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Doctors complicit in torture at CIA, military prisons: study Doctors and nurses tasked with monitoring the health of terror suspects were complicit in abuses committed at prisons run by the Pentagon and the CIA.

04 November 2013 18:00

Arrested Kazakhstan students in Boston transferred to same cell Imprisoned in USA, Dias Kadyrbaev and Azamat Tazhayakov have been transferred to the same cell after months of solitary confinement.

04 November 2013 15:48

John Ordway discusses terrorism in Kazakhstan Prosecutor General Askhat Daulbaev discussed fighting against extremism and terrorism with US Charge d'Affaires in Kazakhstan John Ordway.

02 November 2013 19:18

Ordway discusses countering security threats in Kazakhstan US Charge d'Affaires in Kazakhstan John Ordway discussed countermeasures against security threats with the Interior Minister of Kazakhstan.

01 November 2013 16:44

Toxic US corporate culture unchanged: TARP watchdog Five years after the US financial crisis forced the massive government TARP bailout, the US corporate culture remains toxic and breeding crime.

29 October 2013 17:41

China doctors protest after murder by patient: media Chinese hospital staff protested on Monday after a patient killed one doctor and wounded two more, local media said, in the latest violence to hit the country's overburdened medical sector.

28 October 2013 17:57

Kennedy cousin wins new trial over 1975 murder A US judge on Wednesday granted a nephew of Robert Kennedy a new trial in the murder of his teenage neighbor nearly 40 years ago.

24 October 2013 12:21

Two dead, two injured in US school shooting A teenager opened fire at a school in the US state of Nevada Monday, killing a teacher and critically wounding two students.

22 October 2013 15:19

Australian gang members face pink prison uniforms Members of criminal gangs could be forced to wear "embarrassing" bright pink overalls in prison under a plan being considered by an Australian state as it cracks down on bikers.

21 October 2013 16:35

Paralyzed porn mogul wants attacker's life spared Porn mogul Larry Flynt urged US authorities Thursday to spare the life of a man sentenced to death for shooting him 35 years ago, leaving him paralyzed and wheelchair-bound.

19 October 2013 13:52

Senior Dutch diplomat beaten up in Russia: official A senior Dutch diplomat at the Netherlands embassy in Moscow was beaten up at his home in the Russian capital by unknown individuals who scrawled the letters "LGBT" on a mirror.

17 October 2013 10:00

Kazakhstan to retrieve assets worth $250 million from Ablyazov Ukrainian businessman Sergey Tischenko and Kazakhstan law-enforcement authorities have taken control over Ablyazov’s assets.

15 October 2013 13:10

Grace church pastor under home arrest Bakhytzhan Kashkumbayev, pastor of Grace protestant church in Astana, has been released from jail and transferred under home arrest.

10 October 2013 14:04

Ukrainian christians address Kazakhstan ambassador in support of Grace Church pastor AUC ECB has supported the 67-y.o. pastor of protestant Grace Church in Astana accused of inflicting severe harm to the health of one of the church’s members.

10 October 2013 14:04

Kazakhstan to toughen punishment for incitement of labor conflicts Kazakhstan is getting a new edition of the Criminal Code. It will toughen punishment for incitement of labor conflicts and cybercrimes.

04 October 2013 00:26

Aktau tablet plant plays off Chinese devises as Kazakhstan-made Aktau-based tablets-producing plant has been buying Chinese devices and passing them off as Kazakhstan-made.

03 October 2013 20:45

French court leaves Ablyazov in jail, eyes extradition hearings in December French court has for the second time denied release on bail to the ex-chairman of Kazakhstan’s BTA Bank Mukhtar Ablyazov.

03 October 2013 19:50

16 Kazakhstan citizens accused of major fraud in US Four criminal cases have been initiated over the fraud. The cases involve the total of 55 people.

02 October 2013 16:48

Boko Haram kills 40 students in Nigeria college dorm Boko Haram gunmen on Sunday opened fire in a college dormitory in northeast Nigeria as the students slept, killing 40.

30 September 2013 14:54

Employer of men shot in Almaty may be held liable The company should be held liable for sending people without bulletproof vests, firearms and armored vehicle to transport the money: expert.

27 September 2013 20:26

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