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Kazakhstan Prime-Minister meets Jose Manuel Barroso
Kazakhstan Prime-Minister Serik Akhmetov had a meeting with Chairman of the European Commission Jose Manuel Barroso.
03 June 2013
Google interns meet their Hollywood counterparts
Google interns got an early look at a Hollywood take on their world and chatted with celebrities who play them on screen in 'The Internship' film set for release next week.
02 June 2013
10 documents signed at CSTO meeting in Bishkek
10 documents were signed after the joint meeting of the Ministers of Defense, Foreign Affairs and secretaries of the Security Councils of CSTO member-countries in Bishkek.
27 May 2013
China, US to try new tone in desert outing
China and the United States are hoping for a new chance to set the course for smoother relations through a secluded desert summit as the Asian power's leader Xi Jinping projects a more confident style.
24 May 2013
Foreign Investors Council to discuss Kazakhstan's innovative-technological development
The 26th plenary meeting of Kazakhstan President’s Foreign Investors Council is being held in Astana.
23 May 2013
Nazarbayev discusses cooperation in airspace with foreign investors
Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev had a meeting with participants of the Foreign Investors Council yesterday.
22 May 2013
Nazarbayev meets with ConocoPhillips chairman
Nursultan Nazarbayev met with Chairman and CEO of ConocoPhillips Ryan Lance who arrived for the 26th meeting of the Foreign Investors Council.
22 May 2013
Obama hails Myanmar leader but warns on Muslims
US President Barack Obama on Monday threw his support behind Myanmar President Thein Sein in his drive to reform a former pariah state but warned that a wave of violence against Muslims must stop.
21 May 2013
US psychiatry gets makeover in new manual
The latest makeover to a massive psychiatric tome honored by some, reviled by others and even called the "Bible" of mental disorders is being released Saturday with a host of new changes.
18 May 2013
US to boycott UN disarmament body over Iran role
The United States will boycott meetings of the UN Conference on Disarmament when Iran takes over the body this month.
14 May 2013
Putin, Netanyahu set for talks on Syria
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu were set to hold talks on the conflict in Syria.
14 May 2013
Turkey worried about 'rising xenophobia' in Europe
Turkey's foreign minister voiced concern Sunday about rising anti-foreigner sentiment in crisis-hit Europe, on a visit to Germany where a neo-Nazi cell's bloody murder spree claimed mostly Turkish migrants among its victims.
13 May 2013
G7 talks growth, austerity amid yen concerns
The G7 top economies are set for a second day of talks aimed at spurring growth amid US-Europe divisions over the scale of austerity and renewed market focus on "currency wars".
12 May 2013
Netanyahu to meet Putin over Syria missiles: report
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is to visit Russia later this month for talks that will include concerns Russia may be preparing to hand over to Syria advanced surface-to-air missiles.
11 May 2013
G7 nations meet as US pressures Europe over austerity
Finance ministers and central bank chiefs from the Group of Seven leading economies will meet in the English countryside on Friday for talks on spurring growth, amid US-Europe divisions over the scale of austerity.
10 May 2013
Kazakhstan to host 47th meeting of Asian Development Bank in 2014
The ADB meeting in Astana is scheduled for May 2-3, 2014.
08 May 2013
US VP Biden meets president of Georgia
US Vice President Joe Biden met with Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili to discuss democratic and economic reforms in that Caucasus nation.
28 April 2013
Spain begs time to fix finances, eyes growth
Spain forecast Friday it would climb out of its bitter recession in 2014 but needed two extra years to meet the European Union's target for reining in its public deficit.
27 April 2013
Australia rejects calls to boycott Sri Lanka meet
Australia has vowed not to boycott the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Sri Lanka over allegations of human rights violations, despite mounting calls not to attend.
27 April 2013
G20 pledge 'ambitious' steps to spur growth, jobs
The Group of 20 economic powers pledged "ambitious" steps Friday to spur growth and job creation to get the crisis-scarred global economy back on track.
20 April 2013