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Kazakhstan orphans raped by American adopting parents unlikely to return to Kazakhstan
They are working on receiving American citizenship and have no plans to come back to Kazakhstan: Foreign Ministry.
26 September 2013
Kashagan accident won't harm commercial production: Kazakhstan Minister
A small content of gas was discovered in the air during a check of the ground gas pipeline 2km from Bolashak oil treatment plant in Atyrau oblast.
26 September 2013
Britain gives $160 million to Syria aid
Britain on Wednesday gave an extra $160 million to help Syrian refugees as the European Union urged the UN Security Council to do more to ensure humanitarian access.
26 September 2013
American, two Russians take shortcut to space
An American and two Russians blasted off Thursday for the International Space Station atop a Soyuz rocket that will slash more than a day off the usual travel time.
26 September 2013
Psy's Gentleman parody video shot in Atyrau
A parodist from Atyrau Kadyrbek Nazirov has shot a video parody of Gentleman of South Korean singer Psy.
26 September 2013
Kazakhstan film left without awards at Venice Film Festival
Bauyr (Little Brother) movie by Kazakhstan director Serik Aprymov won no awards at the 70th Venice Film Festival.
26 September 2013
Armwrestling: Kazakhstan woman wins World Armwrestling Championship in Poland
Kazakhstan wrestler Olga Shlizhevskaya has won the World Armwrestling Championship in Poland.
26 September 2013
Kazakhstan-made clothes presented in Moscow
'Made in Kazakhstan' clothes has being presented in Moscow.
26 September 2013
Japanese Autumn presented in Almaty
The 3rd International Art Festival Japanese Autumn is being held in Almaty.
26 September 2013
Pakistan quake death toll nears 350
The death toll from a huge earthquake in southwest Pakistan this week has soared to around 350 people with more than 500 injured, officials said Thursday, among fears the toll could still rise.
26 September 2013
Berlusconi's party MPs threaten mass resignation if he is expelled
Lawmakers from Silvio Berlusconi's party threatened late Wednesday to resign en bloc if a senate committee votes to oust the former prime minister from parliament over a tax fraud conviction.
26 September 2013
Court sentences French mother in prison child rape case to 20-yrs' jail
A French mother who held down her four-year-old son while he was raped by his stepfather in a prison visiting room was sentenced Wednesday to a maximum 20 years in jail.
26 September 2013
Deadly robbery in Almaty: one shot, one wounded, none arrested
5-6 gunshots were made shortly after 9 a.m. on September 26 in Almaty. Two robbers killed one and wounded another cash-in-transport guards and robbed them of $26,000.
26 September 2013
US, Iran gear for historic nuclear talks
With the eyes of the world upon them, the United States and Iran will Thursday have one of their highest-level meetings since the 1979 revolution as their foreign ministers join talks on Tehran's suspect nuclear program.
26 September 2013
Spain to stick to austerity path in 2014 budget
Spain will stick to its path of austerity in 2014 with the government due to approve its draft budget for the year on Friday, subjecting pensioners and public workers to more cutbacks despite a slowly improving economy.
26 September 2013
Guinea to elect parliament as ethnic tensions simmer
Guineans will on Saturday vote in the first parliamentary elections in the troubled west African nation in over a decade, after months of delays and a campaign plagued by deadly unrest.
26 September 2013
'Sailing changed forever' after Cup classic: Ellison
Billionaire yachtsman Larry Ellison said the thrilling America's Cup series had changed the face of the sport after his Oracle Team USA completed a miraculous comeback.
26 September 2013
China court jails general's son for decade over gang rape
A court sentenced the teenage son of a Chinese general to 10 years in jail for gang rape on Thursday, court authorities said, after his trial threw a spotlight on the lives of China's elite.
26 September 2013
Samsung says to unveil smartphone with curved display
Samsung said Wednesday it would unveil a smartphone with a curved display in October -- a technological innovation aimed at maintaining its lead in a lucrative but increasingly saturated market.
26 September 2013
81 elephants die of poisoning in Zimbabwe: authorities
More than 80 elephants and other animals have died of cyanide poisoning by poachers in Zimbabwe's largest game park.
26 September 2013