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KMG is selling out its assets and facilities
KazMunaiGas National Company will sell around 20 non-core assets and 349 non-core facilities within several years.
21 November 2012
New law to ban India's 'untouchable' toilet cleaners
With both hands holding the basket of human excrement on her head, widowed grandmother Kela walks through a stream of sewage, up a mound of waste and then dumps the filth while cursing.
21 November 2012
Tolkien lawyers sue studio, ahead of 'Hobbit' release
Warner Bros declined to comment Tuesday on a lawsuit by the estate of author J.R.R Tolkien claiming that the film giant is abusing its right to merchandising linked to "The Lord of the Rings" and "The Hobbit."
21 November 2012
Synchronized swimming: Kazakhstan won three bronze medals in Asian Championship
Kazakhstan national synchronized swimming team won three bronze medals at the 9th Asian Swimming Championship.
21 November 2012
Church of England starts women bishops debate
The Church of England's all-or-nothing debate on whether to introduce women bishops got under way Tuesday in its biggest and most contentious decision for two decades.
21 November 2012
Record number back UN vote against death penalty
A record 110 countries on Monday backed a resolution voted every two years at a UN General Assembly committee calling for the abolition of the death penalty.
21 November 2012
Singapore cabbie returns $900,000 to Thai couple
A Singaporean taxi driver has been heralded as a hero after he returned Sg$1.1 million ($900,000) in cash to a vacationing Thai couple who left the money in his cab.
21 November 2012
Moody's cuts top French rating, terms outlook negative
France came under fresh economic pressure as the international ratings agency Moody's cut the French government bond rating by one notch from the highest level to "Aa1".
21 November 2012
Genius or clown? Paris show weighs Dali legacy
Twirling his waxed moustache, Salvador Dali's larger-than-life figure was beamed into millions of homes in the 1960s, his televised antics bringing huge fame, but burning his bridges with the art world.
21 November 2012
Obama set to dive into South China Sea turmoil
US President Barack Obama is set to dive into the tumultuous diplomatic waters of the South China Sea on Tuesday at a summit dominated by rival claims to the strategically vital area.
21 November 2012
Kazakhstan’s people purchase KazTransOil shares worth $20 million
The People’s IPO was launched November 6, 2012, with the subscription for KazTransOil shares closing December 5.
21 November 2012
Fitch Ratings upgrades Kazakhstan's Long-term foreign currency Issuer Default Rating
The upgrade is assigned to further strengthening of the trade balance, relatively low public debt, strong growth prospects, and steps taken to revitalize the country’s banking system.
20 November 2012
Kazakhstan invited Sri Lanka to CICA
Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev voiced the invitation during his meeting with President of Sri Lanka Mahinda Rajapaksa.
20 November 2012
S. Korea readies for delayed rocket launch
Korea is set to go ahead next week with a delayed rocket launch as it aims to join the elite club of nations capable of putting a satellite into orbit.
20 November 2012
Commodities turnover between Kazakhstan and South Korea to double by end of 2012
Commodities turnover between Kazakhstan and South Korea will double are reach $2 billion by the end of 2012 Ambassador.
20 November 2012
Israel mulls Gaza truce as toll tops 100
Israeli leaders Tuesday discussed an Egyptian plan for a truce with Gaza's ruling Hamas, reports said, before a mission by the UN chief to Jerusalem and as the toll from Israeli raids on Gaza rose over 100.
20 November 2012
San Francisco to vote on public nudity ban
San Francisco lawmakers vote Tuesday on a proposal to outlaw most public nudity, despite protests in the famously free and easy West Coast city.
20 November 2012
BoJ holds off fresh easing despite calls for action
The Bank of Japan held off launching fresh easing measures on Tuesday, despite growing calls for further stimulus to spur the economy and as it warned of a "high degree of uncertainty".
20 November 2012
Japan PM warns of security perils at Obama talks
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda on Tuesday warned of an increasingly severe security environment in Asia amid raging territorial disputes, as he met US President Barack Obama.
20 November 2012
Victims of Hurricane Sandy forgotten in Haiti
Hurricane Sandy, the deadly storm that slammed into New York and New Jersey in October, tore through the Caribbean long before reaching America. In Haiti, many still await help.
20 November 2012
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