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©REUTERS Vermont legislators approve 'death-with-dignity' bill Legislators in the US state of Vermont approved a "death-with-dignity" bill Monday enabling terminally ill patients to take their own lives with lethal medication requested from their doctors.
14 May 2013
Kazakhstan Minister of Economy and Budget Planning Yerbolat Dossayev. ©primeminister.kz Real GDP growth is to be maintained at 6%: Minister of Economic Affairs and Budget Planning May 10 the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development cut down its economy growth estimated for Kazakhstan from 6% to 4.9%.
14 May 2013
Photoc courtesy of flickr.com Aboriginal adoption plans spark new fears Politicians in northern Australia said Tuesday they were considering putting neglected Aboriginal children up for adoption, sparking fears of a new "stolen generation".
14 May 2013
Yelsiyar Kanagatov. Photo courtesy of www.primeminister.kz Kazakhstan promises $250,000 for gold at Sochi Olympics Kazakhstan Sport and Physical Culture Agency has announced the awards for winning medals at the Sochi Olympics.
14 May 2013
©RIA Novosti New railway link established between Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan Presidents of Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan Nursultan Nazarbayev and Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov have launched the direct railway.
14 May 2013
Taiwanese fishermen burn Filipino flags in protest Angry Taiwanese fishermen burned Filipino flags in protest Monday after the Philippine coastguard fired on a Taiwan fishing boat killing a crew member.
14 May 2013
Aisultan Nazarbayev. Photo courtesy of yvision.kz Nazarbayev's youngest grandson getting married Kazakhstan President’s youngest grandson Aisultan is getting ready for the wedding ceremony.
14 May 2013
Human coconut peeler in Panama claims he is Guinness-worthy With jaws of steel that have earned him the nickname "Coconut Peeler," Andres Gardin, at the tender age of 64, is hell-bent on gnawing his way into the Guinness Book of World Records.
14 May 2013
Cycling: Astana cyclist retains pink jersey at Giro d’Italia Kazakhstan's Astana team’s cyclist, Italian Vincenzo Nibali kept the pink jersey of Giro d’Italia super marathon cycling race after the ninth stage.
14 May 2013
Photo courtesy of rewalls.com Spanish PM to visit Kazakhstan in autumn Prime-Minister of Spain Mariano Rajoy will visit Kazakhstan in autumn 2013.
14 May 2013
Britain's Tories to propose EU referendum law Britain's Conservative Party will on Tuesday propose laws to force an in-out referendum on the country's membership of the European Union to be held by the end of 2017.
14 May 2013
Panic grips Saudis as toll rises from SARS-like virus Panic has gripped Saudis in the country's east, where most cases of the deadly coronavirus have been detected, witnesses said, as the death toll from the SARS-like virus in the kingdom hits 15.
14 May 2013
DR Congo province in push to save child soldiers Desperate to save children from being used as soldiers in Congo, residents of the notorious "Triangle of Death" launched the first wide-scale campaign to end the practice in the remote and volatile region.
14 May 2013
Deadly car bombing hits Libya's volatile Benghazi A powerful car bomb exploded Monday near a hospital in the Libyan city of Benghazi, killing and wounding dozens and unleashing international condemnation.
14 May 2013
The Aral Sea in 1984. Image by Timelapse Google shows Aral Sea dry-out Google has presented its Timelapse project that shows changes in various parts of the world over the past 28 years.
14 May 2013
DiCaprio environmental art auction tops $33 million Leonardo DiCaprio urged wealthy art collectors Monday to bid at an environmental charity auction in New York as if the planet's fate "depends on us" -- and they responded by splashing out $33.3 million.
14 May 2013
Putin, Netanyahu set for talks on Syria Russian President Vladimir Putin and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu were set to hold talks on the conflict in Syria.
14 May 2013
Canadian ISS astronaut returns to Earth a star Canadian spaceman Chris Hadfield on Tuesday returned to Earth along with two other astronauts after a half-year mission to the ISS that saw him become a global celebrity through his Twitter microblog.
14 May 2013
Photo courtesy of tradearabia.com SARS-like virus in Saudi has killed 15: minister Fifteen people in Saudi Arabia have died from a SARS-like virus out of 24 people who contracted it since last August.
14 May 2013
Kazakhstan Ambassador to Georgia Yermukhamet Yertysbayev. Photo by Maksim Popov© Ambassador Yertysbayev presents credentials to Georgian president Ambassador of Kazakhstan to Georgia Yermukhamet Yertysbayev has presented his credentials to Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili.
13 May 2013

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