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Dias Kadyrbayev to get no more than 7 year sentence after pleading guilty Kazakh student Dias Kadyrbayev has formally pleaded guilty to obstruction of justice and conspiracy to obstruct justice in Boston bombings case two weeks before the trial.

25 August 2014

Mexico launches new police force to fight drug gangs Mexico launched a new 5,000-member national police force tasked with protecting key sectors of the economy from drug gangs.

23 August 2014

Dias Kadyrbayev to plead guilty Kazakhstani student Dias Kadyrbayev accused of obstructing justice in the Boston bombings investigation has agreed to plead guilty on August 21.

21 August 2014

US hospital firm: Chinese hackers stole patient data Community Health Systems said that hackers likely from China broke into its systems and stole identification data for 4.5 million patients.

19 August 2014

Somali journalists urge fair trial for colleagues Somalia's journalist union urged the government to ensure a fair trial of three colleagues arrested last week.

18 August 2014

Japanese man feared kidnapped by Syrian militants Japan's government said it was investigating a video that appears to show a kidnapped Japanese man being interrogated by Syrian militants.

18 August 2014

Police shot Ferguson race victim six times: report Michael Brown, the unarmed black 18-year-old gunned down by a white officer in a suburb of St Louis was shot at least six times.

18 August 2014

Stores looted after police say slain US teen is robbery suspect Vandals attacked stores in Ferguson, after police said the unarmed black teenager that was killed by a white officer was a robbery suspect

16 August 2014

China gang forced children to donate blood: Xinhua Police arrested seven people in northwest China allegedly involved in a scheme that forced school children to donate blood.

16 August 2014

Kazakhstani woman arrested in USA after abuse from her husband A Kazakhstani citizen Ms. Asiya Kushenova has been arrested in the United States.

15 August 2014

'Prince of Pot' back in Canada from US prison Canada's self-proclaimed "Prince of Pot" returned home , vowing "political revenge" after spending more than four years in a US prison.

13 August 2014

Drunk water scooter driver drowns girl in Aktau A 19 y.o. girl died in a water scooter accident at the Nur Plaza beach in Aktau, westerner Kazakhstan on August 9.

12 August 2014

FBI opens probe after police shooting of black US teen The FBI opened investigation after the police shooting of an unarmed black teenager led to rioting in a Missouri and stirred racial tensions.

12 August 2014

Fatah militant killed in West Bank shootout: witnesses A Palestinian militant was shot dead early Monday in an exchange of fire with Israeli troops in the northern West Bank.

11 August 2014

Militant attack from Afghanistan kills four in NW Pakistan Militants from Afghanistan stormed the house of a local anti-Taliban militia in Pakistan, killing him and three members of his family.

09 August 2014

Female Kurdish reporter killed in Iraq conflict A reporter working with Kurdish news agency Firat was killed Friday when jihadist fighters attacked a camp in Iraq.

09 August 2014

Reagan aide Brady's death a homicide, 30 years after shooting: police A gunshot wound three decades old killed former presidential spokesman James Brad.

09 August 2014

Two French journalists arrested in Indonesia's Papua Indonesian police have arrested two French journalists who were reporting on the separatist movement in the restive eastern region of Papua.

08 August 2014

Australia investigates 'paedophile' father in Thai baby scandal Australian authorities were investigating the father at the centre of surrogate baby scandal who was exposed as a convicted paedophile

06 August 2014

Kazakhstan Prosecutor General warns devaluation rumors may lead to criminal liability General Prosecutor's Office of Kazakhstan warned about criminal responsibility for spreading rumors alleging national currency devaluation.

01 August 2014

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