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Canadian 'child soldier' appeals Guantanamo conviction
Omar Khadr, the Canadian "child soldier" held for a decade at Guantanamo, appealed his terror conviction Friday.
09 November 2013
Hackers expose Asia's weak cyber defences
A rash of website hackings in the Asia-Pacific has exposed weak cyber defences which must be improved to help the region deal with more sophisticated and sinister threats, particularly from criminal organisations, analysts said.
09 November 2013
Ukraine talks deadlocked as EU clock ticks down
Ukraine's parliament on Friday failed to end days of deadlock over legislation that would allow jailed former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko to go abroad for treatment and pave the way for the signing of a key EU accord.
09 November 2013
Depardieu's Rasputin rubbished in Russia
It was the movie role that won Gerard Depardieu a Russian passport. But the actor's turn as the demonic priest Rasputin who mesmerised the Tsar's family has had a critical mauling in Russia.
09 November 2013
Anti-Semitism on rise in Europe: survey
Anti-Semitism has worsened in Europe in the past few years with abuse increasingly widespread on the Internet, a survey by the European Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA) showed Friday.
09 November 2013
US, Israel 'lose UNESCO voting rights'
The United States and Israel lost their UNESCO voting rights Friday after suspending funding to the organisation in 2011 over Palestinian admission, a source from the UN agency.
09 November 2013
Explosion during Paris musical rehearsal injures at least 15
Around 15 people were injured on Friday, five of them seriously, in an accidental explosion during rehearsals for a Paris musical, just hours before the show was due to start, police sources and an employee said.
09 November 2013
Extradition of sentenced Kazakhstan nationals from Italy validated by treaty
The treat on extradition of sentenced Kazakhstan nationals from Italy has been singed this week.
09 November 2013
Mussabayev comments his statement about 'beer bar English' of Bolashak graduates
Head of KazKosmos National Space Agency Talgat Mussabayev has commented his statement about some graduates of the Bolashak program.
09 November 2013
Kazakhstan sets world record by cooked and eaten baursaks
The MEGA Almaty mall opening in Kazakhstan saw the Guinness record by number of cooked and eaten baursaks.
09 November 2013
Kazakhstan officials drink 1 billion tenge worth of tea with sweets in 10 months
Kazakhstan state officials have drunk almost 1 billion tenge ($6.5 million) worth of tea with sweets since the beginning of the year.
09 November 2013
Astana Opera singers participating in Italian contest
The soloists of Astana Opera are participating in the international contest in the Verona, Italy.
09 November 2013
Astana Opera dancers getting 20-minute applause in Champs-Elysees theater
The lead soloists of Astana Opera ballet Madina Basbayeva and Tair Gatauov performed at the gala-concert Stars of 21st Century in France.
08 November 2013
Wreckage discovered near Baikonur is no spacecraft: Mussabayev
The wrecks found in Kyzyorda Oblast in southern Kazakhstan do not belong to any space equipment.
08 November 2013
Copy of Napoleon's will fetches $480,000 at Paris auction
A copy of Napoleon Bonaparte's will, drawn up in 1821 when the former French emperor was living in exile, has been sold at auction for 357,000 euros ($480,000).
08 November 2013
Japan foreign minister heads for Iran as talks bring hope
Japan's foreign minister was preparing Friday to fly to Tehran where he hoped to leverage Tokyo's friendship and cement progress made in talks with world powers over curbing Iran's nuclear drive.
08 November 2013
Gas boom to reshape US role in Asia: study
A boom in gas production will reshape the US role in Asia and could fuel new tensions with a growing, energy-hungry China.
08 November 2013
US woman's pre-mastectomy dance video goes viral
A video showing a US woman leading a dance party in an operating theater just before undergoing a double mastectomy has gone viral online.
08 November 2013
Immediate complete ban on launches of heptyl-run rockets impossible: KazKosmos Head
Russia’s Proton-M carrier rocket [equipped with a DM-3 booster] carrying three Glonass-M navigation satellites crashed right after the lift-off at Kazakhstan-based Baikonur cosmodrome on July 2.
08 November 2013
Boxing: World star Peter Quilin ready to face Gennady 'GGG' Golovkin
American boxer Peter Quilin, the WBA world champion in middleweight, declared he was ready to fight the star boxer from Kazakhstan Gennady 'GGG' Golovkin.
08 November 2013
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