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Yesterday's shooting in Almaty was not robbery None of the money carried by the Travel Express employees was stolen during the armed attack in Almaty.

27 September 2013 15:19

Ablyazova unveils names of three Kazakh diplomats The complaint has been filed against Kazakhstan Ambassador to Italy Andrian Yelemessov, the Embassy’s political advisor Nurlan Khassen and the consul’s attaché Yerzhan Yessirkepov. The Ambassador is allegedly guilty of meeting his Italian colleagues, and the latter two diplomats of accompanying the deported woman and child on their way home.

27 September 2013 14:42

French court postpones decision on Ablyazov's release motion French court has postponed its decision on the motion to release former chairman of BTA bank Mukhtar Ablyazov on bail.

27 September 2013 13:21

Venezuela arrests 22 in Air France cocaine bust Venezuela has arrested 22 people including eight military staff in a smuggling case in which 1.3 tons of cocaine were flown from Caracas to Paris on an Air France jet.

27 September 2013 10:24

Injured victim of Almaty shooting survives surgery The person injured in the today's attack in Almaty has undergone a surgery.

26 September 2013 18:33

Kazakhstan orphans raped by American adopting parents unlikely to return to Kazakhstan They are working on receiving American citizenship and have no plans to come back to Kazakhstan: Foreign Ministry.

26 September 2013 17:29

Court sentences French mother in prison child rape case to 20-yrs' jail A French mother who held down her four-year-old son while he was raped by his stepfather in a prison visiting room was sentenced Wednesday to a maximum 20 years in jail.

26 September 2013 14:11

Deadly robbery in Almaty: one shot, one wounded, none arrested 5-6 gunshots were made shortly after 9 a.m. on September 26 in Almaty. Two robbers killed one and wounded another cash-in-transport guards and robbed them of $26,000.

26 September 2013 14:11

Brazil territory bans sales of toy guns A Brazilian territory is believed to have become the first region in Latin America to ban the sale of toy guns as the country attempts to staunch an epidemic of firearm-related crime.

25 September 2013 17:18

Air France in spotlight as nine held over record cocaine bust Nine people are being held in France and Venezuela in connection with the seizure of 1.3 tonnes of cocaine stashed in suitcases on an Air France flight.

25 September 2013 10:20

Police probe deaths of girls in washing machine: report Police in eastern China were investigating the mysterious deaths of two young sisters found in a bloody washing machine over the weekend.

24 September 2013 13:10

'Several people' injured in Chicago shooting: police Police said several victims were wounded late Thursday in a shooting at a South Side Chicago park.

21 September 2013 11:16

60 percent of Kazakhstan's alcohol traffic in shadow 60 percent of all the alcohol consumed in Kazakhstan comes from the shadow market.

19 September 2013 23:04

Uncertainty over handover of Kadhafi son for pre-trial The son of slain Libyan dictator Moamer Kadhafi was due to appear at a pre-trial hearing with more than 30 others in Tripoli Thursday although doubts remained whether his ex-rebel captors would allow him to attend.

19 September 2013 13:35

Reuters uncoveres American network trading adopted children Around 30% of the adopted children traded through the network are Americans while the rest of them are from foreign countries including Kazakhstan.

12 September 2013 14:29

Petitions may help Kazakhstan students in US court Letters of support from many countries to two Kazakhstan students arrested as part of the Boston bombing case may be helpful.

10 September 2013 22:03

Former student of Almaty Mosque's school turns to prosecutors A former student of the Islamic school for women of Almaty Central Mosque filed a complaint to the prosecutor’s office asking to check on the activities of the school.

10 September 2013 11:31

Rakhat Aliyev's media center may dent Vienna's reputation Vienna’s Court of Auditors is in discussion of the request to check the owners of Medienquarter St. Marx media center.

05 September 2013 18:31

NY police seek witnesses after toddler shot The New York Police Department on Tuesday offered a $12,000 reward to witnesses who could help them find the person who shot dead a 16-month old boy in Brooklyn.

05 September 2013 10:01

Laywer who led to Ablyazov arrested in Moscow The 37-y.o. lawyer Yelena Tischenko has been arrested in Moscow. She was the one who involuntarily helped track down the ex-chairman of Kazakhstan's BTA Bank Mukhtar Ablyazov.

03 September 2013 17:56

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