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Photo courtesy of pannstatefoodsafety.blogspot.com Kyrgyzstan urges calm after teen's plague death Kyrgyzstan on appealed for calm after a 15-year-old boy died of bubonic plague in a rural area, stressing that doctors had not identified any new cases.
29 August 2013
©RIA NOVOSTI Meteor that hit Russia may have had close shave with Sun The meteor that injured over 1,500 people when it exploded and showered debris over Russia in February may have had a close shave with the Sun earlier.
27 August 2013
US postpones meeting with Russia on Syria: official The United States on Monday postponed a meeting with Russia on the Syrian crisis, as Washington appeared to be positioning for a potential military strike.
27 August 2013
Assad says chemical weapons claims 'insult to common sense' Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said Western claims his regime used chemical weapons were an "insult to common sense".
26 August 2013
©REUTERS Kazakhstan fearful of bubonic plague spread from Kyrgyzstan A teenage boy has died of bubonic plague in Kyrgyzstan. The neighboring Kazakhstan has stepped up border control.
26 August 2013
Alexander Lukashevich. Photo courtesy of globedia.com Moscow warns US against Syria military action Military action against the Syrian regime would be a "tragic mistake", Russia said Sunday, warning the West not to preempt the results of a UN probe into alleged deadly chemical attacks.
26 August 2013
Russia's opposition leader and anti-graft blogger Alexei Navalny. ©REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin Russian opposition leader Navalny briefly detained Russian police on Sunday briefly detained top Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny after a campaign rally for the Moscow mayoral election he is contesting next month.
26 August 2013
Mukhtar Ablyazov. Tengrinews.kz file photo Russia requests Ablyazov's extradition from France Russian Prosecutor’s Office has filed an extradition request with the French authorities asking for extradition of the former head of Kazakhstan's BTA Bank Mukhtar Ablyazov.
23 August 2013
Photo courtesy of kp.ru Azeris get in the heat of the locals' fight in Kyzylorda Azerbaijan workers got involved in a massive fight with local citizens in Kyzylorda, Kazakhstan.
21 August 2013
Marat Abilov© Kazakhstan to simplify obtainment of work permits for labor migrants from neighboring states The current regulations in place prevent Kazakhstan’s individuals from hiring labor migrants. Consequently, most of migrants from other Central Asian states work in Kazakhstan illegally: migration police official.
21 August 2013
Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev. ©REUTERS/David W Cerny Thousands join rare opposition rally in Azerbaijan Thousands of Azerbaijani opposition supporters held a rare authorised rally Sunday to demand a free-and-fair presidential election scheduled for October in the tightly controlled ex-Soviet state.
19 August 2013
©REUTERS/Ilya Naymushin Aluminium giant Rusal posts 1H net loss of $439 mn Rusal, the world's largest aluminium producer, on Monday reported a net loss of $439 million for the first half of 2013, citing falling prices, an excess global supply and economic uncertainty.
19 August 2013
Farida Malik. Personal archive photo Miss Almaty represents Kazakhstan at Miss Bikini CIS Three girls from Kazakhstan are competing for the title of the international beauty pageant Miss Bikini CIS.
19 August 2013
Crash site of Proton-M carrier rocket. Photo by Baubek Konyrov© RosKosmos asks for 15 days to finish detoxification at Baikonur Kazakhstan Environmental Protection Minister Nurlan Kapparov made a trip to Kyzylorda obast on August 15.
19 August 2013
Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev. ©REUTERS Nazarbayev calls for development of communications between Turkic Council's member-states Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev is taking part in the 3rd summit of the Cooperation Council of the Turkic Speaking States.
16 August 2013
Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev. ©REUTERS Nazarbayev calling to increase commodities turnover of Turkic speaking countries Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev has called to step up the economic cooperation and increase the commodities turnover of the Turkic speaking countries.
16 August 2013
Nursultan Nazarbayev. Tengrinews.kz file photo Nazarbayev arrives in Azerbaijan Kazakhstan President will take part in the 3rd summit of the Cooperation Council of the Turkic Speaking States (CCTS) in Gabala.
16 August 2013
John Toshack. ©REUTERS/Ognen Teofilovski Football: Oil boom fuels rise of football in Azerbaijan For a manager who has coached at Europe's most successful club, signing up at a provincial Azerbaijani football team might not seem a likely career move.
16 August 2013
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Azerbaijan President Ilkham Aliyev. ©RIA Novosti Nazarbayev helps Putin and Aliyev make up Azerbaijan undertook the obligations to Russian President Vladimir Putin with some assistance from Nursultan Nazarbayev.
15 August 2013
©REUTERS/Anatolii Stepanov Russia worried as Ukraine creeps closer to EU Ukraine is moving closer to finally agreeing a key first step towards joining the European Union, sparking concern from Russia that Kiev is decisively shifting away from the Kremlin.
13 August 2013

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