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©REUTERS/Ralph Orlowski No risk of pandemic yet from MERS virus: scientists The new MERS coronavirus that has claimed dozens of lives in the Middle East does not yet have the ability to trigger a pandemic, but vigilance is needed in case it mutates.
06 July 2013
More modern monarchs choose not to rule until death Retirement is not traditionally on the cards for queens, kings or popes, but in recent months many are choosing to step aside instead of labouring on until death.
05 July 2013
Coward or scapegoat? Italy cruise captain on trial The captain of the Costa Concordia has been portrayed as a villain who crashed and then abandoned his cruise ship in a tragedy that claimed 32 lives.
05 July 2013
Obama, Merkel discuss concerns over US spy programs President Barack Obama spoke with German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday to address mounting European concerns about broad US surveillance programs.
05 July 2013
Photo courtesy of flickr.com Samruk-Kazyna mulls cooperating with British companies Samruk-Kazyna National Welfare Fund’s group of companies has signed memorandums of cooperation with British businessmen.
04 July 2013
Photo courtesy of ubthenews.com 'Cousin marriage' doubles gene risk for babies: study First cousins who marry run twice the risk of having a child with genetic abnormalities, according to the findings of a study in the English city of Bradford, published Friday in The Lancet.
04 July 2013
Blažo Igumanović. Photo courtesy of vesti.kz Football: Montenegrin footballer moves to Astana club Kazakhstan's football club Astana has recruited defender Blazo Igumanovic from Montenegrin national team.
04 July 2013
Photo courtesy of revpatrickcomerford.blogspot.com El Greco sets new record at London auction El Greco's 400 year-old painting "Saint Dominic in Prayer" on Wednesday broke the record for a Spanish Old Master, selling at a London auction for £9,154,500 ($14,000,000, 10,750,000 euros).
04 July 2013
'Amelie' star's dress is boon for young designer "Amelie" star Audrey Tautou's choice of Yiqing Yin for the Cannes film festival generated more interest in one night than the Chinese-born French designer has enjoyed in her whole career.
04 July 2013
Britain's Catherine, the Duchess of Cambridge. ©REUTERS/Stephen Morrison/Pool Mother-to-be Kate faces Diana comparisons As Prince William's wife Catherine prepares to give birth to a new heir to the throne, she faces renewed comparisons with her late mother-in-law, Princess Diana, whom she never met.
04 July 2013
Photoc courtesy of flippies.com Ecuador says hidden microphone found in London embassy A hidden microphone was found in Ecuador's embassy in London, where WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is holed up.
04 July 2013
200 Air Astana passengers stuck in Frankfurt A serious delay of Air Astana flights was caused by a breakdown of its Boeing-767 aircraft.
03 July 2013
British Prime-Minister David Cameron. ©REUTERS Cameron admits watching Borat before visiting Kazakhstan Great Britain’s Prime-Minister David Cameron has admitted watching Borat movie several hours before flying to Kazakhstan.
03 July 2013
©REUTERS/Baz Ratner Red Cross cartoon to demystify Pacific climate change The Red Cross has launched a light-hearted education campaign aimed at those it describes as most vulnerable to climate change.
03 July 2013
Merkel hosts leaders to fight youth unemployment German Chancellor Angela Merkel hosts European leaders in a bid to tackle sky-high youth unemployment.
03 July 2013
Photo courtesy of www.akorda.kz Kazakhstan signs strategic partnership agreement with Great Britain This will be the first strategic agreement between the countries, Nursultan Nazarbayev said before the signing.
03 July 2013
Kazakhstan artist Karipbek Kuyukov. Photo courtesy of kazpravda.kz Nazarbayev and Cameron discuss incident with armless Kazakhstan artist Kazakhstan President and British Prime-Minister have discussed the incident that happened with the visa of disabled artist from Kazakhstan Karipbek Kuyukov.
03 July 2013
British physicist Peter Higgs (L) talks to Fabiola Gianotti, ATLAS experiment spokesperson. ©REUTERS/Denis Balibouse Higgs evidence mounts one year on, so too the suspense A year since the discovery of a subatomic particle set the science world aflutter, evidence is mounting it may be the elusive Higgs boson even as researchers warn the suspense is far from over.
02 July 2013
Nearly 21,000 species at risk of extinction: conservationists A freshwater shrimp, an island-dwelling lizard and a pupfish from Arizona have been declared extinct, while nearly 21,000 species are at risk of dying out.
02 July 2013
World bets on British royal baby name, sex and everything else Will it be a girl called Alexandra, or a boy called Wayne? No one outside Buckingham Palace knows but it has not stopped punters from around the world betting on Britain's royal baby.
02 July 2013

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