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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

1/3 of Kazakhstan doesn’t Friend colleagues in social networks Kazakhstan HR company polled 2000 employees and found that 75% of the respondents add their colleagues to their Friends lists.

01 February 2013 13:00

Fourteenth rare Borneo pygmy elephant found dead A fourteenth rare Borneo pygmy elephant has been found dead of suspected poisoning, Malaysian officials said Thursday, the latest in a series of fatalities that has shaken conservation efforts.

01 February 2013 12:09

Austerity carnival mocks Italy's elections Carnival workers in central Italy dusted off their Silvio Berlusconi masks and put the finishing touches to an anti-austerity float.

31 January 2013 18:37

Rage in Timbuktu over priceless destroyed manuscripts "They are not Muslims, they are bandits!" raged Mohamed Elher Ag Abba, whose house flanks a famed archive in Timbuktu where retreating Islamists burnt priceless ancient books and manuscripts before fleeing.

31 January 2013 16:59

Zimbabwe has $217 in the bank: Finance Minister After paying public workers' salaries last week, the balance in cash-strapped Zimbabwe's government public account stood at just $217.

30 January 2013 14:32

Turgen considered best place for International Ski Resort Foreign experts who studied Zailiysky Alatau long ago chose Turgen's Oykaragay plateau as the best place for construction of a ski resort.

29 January 2013 11:45

Egyptians to protest on revolution anniversary Huge crowds were expected to demonstrate in Egypt on Friday for the second anniversary of the revolution that ousted Hosni Mubarak and brought in an Islamist government, at a time of political tensions and economic woes.

27 January 2013 14:08

Amid rape fears, Indian party gives knives to women A far-right political party is distributing thousands of knives to women in a western Indian state to help them protect themselves after a fatal gang-rape last month alarmed the country.

27 January 2013 12:38

Music industry finally on road to recovery News that the global music industry has finally turned the corner and is on the road to recovery should help get the annual four-day gathering of many of the world's top music execs at the MIDEM trade fair.

26 January 2013 12:27

Kazakhstan advancing technical education to international level Technical and vocational training will be provided in special colleges of international level in Kazakhstan.

25 January 2013 19:46

Nazarbayev orders a new railway link between Astana and Almaty across Balkhash lake According to him, this will boost tourism in the area and the distance between Astana and Almaty will be 300-400 km shorter.

24 January 2013 01:54

New Govenor of Akmola oblast appointed Kosmat Aitmukhametov has been appointed Akim (Governor) of Akmola oblast.

23 January 2013 15:29

Teen author Stefan Bachmann reaps full-grown success Stefan Bachmann is only 19, but his darkly mysterious debut novel set in a parallel world of faeries, goblins and child snatchers has already earned him comparisons to J.K. Rowling, Dickens and Dostoyevsky.

21 January 2013 16:24

Obama's inauguration a boon for businesses Tucked behind a tidy souvenir shop storefront on the ground floor of an office building one block from the White House.

19 January 2013 15:39

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