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Bolstered by support from President Barack Obama, a landmark immigration bill passed a pair of crucial test votes Tuesday in the US Senate, kicking off weeks of debate on the comprehensive reform.

• 12 июня 2013, 14:20

Executing the authority vested on me by the Constitutions, I am recommitting the draft to the parliament for revision of and voting on the timeframe of the raise of retirement age for women: President Nazarbayev.

• 08 июня 2013, 16:24

The US Transportation Security Administration (TSA), bowing to a chorus of outrage led by flight attendants, abandoned Wednesday its plan to allow pocket knives in carry-on baggage.

• 06 июня 2013, 17:29

The Swiss will vote Sunday on whether to approve an emergency tightening of the country's asylum law in a bid to stem the influx of refugees to the wealthy Alpine nation.

• 06 июня 2013, 10:01

Worried its gastronomic reputation is being damaged by substandard eateries, France is considering banning establishments from calling themselves restaurants if meals are not made from scratch by in-house chefs.

• 04 июня 2013, 11:19

Russia's ambitious smoking ban, which aims to cut the number of smokers in half and improve public health, went into effect Saturday amid doubts that its measures can be fully enforced.

• 03 июня 2013, 10:42

Germany's "baby hatches", where women can safely leave their unwanted newborn, have come under fire as the government pushes a new law to guarantee a child the right to eventually know its mother's identity.

• 01 июня 2013, 14:03

At least 150,000 demonstrators took to the streets of Paris to protest a new law allowing gay marriage, a largely peaceful gathering that later turned violent as riot police battled hundreds of right-wingers.

• 27 мая 2013, 15:33

Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev signed a law on countering pornography.

• 22 мая 2013, 15:51

Japan's parliament on Wednesday approved an international treaty on child abductions after decades of pressure from the United States and other Western nations.

• 22 мая 2013, 10:06

French President Francois Hollande will sign a gay marriage and adoption bill into law Saturday, after the Constitutional Council threw out a legal challenge by the right-wing opposition.

• 18 мая 2013, 12:32

Kazakhstan Senate has approved the draft law amending the pension system in the first reading.

• 16 мая 2013, 19:31

Nursultan Nazarbayev signed a law On ratification of the agreement between governments of Kazakhstan and Russia on development and implementation of joint action programs in military-technical cooperation.

• 15 мая 2013, 14:40

Senator Svetlana Dzhalmagambetova suggests to return the draft pension law for rework.

• 15 мая 2013, 13:37

Analysis of global experience helped define 2 major support measures: fixed rates and green certificates: Kazakhstan expert.

• 08 мая 2013, 16:49

Lebanon has a reputation as the most liberal country in the conservative Middle East, but even a night on the town for gays can end in arrest and humiliating sexuality "tests".

• 08 мая 2013, 15:03

Libya's General National Congress, under pressure from militiamen, on Sunday voted through a controversial law to exclude former regime officials from public posts in a move that could see the premier removed from office.

• 06 мая 2013, 16:24

A new law has taken effect prohibiting Chinese from being committed to mental hospitals without their consent in an attempt to prevent "forced detentions".

• 02 мая 2013, 11:39

With its gay bars and same-sex couples publicly displaying affection, the Tanjong Pagar district offers a glimpse of a Singapore whose outlook contrasts with its more conservative image.

• 29 апреля 2013, 11:17

Kazakhstan financial police is suggesting to legally restrict withdrawal of cash by individuals and legal entities.

• 24 апреля 2013, 18:38