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The Owners film crew in Cannes. Photo courtesy of Adilkhan Erzhanov  Kazakh The Owners film in Cannes Top 10 Geoff Andrew has included The Oweners film by Adilkhan Yerzhanov from Kazakhstan into his Cannes Top 10.
30 May 2014
Google opens path in Europe for being 'forgotten' Google began late Thursday letting people in Europe formally request to be "forgotten" by the world's leading Internet search service.
30 May 2014
©Reuters/Sergio Perez Spain okays Repsol plan for Canary Islands exploration The Spanish government on Thursday gave oil giant Repsol the green light to explore for oil and gas off the coast of the Canary Islands, a move that environmental groups described as "unjustifiable".
30 May 2014
Aussie rapper equals Beatles double atop US chart Australian rapper Iggy Azalea has scored a US chart double only previously achieved by the Beatles, with hits at number one and number two, Billboard magazine said.
30 May 2014
German Alexander Gerst, Russian cosmonaut Maxim Surayev, his NASA colleague Reid Wiseman. ©RIA Novosti Russian, German and US astronauts dock with ISS A crew of Russian, German and US astronauts docked with the International Space Station Thursday as space cooperation between Moscow and the West continues despite their worst standoff since the Cold War.
29 May 2014
Ukraine forces suffer fresh losses in separatist east Ukrainian forces have suffered fresh losses in a rebel raid in the separatist east as the newly-elected president promised to hold his first talks with Russia's Vladimir Putin on easing the worst East-West standoff since the Cold War.
29 May 2014
Merkel tops Forbes 'powerful women' list German Chancellor Angela Merkel topped Forbes's list of the world's most powerful women for the fourth consecutive year, followed by US Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen, the magazine said.
29 May 2014
Vehicles from the Spanish Civil Guard are seen positioned at a border fence covered in razor wire as African migrants try to climb it. ©Reuters/Jesus Blasco de Avellaneda Hundreds of migrants breach Morocco-Spain border About 400 migrants stormed across a towering, triple-layer border fence from Morocco into the tiny Spanish territory of Melilla on Wednesday, one of the biggest crossings in nearly a decade, an official said.
29 May 2014
Photo courtesy of ipress.ua. Krakow drops bid for Winter Olympics 2022; Lviv, Beijing, Oslo and Almaty still in Polish Krakow has withdrawn its bid to host the 2022 Winter Olympic Games after a referendum held this weekend.
28 May 2014
Britain's Catherine, the Duchess of Cambridge. ©Reuters/Phil Noble Australian paper shows Kate's bare bottom One of Rupert Murdoch's Australian newspapers on Wednesday published a picture showing the bare bottom of Prince William's wife Kate, refusing to follow a "ridiculous" ban imposed by the British media.
28 May 2014
Accor buys 97 hotels in Europe for 900 mn euros Hotel group Accor on Tuesday announced the purchase of 97 hotels in Europe through its HotelInvest business for a total of 900 million euros ($1 billion).
28 May 2014
Abulkhayir Khan. Photo courtesy of e-center.asia Kazakh Khan through the eyes of a British traveler An English translation of historically significant John Castle’s diary about his travels to the Kazakh Steppe is in preparation in the UK.
27 May 2014
Photo ©astanaopera.kz Astana Opera's Sundet Baigozhin to perform at Arena di Verdi The lead singer of the Astana Opera Sundet Baigozhin has won the audition at Arena di Verdi.
26 May 2014
Kazakhstan to provide humanitarian aid to Serbia Kazakhstan will render humanitarian aid to Serbia.
26 May 2014
Epic Turkish drama 'Winter Sleep' wins Cannes top prize Turkey's Nuri Bilge Ceylan won the Palme d'Or top prize at the Cannes Film Festival Saturday for "Winter Sleep" and dedicated the honour to victims of his country's political strife.
26 May 2014
Ice Hockey: Putin watches as Russia win fifth world title Russia's ice hockey team avenged their defeat at the Sochi Olympics as watched by President Vladimir Putin they overpowered Finland 5-2 to take gold at the world championships in Minsk.
26 May 2014
Merkel conservatives win EU vote, neo-Nazis gain seat German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives came out ahead in European Parliament elections, official results showed Monday, but a neo-Nazi party also won a seat in Brussels, echoing far-right gains elsewhere.
26 May 2014
Chocolate king claims victory in Ukraine presidential vote Chocolate baron Petro Poroshenko claimed a resounding victory on Sunday in Ukraine's presidential election and immediately vowed to end a bloody pro-Russian uprising that thwarted voting across swathes of the separatist east.
26 May 2014
Dogs triumph in Cannes as canine thriller wins prestigious prize Dogs triumphed in Cannes Friday as Hungarian canine thriller "White God" won the film festival's prestigious prize for innovative work, just hours after its four-legged stars scooped up the unofficial Palm Dog award for pooch talent.
24 May 2014
©Reuters/Fabrizio Bensch India wins Italy appeal over helicopter deal India on Friday partially won an appeal against an Italian court order rejecting its request to recover bank guarantees over a scrapped helicopter deal at the centre of a bribery scandal.
24 May 2014

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