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Belize, a paradise for tourists -- and drug traffickers
Belize, a tropical tourist paradise, is developing a dark side and turning into a transit point for the trafficking of drugs bound for the United States.
08 October 2012
SpaceX craft on way to ISS in first supply run
SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket blasted off Sunday, launching the cargo-laden Dragon capsule into orbit en route to the International Space Station for NASA's first privately-run supply mission.
08 October 2012
41 waste-processing plants to be constructed in Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan Environmental Protection Minister talked about development of the green economy in Kazakhstan.
08 October 2012
Australia scientists tackle reef-killing starfish
An Australian research team said Monday they have found an effective way to kill the destructive crown-of-thorns starfish, which is devastating coral reefs across the Pacific and Indian oceans.
08 October 2012
Kazakhstan airlines may be out of EU black list next year
Kazakhstan Vice-Minister of Transport and Communications told about the plans to help Kazakhstan airlines out of EU black list.
08 October 2012
A gender-neutral pronoun makes waves in Sweden
Sweden's tradition of gender equality has famously put more mums in the workplace while rising numbers of dads stay at home.
08 October 2012
An-24 and Yak-40 planes will be banned in Kazakhstan starting from November
Chairman of Kazakhstan's Civil Aviation Commission gave statistics of passenger air traffic in Kazakhstan.
08 October 2012
Kazakhstan and Russia fail to agree on Baiterek space launch complex
According to Russia’s Izvestia newspaper, “it means the start of the decline of the cosmodrome still ranked first by the number of launches”.
08 October 2012
Chavez wins another six-year term in Venezuela
Venezuela's Hugo Chavez shrugged off cancer and a unified opposition on Sunday to triumph yet again at the ballot box and win another six-year mandate to pursue his oil-funded socialist revolution.
08 October 2012
Kazakhstan’s international reserves grow to $85.5 billion
According to the Central Bank Governor, since the start of the year $2.2 billion has been channeled to fill the National Oil Fund.
08 October 2012
Experimental farm built at Semipalatinsk nuclear test site
Personnel of Kazakhstan’s National Nuclear Center built an experimental farm at the territory of Semipalatinsk nuclear test site.
08 October 2012
Russia and Kazakhstan have to agree on banning Euro-2: Head of Russia's Anti-Monopoly Service
The problem is that Kazakhstan plans to eliminate Euro-2 only by 2014, while Russia has a plan to do it in 2013: Igor Artemyev.
08 October 2012
Quirky museums vie for attention with Vienna's grand galleries
Fascinated by contraception, chimneysweeps, or magic boxes? Vienna has a museum for you.
07 October 2012
Facebook and Twitter more tempting than sex: study
A study arousing interest online Friday found that checking Facebook or Twitter is more alluring than sex for those immersed in Internet Age lifestyles.
07 October 2012
Radical preacher Abu Hamza extradited to US
Radical Islamist preacher Abu Hamza and four other terror suspects were on their way from Britain to the United States on Saturday after a court rejected their last-ditch court bid to block their extradition.
07 October 2012
Wind delays Austrian's edge of space jump in US
US organizers of an Austrian daredevil's record-breaking attempt to jump from the edge of space have delayed the mission by a day due to forecast wind, they said Friday.
07 October 2012
Contaminated drug linked to deadly US meningitis outbreak
A contaminated drug has been linked to a deadly outbreak of meningitis that has claimed the lives of at least five people and sickened 42 others in seven US states.
07 October 2012
Tim Burton recalls dark childhood in 'Frankenweenie'
Black and white, old-fashioned stop-motion animation but in 3D: cinema's past and future combine in Tim Burton's "Frankenweenie," which the Gothic filmmaker says was inspired by his childhood.
07 October 2012
Bond girls: From Ursula Andress to Eva Green
Over 50 years of cinematic success, James Bond has exercised his masculine charms on a string of women, although the role of the "Bond Girls" has subtly evolved over the years.
07 October 2012
Bin Laden movie to premiere in US ahead of election
A big-name Hollywood fundraiser for Barack Obama is releasing the first feature film about the raid that killed Osama bin Laden two days before the US presidential election.
07 October 2012