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'Intelligent' knife can tell tumor from healthy tissue
A new kind of surgical knife can tell cancerous from healthy tissue in seconds and may help improve tumor removal in the operating room.
19 July 2013
Kazakhstan Harmony Lessons director Emir Baigazin jury member at film festival in Locarno
Kazakhstan's director of Harmony Lessons Emir Baigazin is a member of the jury at the International Film Festival in Locarno, Switzerland.
18 July 2013
Greek deputies approve reform bill tied to EU-IMF loans
Greece's parliament early on Thursday narrowly approved a sweeping bill of reforms tied to the country's next tranche of EU-IMF loans.
18 July 2013
N. Korea says Cuba arms seized on ship part of legitimate deal
North Korea said Wednesday that Cuban arms seized from a Pyongyang-flagged ship near the Panama Canal were part of a legitimate deal.
18 July 2013
Almaty leads by budget incomes in 2013
The average budget income per one Almaty citizen has made 730 thousand tenge ($4,900) in 2013.
18 July 2013
Pilot was dodging passenger plane when crashed in Aktobe
The pilot of the L-39 plane that crashed in Aktobe was trying to avoid smashing into a passenger aircraft.
18 July 2013
Ranking Chinese military official to check on Kazakhstan Navy in Aktau
Vice-Chairman of the Central Military Commission of China Fan Changlong has arrived in Astana.
18 July 2013
Website owner arrested for posting 'Canadian Psycho' video
A website owner has been arrested for posting an 11 minute video depicting an ex-porn actor's grisly killing and dismemberment of a 33-year-old Chinese student.
18 July 2013
Plant-eating dinos regrew teeth every 1-2 months: study
Long-necked plant-grazing dinosaurs that roamed the Earth 150 million years ago evolved a nifty way of fixing broken teeth.
18 July 2013
Kerry 'closer' in Mideast talks push
US Secretary of State John Kerry said Wednesday that his intense diplomacy in six visits to the Middle East was bearing fruit, narrowing gaps between Israel and the Palestinians.
18 July 2013
Obama pays tribute as ailing Mandela turns 95
US President Barack Obama paid warm tribute to South Africa's Nelson Mandela for his 95th birthday on Thursday, which the anti-apartheid icon will spend in hospital recovering from a lung infection.
18 July 2013
Bernanke: Fed will not raise rates in forseeable future
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke reiterated Wednesday that the Fed is nowhere close to raising interest rates, assuring markets that the US easy money tap would not soon dry up.
18 July 2013
Kazakhstan finishes Universiade with record number of medals
Kazakhstan entered the Top 20 of best teams at the Universiade in Kazan.
18 July 2013
Almaty's 13-y.o. equilibrist wins gold at circus festival Echo of Asia
Kazakhstan's circus artist Anna Demidova has won gold at the VI International Circus Festival Echo of Asia held in Astana, Kazakhstan.
18 July 2013
Astana hosts international circus festival
An international circus festival called Echo of Asia was held in Astana as part of the celebrations timed to Astana Day.
18 July 2013
US, Cuba in migration talks despite N. Korea weapons
The US and Cuba held migration talks Wednesday, despite news that Panama had impounded a North Korean freighter carrying Cuban missile equipment.
18 July 2013
Kazakhstan athlete wins silver in rowing at Universiade
Kazakhstan athlete Sergey Yemeliyanov became the silver winner of the 1000 meters rowing event at the Universiade in Kazan.
18 July 2013
Kazakhstan athletes win 3 more medals at Universiade
On July 16 Kazakhstan national team won 3 more medals at the Universiade in Kazan.
18 July 2013
Militant makes jihad calls in Kazakh language
Site Intel Group has uploaded a with a militant, allegedly Kazakhstan-born, calling for jihad in Syria.
18 July 2013
Rolling Stone sparks storm with Boston bombing suspect cover
Rolling Stone defended Wednesday a cover story on Boston bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, which triggered angry claims that it was "glamorizing terrorism" and calls to boycott the US magazine.
18 July 2013