Chinese elderly commit suicide to avoid coffin banSix elderly people in China are said to have committed suicide to ensure they died before new regulations banning coffin burials come into force, a newspaper reported.
28 May 2014
Abkhazia leader forced to flee, denounces coup bidOpposition protesters stormed the presidency in Abkhazia overnight in what the leader of the Georgian breakaway region called a coup attempt, Russian news agencies said.
28 May 2014
Brazil seizes spoiled food from World Cup hotelsBrazilian health officials have raided hotels that will host visiting World Cup teams, including England and Italy, and confiscated expired food such as shrimp and salmon from their kitchens.
28 May 2014
Michelle Obama takes on Republicans over school lunchesFirst lady Michelle Obama made a rare but strident foray into political debate Tuesday, slamming a Republican bid to change US school nutrition standards as "unacceptable."
Australian paper shows Kate's bare bottomOne of Rupert Murdoch's Australian newspapers on Wednesday published a picture showing the bare bottom of Prince William's wife Kate, refusing to follow a "ridiculous" ban imposed by the British media.
28 May 2014
California college mourns shooting victimsThousands of students attended a memorial service Tuesday for the victims of a college shooting rampage, as the university declared a day of mourning.
28 May 2014
S. Korea hospice fire kills 21, patient detainedA fire swept through a South Korean hospice for elderly, infirm patients early Wednesday, killing 21 people in what police said appeared to be an act of arson by an 81-year-old Alzheimer's sufferer.
28 May 2014
Four police killed in attack on Tunisia minister's homeFour Tunisian police officers were killed in a "terrorist" attack overnight on the home of Interior Minister Lotfi Ben Jeddou in the west-central Kasserine region, a ministerial spokesman said.
Accor buys 97 hotels in Europe for 900 mn eurosHotel group Accor on Tuesday announced the purchase of 97 hotels in Europe through its HotelInvest business for a total of 900 million euros ($1 billion).
Kazakhstan’s Oil Minister on crude and gas productionWe expect the gross production of crude and condensed gas to reach 112 million tons a year by 2030; the figure stood at 81.8 million tons last year: Uzakbai Karabalin.
Where the gold is in Kazakhstan?IdeaLab has calculated the amount of gold reserves and mapped out the gold deposits in Kazakhstan.
27 May 2014
Astana shadow economy worth around $4 billionAstana’s mayor Imangali Tasmagambetov declared that the shadow economy in Kazakhstan’s capital Astana is worth around 540 billion tenge ($3.97 billion).
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