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Asylum-seeker boat carrying 105 sinking off Australia
A rescue operation was under way Tuesday after an asylum-seeker boat carrying 105 people began sinking north of Australia, two weeks away from an election where boatpeople are a key policy issue.
20 August 2013
US will lift Mugabe sanctions only after reforms
The United States will only lift sanctions on Zimbabwe's newly re-elected President Robert Mugabe if he implements political reforms.
20 August 2013
Sandra, E-type with Martin Eriksson and Turetsky Choir to perform in Kazakhstan
Retro-Festival "Almaty - My First Love" will be held in the music battle format this year.
20 August 2013
Kazakhstan participant of Miss Tourism 2013 to be provided with armed escort
The girl that will represent Kazakhstan at the international contest Miss Tourism 2013 in October in Equatorial Guinea, Africa, is yet to be selected by the jury.
20 August 2013
Tokyo shares open lower after Wall Street losses
Tokyo shares opened lower Tuesday, following a weak showing on Wall Street as speculation lingers that the US Federal Reserve will scale back its bond-buying programme.
20 August 2013
Costume bike parade held on Sports Day in Almaty
Almaty citizens cycled the city's streets in Kazakh, Roman and Byzantine costumes to celebrate the Sports Day.
20 August 2013
New Zealand volcano lets off steam
A volcano off New Zealand sent a plume of steam two kilometres (1.24 miles) into the air Tuesday, although volcanologists described the eruption as small and said it was over in minutes.
20 August 2013
Toxic puddles discovered at Fukushima nuclear plant
Puddles with extremely high radiation levels have been found near water storage tanks at Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear plant, as it moved to contain the latest of several toxic water threats.
20 August 2013
Merkel to make historic visit as chancellor to Nazis' Dachau camp
Angela Merkel will become the first German chancellor to visit the former Nazi concentration camp Dachau.
20 August 2013
Japan firm says skin stain complaints top 7,000
Japanese cosmetics maker Kanebo said Monday the number of complaints about skin discolouring from using its whitening products has topped 7,000 from customers both at home and abroad.
20 August 2013
Same-sex couples tie knot in New Zealand
Dozens of same-sex couples said "I do" Monday as New Zealand became the first Asia-Pacific country, and only the 14th in the world, to legalise gay marriage.
20 August 2013
Rescuers spend night searching for missing Eurocopter in South Kazakhstan
The search for the helicopter with three passengers onboard that went off radars lasted for a whole night in South-Kazakhstan oblast.
19 August 2013
Yelena Bakhmutova elected chairman of KazPochta
Deputy chairman of Samruk-Kazyna National Welfare Fund Yelena Bakhmutova was elected chairman of the board of KazPochta.
19 August 2013
Singapore to double capacity of Changi Airport
Singapore will build a new terminal that will double the capacity of Changi Airport in a bid to retain its edge as a regional aviation hub.
19 August 2013
Football: Celtic brings own chef to Kazakhstan
Celtic FC has arrived in Kazakhstan with its own water and chef.
19 August 2013
Young Australians getting fatter: study
Young Australians have a reputation for being fit and enjoying a sporty, outdoorsy lifestyle, but research released Monday found they are stacking on more weight than any other age group.
19 August 2013
Thousands join rare opposition rally in Azerbaijan
Thousands of Azerbaijani opposition supporters held a rare authorised rally Sunday to demand a free-and-fair presidential election scheduled for October in the tightly controlled ex-Soviet state.
19 August 2013
36 Islamists killed in attempted Egypt jailbreak
Thirty-six Islamist prisoners were killed Sunday during an attempted jailbreak, bringing to almost 800 the toll in five days of violence since Egypt moved to crush supporters of ousted president Mohamed Morsi.
19 August 2013
Obama back at White House after vacation
President Barack Obama was back home at the White House late Sunday, ending his eight-day summer vacation at exclusive Martha's Vineyard off the US east coast.
19 August 2013
Trade turnover between Kazakhstan and China to reach $40 billion by 2015
The bilateral trade turnover in 2012 stood at $23.9 billion, Foreign Minister Erlan Idrissov said.
19 August 2013
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