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War drums over Syria silenced by US-Moscow deal
The arrival in Damascus of a chemical disarmament team on Tuesday is the result of an unprecedented, gruelling US-Russian deal that averted regional war.
02 October 2013
Lukashenko to render official visit to Astana
Aleksandr Lukashenko will render an official visit to Astana on October 3-4.
30 September 2013
Kazakhstan does not preclude launching Proton on September 30
Kazakhstan does not preclude the possibility of launching Proton carrier rocket on September 30.
27 September 2013
Syria arsenal largely 'unweaponized': report
Syria's stockpile of chemical agents is largely "unweaponized" and could be eradicated more quickly than initially thought, the Washington Post reported Thursday citing a confidential US and Russian assessment.
27 September 2013
First woman stands for Tajik president backed by Islamic party
A woman is for the first time bidding for the presidency in Tajikistan after an opposition bloc including an Islamic party chose a respected female rights lawyer as its candidate in the majority Muslim country.
27 September 2013
UN Security Council passes first resolution on small arms trade
The UN Security Council passed its first resolution Thursday on restricting the trade in illicit small arms, but Russia refused to back the measure.
27 September 2013
US, Russia break deadlock on Syria chemical arms
The United States and Russia agreed a draft UN Security Council resolution Thursday on destroying Syria's chemical weapons, breaking a prolonged deadlock over the country's bitter conflict.
27 September 2013
UN powers make progress on Syria resolution: envoys
The world's major powers made important progress Wednesday on key points of a UN Security Council resolution on destroying Syria's chemical weapons.
27 September 2013
American, two Russians take shortcut to space
An American and two Russians blasted off Thursday for the International Space Station atop a Soyuz rocket that will slash more than a day off the usual travel time.
26 September 2013
Kazakhstan-made clothes presented in Moscow
'Made in Kazakhstan' clothes has being presented in Moscow.
26 September 2013
Jia Zhangke and Pavel Chukhrai award 'Harmony Lessons' with best director
Harmony Lessons of Kazakhstan film director Emir Baigazin received the Best Director award at the 3d International Sakhalin Film Festival On the Edge.
25 September 2013
UN wrangles on Syria as Obama urges action
US President Barack Obama on Tuesday demanded the UN Security Council take tough action against Syria, as Russia wrangled with the West over how to strip Bashar al-Assad of chemical arms.
25 September 2013
New Syria dispute clouds UN assembly
Russia-US wrangling over a resolution to enforce the destruction of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's chemical weapons cast a shadow Monday over the start of the United Nations General Assembly.
25 September 2013
Russia to launch Proton without Kazakhstan's consent
Russia will launch a Proton carrier rocket from Baikonur cosmodrome without Kazakhstan’s consent.
24 September 2013
Iran takes control of Bushehr nuclear reactor
Iran on Monday finally takes control of its civilian nuclear reactor at Bushehr on the Gulf coast.
24 September 2013
Olympics: Trip to Sochi Olympics to cost $4,000 per person for Kazakhstan citizens
Trip to the Olympics in Sochi will cost at least $4,000 per person for citizens of Kazakhstan.
23 September 2013
Rail links Russia and sanctions-squeezed N. Korea
Russia and North Korea have reopened a rail link that Pyongyang hopes will offer a trading boost to the isolated, sanctions-squeezed state.
23 September 2013
US waiting for Syria chemical arms list
With the clock ticking down on a Russian-US deal, the United States said Thursday it expected Syria to hand over a list of its chemical arms within the next few days.
21 September 2013
Sergey sustained brain injury, after that there was someone else instead of him: terrorist's father
Sergey Leskevich, a citizen of Kazakhstan who was recently arrested in Kyrgyzstan as a member of a terrorist group from Syria, was officially a disabled person of group two, his father told in an interview.
20 September 2013
Assad: One year, $1 bn needed to destroy chem arms
Defiant strongman Bashar Al-Assad promised Wednesday he would surrender Syria's chemical weapons but warned it would take at least a year to do so and cost one billion dollars.
19 September 2013
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