Semey have taken part in the casting before the show.

12 February 2013 19:42

Brazil's Carnival reaches its crescendo Origin: Brazil Rio's Carnival festivities reached their crescendo late Monday with a final night of samba school parades, part of a contest appropriately dubbed the greatest show on earth.

12 February 2013 12:54

Astana to get green city elements by 2017 We have quite a clean city, but it is not very green yet and we hope that it will be green enough by that time: expert.

11 February 2013 20:22

Celebrities flock to Rio Carnival extravaganza As world celebrities watched, top samba schools paraded their elaborate fantasy floats and scantily-clad beauty queens Sunday in the fiery highlight of the Rio Carnival.

11 February 2013 14:51

World's largest crocodile dies in Philippines The world's largest saltwater crocodile in captivity has died in the Philippines, 17 months after the suspected man-eater was hunted down and put on display for tourists.

11 February 2013 13:02

Olympics: Russia fetes one year to Sochi as official fired President Vladimir Putin vowed Russia would justify expectations when it hosts the Winter Olympic Games in Sochi in one year, after ruthlessly firing an official blamed for delays in building infrastructure.

09 February 2013 14:01

'Unbalanced' woman vandalises famed Delacroix painting French police were holding a mentally "unbalanced" woman after an attack on one of France's most iconic paintings, Delacroix's "Liberty Leading the People".

09 February 2013 10:55

Nursultan Nazarbayev meets with Spain's top officials Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev met with King of Spain Juan Carlos I and Prime-Minister Mariano Rajoy during his visit to Spain.

07 February 2013 12:22

Young musicians seek to show new Afghan face Some of them call an orphanage home. One used to spend her days selling plastic bags. And this month, the Afghan teenagers are taking the stage of the most prestigious US concert halls.

05 February 2013 15:48

Tens of thousands kick off Venice Carnival Some 70,000 revellers, many wearing elaborate costumes and masks, thronged Venice's St Mark's Square on Sunday to watch the traditional "flight of the angel," a highlight of the annual Carnival.

04 February 2013 16:31

Ex-Marine charged with famed US sniper's death An Iraq war veteran believed to be suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder has been charged with killing a former Navy SEAL whose exploits in the same conflict were detailed in a best-selling book.

04 February 2013 15:34

New Kazakhstan's first Vice-Minister of Regional Development appointed Kairbek Uskenbayev was appointed first Vice-Minister of Kazakhstan Regional Development Ministry.

04 February 2013 15:29

Sequins, beer, robberies at Rio's pet Carnival parade Hundreds of pets decked out with sequins, ruffles and hats paraded on Rio's famed Copacabana beach Sunday in an annual pre-Carnival extravaganza briefly interrupted by a spate of robberies.

04 February 2013 13:35

Australia failing UNESCO demands on Barrier Reef: WWF Australia insisted Friday that protecting the Great Barrier Reef was a top priority, but conservationists WWF said not enough had been done to prevent UNESCO deeming it a world heritage site "in danger".

02 February 2013 11:45

Solomons seeks to prevent mass dolphin killings The Solomon Islands on Friday urged villagers to stop the mass slaughter of dolphins, saying the traditional practice was damaging the Pacific nation's tourism industry.

01 February 2013 17:42

Astana streets to get London-like video surveillance systems Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev instructed to prepare Astana for hosting EXPO-2017.

01 February 2013 16:14

Ethno villages to spring around Astana city Ethnic villages will be built in the residential areas adjusted to Astana city within the radius of 30-50 kilometers before the EXPO-2017.

01 February 2013 15:58