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For one month only, Paris pokes fun at Parisians
A loving couple queues in front of a Parisian cafe. "For the brunch, I've got one table at 6pm", a waiter tells them.
10 August 2013
Argentina gas explosion toll hits 14
Argentine rescue workers recovered the body of a man from the ruins of an explosion-shattered apartment building late Friday, raising the confirmed death toll in the disaster to 14.
10 August 2013
Green sea turtles eat more plastic than ever: study
Endangered green turtles are ingesting more man-made debris, including potentially lethal plastic products, than ever before.
10 August 2013
Latino candidate for NY mayor hopes to stir 'sleeping giant'
If Adolfo Carrion's math is correct, all he needs to become the next mayor of New York is for half the city's Hispanic voters to turn out on election day.
10 August 2013
Philippine oil spill turns Manila Bay red
A diesel oil spill spread a large reddish stain over Manila Bay in the Philippines' capital on Friday, posing potential health and environmental hazards.
10 August 2013
Al-Qaeda suspects arrested in Saudi Arabia: ministry
Saudi Arabia has arrested two suspected members of Al-Qaeda who may have been plotting against Western embassies in the Middle East.
09 August 2013
Kazakhstan paper producer Kagazy freezes former managers' assets
Assets of two former heads of Kazakhstan Kagazy have been frozen around the world under the company’s request.
09 August 2013
Rifles and swards discovered in parcels from U.S. and Netherlands in Almaty airport
The customs service of Almaty airport has discovered rifles and swords in parcels from the United States and the Netherlands.
09 August 2013
Green power stations to cover 2 percent of Kazakhstan's energy needs
Green power station will produce enough energy to meet around 1-2 percent of the overall Kazakhstan’s electricity needs by 2020.
09 August 2013
Camel may be MERS virus host: study
Researchers on Friday pointed to the Arabian camel as a possible host of the deadly human MERS virus plaguing the Middle East.
09 August 2013
Light cast on NY subway's dead shark mystery
Beachgoers came forward Thursday with a plausible explanation for why a dead shark turned up in a New York subway train two days before.
09 August 2013
Obama: Greece needs policies focused on growth and jobs
US President Barack Obama called Thursday for more growth-oriented policies in Greece, saying the austerity has not been adequate to revive the country's battered economy.
09 August 2013
European banks claiming 18 million Euro from Kazakhstan tycoon
Hearings on the case of several European banks against major Kazakhstan's Ivolga-Holding over 18 million Euro will start on August 29.
09 August 2013
Brazil to raise alleged US spying during Kerry visit next week
Allegations of US electronic spying in Brazil will be raised when US Secretary of State John Kerry visits the country next week.
09 August 2013
Kazakhstani takes 2nd runner-up title at Miss & Mister Deaf International Pageant
Amina Usmanova from Almaty has become the 2nd runner-up at the 2013 Miss & Mister Deaf International Pageant in Sofia, Bulgaria.
09 August 2013
Correctional camp for gilded youth opens near Astana
A camp for correctional education of Kazakhstan's gilded youth has opened up in some depressed village in Akmola oblast.
09 August 2013
5 million Chinese tourists to visit Kazakhstan during EXPO-2017
Kazakhstan is expecting 5 million tourists from China during the international exhibition EXPO-2017.
09 August 2013
Kazakhstan and China to agree on visa-free group travel
Kazakhstan mulls signing an agreement on visa-free group travel with China.
09 August 2013
US Ambassador to leave Kazakhstan
US Ambassador to Kazakhstan Kenneth J. Fairfax is going to leave his post in Kazakhstan in the middle of September.
09 August 2013
Nagasaki marks 68th anniversary of US atomic bombing
Nagasaki on Friday marked the 68th anniversary of the atomic bombing by the United States during World War II that turned the Japanese city into an inferno.
09 August 2013
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