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Fireworks at world's tallest tower as Dubai wins Expo 2020 Dubai beat off opposition from Brazil, Russia and Turkey on Wednesday to win the right to host the 2020 World Expo, sparking celebrations in the Gulf city and a stunning fireworks display at the world's tallest building.
29 November 2013
©Marat Abilov Cutting or damaging conifer trees punishable by law in Kazakhstan Cutting of 7 or more conifer trees in Kazakhstan is a criminal offense in Kazakhstan.
28 November 2013
Nursultan Nazarbayev. ©Tengrinews.kz Kazakhstan to continue assisting Afghanistan President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev told the Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Afghanistan Jan Kubis that Kazakhstan was ready to continue providing assistance to Afghanistan.
28 November 2013
©Reuters/Mario Anzuoni Hollywood film-shoots boost struggling Spanish islands Barefoot young men in ragged clothes disembark from a 19th century-style whaling ship bobbing in the bay off the Spanish island of Gomera. Despite their shipwrecked appearance, they are here on business.
28 November 2013
'Free Ukraine, not me': Tymoshenko urges EU leaders Jailed opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko called on EU leaders to drop all demands and sign a historic pact with Ukraine without any preconditions at a summit that opens Thursday.
28 November 2013
RIA Novosti © Kazakhstan hoping to join IAEA Board of Governors Kazakhstan holds 19% of the global explored reserves of uranium, with the country’s uranium reserves estimated at 802 000 tons.
28 November 2013
Guo Youming, vice governor of the central province of Hubei.©Reuters/China Stringer Network China puts another senior official under investigation China has placed a provincial vice governor under investigation, officials said, the latest senior official to fall in a highly-publicised anti-graft campaign under the country's new leadership.
28 November 2013
The National Security Agency (NSA) logo.©Reuters/Jason Reed NSA snooped on Islamists' porn habits: report The National Security Agency planned to discredit Islamist "radicals" by spying on their online pornography habits, The Huffington Post reported Wednesday, citing a document leaked by ex-intelligence contractor Edward Snowden.
28 November 2013
Alma Shalabayeva with her daughter. Photo courtesy of uralskweek.kz Ablyazov’s wife asks to leave Kazakhstan, but is waved off Ablyazov’s wife Alma Shalabayeva has applied to the Kazakhstan authorities asking for a permission to travel abroad, but was waved off for not providing a substantiation for the request.
28 November 2013
©Reuters/Adrees Latif UN women's rights resolution passed despite backlash A UN General Assembly committee has agreed a landmark first resolution on women's rights defenders such as Malala Yousafzai, despite a hard fought campaign by an alliance including the Vatican to weaken the measure.
28 November 2013
I'm no saint or icon, says Myanmar's Suu Kyi Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Thursday insisted she was no saint and no icon, saying she disliked the titles and had always seen herself as an honest politician.
28 November 2013
 Light Rail Transport (LRT). Photo courtesy of vagons.tramvaj.ru No Light Rail Transport for Astana Kazakhstan President Nazarbayev believes that Light Rail Transport project by French Alstom is overly expensive for Astana, so the city will get a bus rapid transit network instead.
28 November 2013
Croatia gays say marriage referendum major setback After six years together, Hana and Iva both decided they had met "the one" -- but the Croatian couple's dream of getting married and having children risks being derailed by a referendum to outlaw same-sex marriage.
28 November 2013
Free food and fiery resentment at Thai protests Underwear swings from washing lines near clusters of tents in the finance ministry grounds in Bangkok as food aromas and the cheerful screech of whistles fill the air. Welcome to street politics -- Thai style.
28 November 2013
Photo © Marat Abilov Astana to spend $4.8 million on Botanic Garden 750 million tenge ($4.8 million) have been allocated from the national budget to construct a botanic garden in Astana.
28 November 2013
Marcelo Odebrecht, CEO of Brazilian construction group Odebrecht. ©Reuters/Enrique Castro-Mendivil Odebrecht wins auction for part of key Brazil highway Engineering giant Odebrecht on Wednesday won the right to operate a 855-kilometer (534-mile) stretch of highway in Brazil's key central grain-producing region of Mato Grosso, authorities said.
28 November 2013
©Marat Abilov Kazakhstan Defense Ministry to use computer games and cartoons to make military service more attractive Computer games and cartoons will be made available on the website of the Defense Ministry of Kazakhstan.
28 November 2013
Summit to spotlight EU-Russia row over Soviet-era states An EU summit designed to draw six ex-Soviet states to the West opens with its ambitions dented Thursday after Ukraine, the biggest of the six, caved into Moscow to hand Europe a mighty "Nyet".
28 November 2013
©Tengrinews.kz $13 million worth of solar batteries produced in Astana Astana-based plant has produced 2 billion tenge ($13 million) worth of solar batteries.
28 November 2013
Tamagotchi virtual pets to return to Europe, N. America Tamagotchi, the egg-shaped virtual pet beloved of schoolchildren in the 1990s, is making a comeback and is set to hit the shelves of European shops in time for Christmas.
28 November 2013

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