CSTO summit adopts joint statementPresidents of CSTO member states have signed a joint statement during the session of the Collective Security Council on December 23 in Moscow.
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Kazakhstan’s President on plans to construct a 4th oil refineryBack in the autumn 2014 the country’s Energy Ministry announced that a decision had been taken to build up the processing capabilities of the Shymkent-based oil refinery rather than have a 4th refinery constructed.
Thousands flee deadly violence in India's AssamMore than 2,000 people have fled their homes in the restive Indian state of Assam after separatist rebels killed dozens of villagers, some of them children.
Obama, Malaysian PM hit the links in HawaiiBarack Obama, on vacation in Hawaii, tends to golf with buddies and aides, but mixed things up, hitting the links with Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak.
Ban Ki-moon condemns Jordan pilot kidnappingUN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon expressed his "concern" over a Jordanian pilot captured by the Islamic State jihadist group after his plane went down in Syria.