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Kazakhstan MP offers to raise benefit at child birth
Member of the Majilis (Lower Chamber of the Parliament) Tursynbek Omurzakov has offered to increase one-time benefit at child birth.
07 January 2014
Interior Ministry mulls opening DNA laboratories throughout Kazakhstan
The Ministry of Internal Affairs is planning to open DNA laboratories in Kazakhstan's regions.
07 January 2014
Sub-zero arctic blast strikes US
Millions of people across the United States on Monday made last minute preparations for an unusually bitter Arctic blast that could send temperatures plummeting to their coldest in 20 years.
07 January 2014
CES stage set for new wave of gadgets
As spending on gadgets flattens in a world obsessed with smartphones and tablets, the Consumer Electronics Show here hopes to be a launch pad for a new must-have device.
07 January 2014
Japan PM to visit Africa, Mideast with cash pledge: reports
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will visit Africa and the Middle East this week, reports said Monday, bearing development cash pledges as Tokyo pushes back against growing Chinese influence in the resource-rich region.
06 January 2014
Death toll from India building collapse climbs to 17
Indian rescuers pulled two more bodies from the rubble of a collapsed apartment block, taking the death toll from the country's latest building accident to 17, an official said Monday.
06 January 2014
Eurojust and Europol called to investigate Aliyev
Eurojust and Europol may join their investigations against Rakhat Aliyev.
06 January 2014
KazAgro borrows $100 million from Royal Bank of Scotland
KazAgro National Company has borrowed $100 million from the Royal Bank of Scotland.
06 January 2014
Magma clue to Earth's super-volcanoes
Geologists on Sunday reported insights into super-volcanoes, the brooding, enigmatic giants of Earth's crust whose eruptions are as catastrophic as they are rare.
06 January 2014
Tennis: Kazakhstan's Voskoboeva reaches Brisbane International finals
Galina Voskoboeva from Kazakhstan paired with Kristina Mladenovic from France reached the final of the Brisbane, but failed to win it.
06 January 2014
Commercial catching of sturgeons at Caspian banned
A moratorium on commercial fishing of sturgeons at the Caspian Sea came into force on January 1, 2014.
06 January 2014
Sea Shepherd catches Japanese fleet, four whales dead
Militant anti-whaling activists Sea Shepherd said they had zeroed in on a Japanese fleet Monday and captured evidence that four whales had been slaughtered, alleging the ships were found inside a Southern Ocean sanctuary.
06 January 2014
Skiing: Kazakhstan's Alexey Poltoranin wins 15-kilometers mass start of Tour de Ski in Switzerland
Kazakhstan skier Alexey Poltoranin has won the classic 15-kilometer mass start at the fourth stage of Tour de Ski in Switzerland.
06 January 2014
Shagirov and Moroz in 5th place after 5 stages of Africa Eco Race 2014
Kazakhstan's crew of pilot Kanat Shagirov and navigator Alexandr Moroz finished the 5th stage of Africa Eco Race 2014 in the 4th place.
06 January 2014
Syria opposition re-elects Jarba as leader
Syria's main opposition National Coalition re-elected Ahmad Jarba as its leader during a general assembly meeting in Istanbul on Sunday, the coalition said in a statement.
06 January 2014
120 people evacuated from fire in Astana
120 people have been evacuated from a fire in an multistory apartment building on the night of January 6 in Astana.
06 January 2014
Chevrolet to roll out 4G-connected cars
The new Chevrolets coming out this year will be faster -- on the information superhighway.
06 January 2014
4 Kazakhstan crews start Dakar Rally 2014
Four Astana Motorsports crews from Astana Presidential Sports Club have started the Dakar Rally 2014, the annual off-road race.
06 January 2014
Turkey PM says 'favours' retrial of coup plot officers
Turkey's embattled Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Sunday he would favour retrials for hundreds of military officers jailed for coup-plotting.
06 January 2014
Tennis: Kazakhstan's Shvedova reaches qualifying final in Australia
Kazakhstan tennis player Yaroslava Shvedova has reached the qualifying final of the WTA series in Sydney, Australia.
06 January 2014