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300 crimes detected by video cameras in Astana
Since the beginning of the year, about 300 crimes have been detected and solved thanks to video surveillance cameras in Astana.
04 December 2013
Czech national robbed in Astana
A citizen of the Czech Republic was robbed in Astana by three unemployed local men who were waiting for her near a currency exchange.
03 December 2013
Mexico finds 64 bodies in mass graves
A total of 64 bodies have been found in mass graves in the western Mexican state of Jalisco, authorities said Monday as they wrapped up a probe of alleged victims of a drug cartel.
03 December 2013
Japan police find 80 reptiles in one-room apartment
Venomous lizards and snakes up to three metres (nine feet) long were among 80 reptiles police found crammed into a one-room apartment in Japan.
03 December 2013
N. Korea confirms US man held, publishes 'confession'
North Korea confirmed Saturday that an American veteran of the Korean War has been detained for "hostile acts" against the communist country and said he had released a written apology confessing to his alleged crimes.
30 November 2013
Suspected French cannibal served in Afghanistan: army
A suspected cannibal who killed a 90-year-old man in southern France apparently to eat his heart and tongue was a former soldier who served in Afghanistan, an army source said on Monday.
30 November 2013
Malaysian family jailed over child's 'exorcism' death
A Malaysian high court on Friday jailed three family members who suffocated their two-year-old to death by piling on top of her in a suspected exorcism ritual.
30 November 2013
'Nairobbery' grapples with pre-Christmas crime wave
Sydney advertising executive Patrick Richer led the typical Nairobi expatriate lifestyle, living in a home in a leafy part of the city, protected by high walls and round-the-clock security.
29 November 2013
China puts another senior official under investigation
China has placed a provincial vice governor under investigation, officials said, the latest senior official to fall in a highly-publicised anti-graft campaign under the country's new leadership.
28 November 2013
Ablyazov’s wife asks to leave Kazakhstan, but is waved off
Ablyazov’s wife Alma Shalabayeva has applied to the Kazakhstan authorities asking for a permission to travel abroad, but was waved off for not providing a substantiation for the request.
28 November 2013
General Prosecutor's Office clarifies statement on Kazakhstan nationals facing capital punishment in UAE
The General Prosecutor's Office of Kazakhstan has explained the recent statement about Kazakhstan nationals who may face a capital punishment in the UAE.
26 November 2013
Nazarbayev ratifies treaty with China on transfer of convicted Kazakhstanis
President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev has ratified the treaty with China on transferring Kazakhstani convicts to Kazakhstan.
25 November 2013
Global gangs target Australian pupils as drug mules
Australian authorities on Monday warned that high school students were being recruited by international drug syndicates to help them bring illicit substances into the country.
25 November 2013
UK 'slave' women 'beaten, brainwashed' in 30-year ordeal
Three women held captive in a London house for 30 years were beaten and brainwashed, police said Friday, as Britain struggled to comprehend its worst case of modern-day slavery.
23 November 2013
Malaysia's 'Lizard King' back in business: report
A notorious Malaysian wildlife trafficker dubbed the "Lizard King" for his smuggling of endangered reptiles is back in business despite a 2010 conviction for illegally trafficking endangered species, according to an investigative report by Al Jazeera.
22 November 2013
London's High Court sentences Ablyazov’s brother-in-law to 22 months in prison
London's High Court has sentenced Salim Shalabayev, brother of Mukhtar Ablyazov wife Alma Shalabayeva, to 22 months in prison for contempt of court.
22 November 2013
US congressman Radel arrested for cocaine possession
First-term US congressman Trey Radel of Florida has been arrested for possession of cocaine, court documents showed Tuesday.
20 November 2013
Gunmen kill Shiite director of Pakistan university
Unidentified gunmen riding a motorcycle on Tuesday killed a senior Shiite director of a university along with his driver in Pakistan's central Punjab province.
19 November 2013
Ablyazov appeals demanding to dismiss his extradition case
Former head of Kazakhstan's BTA bank Mukhtar Ablyazov, who is in custody in France, has filed an appeal demanding that the case on his extradition is dismissed.
19 November 2013
Nearly 17,000 punished in China over 'frugality' rules: Xinhua
Nearly 17,000 people have been punished for flouting the Chinese Communist Party's "frugality" guidelines, state media said Monday, in the latest sign of efforts to clamp down on corruption.
18 November 2013