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Rinehart loses $7 bn but still Australia's richest Mining magnate Gina Rinehart had Aus$7 billion (US$6.8 billion) wiped off her fortune in the past year but remains Australia's wealthiest person.
22 May 2013
Photo courtesy of SXC.hu© First sport TV channel to be launched in Kazakhstan on July 1 The first Kazakhstan widescreen sport channel KAZSPORT will start broadcasting on July 1, 2013.
22 May 2013
©REUTERS/Stephen Lam Solar plane set for new leg of cross-country US trip The first-ever manned airplane that can fly by day or night on solar power alone was set to soar early Wednesday on the second leg of its journey across the United States.
22 May 2013
New album of Motor-Roller - Music For The Scorpion Motor-Roller releases new album Kazakhstan's Motor-Roller rock band has released a new album called Music For The Scorpion.
22 May 2013
Malaysia tribal groups protest world hydro meeting About 300 Borneo tribespeople staged a protest at a world hydroelectric industry meeting in Malaysia on Wednesday to denounce dams they say are destroying forests and native ways.
22 May 2013
US slams Iran's disqualification of candidates The United States on Tuesday condemned Iran's disqualification of hundreds of would-be presidential candidates, accusing the "unaccountable" clerical leadership of seeking to tighten its grip on power.
22 May 2013
Almaty-1-Altynkol train at Altynkol station. Photo by Alisher Akhmetov© New passenger train Almaty-Khorgos launched Kazakhstan businessmen can now get to the International Near-Border Cooperation Center Khorgos by railroad.
22 May 2013
Star Wars hero's pants auctioned for $36,100 The pants worn by actor Mark Hamill in the first Oscar-winning "Star Wars" film went under the hammer Tuesday for $36,100.
22 May 2013
Kazakhstan Prime-Minister Serik Akhmetov. Photo by Danial Okassov© Akhmetov's visit to Poland postponed The visit of Kazakhstan Prime-Minister Serik Akhmetov to Poland scheduled for the middle of May was postponed.
22 May 2013
US summit will help 'reduce suspicion': China media Chinese state media on Wednesday welcomed news of the first summit between President Xi Jinping and his US counterpart Barack Obama, saying the meeting will help "reduce suspicions" in the relationship.
22 May 2013
Far-right writer kills self in Paris's Notre Dame Cathedral A far-right writer and activist shot himself dead in front of the altar of Paris's famed Notre Dame Cathedral on Tuesday, leaving statements denouncing gay marriage and immigration.
22 May 2013
©REUTERS/Toru Hanai Bank of Japan says no new easing measures The Bank of Japan on Wednesday held off fresh easing measures, saying after a two-day policy meeting that a continuation of steps introduced last month would help Japan overcome deflation.
22 May 2013
Japan parliament approves child abduction treaty Japan's parliament on Wednesday approved an international treaty on child abductions after decades of pressure from the United States and other Western nations.
22 May 2013
President Nazarbayev meeting Lorenzo Simonelli, President & CEO
GE Transportation. Photo courtesy of akorda.kz US General Electric Transportation to be a partner in prep works for EXPO-2017 Kazakhstan’s capital city Astana is home to a facility producing GE Evolution locomotives.
22 May 2013
Denis Ten. Photo courtesy of vesti.kz Skating: Denis Ten gives master-class in Almaty Silver winner of the latest World Championship Kazakhstan’s figure-skater Denis Ten gave a master-class for beginners on May 19 in Almaty.
21 May 2013
Obama hails Myanmar leader but warns on Muslims US President Barack Obama on Monday threw his support behind Myanmar President Thein Sein in his drive to reform a former pariah state but warned that a wave of violence against Muslims must stop.
21 May 2013
©REUTERS/Bogdan Cristel Microsoft readies new Xbox as entertainment hub Microsoft offers a glimpse Tuesday at a new-generation Xbox as videogame consoles evolve into home entertainment centers and adapt to competition from smartphones and tablets.
21 May 2013
Villagers discover ancient ball game statue in Mexico Villagers installing a water pipe in southwestern Mexico stumbled onto an ancient granite statue depicting a player from a pre-Hispanic ball game.
21 May 2013
Dias Kadyrbayev (L) and Azamat Tazhayakov are pictured in a courtroom sketch at the John Joseph Moakley United States Federal Courthouse in Boston. ©REUTERS Fireworks dumped by Kazakhstan students may have nothing to do with bombs: Tazhayakov's lawyer The bombs used in the terrorist attack on the Boston Marathon could be made from a material different from the fireworks that Kazakhstan students are accused on dumping.
21 May 2013
No new H7N9 cases in China for a week: government No new human cases of the H7N9 virus have been recorded in China for a week, national health authorities said, for the first time since the outbreak began in March.
21 May 2013

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