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India set to clear IKEA retail plan: minister
India is on track to approve a bid by Swedish furniture giant IKEA to open its trademark blue-and-yellow stores in the country as it seeks big new markets for its flat-pack products.
28 December 2012 17:53
Leila Khrapunova ready to cooperate with Geneva prosecutors
Former Almaty Mayor's wife said she was ready to cooperate with Geneva prosecutors who initiated an investigation against the Khrapunovs family in suspicion of money laundering.
28 December 2012 15:45
STX France lands major luxury liner order
An ailing French shipyard landed a multi-million-dollar contract Thursday as a US cruise company announced it was ordering a massive luxury liner from STX France at Saint Nazaire.
28 December 2012 15:17
'Invisible Exhibition' opens eyes to blindness
The darkness is total. Mundane gestures suddenly become complicated. How do you find the door to your room, cook a meal or cross the road?
28 December 2012 10:24
Samsung hits back at Ericsson in patent battle
South Korea's Samsung Electronics said Wednesday it had filed a complaint to seek a US import ban on some Ericsson products in an escalating patent battle with the Swedish mobile giant.
27 December 2012 14:27
S. Korea's KT bids for Vivendi stake in Maroc
South Korean mobile operator KT said Wednesday it has submitted a preliminary bid for French group Vivendi's stake in Moroccan carrier Maroc in a deal estimated to be worth more than $7 billion.
27 December 2012 10:42
China and emerging powers to pay more for UN
China, Brazil, India and other emerging powers agreed to major increases in their United Nations payments as the global body hammered out a new budget deal this week to avoid its own fiscal cliff.
26 December 2012 18:16
France to transit military property from Afghanistan via Shymkent
Transit of French military property and personnel will go via Kazakhstan's Shymkent airport.
26 December 2012 17:45
Kazakhstan to develop tourism in Turkish Kemer
Kazakhstan will receive some land in the forest in Kemer district of Antalya province in Turkey.
26 December 2012 17:29
Steve Jobs' estate pays to free impounded superyacht
Steve Jobs' superyacht Venus was free to leave Amsterdam port Monday after the late Apple co-founder's estate paid a deposit to resolve a dispute with designer Philippe Starck, who had had the yacht impounded.
26 December 2012 13:04
King urges Spain to unite against crisis
King Juan Carlos called on Spaniards to unite against an economic crisis of previously unimagined intensity in a Christmas Eve message Monday that took clear aim at Catalonia's bid for nationhood.
25 December 2012 16:27
2012 an 'extraordinary year' for Britain: PM
Prime Minister David Cameron said 2012 has been an "extraordinary year" for Britain in which the country "showed the world what we're made of" with the London Games and Queen Elizabeth II's diamond jubilee.
24 December 2012 13:33
Italy election campaign kicks off as Monti quits
Italy's election campaign kicked off in earnest on Saturday after Prime Minister Mario Monti's resignation opened the way for a contest dominated by a raging debate over austerity in the recession-hit country.
24 December 2012 11:22
Shock and sadness as Irish minister found dead
The Irish political world was in shock Saturday after a member of Prime Minister Enda Kenny's government was found dead in circumstances that police said were not suspicious.
23 December 2012 16:22
British PM under fire over 'pleb' spat
Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron was under fire Saturday from friends of a minister who quit over claims he called police officers 'plebs', saying the PM left Andrew Mitchell 'swinging in the wind'.
23 December 2012 15:49
Judge clears BP's $7.8 bn settlement in US oil spill
British oil giant BP won US court approval Friday of a $7.8 billion settlement with people and businesses who lost money and property due to the 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
23 December 2012 12:24
Queen's chaplain says Church of England has racism problem
Queen Elizabeth II's chaplain Reverend Rose Hudson-Wilkin, tipped to become one of Britain's first women bishops, said Saturday that the Church of England is struggling with "institutional racism".
22 December 2012 19:02
WikiLeaks to release files on 'every country' in 2013: Assange
WikiLeaks will release one million documents next year affecting every country in the world, founder Julian Assange said in a speech from the balcony of the Ecuadorian embassy in London on Thursday.
22 December 2012 14:13
Santa receives unwanted sack after outburst
A British Father Christmas has been suspended after allegedly telling children that Santa was not real and mentioning the recent US school massacre.
22 December 2012 11:50
Germany mulls sending communications officer to Kazakhstan for interaction with CARICC
Germany’s Federal Criminal Police Office is sending a communications officer to Kazakhstan for interaction with the country’s competent authorities and CARICC.
21 December 2012 17:41