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Britain urges fresh talks with Ecuador over Assange
Britain wants to resume talks with Ecuador and find a diplomatic solution to the standoff over WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange as soon as possible.
05 September 2012
Altynkol-Khorgos railroad border entry point to open by end of 2012
The period of completion of works on the entry point was discussed at the meeting of Kazakhstan-Chinese Cooperation Commission.
05 September 2012
Quebec separatists set for election win
Quebec's separatists look to sweep back into power in elections Tuesday, buoyed by rising frustration with the current leadership and months of student protests over a planned tuition hike.
05 September 2012
Tiny island creates major migration headache for Spain
Spain lashed out at human traffickers Monday as it grappled with more than 80 immigrants who made their way to a tiny Spanish-owned islet off the coast of Morocco.
05 September 2012
North Kazakhstan oblast policemen presented Vinokourov with Long Service Award
Petropavlovsk policemen met with Olympic champion Alexandre Vinokourov and awarded him with Lieutenant Colonel rank.
04 September 2012
Prince Harry jokes about nude snaps at charity awards
Britain's Prince Harry on Monday made light of his recent exploits in his first public appearance since naked photographs of him in a Las Vegas hotel room surfaced on the internet.
04 September 2012
Clinton heads to China with hopes over sea tensions
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton heads Tuesday to Beijing after talks in emerging US ally Indonesia as she voiced hope for progress in managing soaring tensions in the South China Sea.
04 September 2012
Moody's downgrades EU rating outlook to 'negative'
Moody's on Monday lowered the European Union's long-term issuer rating outlook from stable to negative, saying the move reflected credit risks of the bloc's key budget contributors.
04 September 2012
Cycling: Alexandre Vinokourov enrolled at prestigious University
Kazakhstan’s cyclist and Olympic champion Alexandre Vinokourov is going to take a Master's Degree course at Astana Eurasian National University.
04 September 2012
Ilya Ilyin's photo to be printed on T-shirts
Kazakhstan actor Anuar Nurpeissov wants to produce T-shirts with a photo of Kazakhstan's weightlifter and Olympic champion Ilya Ilyin.
04 September 2012
Mami discussed Central Asian security with NATO Parliamentary Assembly chairman
Kazakhstan Senate speaker Kairat Mami has had talks with chairman of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly Karl Lamers.
04 September 2012
Cycling: Vinokourov to become general manager of Astana cycling team
Kazakhstan cyclist Alexandre Vinokourov will be appointed Astana cycling team's general manager this September.
04 September 2012
Fire quenched in Almaty oblast mountains
The fire covering the area of 120 hectares was quenched at 06:00 p.m. on September 3. No casualties were reported.
04 September 2012
Lebanon's Hezbollah denies possessing chemical weapons
The leader of the powerful Lebanese Shiite Muslim movement Hezbollah, Hassan Nasrallah, on Monday denied that his group possessed chemical weapons.
04 September 2012
Boxing: Daniyar Yeleussinov is the most beautiful Olympics boxer according to Europeans
Kazakhstan's boxer Daniyar Yeleussinov, who reached Olympics quarterfinals, is the most beautiful boxer of the London Olympics.
04 September 2012
British PM begins government reshuffle
British Prime Minister David Cameron is set to reshuffle his ailing government on Tuesday, but with unpopular finance minister George Osborne expected to keep his job despite continued economic gloom.
04 September 2012
Before November Kazakhstan to compensate Gazprom for 800 million cubic metres of earlier borrowed gas
To secure stable gas supplies this coming heating season we have agreed with China, Russia’s Gazprom and Uzbekistan to borrow 1.2 billion cubic metres before December: O&G Minister.
04 September 2012
US blacks fear lingering racism if Obama loses
Liz Wills looks fearfully at the specter of his defeat by a Republican candidate she sees as gripped by the racist right.
04 September 2012
Olympic champion Sapiyev enrolled at Karaganda State Technical University
Kazakhstan's boxer Serik Sapiyev will become a miner, however he is undecided yet what field of work to choose.
04 September 2012
British university launches legal fight over visa status
A London university on Monday announced it was launching legal action over the government's decision to revoke its right to sponsor visas, a move that threatens thousands of students with deportation.
04 September 2012