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Indonesian police arrest 62 over Ramadan bar attack
Indonesian police said Monday they had arrested 62 people, most of them minors, involved in attacking a bar in south Jakarta for serving alcohol during the holy Muslim month of Ramadan.
31 July 2012
Best-selling biography featured fake Bob Dylan quotes
A young star of American journalism has acknowledged he concocted quotes from Bob Dylan in his best-selling biography of the American folk legend.
31 July 2012
Romania's Basescu survives impeachment vote
Romania's suspended president Traian Basescu survived an impeachment vote due to low turnout, according to provisional figures released by the polling panel.
31 July 2012
Olympics: The Skype could be the limit for US golden boy
Jose Ramirez is seen as the man who can finally deliver the United States Olympic lightweight gold 20 years after the great Oscar de la Hoya did in Barcelona and on Sunday he did little to discourage that notion.
31 July 2012
Power cut blacks out 300 million in northern India
A massive power cut blacked out a vast swathe of northern India Monday, leaving an estimated 300 million people without power in the worst outage in more than a decade.
31 July 2012
Rescued sperm whale dies in Indonesia
A sperm whale that was rescued and returned to sea after being stranded for four days in shallow waters off the coast of West Java in Indonesia has died, a rescuer said Monday.
31 July 2012
Colorado shooting suspect to be charged
Alleged Colorado cinema gunman James Holmes is due to make his second court appearance on Monday as he is charged with committing one of America's worst ever mass shootings.
31 July 2012
US jury to decide Apple, Samsung patent case
Jury selection was set to open Monday in a US federal court in the blockbuster patent case pitting Apple against Samsung, which accuse each other of copying patents for smartphones and tablets.
31 July 2012
Kazakhstan will award its Olympic winners with biggest money prizes
Kazakhstan and Malaysia promise the most generous money prizes to their Olympic winners.
30 July 2012
Taiwan university sues Apple over iPhone patents
Taiwan's National Cheng Kung University has filed a suit against US tech giant Apple, claiming the company's Siri intelligent assistant has infringed on two of its patents.
30 July 2012
Boeing launches probe after 'engine issue'
Boeing said Sunday it had launched an investigation after an "engine issue" hit a test flight of the 787 Dreamliner a day earlier in South Carolina.
30 July 2012
Hacker posts fake New York Times editorial
The New York Times, which famously insists on the accuracy of its reports, was red faced Sunday after being fooled by a hacker's posting of an online editorial under the name of ex-boss Bill Keller.
30 July 2012
Policeman murder suspects shot down in Almaty
A special police operation has been completed in Ahsel Kent region in Almaty (in the multi-storey residential building where bursts and explosions have been heard today).
30 July 2012
Gunfire in Almaty multi-storey building; smoke from windows
Volley of automatic gunfire and explosions have been heard in the multi-storey building No.37 at the crossing of Raiymbek and Yassaui streets in Almaty.
30 July 2012
Nazarbayev congratulated Chinshanlo on victory at London Olympics
I congratulate you on this confident victory in the weight-lifting tournament and the gold medal of the 30th Olympic Games: Nazarbayev.
30 July 2012
Nazarbayev congratulated Vinokourov on gold at Olympics-2012
Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev sent a congratulatory telegram to the cyclist Aleksandre Vinokourov, who won gold at London Olympics-2012.
30 July 2012
Astana covered with smoke from Russian wildfires
This is called an atmospheric mist. Our neighbors in Russia have huge wildfires: Expert.
30 July 2012
Olympics: More gold for China as records tumble in pool
China surged clear at the top of the Olympic medals table on Sunday, as two world records fell in the pool on a night when France stunned swimming's superpowers to take a dramatic relay gold.
30 July 2012
Boxing: Kazakhstan boxer Zhailauov advanced at Olympics
Kazakhstan boxer Gani Zhailauov has advanced to the next stage of the London Olympics tournament.
30 July 2012
3.4-magnitude earthquake struck 21km from Almaty
The shocks were registered on July 28 at 02:40 p.m. (Astana time) 21km from Almaty.
30 July 2012
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