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New Yorkers protest after black Missouri teen's death
Several hundred people protested in New York against police brutality after the shooting death of a black teenager in Missouri .
15 August 2014
'World of Warcraft' to create Robin Williams character
Late Hollywood actor Robin Williams will live on in the kingdom of Azeroth after "World of Warcraft" .
15 August 2014
Chikungunya test vaccine shows promise: makers
A candidate vaccine against the joint disease chikungunya showed promise by provoking an immune response in human trials.
15 August 2014
Yahoo brushes up its e-commerce for small business
Yahoo announced Thursday the relaunch of its e-commerce platform, which allows small businesses to easily set up online retailing.
15 August 2014
Putin and Nazarbayev to meet with Poroshenko by August's end
President Nazarbayev's press service informed about the possibility of a meeting between the heads of Customs Union member states and Ukraine.
14 August 2014
Sam Soliman refuses to fight Gennady Golovkin
Despite Sam Soliman’s earlier talks about his readiness to face IBO and WBA (super) middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin, the Aussie IBF middleweight has changed his mind.
14 August 2014
Kazakh expedition team approaches Kashgar
The expedition Following Shoqan Walikhanov’s Caravan Route continued its journey to Kashgaria.
14 August 2014
20-meter fountain cracks its way out on Almaty street
A 20-meter fountain is splashing in the middle of a roadway in Almaty.
14 August 2014
3-y.o. boy survives fall from 5th floor in Shymkent
A 3-year-old boy survived a fall out of a fifth-floor window in Shymkent, southern Kazakhstan.
14 August 2014
Kazakh women's team wins 10th round of World Chess Olympiad
Kazakhstan’s women chess team won over France in the 10th round of the World Chess Olympiad held in Norwegian Tromso.
14 August 2014
Ukraine sending own aid convoys to war-torn east
Ukraine said it was sending its own aid convoys to the war-torn east of the country, as wrangling continued over a column of Russian trucks.
14 August 2014
Nazarbayev makes appointments
Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev has made a number of appointments to reorganise the government.
14 August 2014
Pakistan prepares for anti-government protests
Islamabad braced for political unrest as two opposition leaders vowed to defy a court order and march on the city for a major protest
14 August 2014
Hit by US sanctions, Rosneft pleads for debt relief
US sanctions against Moscow appeared to have claimed their first major victim when the head of Russia's largest oil company asked for help.
14 August 2014
BMW's Chinese dealers fined over price-fixing
Four Chinese dealers for German auto maker BMW have been fined about $260,000 as the government steps up a high-profile anti-monopoly campaign
14 August 2014
Malaysia teen's Facebook 'like' prompts sedition probe
A Malaysian teenager is being investigated by police for sedition after "liking" a pro-Israel Facebook posting
14 August 2014
Israel, Gaza violence defies truce 'deal'
Israeli jets bombed targets across Gaza, retaliating to Palestinian rocket attacks in spiralling violence.
14 August 2014
Hackers tweet resignation of Russian PM
Hackers broke into Russian Prime Minister D. Medvedev's Twitter account, tweeting his resignation and criticising President V. Putin.
14 August 2014
Reporters 'arrested' in US suburb where police killed teen
Missouri police arrested two journalists reporting on the unrest about an unarmed black teenager that was shot dead by police.
14 August 2014
China Mobile net profit drops 8.5% on competition, regulation
China Mobile said its half-year net profit fell by 8.5 percent, blaming the downturn on fierce competition and market reforms.
14 August 2014