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Women still face gender gap in jobs, wages: report
Women are closing the gender gap with men in health and education but struggle to get top jobs and salaries, data from a study of 135 countries showed on Wednesday.
25 October 2012
BBC pulls plug on world's oldest teletext service
BBC Ceefax, the world's first teletext service, ceased transmission on Tuesday after delivering 38 years of up-to-the-minute news and sports updates to the British public.
24 October 2012
New Bond film 'Skyfall' gets royal red carpet premiere
Daniel Craig thrilled James Bond fans in London Tuesday when he stepped onto the red carpet with co-stars Judi Dench and Javier Bardem for the world premiere of the 23rd Bond film "Skyfall".
24 October 2012
World's oldest turtle shells stand the test of time
Plucked from a pit of grey clay next to a rubbish dump in southern Poland, fossilised turtle shells resembling the battle-scarred shields of ancient warriors are the world's oldest and most complete.
24 October 2012
Hungarian political rivals flex muscles in day of demos
Tens of thousands of Hungarians were expected to rally in Budapest on Tuesday in rival political gatherings closely watched for any signs of waning support for Prime Minister Viktor Orban.
24 October 2012
Kazakhstan is ready to supply agricultural goods to Austria: Nazarbayev
Kazakhstan may start supplying agricultural goods, including milling wheat, to Austria.
24 October 2012
Singapore opens new cruise terminal, eyes Asian market
Singapore has opened a new cruise terminal capable of berthing the world's biggest luxury liners, in a bid to boost the city-state's position as a regional travel hub.
24 October 2012
US scientists outraged by Italy seismologist ruling
US scientists on Tuesday joined global colleagues in expressing outrage at an Italian court's sentencing of six seismologists to jail for underestimating the risks of a 2009 earthquake.
23 October 2012
Kazakhstan working on new cooperation agreement with EU: Nazarbayev
Nursultan Nazarbayev met with members of the International Council of Management Consulting Institutes during his official visit to Austria.
23 October 2012
Shangri-La chef named France's best
Philippe Labbe, the executive chef at the Shangri-La hotel in Paris, has been named France's chef of the year by the influential Gault Millau restaurant guide.
23 October 2012
BISOL constructs 2-megawatt solar power plant in Kazakhstan's Kapshagai
Samruk-Energo company signed an agreement with BISOL Central Asia Ltd. on a turn key solar plant in Kazakhstan's Kapshagai.
23 October 2012
Merkel to open Berlin Holocaust memorial for Roma
German Chancellor Angela Merkel will inaugurate a memorial to murdered Roma and Sinti victims of the Nazis on Wednesday, as Europe's largest minority grapples with ongoing discrimination.
23 October 2012
300 ethnic Kazakhs live in Finland
Kazakhstan Ambassador to Finland and Estonia Galymzhan Koishybayev held a meeting with representatives of Kazakh expatriate community living in Helsinki.
23 October 2012
Britain to get 'tough but intelligent' on law and order
British Prime Minister David Cameron will on Monday call for a "tough but intelligent" approach to law and order, advocating a combination of tough prison sentences and lighter rehabilitation methods.
23 October 2012
Nazarbayev met with president of Austria
The official meeting ceremony in Hofburg Palace was followed by talks of the presidents in narrow and extended formats.
22 October 2012
Lagerfeld denies calling French president an 'idiot'
Fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld on Sunday denied having called French President Francois Hollande an "idiot", suggesting the purported remark reported in a magazine came from a mistranslation.
22 October 2012
Dead Kadhafi son linked to French Riviera prostitution ring
A hearing opens in a French court Monday in a case involving a high-end prostitution ring that was active during the Cannes Film Festival and possibly had ties to a son of slain Libyan dictator Moamer Kadhafi.
22 October 2012
Iran and Spain to start extradition of Kazakhstan citizens
Kazakhstan President signed laws ratifying the Agreements on extradition between Kazakhstan and Iran and between Kazakhstan and Spain.
22 October 2012
Europe's elite gather for Luxembourg royal wedding
Kings, queens and commoners gathered Saturday to celebrate Luxembourg's biggest royal event in decades, when heir-to-the-throne Prince Guillaume wed Belgian countess Stephanie de Lannoy.
22 October 2012
Nazarbayev arrived in Austria
Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev is going to meet with Austrian Federal President Heinz Fischer.
22 October 2012
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