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Hungary evacuations as flood waters surge toward Budapest Hungary began evacuating villages and reinforced leaking dykes along the rising Danube River on Saturday, as central Europe's worst floods in over a decade headed toward Budapest.
09 June 2013
Dutch duo peddle old bikes as fashion, furniture Two Dutch entrepreneurs have found a novel way to make money out of the thousands of bicycles abandoned in the Netherlands each year, by turning them into designer fashion items and furniture.
08 June 2013
Paris unveils new eyeful from Eiffel Tower Visitors to the Eiffel Tower began getting a little extra for the price of their entry ticket on Thursday with the unveiling of a new landmark on Paris's artistic landscape.
08 June 2013
Tengrinews.kz photo Airline bancruptcy gives extra vacation days to 1,000 Kazakhstan tourists in Turkey Around 1,000 Kazakhstan citizens cannot leave Antalya, Turkey, because of the Turkish air company's bankruptcy.
07 June 2013
New York readies major Le Corbusier show Nearly half a century after his death, New York's Museum of Modern Art will pay homage to celebrated French architect and designer Le Corbusier in a major exhibit that opens next week.
07 June 2013
Britain's Prince Philip set for 'exploratory' surgery Prince Philip, the 91-year-old husband of Queen Elizabeth II, will on Friday undergo "exploratory" surgery at a London hospital.
07 June 2013
US panel wants diabetes drug restrictions eased Independent experts urged US regulators Thursday to reduce restrictions on GlaxoSmithKline's controversial diabetes drug Avandia, banned in Europe over heart attack risk concerns.
07 June 2013
Australia challenged to match France in promoting indigenous art Australia has been challenged to match France's promotion of Aboriginal art after the inauguration of a landmark work in Paris.
07 June 2013
©REUTERS/Jon Nazca Spanish regions take steps to help needy children To help children plunged into poverty by Spain's grinding recession, several regional governments have stepped up aid programmes for needy students.
07 June 2013
Mukhtar Ablyazov. Photo by Yaroslav Radlovskiy© Mukhtar Ablyazov wanted in Italy Former head of BTA Bank Mukhtar Ablyazov is wanted in Italy.
07 June 2013
Snapshot from My Wicked Angel movie. My Wicked Angel by Talgat Temenov wins DetectiveFEST Special Jury Award French actor Gerard Depardieu was starring in Kazakhstan-made My Wicked Angel movie and Nicolas Trembasiewicz edited the film.
07 June 2013
Princess Madeleine of Sweden and Christopher O'Neill. ©REUTERS/Jonas Ekstromer/Scanpix Sweden Sweden's latest royal couple fail to win over public In their plush Manhattan apartment, Sweden's Princess Madeleine and her future husband, Anglo-American Christopher O'Neill, live a life far away from the Swedish throne.
07 June 2013
Anara Temirtassova. Photo courtesy of OK-Models Kazakhstan model participates in Fashion TV contest in Cannes Astana's Anara Temirtassova represents Kazakhstan at the International FashionTV Model Awards in Cannes this year.
06 June 2013
Anara Temirtassova. Photo courtesy of OK-Models Kazakh girl in top ten models at Cannes Film Festival Astana's Anara Temirtassova representing Kazakhstan at the International FashionTV Model Awards made it into the top ten models.
06 June 2013
Peanut butter, pyjamas, parmesan launched into space A special delivery of peanut butter, pyjamas and parmesan cheese was blasted into the cosmos on Wednesday to bring some Earthly indulgences to the astronauts on board the ISS.
06 June 2013
IMF admits 'notable failures' in 2010 Greece rescue The International Monetary Fund on Wednesday admitted to significant failures in the first Greek rescue that forced a second, larger bailout and left the country in a deep recession.
06 June 2013
People who inject drugs deserve help: Elton John Rock icon Elton John has urged compassion for people who inject drugs, saying "stigma and criminalisation" robbed them of their humanity and exposed them to a life of addiction and disease.
06 June 2013
US condemns Hezbollah-backed assault on Syrian town The US on Wednesday condemned a Hezbollah-backed assault on the town of Qusayr, as France kept up the pressure for action over what it said was the regime's use of sarin gas.
06 June 2013
Latvian President supports cultural exchange with Kazakhstan Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev met with Latvian President Andris Berzins.
06 June 2013
John Galliano 'grateful' for dramatic fall from grace Iconic British designer John Galliano, sacked by Dior in 2011 for making drunken racist tirades, says he is "grateful" for his fall from grace because it forced him to confront his drug and alcohol demons.
06 June 2013

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