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Russia probes cheese factory after workers photographed bathing in milk Russia on Friday launched a criminal investigation into breaches of hygiene at a cheese factory after footage of bare-chested workers bathing in vats of milk went viral on the Internet.
04 April 2014 17:17
Prosecutor General supports imprisonment for slander in Kazakhstan Deputy Prosecutor General Nurmakhanbet Issayev has voiced his support to use of imprisonment as punishment for slander in Kazakhstan.
04 April 2014 14:44
Singapore seizes ivory disguised as coffee berries Singapore authorities said Thursday they had intercepted about one tonne of ivory worth $1.6 million in a shipping container from Africa marked as carrying coffee berries.
04 April 2014 10:19
Corruption of minors case trial to start in mid April The case of the British national Peter Baruch charged with corrupting minors in Kazakhstan will be transferred to court in mid April.
02 April 2014 15:30
Frenchwoman latest foreign student murdered in Brisbane A Frenchwoman has become the fourth foreign student to be brutally murdered in the Australian city of Brisbane in almost as many months, police said Wednesday.
02 April 2014 13:11
Kazakhstan introduces prison terms of up to 12 years for spreading rumors The rumors of alleged bankruptcy of some Kazakhstan-based banks in the wake of the 20% currency devaluation undermined the country’s banking system: First Vice General Prosecutor.
02 April 2014 08:05
Canada gunman killed after policeman wounded Police shot and killed an armed man at Canada's busiest courthouse on the outskirts of Toronto on Friday after he entered the secure building and left an officer wounded.
29 March 2014 12:16
Nurse charged over UK hospital poisoning deaths A male nurse has been charged with the murder of three patients who were poisoned with contaminated medical products at a British hospital, police said.
29 March 2014 11:14
Nigeria arrests two Britons over 'oil theft plot' Two British nationals were among 14 people arrested on suspicion of attempted bribery in connection with an alleged plot to steal oil from a pipeline, Nigeria said.
29 March 2014 10:45
Mexican forces kill 10 Zetas cartel suspects in clash Mexican soldiers and police killed 10 Zetas drug cartel suspects in a gunfight on Thursday in the eastern state of Veracruz.
28 March 2014 17:59
Nazarbayev on crime rates, urban planning and traffic in Almaty President Nazarbayev has discussed key aspects of development of Almaty.
28 March 2014 12:49
Legislative amendments: Participation in foreign armed conflicts is criminal offence in Kazakhstan Participation in foreign armed conflicts has become a criminal offence in Kazakhstan.
27 March 2014 19:26
Tiger killing show for Chinese rich and powerful: report More than 10 tigers have been killed as "visual feasts" to entertain officials and rich businessmen in a Chinese city, state media reported.
27 March 2014 17:01
Bin Laden son-in-law found guilty on US terror charges A New York jury on Wednesday found Osama bin Laden's son-in-law guilty of conspiracy to kill Americans and supporting terrorists as an impassioned Al-Qaeda spokesman in 2001-2002.
27 March 2014 14:47
World's 'longest-serving' death row inmate granted retrial in Japan A man believed to be the world's longest-serving death row inmate was Thursday granted a retrial in Japan over multiple murders in 1966, decades after doubts emerged about his guilt.
27 March 2014 10:40
Suspected Jewish vandals hit 45 E.Jerusalem cars Suspected Jewish extremists punctured the tyres of dozens of Palestinian cars in annexed east Jerusalem on Monday in the latest so-called "price tag" hate crime, police and an AFP correspondent said.
24 March 2014 14:27
Bear eaten by cats in Karaganda A horrendous incident occurred at the Karaganda Zoo: children witnessed a baby bear being eaten by jaguars.
22 March 2014 13:01
Bin Laden son-in-law tells US trial of 9/11 cave chat Osama Bin Laden claimed responsibility for masterminding 9/11 on the night of the attacks, his son-in-law said Wednesday as he unexpectedly testified at his federal trial in New York on terror charges.
20 March 2014 12:07
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 19:00
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