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New York City raises legal age for cigarettes to 21 A New York City law banning cigarette sales to people under 21 was signed by Mayor Michael Bloomberg on Tuesday, the latest move in the Big Apple's war on smoking.
20 November 2013
©Reuters/Cathal McNaughton US top court won't block restrictive Texas abortion law The US Supreme Court Tuesday refused to block a law that restricts women's access to abortions in the southern state of Texas.
20 November 2013
©Reuters/Konstantin Chernichkin Ukraine to debate Tymoshenko bill to save EU deal Ukraine's parliament on Tuesday was set to debate a bill to let jailed former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko go abroad for treatment in a last-ditch attempt to save a crucial deal with the European Union.
19 November 2013
Obama implores supporters for help on health law crisis President Barack Obama delved into his grass-roots organizing past Monday, appealing to his most faithful supporters to help him out of the political maelstrom over the botched rollout of his health care law.
19 November 2013
©Reuters/Kim Kyung-Hoon Nearly 17,000 punished in China over 'frugality' rules: Xinhua Nearly 17,000 people have been punished for flouting the Chinese Communist Party's "frugality" guidelines, state media said Monday, in the latest sign of efforts to clamp down on corruption.
18 November 2013
The Great Hall of the People, where the Chinese Communist Party plenum is being held, is seen behinds red flags in Tiananmen square in Beijing. ©Reuters/Kim Kyung-Hoon China's reform pledges: the main points China's Communist Party leaders this week emerged from a closed-door meeting in Beijing bearing a raft of promises on issues from the controversial one-child policy to the scope of the death penalty.
17 November 2013
Andrej Babis, leader of the ANO movement. ©Reuters/David W Cerny Czech party leader haunted by ghosts of communist past Unwelcome spectres are coming back to haunt Czech billionaire Andrej Babis, who emerged as a power broker in recent elections but is facing allegations he collaborated with the communist-era secret police.
16 November 2013
Andrei Lukin. ©Marat Abilov Criminal liability for defamation and slander may be lifted in Kazakhstan Criminal liability for defamation and slander may soon be lifted in Kazakhstan.
16 November 2013
©Reuters/Carlos Barria China one-child law change small but crucial: experts 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 November 2013
©Reuters/Bobby Yip EU follows US in allowing portable electronics in-flight 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 November 2013
Venezuela's Maduro closes in on powers by decree 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 November 2013
Man charged with posting 'Anonymous' symbol on Singapore website 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 November 2013
A boring rig. Photo © Ria Novosti 40 subsurface use contracts to be terminated in Kazakhstan Around 40 contracts on subsurface use will be terminated in Kazakhstan by the end of the year.
12 November 2013
Kazakhstan's President Nursultan Nazarbayev. ©akorda.kz Kazakhstan and Luxembourg agree to avoid double taxation Kazakhstan President Nazarbayev has signed the law ratifying the Convention between Kazakhstan and Luxembourg to Avoid Double Taxation.
11 November 2013
Photo  ©Рia Novosti Spanish court confirms intention to extradite Ablyazov’s Security Chief 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 November 2013
The Minister of Economy and Budget Planning Kazakhstan Yerbolat Dosayev.  ©Press-service of the Ministry EXPO-2017 facilities to be exempt from taxes EXPO-2017 facilities will be exempt from taxes. Kazakhstan's Tax Code, Budget Code and Special Economic Zones Law will be amended.
08 November 2013
©Reuters/Sergei Karpukhin Miss Universe host slams Russia for 'demonising' gays 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 November 2013
©Marat Abilov Kazakhstan to lift foreign workforce restrictions to be ready for EXPO-2017 in time Kazakhstan is planing to legal create conditions to bring in experienced guest workers to construct the EXPO-2017 facilities.
07 November 2013
I.Coast cocoa bosses get 20 yrs for embezzlement 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 November 2013
Photo a courtesy of RIA Novosti EU countries resist extradition of fugitive Kazakhstan tycoons Some of the EU countries are resisting extradition of fugitive Kazakhstan tycoon.
07 November 2013

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