Spielberg takes awards lead with Golden Globe nods
Steven Spielberg's presidential drama "Lincoln" led nominations for the Golden Globes Thursday with seven nods, its second top billing in two days as Hollywood's awards season kicks off.
Chavez suffered 'complications' but recovering: aides
Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez experienced "complications," including bleeding, during his cancer surgery, but is showing positive signs of recovery.
Candidate, 94, uses funeral fund for Japan election
A 94-year-old man who cashed in his funeral savings to use as an election deposit was out canvassing for votes Friday, just two days ahead of Japan's general election.
20 kids, 6 adults massacred in US school
A heavily armed young gunman slaughtered 20 small children and six adults at a school in an idyllic Connecticut town on Friday, in one of the worst mass shootings in US history.
Myanmar makes new mine protest arrests
Myanmar authorities on Friday said they had made a fresh round of arrests over a spate of protests demanding apologies for a police crackdown on a rally at a Chinese-backed copper mine last month.
Kazakhstan to develop a State Program to Counteract Religious Extremism and Terrorism
At the same time President warned that “measures to counteract extremism should not transform into witch-hunt and shouldn’t grow into moves to counteract religion”.
President has set a goal to boost state support to the agriculture sector 4.5 times
According to him, the measures should result in the share of agriculture in the GDP growing 5-fold by 2050.
By 2050 Kazakhstan to meet the domestic demand for environmentally friendly fuel
Investors should be attracted on condition they transfer the most advanced technology in both extraction and processing: President Nazarbayev.
NASA probes set to smash into Moon
NASA will smash two tiny probes into the Moon on Monday after they spent months gathering data from orbit miles above the lunar surface.
I want to reiterate there should be no language discrimination: President Nazarbayev
We should appreciate Russian language as a long-time advantage of the Kazakhs: President.
Kazakhstan isn’t changing priorities in its foreign policy: President Nazarbayev
We clearly say that political independence of Kazakhstan is inviolable: President.
EU leaders end year on high with Greece, bank deals
EU leaders put a crisis-hit year behind them at the last summit of 2012 Friday, trumpeting hard-fought deals on Greece and banks but seemed to row back on reforms to fix the euro's shortcomings.
Adherence to radical Islamic movements is a way back to the Medieval times: President Nazarbayev
According to him, when sticking to Islam canons, the modern generation should pay homage to our national traditions.
Non-extraction industries to double by 2025 and triple by 2040: President Nazarbayev
According to him, in 2012 Kazakhstan will be numbered among the top 50 nations in the world in terms of its GDP.
President Nazarbayev calls to spend within capacities to bring the budget deficit to its possible minimum
We need a favorable tax regime to support industrial production, new technologies and overall industrialization efforts: President Nazarbayev.
Restricting gamblers from gambling venues suggested in Kazakhstan
Communist faction of Kazakhstan Majilis applied to the President with a request to introduce limitations on activities of betting shops and online casinos.
Obama, Boehner meet in fiscal cliff talks
President Barack Obama and Republican House Speaker John Boehner held surprise talks Thursday, as time ran short for hopes of a pre-Christmas deal to solve a fiscal crisis that could cause a recession.
All kinds of heart surgeries are available in Kazakhstan: Yuriy Pya
Chairman of the National Scientific Cardiac-Surgery Center Yuriy Pya assured President Nazarbayev that Kazakhstan people no longer had to go abroad for heart surgeries.
Death threats for royal prank call presenters: police
Death threats have been made against the Australian radio hosts at the centre of the royal prank call tragedy, police said Friday, with station management reportedly hiring bodyguards and moving staff to safehouses.
Sri Lanka defends China's expansion in Indian Ocean
Sri Lanka has defended China's increased naval presence in the Indian Ocean and rejected claims that it is a threat to regional power India.
