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British PM offers vision beyond austerity
British Prime Minister David Cameron will on Wednesday seek to convince voters that he has more to offer than austerity, promising a "land of opportunity" built on pro-business values.
02 October 2013
Soft drink giants failing to stop land grabs: Oxfam
US soft drinks giants Coca-Cola and PepsiCo must make their sugar suppliers act to stop so-called land grabs in countries such as Brazil and Cambodia.
02 October 2013
Next Norwegian government to get tough on immigration
Norway's incoming government will get tough on immigration, future prime minister Erna Solberg, said Monday as she presented the main policies of the minority coalition she is forming with a populist right-wing party.
02 October 2013
Football: McGeady and Robbie Keane enter Ireland national team's squad against Kazakhstan
The preliminary squad of the Irish team for the World Cup qualifier against Kazakhstan has been unveiled.
01 October 2013
'War' on illegal drugs is failing: study
The global war on heroin, cocaine and cannabis is failing to stem supply, as prices of these drugs have tumbled while seizures of them have risen.
01 October 2013
Gerard Depardieu to shoot film about Kazakh folklore
French actor Gérard Depardieu met Kyzylorda Oblast Akim (Governor) Krymbek Kusherbayev after visiting Baikonur.
01 October 2013
Thousands of Romanians protest Canadian mine plans
Thousands of people marched against a Canadian company's plans to open Europe's largest gold mine at Rosia Montana, in what has become one of the longest-running protests in post-communist Romania.
01 October 2013
Kazakhstan President and Prince of Monaco exchange decorations
Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev had a meeting with Prince of Monaco Albert II.
01 October 2013
Four Polacks injured in car accident near Almaty
Four citizens of Poland have been injured in a car accident in Almaty oblast.
30 September 2013
Britain demands jobless work for state hand-outs
Britons who are out of work for several years will be required to work full-time on community projects to receive state unemployment payments.
30 September 2013
Kazakhstan and Monaco to expand cooperation in medicine and education
During the official trip to Monaco Kazakhstan President said that the countries would expand cooperation in medicine, education and legal system.
30 September 2013
Boxing: Kazakhstan female boxer wins gold at World Youth Championship
Gaukhar Yermakbayeva, a boxer from Kazakhstan, has won gold at the World Youth Championship in Bulgaria.
30 September 2013
Knox, ex-lover retrial for Italy murder begins
The retrial of Amanda Knox and her former lover for the murder of a British student begins in Florence on Monday, though she has decided not to attend.
30 September 2013
Nigeria Islamists release video of French hostage: SITE
Nigerian Islamist group Ansaru on Friday released a video of a French national kidnapped in December.
29 September 2013
French motorists top league of unpaid fines in London
Foreign motorists owe almost £2.8 million ($4.5 million, 3.3 million euros) in unpaid parking fines in central London.
29 September 2013
Hugh Jackman gets lifetime achievement award in Spain
Australian actor Hugh Jackman, the star of "Wolverine" and "X-Men", received a lifetime achievement award on Friday at the San Sebastian film festival in northern Spain.
29 September 2013
Belgrade bans Gay Pride parade again
Serbia on Friday banned Gay Pride for the third year running, saying the risk of allowing the parade to go ahead was too high.
28 September 2013
Romania gets 2 bn euro IMF standby aid
The International Monetary Fund approved Friday a standby loan of nearly two billion euros ($2.7 billion) to match a backup loan of the same size requested from the EU.
28 September 2013
Spain denies accord to get Britain to leave Falklands
Spain on Friday denied Argentina's claims that the two countries had clinched an agreement to get Britain to negotiate the future of the Falkland Islands and Gibraltar.
28 September 2013
Germany's Social Democrats agree to talks with Merkel
Germany's Social Democrats said Friday they will begin talks with Angela Merkel's Christian Democrats, who are trying to put together a "grand coalition" with their election rivals.
28 September 2013