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©Reuters/Chris Wattie Sands of time running out for rare Canadian desert As desertification creeps into parts of the world, a rare stretch of sand in Canada's vast western plains is oddly doing the reverse -- slowly sprouting with vegetation.
25 September 2013
UN wrangles on Syria as Obama urges action US President Barack Obama on Tuesday demanded the UN Security Council take tough action against Syria, as Russia wrangled with the West over how to strip Bashar al-Assad of chemical arms.
25 September 2013
A shot from 'Harmony Lessons' film 'Harmony Lessons' screened at On the Edge film festival 'Harmony Lessons' of Kazakhstan film director Emir Baigazin was included into the competition program of the International Sakhalin Film Festival On the Edge.
25 September 2013
Emir Baigazin (L) at the Locarno Film Festival Berlinale funds new project of Kazakhstan director Emir Baigazin The Wounded Angel, a new project of Kazakhstan's film director Emir Baigazin has been selected for production and distribution funding by the international Berlinale Residency fellowship program.
25 September 2013
Director Emir Baigazin at Swiss film festival. Photo courtesy of KazakhFilm press-service Harmony Lessons wins Best New Director award at Seattle International Film Festival The movie received one of the the festival’s major awards, the Best New Director Grand Jury Prize.
25 September 2013
Director Emir Baigazin at Swiss film festival. Photo courtesy of KazakhFilm press-service Emir Baigazin's Harmony Lessons won first prize at Swiss festival Harmony Lessons directed by Emir Baigazin won the award at the 3rd international film festival Bildrausch Film Fest Basel in Switzerland this summer.
25 September 2013
Death toll in Pakistan earthquake jumps to 173: officials The death toll from a powerful earthquake that struck a remote part of southwestern Pakistan jumped to 173 on Wednesday, officials said, as rescue teams rushed to the area.
25 September 2013
Microsoft unveils upgraded Surface tablets Microsoft unveiled two new versions of its Surface tablet on Monday, renewing its efforts in mobile computing after the product's launch a year ago failed to impress consumers.
25 September 2013
New Syria dispute clouds UN assembly Russia-US wrangling over a resolution to enforce the destruction of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's chemical weapons cast a shadow Monday over the start of the United Nations General Assembly.
25 September 2013
©Reuters/Mark Blinch Ailing BlackBerry agrees to $4.7 billion buyout Tech pioneer BlackBerry made a last roll of the dice Monday and agreed to a probable $4.7 billion buyout by a consortium planning to take the struggling smartphone maker private.
25 September 2013
Air France in spotlight as nine held over record cocaine bust Nine people are being held in France and Venezuela in connection with the seizure of 1.3 tonnes of cocaine stashed in suitcases on an Air France flight.
25 September 2013
Nurmakhan Tynaliyev. Photo courtesy of sport.headline.kz Wrestling: Kazakhstan wrestler wins bronze at World Championship The Greco-Roman wrestler from Kazakhstan Nurmakhan Tynaliyev,-120kg division, has won a bronze medal at the World Championship in Hungary.
25 September 2013
©Reuters/Amr Abdallah Dalsh Egypt court bans all Muslim Brotherhood activities An Egyptian court on Monday banned the Muslim Brotherhood from operating and ordered its assets seized, in the latest blow to the Islamist movement of deposed president Mohamed Morsi.
25 September 2013
Emergency warning loudspeakers to be installed in Astana and Almaty in 2015 Residents of Astana and Almaty cities will be warned about emergency situation through loudspeakers that will be installed in the streets in 2015.
24 September 2013
Aigerim Kozhakhan. ©Aizhan Tugelbayeva Model from Astana wins Miss Almaty 2013 title 18-y.o. Aigerim Kozhakhan from Astana has become the holder of this year's Miss Almaty title.
24 September 2013
Photo courtesy of  wordpress.com Adoptive parents to receive $850 lump in Kazakhstan The one-time payment for child adoption in Kazakhstan will make $850 starting from 2015.
24 September 2013
Photo courtesy of munaigaz.kz Kazakhstan to maintain oil pipeline to China without China's help There will be as few foreign workers at the Kazakhstan-China oil pipeline as possible.
24 September 2013
Nazarbayev congratulates Merkel on winning elections Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev has congratulated German Chancellor Angela Merkel on the victory of the Christian Democratic Union in the parliamentary elections.
24 September 2013
Linda and Joseph Mayotte American couple sentenced to 20 years for raping children adopted from Kazakhstan Worcester Superior Court has sentenced the Northbridge couple convicted of raping their children adopted from Kazakhstan to nearly 20 years each in jail.
24 September 2013
Christians fear fresh attacks after Pakistan church bombing A devastating double suicide attack on a church in northwest Pakistan has triggered fears among the country's beleaguered Christian community that they will be targeted in a fresh wave of Islamist violence.
24 September 2013

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