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Jean-Marie Le Pen, France's far-right master provocateur
Jean-Marie Le Pen, a former paratrooper whose inflammatory speeches has made him the figurehead of France's far right, , has not once veered away from the role he loves best -- master provocateur.
05 May 2015
Obama urges deeper look at race, hints at his future
President Barack Obama urged Americans to address the root causes of recent racially-tinged unrest, focusing not just on police actions.
05 May 2015
New York party of the year kowtows to China
China's march towards global ascendancy has taken another leap forward -- at least when it comes to New York high society and its most glittering fashion extravaganza, the Met Ball.
05 May 2015
Boston bomber emotional as aunt breaks down on stand
Boston bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev showed emotion in court for the first time, wiping his eyes.
05 May 2015
Bill Clinton will keep giving speeches to 'pay our bills'
Former US president Bill Clinton said in an interview that aired he will keep giving lucrative speeches "to pay our bills" while wife Hillary Clinton runs for the White House.
05 May 2015
'Pretty Girls': Britney Spears teams up with Iggy Azalea
Britney Spears, whose career has been full of both commercial success and criticism, has recorded a song with a younger kindred spirit, Australian rapper Iggy Azalea.
05 May 2015
DJ legend van Dyk unites Middle East with dance music
He is unlikely to be named a Middle East peace negotiator, but DJ superstar Paul van Dyk says that his music in a way has succeeded where politics has failed.
05 May 2015
Line of succession to the British throne
Prince William and his wife Kate's new baby daughter, named as Princess Charlotte, was born fourth in line to inherit the British throne.
05 May 2015
Zeman advises Russia to learn economic diversification from Kazakhstan
President of the Czech Republic said that Russia had to diversify its economy, something that Kazakhstan managed to do well.
05 May 2015
Kazakhstan had alternative presidential elections: head of CIS observation mission
Sergei Lebedev, head of the CIS observation mission, believes there were political alternatives at Kazakhstan's presidential elections.
04 May 2015
I will protect national interests and wellbeing of citizens: Nazarbayev
Nursultan Nazarbayev delivered a speech at the official inauguration ceremony.
04 May 2015
Nazarbayev congratulates Kazakhstan on Unity Day
President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev has congratulated the Kazakhstanis on the Day of Unity.
04 May 2015
Kazakhstan opens national pavilion at Milan Expo 2015
Kazakhstani delegation presented a pavilion at the Milan Expo 2015 on May 1st.
04 May 2015
Adilbek Zhaksybekov reappointed Astana's Mayor
Adilbek Zhaksybekov has been re-elected to the post of the Mayor of Astana city, Kazakhstan's capital.
04 May 2015
Italy to vote on radical overhaul of electoral system
Italy's lower house of parliament is due to take a final vote on a bill to radically overhaul the electoral system aimed at ending decades of political instability.
04 May 2015
Kerry calls for unity to defeat terrorism
US Secretary of State John Kerry called for unity in the face of terror attacks, as he visited a memorial in Kenya to the 1998 bombing of the US embassy.
04 May 2015
'Queen of Scots' Sturgeon emerges as star of UK election
The steely and polished Scottish independence leader Nicola Sturgeon has emerged as an unlikely star of Britain's unpredictable election race.
04 May 2015
Kazakh startups to be presented at Echelon Asia Summit
Five Kazakh teams will present their startups at Singapore's annual Echelon Asia Summit.
04 May 2015
China's Xi to visit Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus
Chinese President Xi Jinping will visit Russia this week to attend World War II anniversary celebrations, with Kazakhstan and Belarus also on his itinerary.
04 May 2015