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Lesbian love, president's lover at French Oscars
A lesbian love movie that dazzled Cannes leads the race ahead of the French Oscars on Friday, where Julie Gayet, the actress outed as the president's lover, is running for an award for a role as a vamp.
28 February 2014
Polar bears join natural wonders at Google Maps
Google on Thursday added polar bears to the natural splendor people can glimpse from the comfort of their homes at the Internet giant's free online mapping service.
28 February 2014
Sexually abused orphan from Kazakhstan gets new foster family
The orphan girl from Kazakhstan who was sexually abused by her adoptive father in the United States, now lives with a new family.
28 February 2014
St. Petersburg to publish book by Kazakh math prodigy
Adilsultan Lepes, a student from Almaty, is publishing his book 'Alternative proof of 100 equations: Method of separating invariables' in St. Petersburg, Russia.
28 February 2014
Kazakhstan to issue Eurobonds
The Finance Ministry of Kazakhstan is planning to issue eurobonds in 2014.
28 February 2014
Hitler-signed 'Mein Kampf' copies sell for $65,000
Two rare copies of "Mein Kampf" signed by the young Nazi leader Adolf Hitler went under the hammer for $64,850 Thursday in Los Angeles.
28 February 2014
Evacuations urged in burning Australian coal mine town
Young, elderly and pregnant residents of a Australian town cloaked in smoke from a coal mine ablaze for three weeks were Friday urged to leave over mounting air quality concerns.
28 February 2014
Samruk-Kazyna to sell KazKom stake for $433million
The National Welfare Fund Samruk-Kazyna plans to raise $433 million by selling its stake in Kazkommertsbank.
28 February 2014
UK tabloid ex-editor tells of payments to public officials
Rebekah Brooks, who edited Rupert Murdoch's British tabloids, told her trial Thursday that she had sanctioned payments to public officials for stories with an "overwhelming public interest".
28 February 2014
Daughter aims to spread 'true Islam' of executed Sudan activist
Almost three decades after peaceful Muslim activist Mahmoud Muhammad Taha was hanged for apostasy, his daughter plans to revive his Republican Party and spread his notion of "true Islam".
28 February 2014
Vietnam restricts use of Bitcoin
Vietnam has banned its banks from handling Bitcoins, saying the virtual currency is not legal tender in the communist nation.
28 February 2014
British press says Merkel gave Cameron little to cheer
Britain's newspapers said Friday that Prime Minister David Cameron had little to cheer from German Chancellor Angela Merkel's visit as he seeks consensus on reforming EU migration rules.
28 February 2014
UK, US spies stored millions of Yahoo webcam images: report
US senators said British and US spy agencies showed a "breathtaking lack of respect" for privacy after reports they had intercepted and stored images from webcams used by millions of Yahoo users.
28 February 2014
70th anniversary of Ingush Genocide: Head of State expresses gratitude to Kazakhstan
Head of the southern Russian republic of Ingushetia Yunus-bek Yevkurov expressed his gratitude to Kazakhstanis in a letter addressed to President Nazarbayev.
28 February 2014
Unidentified armed men seize Crimea airport: report
Some 50 armed men on Friday seized the airport of Crimea's capital Simferopol, a day after pro-Russian gunmen took over government buildings in the city.
28 February 2014
Biden promises 'full' US support to new Ukrainian PM
US Vice President Joe Biden promised Ukraine's pro-Western interim leaders "full" US support Thursday as they seek to head off Russian influence.
28 February 2014
And the winner is... memorable Oscars moments
From winners sobbing uncontrollably to shocking political outbursts, bizarre snubs and streakers, the Oscars have seen it all -- and Sunday's Academy Awards ceremony could provide fresh drama.
28 February 2014
15 dead in Thai school bus crash
At least 15 people, including 13 children, were killed when a bus carrying students on a trip to the seaside collided with a lorry in eastern Thailand Friday.
28 February 2014
US panel debates three-parent embryos
A US advisory board debated a controversial new technique Wednesday that would use DNA from three people to produce embryos free of a particular type of hereditary disease.
28 February 2014
Boeing making ultra-safe smartphone
US aircraft manufacturer Boeing has developed a smartphone geared mainly toward people working in defense and homeland security.
28 February 2014