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Amid rumors over health, Fidel Castro sends letter to Maradona: report
Fidel Castro has written a letter to Argentine football great Diego Maradona that appears to show the 88-year-old Cuban leader is alive.
13 January 2015
Two Kazakhstan's crews enter Top 5 at Africa Eco Race-2015
The Africa Eco Race-2015 rally marathon has ended at Lake Retba in Dakar (Senegal) on January 11. Two Kazakhstan’s crews have entered the Top 5.
13 January 2015
Interpol seeks arrest of ousted Ukraine president
Interpol put Ukraine's former president Viktor Yanukovych on its global wanted list for alleged embezzlement that drained the ex-Soviet republic's budget.
13 January 2015
Kazakhstan's crews complete 11th stage of Africa Eco Race-2015
The eleventh penultimate stage of the Africa Eco Race-2015 finished on January 11, in Saint Louis, Mauritania.
13 January 2015
Kazakhstan's Poltoranin finishes 2nd at Italian Tour de Ski
Kazakhstani skier Alexey Poltoranin has arrived second at the Tour de Ski 15-kilometer classic race.
13 January 2015
$758 million for construction of Universiade 2017 venues
Almaty’s Board of Construction has announced the budget for the construction of the Universiade venues.
13 January 2015
Spear-carriers and chainmail warriors: Erdogan's new palace welcome
Spear-carrying guardsmen, gleaming golden helmets and even a few fake moustaches- Turkey's president has spared nothing in a dramatic remake of his palace ceremonial guard.
13 January 2015
Nigeria police warn against election violence
Nigeria's police chief warned politicians and their supporters against violence before next month's presidential election.
13 January 2015
Pope heads to Sri Lanka, kicking off Asia trip
Pope Francis set off for a six-day trip to Sri Lanka and the Philippines, where his open-air masses are expected to draw millions.
13 January 2015
Upstart Spanish party vows large Madrid demonstration
Spain's upstart left-wing protest party Podemos said it plans to hold a massive demonstration in Madrid on January 31 to press for political change.
13 January 2015
Despite Golden Globe, Russian film 'Leviathan' awaits release at home
Russian drama "Leviathan" made history by becoming the first film from the country to win a Golden Globe since the fall of the USSR.
13 January 2015
Attacks boost Hollande's image, but maybe not for long
Hollande received a warm ovation from the crowd that thronged the French capital, belying the president's standing in opinion polls that hit a record low just months ago.
13 January 2015
Crew from Kazakhstan finishes first among T2 cars at 10th stage of Africa Eco Race-2015
A crew from Kazakhstan consisting of Marat Abykayev and Andrey Chipenko from Off Road Kazakhstan team has come first in its T2 group.
12 January 2015
Kazakhstani crew enters top-10 at Dakar
One of Kazakhstan's crews racing the super rally marathon Dakar make it into the top-10 in the general classification.
12 January 2015
Norman Quartet meeting in Astana on hold
Is the meeting of the Norman Quartet to take place in Kazakhstan's capital on January 15? Russian Vedomosti says there might be a problem.
12 January 2015
Coal-to-gasoline plant to be launched in Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan is launching an experimental complex for processing of brown cowl into gasoline and fuel in 2015.
12 January 2015
Adams wins best musical/comedy film actress Globe for 'Big Eyes'
Amy Adams won the Golden Globe for best actress in a musical or comedy for her role in Tim Burton's based-on-true-life art fraud film "Big Eyes."
12 January 2015
Millions unite against terrorism in historic French demos
Millions marched against terrorism in the largest protests France has ever seen, led by world leaders in Paris uniting in tribute to the victims of Islamist attacks.
12 January 2015
Grabar-Kitarovic: from country girl to Croatia's first female president
Croatia's first female president, Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic, is a moderate conservative who styles herself as "a woman of the people".
12 January 2015
Netanyahu welcomes France's 'very firm position' on anti-Semitism
Israeli Prime Minister said he appreciated the "very firm position" taken by French leaders against "the new anti-Semitism and terrorism" in France.
12 January 2015