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©Reuters Aspirin halves colon cancer risk -- if you have certain gene Aspirin can reduce the risk of colon cancer by half, but only in people who carry high levels of a specific type of gene, a study found.
25 April 2014
U.S. director Quentin Tarantino. ©Reuters/Robert Pratta US judge dismisses Tarantino lawsuit against website A US judge threw out Wednesday a lawsuit by Quentin Tarantino seeking $1 million from a gossip website for helping leak a screenplay for his latest planned movie.
25 April 2014
©Reuters/Carlo Allegri Hello Kitty mayhem returns to Singapore Singaporean fans of Hello Kitty raged on the web Thursday after their frantic attempts to buy limited-edition toys from the McDonald's website failed when overwhelmed servers crashed, in the latest frenzy over the Japanese cat to hit the city-state.
25 April 2014
Obama says Russia not abiding by deal on Ukraine US President Barack Obama accused Russia on Thursday of failing to respect an agreement to defuse the crisis in Ukraine, the latest salvo in the Cold War-like duel between Washington and Moscow over the future of the ex-Soviet nation.
25 April 2014
Photo ©REUTERS Groundbreaking crop yielding technology: Kazakhstani scientists Kazakhstani scientists have invented a method to increase yield of agricultural crops that can possibly bring them a Nobel price nomination.
25 April 2014
Asylzhan Mamytbekov © ortcom.kz Kazakhstan to subsidize agro-industry Kazakhstan will specify new terms of subsidizing agro-industrial projects before May 1 this year.
24 April 2014
The Spirit of Tengri The Spirit of Tengri: taste of world ethnic music in Almaty 2nd The Spirit of Tengri festival will take place in Almaty on June 7th.
24 April 2014
Photo ©newtimes.kz Samsung Galaxy explodes in child's pocket in Kazakhstan A Samsung Galaxy S2 has exploded in a first-grader’s pocket in Astana causing substantial leg burns.
24 April 2014
Photo courtesy of Baurbek Konyrov Nazarbayev kickstarts construction of EXPO-2017 venue President Nazarbayev has given a start to construction of the main EXPO-2017 exhibition venue near the Nazarbayev University in Astana.
24 April 2014
Photo ©ortcom.kz Condition of derailed train victims is satisfactory: Head Surgeon Kadyrov Doctors have given information on the victims of the derailed Atyrau-Almaty train that were hospitalized after the accident.
24 April 2014
Three foreigners dead at Kabul hospital as guard opens fire A guard at a Kabul hospital run by a US charity opened fire on staff Thursday, killing three foreigners including a doctor, in the latest attack targeting international civilians in the Afghan capital.
24 April 2014
Yessentai Mall on Al-Farabi Avenue in Almaty. ©almaty-kazakhstan.net Almaty avenue among world's most expensive streets Al-Farabi Avenue in Almaty is in the 40th place among the most expensive streets in the world according to Cushman & Wakefield.
24 April 2014
Photo ©REUTERS Caspian Five to limit third party military forces in the region Five Caspian countries are considering a convention on independence of the Caspian Sea that limits third party troops based in the region.
24 April 2014
F1 boss Ecclestone's bribery trial starts in Germany Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone went on trial in Germany Thursday accused of bribery in a case which threatens a jail term for the Briton who has controlled the motor sport for four decades.
24 April 2014
Photo © Yaroslav Radlovsky All orphanages to close down in Kazakhstan Kazakhstan plans to introduce major changes to its orphans and disadvantaged children programs.
24 April 2014
Camilla and her brother Mark Shand. Photo courtesy of mirror.co.uk Britain's Camilla 'devastated' by brother's death in fall Camilla, wife of Britain's Prince Charles, was on Wednesday left "utterly devastated" after her brother died in an accident during a night out in New York, Clarence House said.
24 April 2014
Oscar winner Nyong'o named People's most beautiful Oscar-winning Kenyan actress Lupita Nyong'o was named Most Beautiful person of 2014 by People magazine Wednesday, following in the footsteps of stars such as Gwyneth Paltrow, Julia Roberts and Tom Cruise.
24 April 2014
Abe, Obama affirm Japan-US alliance at summit Barack Obama and Shinzo Abe were Thursday discussing the future shape of the Japan-US security alliance as they met for talks at the start of the president's tour of a tense Asia.
24 April 2014
The star on the map shows the location of a 6.7 magnitude earthquake reported off Vancouver Island in Canada. Photo courtesy of latimes.com Strong 6.6 earthquake strikes off Canada's Vancouver island: USGS An earthquake measuring 6.6 struck late Wednesday off Canada's Vancouver island in the Pacific, the US Geological Survey said.
24 April 2014
©Reuters/Mohamed Al Hwaity Saudi prince killed endangered birds A Saudi prince with a taste for the traditional sport of falconry illegally hunted 2,100 endangered birds while on holiday in Pakistan, officials said.
24 April 2014

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