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Computer mouse inventor dies at 88
Douglas Engelbart, who revolutionized computing by inventing the mouse, died in California on Tuesday at the age of 88.
04 July 2013
Cirque du Soleil performer dies in Las Vegas horror fall
A performer with the world-famous Cirque du Soleil circus died after plunging from a high wire before a horrified crowd at a Las Vegas show.
01 July 2013
US warns on Egypt travel after American among three killed
Washington warned against travel to Egypt after an American was among three people killed during rival demonstrations for and against Islamist President Mohamed Morsi.
30 June 2013
Sri Lanka man dies of heart attack after shocking electric bill
A Sri Lankan man suffered a fatal heart attack after being presented with a shocking electricity bill.
30 June 2013
'Sopranos' star James Gandolfini dead at 51
Award-winning US actor James Gandolfini, the burly star of classic TV mafia drama "The Sopranos," died Wednesday aged 51 in Italy, triggering a flood of tributes from the acting world and beyond.
20 June 2013
World's oldest ever man dies aged 116
The world's oldest person and the oldest man ever to have lived has died of natural causes aged 116.
12 June 2013
Indonesian woman dies in protest fire in Saudi: source
An Indonesian woman died Sunday in a fire lit by workers outside her country's consulate in western Saudi Arabia, where thousands converged seeking to resolve their immigration status.
11 June 2013
Four dead, many missing in central Europe floods
Four people have died and at least eight more were missing Sunday as torrential rains lashed central Europe, forcing hundreds to evacuate their homes after floods and landslides.
03 June 2013
Simple vinegar test cuts cervical cancer deaths
A simple vinegar test cut cervical cancer rates among Indian women by nearly a third and could prevent 73,000 deaths worldwide each year.
03 June 2013
Bangladesh toll passes 1,000 as stacks of bodies found
The death toll from last month's collapse of a garment factory complex in Bangladesh rose past 1,000 Friday as piles of bodies were found in the ruins of a stairwell where victims had sought shelter.
10 May 2013
Father of Kazakhstan student shocked by charges brought by American authorities
Murat Kadyrbayev – father of Dias Kadyrbayev, one of the Kazakhstan students detained in Boston – is shocked by the charges presented by U.S. authorities to his son. He gave an exclusive interview to Tengrinews.kz.
03 May 2013
Tengrinews.kz interviews father of Kazakhstan student detained in Boston
Murat Kadyrbayev, father of one of the Kazakhstan students detained in Boston, gave an exclusive interview to Tengrinews.kz and STV channel.
23 April 2013
Crowe leads tributes to Aussie rock legend Amphlett
Hollywood star Russell Crowe led tributes Tuesday to Australia's "Queen of Rock" Chrissy Amphlett who died in New York after a long battle with cancer.
23 April 2013
Two explosions in Boston kill 3, injure 144
Two explosions in Boston, Massachusetts, kill 3, injure at least 130. Federal authorities are classifying the bombings as a terrorist attack.
16 April 2013
World leaders pay tribute to 'iconic' Thatcher
Mikhail Gorbachev, Helmut Kohl and Bill Clinton were among the former friends and foes who joined in tributes to Margaret Thatcher, praising the fearlessness and fierce determination of an "iconic" leader.
09 April 2013
Pulitzer-winning US film critic Ebert dies at 70
Film legend Martin Scorsese and President Barack Obama led tributes to US movie critic Roger Ebert, the first cinema pundit to win a Pulitzer Prize who died Thursday from cancer aged 70.
05 April 2013
Berezovsky death 'consistent with hanging': police
A post-mortem carried out on the body of Russian oligarch and Kremlin critic Boris Berezovsky on Monday found the cause of death to be "consistent with hanging".
26 March 2013
Birth rate keeps going up in Kazakhstan
According to Alikhan Smailov, Statistics Agency chairman, population of Kazakhstan made 16,934 thousand people as of February 1, 2013.
23 March 2013
Princess Lilian of Sweden dies aged 97
Swedish Princess Lilian, who waited over three decades to marry her lifelong love Prince Bertil, passed away at her Stockholm home on Sunday at the age of 97.
11 March 2013
Nazarbayev expresses condolences over death of Hugo Chavez
Kazakhstan President Nazarbayev has sent a telegram to Vice-President of Venezuela Nicolas Maduro.
07 March 2013