Shymbulak launches new piste this winterThis year's new developments have increased the overall length of pistes at Shymbulak mountain skiing resort near Almaty by 1 kilometer.
22 October 2012
Europe's elite gather for Luxembourg royal wedding Kings, queens and commoners gathered Saturday to celebrate Luxembourg's biggest royal event in decades, when heir-to-the-throne Prince Guillaume wed Belgian countess Stephanie de Lannoy.
22 October 2012
Nazarbayev arrived in AustriaKazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev is going to meet with Austrian Federal President Heinz Fischer.
Ex-US presidential candidate McGovern dies at 90 Former US senator George McGovern, a liberal icon who vowed to end the Vietnam War but lost a landslide presidential election to Richard Nixon in 1972, died early Sunday at the age of 90.
22 October 2012
Middle East oil disruptions to hit Asia first: IEA Asia will be the first to feel the impact of any Middle East oil supply disruption as regional demand surges, the International Energy Agency said Monday.
22 October 2012
'Paranormal Activity 4' tops N.America box officeHorror flick "Paranormal Activity 4" opened atop the North American box office this weekend, while political thriller "Argo" held onto second place.
Lebanon police tear-gas anti-PM protest at funeral Lebanese police clashed with protesters trying to storm the prime minister's office in Beirut, amid calls for him to quit after a top security official was killed by a car bomb blamed on Syria.
S. Korea stops anti-North event after military threatsSouth Korean troops and riot police on Monday prevented activists from sending anti-Pyongyang leaflets across the border after North Korea threatened a "merciless" military response.
22 October 2012
Obama, Romney tied in latest poll A new pull puts US President Barack Obama and his Republican rival, Mitt Romney dead even in their race for the White House on the eve of their final televised debate.
22 October 2012
Peace envoy Brahimi urges truce as bomb rocks Damascus Syria peace envoy Lakhdar Brahimi appealed to both sides to call a truce to the conflict during a Muslim holiday this week after talks with President Bashar al-Assad, as a deadly blast rocked Damascus.