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Pulitzer-winning US film critic Ebert dies at 70
Film legend Martin Scorsese and President Barack Obama led tributes to US movie critic Roger Ebert, the first cinema pundit to win a Pulitzer Prize who died Thursday from cancer aged 70.
05 April 2013
Kazakhstan planning to boost oil production output to 120 million tons a year by 2020: PM Serik Akhmetov
In 2012 Kazakhstan produced a total of 79.211 million tons, including condensed gas, 1.1% down as compared to 2011.
05 April 2013
New Zealand troops begin withdrawal from Afghanistan
New Zealand troops began their withdrawal from Afghanistan Friday, with the lowering of the flag for the last time at their base in Bamiyan to mark the end of a 10-year involvement in the war.
05 April 2013
60 families have kids via surrogacy in Almaty yearly
Kazakhstan's Family Law is the most democratic one in the world: Director of the Reproductive Medicine Institute.
05 April 2013
Kazakhstan's Q1 gold and FX reserves announced
The National Oil Fund’s assets as of April 1, 2013 stood at $59.806, 3.53% up against the start of the year.
05 April 2013
Kyrgyzstan to cut down on electric power exports to Kazakhstan in 2013
The major reason for reducing the power exports is the currently lower level of water in the Toktogul water reservoir.
05 April 2013
Garbage dump near Almaty airport endangers air traffic
Kazakhstan Vice-PM has instructed Akim of Almaty oblast to move the household wastes dumping site away from Almaty airport within one week.
05 April 2013
Japan's whale 'research' is flashpoint in global dispute
The Institute of Cetacean Research can be found in a nondescript white-brick office building in Tokyo's port district.
05 April 2013
US wary as N. Korea missile danger escalates
The United States said it was taking "all necessary precautions" after North Korea rang fresh alarms in an escalating crisis by moving a medium-range missile Thursday to its east coast.
05 April 2013
'Jurassic' filmmakers recall video effects nightmare
The makers of the original "Jurassic Park" film are recalling the "nightmare" of using pioneering visual effects, as a 3D version of the Oscar-winning movie is released.
05 April 2013
Uruguay president caught in open mic incident
Uruguay's President Jose Mujica was left red-faced Thursday after disparaging remarks apparently aimed at Argentine counterpart Cristina Kirchner and her late husband were picked up by an open microphone.
05 April 2013
Girl from Kostanay to represent Kazakhstan at Miss Civilization-2013
Tatyana Dmitriyenko will represent Kazakhstan at Miss Civilization-2013. She was ranked second at the Top Model of the World in 2007.
05 April 2013
Thousands of pigs and piglets killed in farm fire in Pavlodar oblast
An electric equipment failure must have cause the fire in the pig-breeding complex in Pavlodar oblast.
05 April 2013
Three tons of engine oil spill in accident in southern Kazakhstan
Three tons of engine oil spilled on the road in southern Kazakhstan in an accident with a KamAZ.
05 April 2013
California interested in EXPO-2017 in Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan Ambassador to the U.S. had a meeting with congressmen and heads of IT, pharmaceutics and infrastructure companies in Los Angeles.
05 April 2013
Japan scientists can 'read' dreams: study
Scientists in Japan said Friday they had found a way to "read" people's dreams, using MRI scanners to unlock some of the secrets of the unconscious mind.
05 April 2013
Kazakhstan and Russia may revise Baikonur agreement
The joint use of Baikonur cosmodrome rented by Russia from Kazakhstan has to be reviewed: head of Roskosmos.
05 April 2013
Kazakhstan's patient with artificial heart gets married
People who had surgeries on artificial heart implantation gathered in Astana to discuss problems of chronic cardiac insufficiency.
05 April 2013
C. African rebels recruit troops for new national army
The Seleka rebels who staged a successful coup in the Central African Republic last month are recruiting troops for a new national army, though nobody has the means to pay them.
05 April 2013
Mass leaks 'reveal secret world of tax havens'
Millions of emails and leaked records from offshore tax havens have exposed the identities of thousands of holders of offshore accounts.
05 April 2013