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BA airplane wing strikes Johannesburg airport building A British Airways airplane carrying 202 people struck an office building at Johannesburg's OR Tambo International Airport with its wing while taxiing for take-off Sunday, injuring four.

24 December 2013 10:42

Kazakhstan hockey team wins silver at Universiade The Kazakhstan hockey team has won a silver medal at the Universiade in Tretino after losing to the Canadian hockey team in the final.

23 December 2013 18:42

Khodorkovsky to stay out of Russia, help jailed dissidents Russia's former oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky said Sunday after walking free from a decade in jail that he would stay away from his homeland but help to free Russian political prisoners still behind bars.

23 December 2013 13:35

Revealed: Vast water store beneath Greenland's ice A vast store of water equivalent in area to Ireland lies beneath Greenland's icesheet, and it may provide answers to one of the big riddles of climate change, scientists reported on Sunday.

23 December 2013 12:31

Swatch wins compensation from Tiffany's in contract row Swiss watchmaker Swatch Group has won a lawsuit against US jewellery group Tiffany & Co over a failed joint venture to jointly design and market luxury watches.

23 December 2013 11:03

EU banking union too complicated, too slow: analysts An EU system to prevent a repeat of the massive bank bailouts which crippled the economy is a major step but it is also too complicated when speed is absolutely essential, analysts said.

23 December 2013 01:05

Chinese billionaire feared dead in France helicopter crash Four people were feared dead Saturday including a Chinese billionaire and his 12-year-old son after the helicopter in which he was overflying his newly purchased French vineyard crashed into a river.

21 December 2013 11:36

Spain watchdog fines Google for privacy 'violations' Spain's data protection watchdog ordered US Internet giant Google on Thursday to pay a 900,000-euro fine for "serious violations" of users' privacy.

21 December 2013 11:08

French Revolution's 'monster' gets modern diagnosis Depending on what you read, Maximilien de Robespierre was a defender of the poor and downtrodden -- "the Incorruptible" who defended the values of the French Revolution to the end.

21 December 2013 10:37

Kazakhstan-born Mitalipov among Nature's Top 10 scientists of 2013 Kazakhstan-born Shoukhrat Mitalipov is among the Top 10 scientists, who have made the most significant breakthroughs this year.

20 December 2013 18:16

Six countries sign US pacts in fight against tax fraud The United States has signed anti-tax fraud pacts with six countries and territories including some considered tax havens, the US Treasury Department said Thursday.

20 December 2013 15:32

2,000 extra steps a day cuts cardiovascular risk by 8 percent People with a glucose-tolerance problem -- a driver of diabetes and cardiovascular disease -- can cut the risk of heart attack or stroke by simply walking an additional 2,000 steps per day, a study said on Friday.

20 December 2013 15:00

Scores hurt in London theatre collapse The ceiling of a packed London theatre collapsed on the audience during a hit show on Thursday, wounding 76 people including children and leaving terrified theatregoers covered in blood and rubble.

20 December 2013 14:35

Kazakhstani student wins Undergraduate of the Year Award in UK Torgyn Shaikhina from Kazakhstan won the IT and Computer Science Undergraduate of the Year Award at the University of Warwick, UK.

20 December 2013 14:16

Kazakhstan is 46th in Global Talent Competitiveness Index Kazakhstan is in the 46th place in the Global Talent Competitiveness Index (GTCI) of INSEAD Business School.

20 December 2013 12:58

Kazakhstan native becomes Miss Congeniality at Miss Intercontinental 2013 Kazakhstan-born Yelena Schmidt, 25, has won the Miss Congeniality title at the prestigious beauty pageants Miss Intercontinental 2013.

20 December 2013 12:38

Hollande hopes Poland to join French troops in CAR French President Francois Hollande said he expected Poland to announce Friday that it would provide military backing for France's troops in the Central African Republic.

20 December 2013 11:40

China to build two new Antarctic bases: state media Chinese workers are on their way to build the country's fourth Antarctic research base and a fifth is being planned, state-run media said Thursday as the country expands its imprint on the icy continent.

20 December 2013 10:43

Spaniards bet on slimmed-down 'Fat One' Christmas jackpot Spaniards are digging into their pockets to gamble on their beloved "Fat One" Christmas lottery with the world's richest total payout, but winners will get slimmed-down prizes this year as a new austerity tax takes a bite.

20 December 2013 10:21

EU finance ministers reach banking union deal EU finance ministers Wednesday reached a banking union accord which will hand Brussels unprecedented new powers to prevent failing banks from wrecking the economy, official sources said.

19 December 2013 18:03

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