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Criminal liability for defamation and slander may soon be lifted in Kazakhstan.

• 16 ноября 2013, 17:04

Beijing's relaxation of its hugely controversial one-child policy is an attention-grabbing first step, but it will have to usher in greater changes if China is to tackle its looming demographic timebomb, experts say.

• 16 ноября 2013, 14:51

The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) said Wednesday it will allow passengers to use a range of mobile electronic devices in flight with very few restrictions.

• 14 ноября 2013, 15:22

Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro was a step closer to getting the votes he needs to govern by decree after his ruling party ousted an opposition lawmaker from parliament on Tuesday.

• 14 ноября 2013, 10:53

Singapore on Tuesday charged a local man with hacking a council website and posting a symbol associated with international hacker group Anonymous, amid concerns about new Internet laws in the city-state.

• 12 ноября 2013, 18:23

Around 40 contracts on subsurface use will be terminated in Kazakhstan by the end of the year.

• 12 ноября 2013, 16:05

Kazakhstan President Nazarbayev has signed the law ratifying the Convention between Kazakhstan and Luxembourg to Avoid Double Taxation.

• 11 ноября 2013, 23:10

The Spanish National Court (SNC) has confirmed its decision to extradite Aleksandr Pavlov, the Chief of Security of the former Head of Kazakhstan's BTA bank Mukhtar Ablyazov.

• 10 ноября 2013, 13:23

EXPO-2017 facilities will be exempt from taxes. Kazakhstan's Tax Code, Budget Code and Special Economic Zones Law will be amended.

• 08 ноября 2013, 14:09

US television host Thomas Roberts, who is in Moscow to present Miss Universe contest and is openly gay, has condemned Russia's homophobic legislation in what he called dark times for the country.

• 08 ноября 2013, 10:32

Kazakhstan is planing to legal create conditions to bring in experienced guest workers to construct the EXPO-2017 facilities.

• 07 ноября 2013, 23:53

An Abidjan court on Wednesday sentenced 14 former bosses of Ivory Coast's cocoa sector -- the world's number one producer -- to 20 years in prison in a major embezzlement case.

• 07 ноября 2013, 13:22

Some of the EU countries are resisting extradition of fugitive Kazakhstan tycoon.

• 07 ноября 2013, 12:35

Kazakhstan wants to start confiscating property of fugitive tycoons without getting a court verdict.

• 06 ноября 2013, 21:03

Imprisoned in USA, Dias Kadyrbaev and Azamat Tazhayakov have been transferred to the same cell after months of solitary confinement.

• 04 ноября 2013, 15:48

A senior White House aide and top US lawmakers on Sunday rejected intelligence leaker Edward Snowden's request for clemency following his disclosures of widespread government surveillance.

• 04 ноября 2013, 13:33

Just six people managed enrol in Obamacare on day one of the health plan's troubled rollout, documents released by Republican lawmakers showed, in a new embarrassment for the White House.

• 03 ноября 2013, 00:44

Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Friday the "will of the people had prevailed" after four female lawmakers wore headscarves in parliament for the first time in years, breaking a taboo in the staunchly secular country.

• 02 ноября 2013, 17:35

Germany on Friday became the first European country to allow babies born with characteristics of both sexes to be registered as neither male nor female, but advocates urged further reforms.

• 02 ноября 2013, 12:52

Kenya's media reacted with shock and outrage Friday after parliament voted through a bill that could see journalists and outlets slapped with huge fines for violating a code of conduct.

• 01 ноября 2013, 16:29