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Russian Internet titan Mail.ru targets US
Russian Internet titan Mail.ru on Tuesday hit the US market with email, text messaging and gaming applications for mobile devices.
20 November 2013
High-stakes Iran nuclear talks to resume
Iran and world powers resume talks on Wednesday seeking a landmark breakthrough over Tehran's nuclear programme that also satisfies sceptical hardliners in Washington, Israel and the Islamic republic.
20 November 2013
Ukraine to debate Tymoshenko bill to save EU deal
Ukraine's parliament on Tuesday was set to debate a bill to let jailed former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko go abroad for treatment in a last-ditch attempt to save a crucial deal with the European Union.
19 November 2013
Ablyazov appeals demanding to dismiss his extradition case
Former head of Kazakhstan's BTA bank Mukhtar Ablyazov, who is in custody in France, has filed an appeal demanding that the case on his extradition is dismissed.
19 November 2013
Armenia ready to sign up for Customs Union in February 2014
Yerevan expect to be ready for signing of the treaty to join the Customs Union and Common Economic Space in February 2014.
19 November 2013
Top Assad officials in Moscow to discuss Syria talks
A senior Syrian regime delegation was Monday in Moscow to hold talks with top Russian diplomats on plans to hold a peace conference in Geneva to end the Syria conflict, the foreign ministry said.
19 November 2013
Boxing: World Champion Aloyan to lead Russian Boxing Team against Astana Arlans
The flyweight champion of the World Boxing Championship, held in October 2013 in Almaty, Misha Aloyan will lead the Russian team in the home match against the Astana Arlans.
18 November 2013
Kazakhstan bills Russia for Proton-M crash
Kazakhstan has billed Russia for the Proton-M carrier rocket crash at Baikonur.
18 November 2013
Russia seeks answers over deadly crash of ageing plane
Russia on Monday sought answers for the latest deadly plane crash to raise alarm about the safety of its civil aviation.
18 November 2013
Kazakhstan and British natives die in Kazan plane crash
A native of Temirtau city in central Kazakhstan died in the plane crash in Kazan, Tatarstan, Russia.
18 November 2013
Australia spied on Indonesia president: reports
Australian spy agencies attempted to listen to the phone calls of Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and targeted his wife and senior ministers, reports said Monday, drawing a demand for answers from Jakarta.
18 November 2013
Passenger jet crashes in Russia, killing 50
A Boeing 737 operated by a Russian airline crashed on Sunday while attempting to land in the city of Kazan, killing all 50 on board.
18 November 2013
Russia hands India long-awaited aircraft carrier
Russia on Saturday finally handed over a refurbished ex-Soviet aircraft carrier to India after a refit that overran by five years and went vastly over budget, damaging ties between the countries.
17 November 2013
Tajik president inaugurated for fourth term
Tajikistan's long-running President Emomali Rakhmon was inaugurated for a fourth term on Saturday, as he promised to alleviate the grinding poverty in the former Soviet country.
17 November 2013
Madonna calls for release of Greenpeace activists
Pop legend Madonna has joined a chorus of international stars in urging the release of 30 Greenpeace crewmembers jailed after a protest against energy prospecting in the Arctic.
16 November 2013
Rosneft to supply crude to Kazakhstan in exchange for transit to China
Rosneft will supply Kazakhstan with additional crude in exchange for the oil transit to China.
14 November 2013
Boxing: Boxers for Astana Arlans vs Baku Fires announced
Kazakhstan’s Astana Arlans will face Azerbaijan’s Baku Fires in the first matches of the new WSB Season.
13 November 2013
Putin in S. Korea to push new 'Silk Road' via N. Korea
Russian President Vladimir Putin was in South Korea Wednesday to push a pet project for a new major trading route linking Asia and Europe by rail that requires prying open North Korea.
13 November 2013
Russia launches Proton rocket with military satellite
Russia successfully launched a Proton-M rocket carrying a military satellite in the early hours of Tuesday from its Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
13 November 2013
Legatum Institute sees Kazakhstan as most prosperous post-soviet country
Kazakhstan has been rated No. 47 in the 2013 prosperity index of Legatum international research institute.
12 November 2013