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Football: Kazakhstan retains position in FIFA
The Kazakhstan team, coached by Miroslav Beranek, scored 16 points for its victory over Moldova in a friendly with the score of 3:1.
18 February 2013
Berlin fest draws to close after Romania claims top prize
The 63rd Berlin film festival wraps up Sunday after awarding its Golden Bear top prize to "Child's Pose", a mother-son psychodrama set among post-communist Romania's new ruling class.
17 February 2013
Deneuve shines in Berlin contender 'On My Way'
French icon Catherine Deneuve's feel-good road movie "On My Way" ended the Berlin film festival competition on a high note Friday at an event that has highlighted fresh starts for older women.
17 February 2013
EU states want 'fair tax share' from big business
The finance ministers of Britain, France and Germany on Saturday launched a new drive to force big business to pay its fair share of tax and halt the schemes of top firms to keep payments to a minimum.
16 February 2013
Britain warns against 'economic warfare' on forex at G20
British Finance Minister George Osborne warned against "economic warfare" as the G20 states of top world economies met hoping to allay fears they could devalue national currencies to boost economic activity.
16 February 2013
Films from Iran, Chile, Romania lead pack for Berlin prizes
A Chilean feel-good movie about ageing, a picture made in secret by Iranian dissident director Jafar Panahi and a drama about Romania's new rich were the odds-on favourites for prizes Saturday at the Berlin film festival.
16 February 2013
Reptiles are at risk, study finds
Almost one in five of the world's reptile species are in danger of extinction as their habitats are cleared away for farming and logging.
15 February 2013
Kazakhstan singer applies for Eurovision-2013
Russia has accepted the Kazakhstan singer's application. Channel One will define Russia’s Eurovision-2013 participant.
15 February 2013
Britain seeks ethical counter-terrorism strategy
Foreign Secretary William Hague will set out on Thursday how Britain intends to work more closely with other countries to tackle terrorism without compromising its own commitment to human rights.
14 February 2013
In India, French president pushes $12bn jet deal
French President Francois Hollande made a fresh push Thursday to clinch the world's biggest defence deal, the $12 billion sale of 126 warplanes to India, during his first visit to Asia since taking office.
14 February 2013
Resigning pope to impart wisdom after emotional mass
Pope Benedict XVI will address a group of parish priests from Rome, a day after emotional scenes at his final papal mass in public in St Peter's Basilica.
14 February 2013
Russia arming Mali, more Islamist attacks feared
Russia revealed Wednesday it was supplying guns to Mali's government, as French troops defused a massive bomb in the north of the country, the latest bid by Islamist rebels to strike back.
14 February 2013
Brussels calls for DNA tests, EU police in horsemeat crisis
The EU's executive called in Europe's law enforcers and urged bloc-wide DNA food testing on Wednesday to restore consumer confidence in a widening scandal over horsemeat-tainted processed food.
14 February 2013
Everything on the table in US-EU free trade deal: US
Everything will be on the table when US and EU negotiators restart talks on an ambitious transatlantic free trade deal with a new wind in their sails.
14 February 2013
Ablyazov hiding in Switzerland: media
Former head of BTA Bank Mukhtar Ablyazov sentenced to 22 months in jail for contempt of court by the High Court is most probably in Switzerland.
13 February 2013
Peugeot unveils historic 5 bn euro loss for 2012
Embattled French auto giant PSA Peugeot Citroen announced Wednesday a massive net loss of five billion euros ($6.7 billion) for 2012, the worst result in its history.
13 February 2013
Hungary did not supply sick cows to Kazakhstan
Hungarian embassy has refuted the statement of Kazakhstan Agricultural Ministry that sick cows were imported by a Hungarian company.
13 February 2013
Austrians to put on Kazakhstan ski outfits
KazSPO-N company is entering the world market with ZIBROO Kazakhstan trademark of sportswear.
13 February 2013
Kazakhstan Agriculture Ministry accuses Austrian veterinary services of negligence
When the cattle supply to Kazakhstan was organized, Austrian veterinary services already knew that almost all its cattle had the disease: Kazakhstan Ministry.
13 February 2013
Austrian cows could get virus diarrhea with vaccines in Kazakhstan
Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety insists that the cows exported to Kazakhstan were infected with virus diarrhea after they left Austria.
13 February 2013