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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 13:07

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 10:23

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 19:16

Rosneft to transit crude to China across Kazakhstan Late October Russia’s Energy Minister Aleksandr Novak said that Rosneft was negotiating oil transits across Kazakhstan to China via the Kazakh-Chinese Atasu-Alashankow pipeline.

12 November 2013 15:15

Syria opposition says would attend peace talks with conditions Syria's main opposition grouping said Monday it was willing to attend peace talks on the condition that President Bashar al-Assad transfer power and is excluded from any transition process.

12 November 2013 14:20

Kazakhstan lifts restrictions from import of Russian petrol The government of Kazakhstan has lifted restrictions from import of petrol from Russia.

12 November 2013 00:03

Gaps seen narrowing despite Iran nuclear deal failure Diplomats insisted they are closing in on an agreement to curb Iran's nuclear programme despite the failure to clinch a long-sought deal in marathon negotiations in Geneva.

11 November 2013 18:00

'Vive la France!' say US opponents of Iran nuclear deal Conservative US leaders, fond of finger-pointing at France in recent years, lavished praise on Paris Sunday for blocking an agreement between Western powers and Iran over Tehran's nuclear program.

11 November 2013 16:03

Young talent from Almaty impresses foreign audience Kazakhstan composer and pianist Rakhat-Bi Abdysagin, 14, has won an award at the international composers contest in Yalta.

11 November 2013 13:40

Kazakhstan beauty fails to enter Miss Universe final Kazakhstan's Aigerim Kozhakhan failed to make it into the final of the Miss Universe 2013 beauty pageant in Moscow.

11 November 2013 11:53

Venezuelan crowned Miss Universe in Moscow ceremony A 25-year-old Venezuelan television presenter, Gabriela Isler, on Saturday was crowned Miss Universe in Moscow in a glittering ceremony.

11 November 2013 11:42

US 'not blind, stupid' in nuclear talks with Iran: Kerry The United States is "not blind, and I don't think we're stupid" in nuclear talks with Iran, Secretary of State John Kerry said in a US television interview that aired on Sunday.

11 November 2013 11:16

ISS crew returns safely to Earth with Olympic torch Three astronauts returned to Earth Monday, after 66 days aboard the International Space Station, bringing back the Olympic torch back to the planet after a historic space walk.

11 November 2013 10:05

Aigerim Kozhakhan catwalks in bikini at Miss Universe This year's Miss Universe was held in Moscow. Miss Kazakhstan, Aigerim Kozhakhan didn't make it into the finals.

10 November 2013 17:14

Ukraine talks deadlocked as EU clock ticks down Ukraine's parliament on Friday failed to end days of deadlock over legislation that would allow jailed former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko to go abroad for treatment and pave the way for the signing of a key EU accord.

09 November 2013 15:25

Depardieu's Rasputin rubbished in Russia It was the movie role that won Gerard Depardieu a Russian passport. But the actor's turn as the demonic priest Rasputin who mesmerised the Tsar's family has had a critical mauling in Russia.

09 November 2013 14:50

Polio in Syria poses risk for Europe: doctors An outbreak of polio in Syria poses a threat to Europe, where the crippling and potentially fatal disease was declared eradicated in 2002, doctors warned on Friday.

08 November 2013 12:38

Miss Universe host slams Russia for 'demonising' gays US television host Thomas Roberts, who is in Moscow to present Miss Universe contest and is openly gay, has condemned Russia's homophobic legislation in what he called dark times for the country.

08 November 2013 10:32

Rebel dancer takes Moscow theatre to new heights Sergei Polunin admits money and fame can be an addiction. He says his hero is bad-boy actor Mickey Rourke. He does not much like rehearsing and sometimes prefers not to show up.

07 November 2013 11:34

Rocket wreckage in Kazakhstan is outside flight zone of Russian rockets The rocket wrecks found in Kazakhstan are located outside the flight zone of Russian rockets: expert.

06 November 2013 18:49

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