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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

Big money awaits Australian drug mule Corby High-profile Australian drug trafficker Schapelle Corby could earn millions of dollars for a tell-all story if she is released from an Indonesian jail Friday, with a bidding war reportedly in full swing.

07 February 2014

No punishment for British corruptor of minors in Uralsk? Peter Baruch accused of corrupting minors while living in Kazakhstan might escape punishment.

06 February 2014

Man charged over murder of N.Ireland prison officer Police in Northern Ireland on Tuesday charged a 33-year-old man over the murder of a prison officer who was shot dead near Belfast as he drove along a motorway to work in 2012.

05 February 2014

Student kills two in Moscow school hostage crisis An armed student on Monday briefly took 20 teenagers hostage in a Moscow school and killed a policeman and a teacher before being detained amid security jitters ahead of the Sochi Winter Olympic Games.

03 February 2014

Malaysian court jails man who raped, then married minor A Malaysian court on Monday sentenced a man to 12 years in jail for raping a 12-year-old whom he later married, as an activist urged the Muslim-majority nation to ban all child marriages.

03 February 2014

Baby sales in South Kazakhstan: Starting from $200 A South Kazakhstani woman who sold her 4 children is pregnant again.

03 February 2014

Grace church case: Extremism charges dropped The Prosecutor General's Office has withdrawn several most grave charges from Grace church pastor Bakhytzhan Kashkumbayev.

02 February 2014

US to seek death penalty for accused Boston bomber The United States is to seek a rare federal death penalty for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the surviving young student accused of the Boston marathon bombings.

31 January 2014

Woman charged with attempted murder following London terror raids London police on Wednesday charged a woman with attempted murder following terror raids on three properties that also led to the arrest of the teenage son of a senior British diplomat.

30 January 2014

Online banking system hacked in Kazakhstan The online banking system has been hacked in Kazakhstan. Hackers arrested.

29 January 2014

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