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IMF chief grilled for 2nd day over 2007 payout scandal
French prosecutors began questioning IMF chief Christine Lagarde for a second day Friday to decide if she should be charged over a state payout to a disgraced tycoon during her time as finance minister.
24 May 2013
France wants to teach Astana EXPO
France has offered help to Astana in holding the international exhibition EXPO-2017.
24 May 2013
Clashes in Lebanon's Tripoli kill 23: security source
At least 23 people have been killed since Sunday in Syria-linked clashes between Sunni and Alawite residents of the Lebanese port city of Tripoli.
24 May 2013
Massive Far East quake felt in Moscow, no casualties
A massive undersea earthquake Friday in Russia's Far East prompted a tsunami warning and was felt in cities including Moscow far to the west, but there were no immediate reports of casualties.
24 May 2013
China, US to try new tone in desert outing
China and the United States are hoping for a new chance to set the course for smoother relations through a secluded desert summit as the Asian power's leader Xi Jinping projects a more confident style.
24 May 2013
Kazakhstan to spend 2% of its GDP annually on green technology
It’s unjustified carelessness to postpone searching for solutions to environment-related issues: President Nazarbayev.
24 May 2013
US trade panel rejects Motorola bid to block Xbox imports
The US International Trade Commission sided with Microsoft on Thursday in a patent dispute with Google-owned Motorola Mobility that could have gotten Xbox 360 videogame consoles banned from import.
24 May 2013
Kazakhstan girl awarded Miss Glamour at Miss 7 Continents-2013
Astana’s Leila Assanova represented Kazakhstan at the Miss 7 Continents-2013 and won the Miss Glamour title.
24 May 2013
Police make new arrests in London soldier killing
British police made two further arrests Thursday and raided houses across London following the brutal murder of a serving soldier who survived a tour of duty in Afghanistan.
24 May 2013
African peacekeeping: challenge of budgets, bureaucracy
The African Union, celebrating this weekend 50 years since the launch of a continental bloc, regularly repeats the mantra: African solutions to African problems.
24 May 2013
US Boy Scouts to allow gay youths, not leaders
The Boy Scouts of America agreed for the first time Thursday to allow openly gay youths to join the organization, but will maintain a ban on gay adult leaders.
24 May 2013
Ecuador satellite hits Soviet-era space junk
A tiny Ecuadoran satellite that collided in space with the remains of a Soviet rocket survived the crash, but was damaged and is not transmitting.
24 May 2013
Legislation on the single chain of ATMs run by the Central Bank to be drafted by July 1: Central Bank Governor
I believe we should work out an option acceptable for most of the country’s banks: Gregory Marchenko.
24 May 2013
Kazakhstan’s exports have slanted towards low value-added commodities: Vice Minister of Economic Affairs and Budget Planning
With the Customs Union launch, the negative balance of trade in trade ties with Russia in 2012 totaled $ 10.365 billion, 58.4% up against 2010.
24 May 2013
Yemen welcomes US decision on Guantanamo prisoner transfers
Yemen welcomed President Barack Obama's decision Thursday to lift a moratorium on transferring prisoners from Guantanamo Bay to the Gulf country.
24 May 2013
Kazakhstan mulls raising excise duty on alcoholic beverages
Minister of Economic Affairs and Budget Planning: Russia’s Finance Ministry suggested synchronizing the excise duty policy with regards to alcoholic beverages.
24 May 2013
Kazakhstan’s Central Bank Governor on single currency within Customs Union
It could take us a decade if we build on the Eurozone experience, he believes.
24 May 2013
Britain's press demands jailing of Islamist preacher
Britain's newspapers on Friday paid tribute to the soldier brutally murdered in a suspected Islamist attack in London and demanded that the preacher suspected of radicalising suspect Michael Adebolajo be jailed.
24 May 2013
Obesity weighs down on top soda guzzler Mexico
Artemio Martinez balanced his corpulent frame on a stool in a Mexico City street taco stand, downing a sweet soda and eating a final pork-filled corn tortilla.
24 May 2013
Bridge washed out by rainwater in East Kazakhstan
Keldymurat river level in Keldymurat village increased after heavy rains and the bridge failed to stand again the masses of water.
24 May 2013
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