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French Fonroche Energie to build solar power plant in Zhambyl oblast
Fonroche Energie SAS and ZhambylHydroEnergo are implementing a project to construct a solar power plant in Zhambyl oblast.
14 November 2012
BBC showed 'basic' journalistic failings in abuse story
The BBC showed "basic" journalistic failures in a news report in which it wrongly accused a senior politician of child abuse, an internal investigation has found.
13 November 2012
Kazakhstan taps into French talents management
Kazakhstan is studying French experience in talents management.
13 November 2012
Flu, fever in pregnancy tied to autism risk - study
Women who had the flu or ran a fever for more than a week during their pregnancy face a greater risk of having a child with an autism spectrum disorder.
13 November 2012
Calls for BBC overhaul after chief quits in abuse row
The chairman of the BBC's governing board called Sunday for radical change in the world's largest broadcaster after it was plunged into crisis following the resignation of its chief executive in a sex abuse row.
12 November 2012
Greece eyes fresh bailout funds after budget passed
The Greek parliament on Sunday approved a slashed 2013 budget which the government has vowed will secure the release of foreign aid vital to save the debt-ridden country from insolvency.
12 November 2012
Bieber, Swift big winners at MTV Europe Music Awards
Pop superstars Justin Bieber and Taylor Swift dominated the 19th annual MTV Europe Music Awards Sunday, but South Korean Internet phenomenon Psy clinched the coveted Best Video prize.
12 November 2012
Vatican police under scrutiny in leaks trials
The Vatican gendarmerie has been an intriguing protagonist in the cloak-and-dagger "Vatileaks" case, set to wrap up on Saturday with a verdict in the trial of a Holy See computer technician.
11 November 2012
Spain anti-bank protest decries second evictee suicide
Hundreds of people demonstrated in Madrid on Friday after a woman due to be evicted killed herself in northern Spain, the second such suicide in two weeks, which the protesters blame on predatory mortgage lenders.
11 November 2012
Bridget Jones set to return in third novel next year
The accident-prone British thirty-something Bridget Jones is to return in a third novel next year, her creator Helen Fielding announced on Friday.
11 November 2012
Interpol elects French woman as first female president
Interpol on Thursday elected a French police commissioner known for her drive against organised crime in Bordeaux and Corsica as its first female president at its general assembly in Rome.
10 November 2012
EU budget talks collapse
The first round in two weeks of tough talks on the European Union budget collapsed Friday after austerity-minded states refused to plug a 2012 budget shortfall in funds destined for Europe's needy.
10 November 2012
Britain to end aid to India in 2015
Britain's government said on Friday it will stop all aid to India in 2015 and slash its remaining handouts, bowing to domestic pressure over its foreign development budget at a time of austerity.
10 November 2012
Self-Googler Daniel Craig says wanted out of 007
Daniel Craig wanted to get out of the role of James Bond from his first appearance as the famed British spy, he said in an interview published as the latest 007 movie was released in the US Friday.
10 November 2012
Poland urges no veto on tricky 2014-2020 EU budget
Poland on Friday urged net beneficiary EU members not to block talks on the contentious 2014-2020 budget proposed by Brussels which the 27-member bloc is expected to focus on at an upcoming summit.
10 November 2012
'Grrr!': Rolling Stones release greatest hits
The Rolling Stones on Monday release a greatest hits album titled "Grrr!" featuring two new tracks recorded over the summer in Paris, as fans count down to a string of 50th-anniversary concerts.
10 November 2012
Uranium-polluted water escapes from Finnish mine
Radioactive emissions 50 times higher than normal have been detected in waters close to a nickel and zinc mine in central Finland.
10 November 2012
Cycling: Kazakhstan Federation responded to Vinokourov’s case
Kazakhstan Cycling Federation keeps track of the investigation of Vinokourov's case that is conducted by the International Cycling Union.
09 November 2012
Maltese Foreign Minister accused of receiving 150 thousand Euro from Aliyev
Maltese Foreign Minister Tonio Borg was accused of receiving a bribe of 150 thousand Euro from Rakhat Aliyev in return for his residence permit.
09 November 2012
Merkel in Britain for tough budget talks with Cameron
German Chancellor Angela Merkel and British Prime Minister David Cameron held talks over the EU's hotly contested budget in London on Wednesday with both agreeing that the bloc needed to heed public opinion.
08 November 2012