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Twin car update: Plates fake, car stolen from Moscow
The identical twin cars of the same model, colour and with the same plates, have been checked to reveal their origins.
23 February 2014
International adoption: sick children are healthy?
Kazakhstani orphans are falsely diagnosed with heavy illnesses to be later adopted by foreigners while childless Kazakhstanis continue to wait for their chance of adoption.
22 February 2014
Kyrgyzstan sells seized Kazakhstan jades for $2 million
Kyrgyzstan has replenished its budget with $1.9 million at the account of Kazakhstan's greenstones.
21 February 2014
Spain agrees extradition of Ablyazov's former chief of security
The Spanish government has approved the extradition to Kazakhstan of the former chief of security of a Kazakh banker-turned-dissident.
20 February 2014
Damage dealt to Kazakh banks by SMS-campaign being calculated
The Governor of Kazakhstan National Bank Kairat Kelimbetov has commented the mass SMS distribution about the bankruptcy of 3 banks of Kazakhstan.
20 February 2014
Misinformers SMSing about meltdown of three Kazakhstan banks found
The General Prosecutor’s Office has tracked down the groups of people creating false rumours of the bankruptcy of three Kazakhstan banks.
20 February 2014
Banks can't hold SMS-misinformers liable: lawyer
Banks won't be able to bring the ones who were distributing misinformation about bankruptcy of 3 Kazakhstan banks to criminal liability.
19 February 2014
Nun, 84, gets three years in US prison for nuclear break-in
An elderly nun who broke into what was supposed to be one of the most carefully guarded nuclear facilities in the United States was sentenced to nearly three years in prison.
19 February 2014
Grace church pastor sentenced to 4 years
Pastor of the Grace Church Bakhytzhan Kashkumbayev has been given a suspended 4-year sentence in Kazakhstan.
19 February 2014
Honduras murder rate the world's highest - but falling
The murder rate in Honduras -- the world's highest at more than eight times the international average -- has actually gone down.
19 February 2014
Runaway patient found dead on hospital grounds four weeks later
A patient who disappeared from one of the municipal hospitals in Astana was found dead in a snow bank under the hospital's window.
18 February 2014
No release on bail for British corruptor of minors in Kazakhstan
The Criminal Appeals Board of Western Kazakhstan Oblast has dismissed a motion of Peter Baruch’s lawyer.
17 February 2014
Ethiopian plane forced to Geneva, hijacker arrested: police
An Ethiopian Airlines flight en route to Rome was on Monday hijacked and forced to land in Geneva, where the hijacker has been arrested.
17 February 2014
Kazakhstani sentenced to life imprisonment in US facing retrial
Kazakhstan national Asel Abdygapparova convicted for life in prison in the US is awaiting retrial and possible reduction of jail sentence.
12 February 2014
More bodies unearthed amid Mexico violence
More than a dozen bodies were unearthed in a troubled region of southwestern Mexico where the military also engaged in a deadly firefight that killed one person.
12 February 2014
9 years for corruption of minors: Uralsk case
British national Peter Baruch, 38, charged with production of child pornography was detained for three days after the Prosecutors lodged an appeal.
11 February 2014
City court decision overruled: British corruption of minors case in force
The Criminal Board of Appeals of the West Kazakhstan Regional Court has satisfied the prosecutor’s protests and recognized the actions of the police as lawful.
10 February 2014
Online petition: Enraged public demands prosecution of British child corruptor
Over a thousand people have singed an online petition demanding arrest of the British citizen accused of the corrupting children in Uralsk.
09 February 2014
Turkish F-16s scrambled for 'drunken' Sochi hijack attempt
Turkey scrambled two F-16 jets Friday to force down an airliner from Ukraine when an apparently drunk would-be hijacker ordered it to Sochi where the Winter Olympics opening ceremony was underway.
09 February 2014
Mother of Baruch's victim gives details
The mother of one of his 12yo victims has shared the details of the case with Tengrinews. It turns out that he was not only asking the girl to undress for photo sessions, but also tried to kiss her and called her "my love".
09 February 2014
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