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Rare photo of Titanic iceberg coming up for auction
A rare original photograph of the iceberg suspected of sinking the Titanic in the icy North Atlantic in 1912 is coming up for auction next month.
28 November 2012
Nazarbayev invited new Secretary General of China's Communist Party to Kazakhstan
Nursultan Nazarbayev sent a congratulatory telegram to Xi Jinping on his election as a new Secretary General of the Central Commission of China's Communist Party.
28 November 2012
Russia and Kazakhstan plan to outline their interaction within the ERA GLONASS project before the end of 2012
Accident Emergency Response System ERA-GLONASS utilizes GLONASS technology to enhance motorists’ safety.
28 November 2012
KazTransOil believes MI-8 crew safe and alive
The Kazakhstan company’s Director General Kairkeldy Kabyldin believes in a good ending of this accident.
28 November 2012
Sandy costs top $42 bn in New York state: governor
Superstorm Sandy ran up a super bill of $42 billion across New York state, causing more damage than infamous Hurricane Katrina, Governor Andrew Cuomo said Monday, appealing for federal emergency funds.
28 November 2012
Kazakhstan may lift moratorium on new rights for natural resources development
President Nazarbayev believes if a country region attracts investments to a deposit of natural resources, part of the proceedings should be retained by this particular region.
28 November 2012
Majilis approved law on state educational deposits
Kazakhstan Majilis approved a law to introduce a state educational deposits system in Kazakhstan.
28 November 2012
Football: Ex-coach of Slovakia national team will train Kazakhstan's Kairat FC
Vladimir Weiss will sign a three-year contract with Kazakhstan's Kairat Football Club.
28 November 2012
Life where you'd least expect it: bacteria survive ice, dark
Researchers have found bacteria thriving beneath ice, in the dark and without oxygen in a lake in Antarctica, pushing the boundaries of what was thought necessary to sustain life on Earth.
28 November 2012
Boxing: Kazakhstan's Gennady Golovkin looking for rival for January 19
American middleweight boxer Fernando Guerrero (25-1, 19 KO) might become the next candidate for the bout against Gennady Golovkin.
28 November 2012
US needs rethink of Mideast peace plan: experts
The US administration must radically rethink ways to achieve a sustainable Israeli-Arab peace deal or risk seeing the goal of a two-state solution slip away.
28 November 2012
Kazakhstan-made Student movie awarded in Portugal
Student, directed by Darezhan Omirbayev, was awarded at the Portugal Lisbon & Estoril Film Festival.
28 November 2012
Boxing: Kazakhstan's Golovkin might become Pirog’s next rival
Russia's Pirog needs a serious fight and Kazakhstan's WBA and IBO champion Gennady Golovkin is considered a favorite for this bout.
28 November 2012
S. Korea sacks Jill Kelley over Petraeus scandal
South Korea said Tuesday it was dismissing Jill Kelley, the Florida socialite at the heart of the scandal that brought down CIA chief David Petraeus, from her post as an "honorary consul".
28 November 2012
Jackman welcomes 'Les Miserables' Oscar buzz
The screen adaptation of "Les Miserables" is being talked about as Oscar material and its star Hugh Jackman has welcomed the buzz as recognition of how hard it is to transform a musical to the screen.
28 November 2012
Mexican beauty queen killed in gunbattle
A 22-year-old Mexican beauty queen was killed in a gunfight between soldiers and a suspected gang she was riding with in the northwestern state of Sinaloa.
28 November 2012
Kazakhstan asking French experts to help search for MI-8 helicopter
Kazakhstan has called to French experts requesting their help in the search for the missing helicopter with 8 crew members.
27 November 2012
Kazakhstan Emergency Situations Ministry is working out versions of helicopter disappearance in Almaty oblast
The total area of the search is 24 thousand square meters in the area of possible disappearance of the helicopter: Minister.
27 November 2012
Oscars buzz for Bigelow's bin Laden film
Oscar-winning filmmaker Kathryn Bigelow's long-awaited movie about the hunt for and killing of Osama bin Laden is generating Academy Awards buzz, even before its release next month.
27 November 2012
Cyber Monday sales sizzling: survey
Online retail sales were jumping for "Cyber Monday," the key Web shopping day following the US Thanksgiving holiday weekend.
27 November 2012