Change Mexico's name to Mexico, president says
President Felipe Calderon Thursday proposed changing Mexico's official name from the United Mexican States to just Mexico.
PM Serik Akhmetov shown round Bolashak onshore oil treatment plant
Head of the Kazakh Government was briefed on the plant’s readiness to receive commercial oil from the giant Kashagan oilfield.
Since the start of the year the country’s Interior Ministry has terminated operations of 60 religious entities and cults
60 religious entities have been shut down for the period as they lacked registration, didn’t comply with requirements to the number of members, or were deemed hazardous.
It is not quite reasonable to place excessive bets on grain exports: Kazakhstan’s Vice PM Krymbek Kusherbayev
Earlier Tengrinews.kz reported that this year’s grain harvest is twice lower than that of 2011.
Kazakhstan General Prosecutor's office denies filing lawsuits against Google, Facebook and Twitter
The said blog-platforms and social networks are not defendants in the lawsuits of Almaty prosecutors against Respublika and Vzglyad magazines: representative.
Almaty prosecutors filed lawsuits against Google, Facebook and Twitter
Google, Facebook, Twitter and LiveJournal are on the list of defendants in Almaty prosecutors’ case to close several Kazakhstan opposition media outlets.
Oil prices ease in Asia on Gaza truce, eurozone data
Oil prices fell in Asia Friday in thin trade following the US Thanksgiving holiday, with a truce in Gaza and gloomy eurozone manufacturing data weighing on buying sentiment.
Nazarbayev met with head of Alstom
Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev met with president of Alstom group of companies Patrick Kron in France.
Nazarbayev summed up his French trip
Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev stated that the work visit to France was important and successful.
Anonymous hacked Kazakhstan Culture Ministry
Anonymous hacked the website of Kazakhstan Ministry of Culture and Information.
Nursultan Nazarbayev met with Jacques Attali in Paris
Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev met with Jacques Attali, an outstanding French politician, during his visit to France.
Astana’s victory is a result of efforts of all Kazakhstan people: Nazarbayev
President congratulated all Kazakhstan people on Astana's victory in the bidding to host EXPO-2017.
Beatles for sale: tape Decca rejected resurfaces
The Beatles demo tape that record label Decca overlooked -- a decision branded the biggest mistake in music history -- has resurfaced and is up for auction, newspapers reported Friday.
Gun from Australia's Kelly gang sells for $126,000
A gun used by the brother of notorious Australian outlaw Ned Kelly during their gang's infamous last stand against police in 1880 has sold for Aus$122,000 (US$126,000) at a Melbourne auction.
China arrests 90 over child abductions: state media
Police have arrested 90 gang suspects across China and freed 28 children who were allegedly kidnapped from the far west and taken to various cities to steal, the China Daily said on Thursday.
Pakistan attacks kill 35 as leaders meet for summit
A suicide attack on a Shiite Muslim procession in Pakistan overnight killed 23 people in the deadliest assault in the country for five months as Muslim leaders gathered for a rare summit in Islamabad.
Ecuador's Lonesome George wasn't lonely after all
When Lonesome George, the last Pinta Island giant tortoise, died in June in the Galapagos, the world mourned the demise of a species.
PHOTO: Reception of International Exhibitions Bureau held in Paris
The International Exhibitions Bureau held a reception in Gabriel pavilion in Paris to celebrate Kazakhstan's victory.
Worldwide anti-dolphin, whale hunt rallies planned
Anti-whaling activists said Thursday there would be demonstrations in Tokyo and eight other cities around the world this weekend against Japan's hunt.
Life on Mars? Maybe not. NASA rows back on findings
NASA downplayed Wednesday talk of a major discovery by its Martian rover after remarks by the mission chief raised hopes it may have unearthed evidence life once existed on the Red Planet.
