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New York governor seeks $30 bn in aid after Sandy New York Governor Andrew Cuomo asked the US federal government for $30 billion in aid Monday to help his state recover from the devastation left by superstorm Sandy.
13 November 2012
John McAfee. Photo courtesy of edition.channel5belize.com Anti-virus legend McAfee wanted for murder in Belize John McAfee, founder of the eponymous anti-virus company, is on the run for killing another US citizen in a resort town.
13 November 2012
New Zealander admits Prince Charles manure plan An elderly New Zealand anti-royalist planned to hurl manure at Britain's Prince Charles and his wife Camilla during their visit to Auckland.
13 November 2012
Photo courtesy of en.wikipedia.org Palestinian UN bid on Nov 29: Abbas Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas has announced that the Palestinian Authority will present its bid for non-state UN membership, despite US and Israeli opposition.
13 November 2012
©REUTERS Malnutrition in N.Korea despite better harvests: UN North Korea's staple food output has improved but the poverty-stricken country is still struggling to eradicate malnutrition and provide its people with vital protein.
13 November 2012
Photo by Yaroslav Radlovskiy© Almaty ring road will have a toll It will cost the drivers 6-12 tenge per kilometer to drive on the Big Almaty Ring Motorway, depending on the car type: expert.
13 November 2012
Two rockets hit Kabul, no casualties: police Two rockets hit the Afghan capital Kabul early Tuesday not far from the presidential palace, but caused no casualties or damage.
13 November 2012
Majority of polled Kazakhstan citizens want to work past retirement 36 percent of those who want to work until retirement (and after if they can) are confident that it is impossible to live on pension payments.
13 November 2012
General David Petraeus. ©REUTERS FBI agents search home of Petraeus's lover FBI agents searched the home of the woman at the center of a sex scandal behind David Petraeus's decision to step down as head of the Central Intelligence Agency.
13 November 2012
Photo courtesy of picswalls.com New Bond film 'Skyfall' tops N. America box office The new James Bond movie "Skyfall" swept North American box offices this weekend, crushing second-place animated feature "Wreck-It Ralph", industry estimates showed Sunday.
13 November 2012
Yermukhamet Yertysbayev. Photo by Danial Okassov© Nazarbayev's advisor appointed to Kazakhstan Football Federation Kazakhstan President’s advisor Yermukhamet Yertysbayev has taken up the post of Public Relations Director of Kazakhstan Football Federation.
12 November 2012
Tengrinews.kz stock photo Kazakhstan mulls becoming UN Human Rights Council member Kazakhstan has presented itself as a candidate for membership in the UN Human Rights Council from Asian-Pacific States for 2013-2015.
12 November 2012
Mali Islamists a threat to Europe: French minister Islamist extremists occupying northern Mali pose a threat not just to the immediate region but to European security, French Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said Sunday.
12 November 2012
Obama tells Abbas of opposition to UN move US President Barack Obama told Mahmud Abbas on Sunday that his administration opposes a Palestinian bid for non-state membership of the UN.
12 November 2012
Russia's Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov. ©REUTERS Russia will back US-Iran nuclear talks: FT Russia will support one-to-one talks between the United States and Iran over Tehran's nuclear programme, the Financial Times reported on Sunday.
12 November 2012
500 rabbis call for release of US man jailed in Cuba The wife jailed US contractor Alan Gross took part in a Florida protest Sunday seeking her husband's release from a Cuba prison, as some 500 rabbis from around the world appealed to Havana on his behalf.
12 November 2012
Israel's Defence Minister Ehud Barak. ©REUTERS Israel warns Hamas of 'heavy price' for Gaza rockets Israel has warned the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas that it will strike with "ever-growing intensity" in response to the latest barrage of rocket attacks into the Jewish state.
12 November 2012
©REUTERS S. Korea to triple budget in Japan island dispute A South Korean parliamentary committee has agreed to nearly triple a special budget for promoting Seoul's sovereignty over an isolated set of islands also claimed by Japan.
12 November 2012
©RIA Novosti Kazakhstan citizens drink most alcohol in Central Asia Kazakhstan is Number One in Central Asia by alcohol abuse.
12 November 2012
Calls for BBC overhaul after chief quits in abuse row The chairman of the BBC's governing board called Sunday for radical change in the world's largest broadcaster after it was plunged into crisis following the resignation of its chief executive in a sex abuse row.
12 November 2012

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