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Mystery gold gifts for tsunami-wracked Japan port A Japanese city devastated by the 2011 tsunami has received anonymous gifts of gold worth more than $250,000 in a phenomenon dubbed a "goodwill gold rush" ahead of the second anniversary of the disaster.

17 February 2013

China bans ads on gift-giving to officials: media China has banned ads that encourage giving luxury gifts to authorities, state media said Thursday, the latest push against official extravagance since new leaders took charge vowing better governance.

07 February 2013

Serik Sapiyev to get Toyota Land Cruiser from Karaganda oblast administration Boxer Serik Sapiyev will get Toyota Land Cruiser-200 from Karaganda oblast for his gold medal at London Olympics.

13 August 2012

Olga Rypakova did not get a cabriolet The information that the Mayor of East-Kazakhstan oblast gave a cabriolet to Olympic champion Olga Rypakova turned out to be not true.

13 August 2012

Charm given to Obama by Nazarbayev was made by Uralsk designers The Tumar that Nursultan Nazarbayev gave to Barack Obama was made by the artistic group Woman Art Design from Uralsk.

30 March 2012

PHOTO: American Tucson gifted an apple-cactus to Almaty Residents of Tucson, AZ, gifted to Almaty a sculpture that represents close relationships between the two sister cities.

03 October 2011

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