Malta’s police reluctant to initiate a case against Rakhat AliyevAccording to Malta Today, Petr Afanasenko and Satzhan Ibrayev, the two bodyguards, turned to Malta’s police requesting to initiate investigation into Rakhat Aliyev’s actions, alleging he had applied tortures to them.
Central Asia not ready for integrationKazakhstan Minister of Foreign Affairs Yerlan Idrisov believes it premature to discuss integration in Central Asia and more appropriate to think of it as cooperation.
07 November 2013
No time left for KEGOC to run the IPO in 2013“It’s the privilege of the Government to decide on timing of the IPO (…) If there’s a decision, we will be able to float the Company’s shares within half a year”: the Company’s Chairman of the Board.
Fukushima plant readies for dangerous fuel rod removalNuclear engineers in Japan are readying to move uranium and plutonium fuel rods at Fukushima in their most difficult and dangerous task since the plant's runaway reactors were brought under control two years ago.
07 November 2013
Australia fumes at UK ban on historic kangaroo, dingo artThe National Gallery of Australia on Thursday blasted Britain's decision to block the export of two historic paintings of a kangaroo and a dingo as depriving the nation of its heritage.
Israel opposes alleged Iran nuclear proposalIsrael urged world powers on Wednesday to reject what it said was an Iranian offer to partly cut back its nuclear programme in return for an easing of Western sanctions.
07 November 2013
I.Coast cocoa bosses get 20 yrs for embezzlementAn Abidjan court on Wednesday sentenced 14 former bosses of Ivory Coast's cocoa sector -- the world's number one producer -- to 20 years in prison in a major embezzlement case.
Rebel dancer takes Moscow theatre to new heightsSergei Polunin admits money and fame can be an addiction. He says his hero is bad-boy actor Mickey Rourke. He does not much like rehearsing and sometimes prefers not to show up.
07 November 2013
Google ends mystery: barge to be 'interactive space'Google ended nearly two weeks of speculation about an enormous floating barge in San Francisco Bay, saying it would be "an interactive space" for learning about technology.
07 November 2013
Robots to help elderly or paint nails at Tokyo expoPneumatic muscle suits and a walking stick that behaves like a guide dog competed for attention with an industrial robot that can paint fingernails at a huge expo in Tokyo Thursday.
07 November 2013
Water mark: Los Angeles fetes 100 years of aqueductLos Angeles mayor Eric Garcetti Tuesday joined descendants of the engineers who brought water to the then sleepy Californian town, marking the 100th anniversary of the transformative project.