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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
'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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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