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Mexico's government introduced a draft constitutional reform Monday to end monopolies in telecoms industries that have built some of the country's biggest fortunes.

• 12 марта 2013, 16:49

Thailand signed its first-ever public agreement with a rebel group in its Muslim-majority south on Thursday, pledging to work toward peace talks aimed at ending a festering insurgency.

• 01 марта 2013, 10:01

House Speaker John Boehner laid bare the Republican leadership's exasperation Tuesday over looming US budget cuts, as he demanded senators get "off their ass" to forge a compromise and avert a crisis.

• 27 февраля 2013, 16:41

The US government accused BP of letting greed triumph over safety Monday in the opening arguments of a multi-billion dollar trial over the devastating 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill.

• 26 февраля 2013, 11:41

An outspoken American CEO criticized France's government anew Thursday, but praised French women and wine and said that he himself was named after the iconic crooner Maurice Chevalier.

• 23 февраля 2013, 10:01

Savings in Kazakhstan's pension funds grew 20.1 percent and made 3.2 trillion tenge ($20.7 billion) in 2012.

• 08 февраля 2013, 18:02

In a reversal, President Barack Obama will allow lawmakers access to secret documents outlining the legal justification for drone strikes that kill US citizens abroad who conspire with Al-Qaeda.

• 07 февраля 2013, 16:05

Creation of the single pension fund does not mean nationalizing of pension savings: the savings will still be owned by the citizens: Vice-PM of Kazakhstan.

• 06 февраля 2013, 20:07

After paying public workers' salaries last week, the balance in cash-strapped Zimbabwe's government public account stood at just $217.

• 30 января 2013, 14:32

President has raised the issue of delimitation of authority between the center and the regions at the government meeting.

• 25 января 2013, 12:54

Nursultan Nazarbayev has distributed authorities among Kazakhstan's four Vice-PMs.

• 23 января 2013, 21:48

Strategy-2050 is a strategy. Don’t mess it up with something else and don’t refer to 2050 in every sentence: Nazarbayev to the Government.

• 23 января 2013, 20:01

Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev has commented on the recent government reshuffles and appointments of Mayors and Governors.

• 23 января 2013, 18:23

Three Chinese government ships Saturday entered Japanese territorial waters around disputed islands, Japan's coastguard said, hours after a veiled US warning to Beijing not to challenge Tokyo's control.

• 20 января 2013, 11:19

The Palestinians are bracing for a new right-wing government that Israel's election is expected to produce, hoping that international and domestic moves will strengthen their position.

• 19 января 2013, 14:33

Mr. Marat Tazhin has been appointed Kazakhstan’s Secretary of State, replacing outgoing Mr. Mukhtar Kul-Mukhammed.

• 17 января 2013, 02:30

Anger mounted in China Monday over pollution which reached hazardous levels in recent days, with state media questioning the nation's breakneck development and government transparency over air quality.

• 15 января 2013, 10:28

Action by China's leaders to contain a row that saw rare protests against censorship shows there is no consensus for immediate change, analysts say, despite rising calls for press freedom and other reforms.

• 12 января 2013, 13:07

Japan's new leaders set to work Thursday on dismantling plans to rid the country of nuclear power by 2040, pledging to review a post-Fukushima policy.

• 28 декабря 2012, 13:06

More than 20,000 people have disappeared in Mexico over the past six years of a brutal crackdown on drugs during the government of former president Felipe Calderon.

• 23 декабря 2012, 17:19