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Another 5-storey Bessoba building collapsing in Karaganda
An unfinished multi-storey building in Bessoba residential complex in Karaganda has lurched to one side. It is likely to follow the 5-storey building that collapsed on April 6.
24 July 2012
China’s investments to Kazakhstan standing at $13 billion
According to China’s statistics, trade turnover last year reached $24.95 billion, 22% up against 2010.
24 July 2012
Alisher, 10, from Almaty won Slavianski Bazaar 2012
Alisher Zhaksybai from Almaty had become the First Prize Winner of the X International Children Contest Slavianski Bazaar 2012 in Vitebsk.
24 July 2012
Kazakhstan Secretary of State gave his own statists of labor conflicts
A labor conflict in the gold-mining company in Akmola oblast may escalate: Secretary of State.
24 July 2012
Olympics: Kazakhstan sportsmen freezing in London
The team is complaining about lack of warm clothes in their gear.
24 July 2012
13 labor conflicts took place in Kazakhstan in 2012
13 labor conflicts have taken place in Kazakhstan companies since the beginning of 2012.
24 July 2012
Kazakhstan gained 4 lines in the World Competitiveness Yearbook-2012
IMD ranked Kazakhstan 32nd in the World Competitiveness Yearbook-2012.
24 July 2012
Asia fuels record elephant, rhino killings: WWF
China, Vietnam and Thailand are among the worst offenders in fuelling a global black market that is seeing record numbers of elephants and rhinos killed in Africa.
24 July 2012
Indonesia's weakening rupiah raises concerns
Indonesia's weakening rupiah and widening current account deficit are raising concerns about Southeast Asia's largest economy, which is struggling against contagion from the global crisis.
24 July 2012
Iraq attacks kill 37 after Al-Qaeda warning
Violence in Baghdad and north of the capital killed at least 37 people on Monday, the country's bloodiest day in three weeks after Al-Qaeda's front group in Iraq warned it sought to retake territory.
24 July 2012
Lab-engineered jellyfish may mend a broken heart
Using cells from rat hearts and a seer polymer film, scientists on Sunday reported they had created an artificial jellyfish that could one day help save patients with heart disease.
24 July 2012
'No excuse' for not turning tide on AIDS: expert
Science has given the world "no excuse" to resist bold action against the spread of the 30-year AIDS pandemic, said a top US expert at the opening of the International AIDS Conference on Sunday.
24 July 2012
IBM to help Kazakhstan produce gold
IBM started cooperating with Altynyau Resources gold-producing factory.
24 July 2012
Georgia to execute mentally handicapped man
Barring a last minute intervention by the US Supreme Court, a mentally handicapped man will be executed Monday in Georgia, despite protests from around the world -- and from the victim's family.
23 July 2012
Norway marks anniversary of Breivik massacre
Some 50,000 people attended a concert in Oslo to mark the first anniversary of the gun and bomb rampage by Norwegian right-wing extremist Breivik, which claimed 77 lives.
23 July 2012
Canada students again protest tuition hikes
About 15,000 Canadian students protested in Montreal on Sunday against rising tuition costs, with an eye toward rallying supporters against Quebec Premier Jean Charest in expected provincial polls.
23 July 2012
Obama pays tribute to US massacre victims, survivors
President Barack Obama paid emotional tribute Sunday to the victims and survivors of the Aurora cinema massacre, as the shaken US town held a tearful vigil for the 12 dead filmgoers.
23 July 2012
Kazakhstan mulls entering International Police Association
A foundation conference of Kazakhstan section of the International Police Association (IPA) was held in Astana on July 20.
23 July 2012
Fraudsters left 110 Kazakhstan students without Work and Travel
110 young people paid Katrin Work and Travel agency over $2,000 each but did not go to the U.S. for summer vacation.
23 July 2012
Men of Akmola oblast rest more than women
840 families have been polled. People over 10 y.o. told how they spend work days and weekends.
23 July 2012