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International trio takes shortcut to space station An international trio flying in a Russian capsule docked the International Space Station on Wednesday with a busy schedule full of space walks and an encounter with a pioneering US cargo craft.
29 May 2013
White House stresses personal side of Obama-Xi summit The White House on Tuesday styled the first summit between President Barack Obama and China's Xi Jinping next month as a uniquely personal encounter offering each man the chance to size the other up.
29 May 2013
Director General of Ak Kamys Temirali Ayan. ©<a href="http://m.gorod.kz" target="_blank">mgorod.kz</a> Biofuel from bulrush to be produced in Atyrau An entrepreneur from Almaty Temirali Ayan has decided to produce biofuel from bulrush that grows in sufficient amounts near Atyrau.
29 May 2013
WHO urges action against obesity as poor nations get fatter Alarmed at expanding waistlines around the world, the UN's health agency has urged countries to get serious about reining in a ballooning obesity crisis.
29 May 2013
'Fast & Furious' beats 'Hangover' on holiday weekend Moviegoers raced to see "Fast & Furious 6" over the US Memorial Day weekend, earning the action sequel $117 million in its debut -- a clean win over the final "Hangover" movie.
29 May 2013
©REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton Wal-Mart fined $110 mn over hazardous waste Wal-Mart was hit with $110 million in US federal and state fines Tuesday after pleading guilty to criminal charges of mishandling hazardous waste and pesticides at its retail stores.
29 May 2013
©REUTERS Almaty to host French luxury exhibition French luxury exhibition Vitrine du Luxe Français au Kazakhstan 2013 will be held in Almaty’s Rixos hotel on June 5-6.
29 May 2013
©RIA NOVOSTI Japan, Russia to jointly develop oilfield Japan and Russia on Wednesday signed a deal that will see them jointly explore and develop a potentially lucrative oil and gas field off Russia's Far East coast.
29 May 2013
©REUTERS/Mike Segar US student planned 'grim reaper' Columbine-style attack A judge set bail at $2 million Tuesday for a US teenager accused of planning a Columbine-style attack on his school using explosives and guns.
29 May 2013
Bhutan to begin voting on second ever government Voters in the isolated Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan will begin electing their second ever government this week, five years after the country's Buddhist "dragon kings" gave way to democracy.
29 May 2013
©REUTERS/Carlos Barria All governments hack secret data: Huawei Using the Internet to spy and steal sensitive data is standard practice by all countries, according to the security chief of controversial Chinese telecoms giant Huawei.
29 May 2013
Women more at risk than men of smoking, drinking: study Women who smoke and drink heavily are at a higher risk of early death than men who do the same.
29 May 2013
Travelers Jamie Maddison and Matthew Traver in Almaty. Photo by Tengrinews.kz Two Englishmen to horse-ride from Ust-Kamenogorsk to Tashkent English friends, a writer Jamie Maddison and an entrepreneur Matthew Traver, have decided to ride horses from Ust-Kamenogorsk to Tashkent.
28 May 2013
Formal uniform of Kazakhstan team at the London Olympics-2012. Photo by Danial Okassov© Chinese and U.S. designers bidding to design for Kazakhstan Olympic team Designers from China and the U.S. will compete for the right to design outfits for Kazakhstan Olympic sportsmen, Vesti.kz reports. The total
28 May 2013
Photo by Yaroslav Radlovskiy© Kazakhstan has lowest gas prices in Europe Average gas price in Kazakhstan is 2.1 rubles ($0.07) per cubic meter while it makes 59.9 rubles ($1.924) per cubic meter in Sweden.
28 May 2013
Electric cars slow to gain traction in Germany Germany plans to have one million electric vehicles on its roads by 2020, but so far that goal seems remote as the nation's motorists have shown little love for the quietly humming vehicles.
28 May 2013
Air companies fined 1.3 million tenge for environmental damage in Almaty Three air companies have been fined a total of 1.3 million tenge ($8.7 thousand) for ecological violations.
28 May 2013
170,000 living in subdivided flats in Hong Kong: study More than 170,000 people in Hong Kong are living in cramped subdivided flats, a government-commissioned study has found, underlining the scale of the city's housing crisis.
28 May 2013
ConocoPhillips India approves purchase of ConocoPhillips stake in Kashagan Indian government gave ONGC Videsh Limited a go to buy a minority stake in Kashagan oilfield from ConocoPhillips for $5.5 billion.
28 May 2013
©REUTERS New York City launches bike share service Ten months behind schedule, New York City on Monday launched what aims to be one of the world's biggest bike share programs, following in the path already taken by Paris, Montreal, London and Barcelona.
28 May 2013

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