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China's Xi cancels Clinton meeting: US official
China's likely next president Xi Jinping has cancelled a meeting with the visiting US Secretary of State, a US official said Wednesday, amid friction between the two global powers.
05 September 2012
Nazarbayev arrives in Kyrgyzstan with state visit for first time in 20 years
Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev visits Kyrgyzstan for the first time in the 20-year-old history of Kyrgyzstan-Kazakhstan relations.
22 August 2012
World Muslim body suspends Syria's membership
The 57-member OIC suspended Syria in a meeting attended by its staunch ally Iran, in a move hailed early Thursday by the United States as one that sends "a strong message" to Damascus.
16 August 2012
Egypt army masses troops in tense Sinai
Egypt's army massed troops in Sinai on Thursday in a campaign to quell increasingly deadly Islamist militants as Bedouin leaders pledged their help in a meeting with the interior minister.
13 August 2012
Pro-Islamist elected Libya assembly chief
Libya's new national assembly late Thursday elected as its president Mohamed al-Megaryef, a staunch opponent of Moamer Kadhafi's overthrown regime who is seen as being pro-Islamist.
13 August 2012
Clinton arrives in S.Africa for meeting with Mandela
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is to meet with South Africa's anti-apartheid hero Nelson Mandela on Monday, the State Department said, hours after her arrival on the latest leg of her Africa tour.
06 August 2012
AIDS cure may have two main pathways: experts
Investigators are looking into two main paths toward a cure for AIDS, based on the stunning stories of a small group of people around the world who have been able to overcome the disease.
26 July 2012
Clinton urges Egypt's military to support transition
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton met Sunday with Egypt's top military leader urging him to support a transition to civilian rule amid fears that the promise of hard-won freedoms could be slipping away.
16 July 2012
CIS Defense Ministers met in Kaliningrad
The 62nd meeting of the Council of Defense Ministers of CIS countries was held in Kaliningrad.
09 July 2012
Fresh tensions cloud India, Pakistan peace talks
Top Indian and Pakistani foreign ministry officials met Wednesday to bolster a fragile peace dialogue undermined by fresh tensions over the 2008 Mumbai attacks and political flux in Pakistan.
05 July 2012
Syrians bemoan failure of world talks on crisis
The opposition and state media on Sunday both branded an international plan for a transition in strife-torn Syria a failure, as the death toll for a weekend of violence topped 160.
03 July 2012
Roads in Astana will be closed on May 30 and 31
Several roads in Astana will be closed for traffic on May 30 and 31 because of the Congress of World and Traditional Religions.
30 May 2012
Nursultan Nazarbayev opened 19th session of People's Assembly of Kazakhstan
Nursultan Nazarbayev has opened the 19th session of the People’s Assembly of Kazakhstan today.
27 April 2012
Astana hosts CSTO Foreign Ministers Council meeting
The meeting of CSTO Foreign Ministers Council is being held in Astana.
06 April 2012
Presidents of EurAsEC member-countries discussing integration in Moscow
Heads of member-countries of the Interstate Council of EurAsEC are meeting today, March 19, in Moscow.
19 March 2012
Mayors for Peace conference might be held in Kazakhstan
Jean-Luc Dehaene, Mayor of the city of Ypres suggested to hold Mayors for Peace conference in Kazakhstan.
22 February 2012
Karim Massimov held a meeting of Samruk-Kazyna Board
January 12 Karim Massimov held a meeting of the Board of Samruk-Kazyna National Welfare Fund.
12 January 2012
Terrorist threat remains in Central Asia
The situation in the CIS countries and outside the CIS borders remains unstable.
29 December 2011
Nazarbayev met with President of Cyprus and head of ExxonMobil
Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev had a number of bilateral meetings during his visit to New York.
21 September 2011
Pakistan and Kazakhstan prime-ministers met in Astana
The meeting between Kazakhstan and Pakistan prime-ministers has been held in Astana on Wednesday, September 7.
07 September 2011