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Medical blunder: baby girl almost buried alive Medical blunder of the Mendykary Central Hospital led sorrowful parents to almost bury their baby girl alive.

19 March 2014

Batch of blank Kazakh passports seized from Chinese nationals at border Nearly 300 blank Kazakhstan passports have been seized from two Chinese nationals at the border in Almaty airport.

19 March 2014

Australian police dig for 'multiple' baby graves at rural home Police in Australia began digging up a rural property on Tuesday searching for what reports said were "multiple babies" in secret graves.

18 March 2014

Kazakhstan eyes prohibiting and restraining orders Once Kazakhstan adopts its new Criminal Procedures Code, the country's courts will be able to pass orders prohibiting or restricting approaches by the defendant to the protected.

16 March 2014

Russian diplomat stabbed in Canada A Russian diplomat was stabbed Friday in the Canadian capital following a drunken quarrel, officials and media reports said.

15 March 2014

Traumatic guns may soon be banned in Kazakhstan Kazakhstan Senate (Upper Chamber of Parliament) has approved the law draft on introducing amendments and additions into the country's legislation related to the operation of the Internal Affairs Bodies.

14 March 2014

S. Korean strongman's art collection sold to pay fines Art works confiscated from the family of former South Korean dictator Chun Doo-Hwan have been auctioned to pay multi-million-dollar fines imposed for bribes the disgraced military strongman received in office.

13 March 2014

French thief steals from rare birds in South Kazakhstan A French national was arrested on suspicion of stealing a large sum of money from the company he worked in.

13 March 2014

9 arrested after a large fight in Astana A witness made a video of the incident that happened near an Astana night club.

13 March 2014

Chinese woman cuts off ex-boyfriend's penis, kills him: report A Chinese woman chopped off her former boyfriend's penis with scissors and then killed him with a hammer after he raped her.

11 March 2014

Man charged with spreading rumours of banks' insolvency holds overdue loan from Kaspi Bank Darkhan Sabdenov, who was charged with distributing misleading information about insolvency of three Kazakhstan banks, had failed to repay his loan to Kaspi Bank.

09 March 2014

Fugitive Kadhafi playboy son handed back to Libya A son of late dictator Moamer Kadhafi was extradited Thursday from Niger to Libya, where he is accused of murder and repression during the 2011 uprising that ended his father's rule.

07 March 2014

Human trafficking and sexual exploitation in Almaty A man tried to sell a Kyrgyz girl in Almaty for one thousand dollars.

06 March 2014

US businessman, engineer sold trade secrets to China: jury A US jury convicted a California businessman Wednesday of selling stolen trade secrets to Chinese firms so they could develop a pigment used to whiten a wide range of products.

06 March 2014

Rejoice spring is here: Snowdrops Not only the calendar announces the arrival of long awaited warmth, but also lovely blooming of snowdrops in South Kazakhstan Oblast signals the beginning of Spring.

05 March 2014

Corruptor of minors Peter Baruch worked at Kashagan British national Peter Baruch arrested in Uralsk for corruption of minors worked as a top-manager at the Kashagan oilfield.

02 March 2014

Chile indigenous leader gets 18 years for murders A Chilean court sentenced a leader of the country's Mapuche population to 18 years in jail on Friday for a fire that killed an elderly farmer and his wife.

01 March 2014

Soldier shoots dead five colleagues, self in Indian Kashmir A soldier in Indian Kashmir shot dead five of his colleagues in a military camp before turning the gun on himself.

27 February 2014

U.S. State Department and FBI classify investigation into case involving 16 Kazakhstanis The U.S. State Department and FBI has classified the investigation into the case involving 16 Kazakhstan nationals accused of major fraud in the United States.

27 February 2014

EU not competent to investigate Kazakhstan's Aliyev When asked to get Eurojust and Europol investigate Aliyev, Commissioner Malmstrom says that EU lacks legal framework to investigate cross-border money laundering cases.

26 February 2014

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