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What have we learnt from SARS? A decade ago, a highly contagious and deadly new illness sent people worldwide scrambling to cancel flights and holidays as schools closed and sales of surgical masks spiked.
10 March 2013
Court dismisses Nokia patent claims against HTC Taiwan's top smartphone maker HTC said Saturday a German court had dismissed two patent infringement complaints brought against the company by Finnish phone giant Nokia.
09 March 2013
Vatican readies Sistine Chapel for conclave to elect pope Vatican workers made final preparations in the Sistine Chapel on Saturday after Roman Catholic cardinals voted to begin their conclave to elect a new pope under Michelangelo's famous frescoes next week.
09 March 2013
©REUTERS/Laszlo Balogh Franz Liszt letters to go under hammer in Geneva A collection of 14 letters written by 19th-century Hungarian composer Franz Liszt go under the hammer in Switzerland next week, shedding light on his ties with his musical peers and his ire at cultural ignorance.
09 March 2013
Sex abuse victims list 'dirty dozen' papal candidates Clergy sex abuse victims listed a "dirty dozen" potential papal candidates Wednesday and urged the Roman Catholic Church to "get serious" about protecting children, helping victims and exposing corruption.
08 March 2013
Ukraine's topless feminists go international Ukrainian feminist group Femen are taking their topless protests around the world, having already stripped off in Western Europe.
08 March 2013
Selling of flowers in Almaty. ©Yaroslav Radlovsky 3 million flowers delivered to Almaty for March 8 Flowers are mostly supplied from the Netherlands, Germany, France, Israel, Ecuador, Kenya and Colombia to Almaty.
08 March 2013
Nordic women at home in the workplace A highly-educated woman who becomes a stay-at-home mum is a "complete waste" of a university degree, Danish Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt, herself a mother-of-two, lashed out in a British newspaper interview last year.
07 March 2013
French minister vows to cut red tape for investors A French minister vowed Thursday to cut bureaucracy in a bid to lure foreign investors, and said her South Korean roots would help to boost France's profile in booming Asia.
07 March 2013
©REUTERS/Flash&Partners; Scientists use brain electrodes to treat anorexia Scientists said Thursday they had, for the first time, helped women with severe anorexia through electrodes implanted into their brains.
07 March 2013
Anar Aitzhanova. Photo courtesy of dailymail.co.uk Kazakhstan citizens own London's most expensive apartments Two Kazakhstan citizens are among еру owners of London’s most expensive apartments in One Hyde Park elite residential complex.
07 March 2013
Photo courtesy of news.discovery.com Shipwreck find could be legendary 'sunstone' An oblong crystal found in the wreck of a 16th-century English warship is a sunstone, a near-mythical navigational aid said to have been used by Viking mariners.
07 March 2013
Romanian Prime-Minister Victor Ponta. Photo courtesy of ria.ru Romanian Prime-Minister to visit Kazakhstan Kazakhstan Secretary of State Marat Tazhin met with Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Romania to Kazakhstan Nicolae Ureche.
06 March 2013
Gadgets and gizmos galore at world's top IT fair From a glove that can be used as a mobile phone to a remote-controlled spy helicopter: this year's CeBIT, the world's top high-tech fair, showcases a bewildering array of gadgets.
06 March 2013
Saint Laurent's Hedi Slimane faces critics in Paris Designer Hedi Slimane on Monday unveiled his keenly anticipated second women's collection for Saint Laurent after a debut that ruffled feathers.
06 March 2013
©REUTERS Vatican, Iran resist UN effort fighting violence on women The Vatican, Iran and other religious states are resisting efforts by a UN conference, which started Monday, to demand tougher global standards to prevent violence against women and children.
06 March 2013
Berlusconi paid for sex with cash and favours: prosecutor Silvio Berlusconi hosted a "prostitution system" at his villa near Milan, where he paid women for sex with cash and favours.
05 March 2013
Asset Issekeshev. Photo by Yaroslav Radlovskiy© Kazakhstan Vice-PM Issekeshev to visit France Deputy Prime-Minister and Minister of Industry and New Technologies Asset Issekeshev will visit France on March 6-7.
05 March 2013
Sex scandal a 'serious blow' to Scottish church: Archbishop The resignation of Britain's top Catholic cleric over claims of sexual misconduct has dealt the Scottish church a "serious blow", his replacement admitted on Monday.
05 March 2013
In Geneva, end of tunnel nowhere in sight for carmakers The Geneva International Motor Show opens its doors Tuesday under a dark cloud, with no sign of a speedy rebound in sight for the troubled European market.
05 March 2013

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