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A Stradivarius violin. ©Reuters/Brendan McDermid Once-stolen Stradivarius sells for £1.3 million A rare Stradivarius violin, which was once stolen and offered for just £100 ($162, 118 euros) by thieves, sold at auction in Britain on Wednesday for £1.3 million ($2.3 million, 1.6 million euros).
19 December 2013
Metal production. ©tengrinews.kz Kazakhstan's GDP grows 6% in 11 months Kazakhstan's GDP has grown 6% in real terms during the period from January to November 2013: Statistics Agency.
19 December 2013
Tatyana Osipova (C). Photo courtesy of vesti.kz Kazakhstan's skier wins gold at Winter Universiade in Italy A skier from East Kazakhstan Oblast has won the gold medal in the skiathlon competition at the Winter Universiade in Italy.
19 December 2013
Tennis court in Kokshetau. Photo courtesy of the press-service of the Tennis Federation of Kazakhstan Utemuratov opens tennis courts in Kokshetau Bulat Utemuratov, President of Kazakhstan's Tennis Federation and a well-known businessman, has opened a tennis center in Kokshetau city.
19 December 2013
French soldiers patrol on Boy-Rabe, a northern district of Bangui December 17, 2013. ©Reuters/Alain Amontchi Nearly 1,000 killed by ex-rebels in C. Africa capital: Amnesty The Central African Republic's mostly Muslim ex-rebels killed nearly 1,000 people in the capital Bangui two weeks ago in a rampage avenging deadly Christian militia attacks, Amnesty International said in a report Thursday.
19 December 2013
Kazakhstan judges' robe. Photo courtesy of headline.kz Kazakhstan to change judge's robe design in 2014 A new design of the judge's robe will in Kazakhstan be introduced in 2014.
19 December 2013
©Vladimir Prokopenko Car explodes in center of Almaty A Nissan Cefiro has exploded in the center of Almaty city.
19 December 2013
©Marat Abilov Over 1 million sq m of housing commissioned in Astana this year Over 1 million square meters of housing has been commissioned in Astana this year.
19 December 2013
A hummingbird, Washington, 2013. ©Reuters/Larry Downing Power-hungry Washington's soft spot for wounded wildlife Washington is synonymous with power, majestic buildings and ruthless ambition. But it also has a cuddly side, nurturing orphaned baby squirrels and lame turtles.
19 December 2013
Astana Opera Theater Winners of Verona contest to perform in Astana Opera Winners of the international contest in Verona will perform at a concert in Astana Opera theater.
19 December 2013
Mandela tops 2013 Google searches Nelson Mandela topped Google's list of the hottest searches for 2013 as the Internet giant on Tuesday provided a look at the "spirit of the times" online.
19 December 2013
The sign of the Indian Mission to the United Nations building in New York. ©Reuters/Carlo Allegri US 'regrets' diplomat treatment as India seethes The United States voiced regret to India on Wednesday over the treatment of a diplomat whose account of being stripped and cavity-searched triggered outrage.
19 December 2013
Fears of civil war as violence spreads in South Sudan The United Nations is warning that violence was spreading in South Sudan, as fierce fighting in the world's youngest nation prompted the US to evacuate Americans and other foreigners.
19 December 2013
Philippines launches $8.17 bn Haiyan rebuilding plan The Philippines launched an $8.17 billion plan on Wednesday to rebuild the lives of millions made homeless by Super Typhoon Haiyan and strengthen the disaster-prone nation's defences against future tempests.
19 December 2013
Prime Minister Tony Abbott. ©Reuters/Dadang Tri Australia PM stands firm against 'corporate welfare' Prime Minister Tony Abbott warned struggling Australian companies Wednesday to get their house in order, refusing to indulge in "corporate welfare" subsidies despite car giant Holden's decision to shut local plants.
19 December 2013
Museum takes possession of long-lost Nazi diary The US Holocaust Memorial Museum took possession Tuesday of a Nazi war criminal's long-lost diary and posted it online to help researchers decipher the thinking behind Adolf Hitler's "final solution."
19 December 2013
Members of a local militia collect what it is believed to be a component of the Long March 4B rocket, which was loaded with a CBERS-3 satellite. ©Reuters/Stringer Brazil, China to make new satellite launch in 2014 Brazil and China will launch a new joint environmental monitoring satellite next year to replace one which failed to enter orbit earlier this month, Communications Minister Paulo Bernardo said Tuesday.
19 December 2013
©Reuters/Roy Madhur China's graft crackdown hits watches, luxury market Luxury watch sales fell in the key Chinese market this year in the face of a crackdown on corruption and extravagance, a global consultancy said.
19 December 2013
China’s Ambassador to Kazakhstan Le Yucheng. Marat Abilov © China’s Ambassador to Kazakhstan on the Great Chinese Dream Among other things, China plans to invest about $500 billion abroad in the following 5 years. Altogether, 400 million Chinese people will be travelling to other parts of the world for the period.
19 December 2013
©tengrinews.kz Central Bank Governor on expediency of the new 20,000-tenge note Prices can go up pushed by high expectations of the currency devaluation. Let’s not hurry: Kairat Kelimbetov.
19 December 2013

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