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Russians threaten to quit Cyprus over bailout levy
Angry Russian residents of Cyprus are talking of giving up on the Mediterranean island over a eurozone bailout deal which they say unfairly targets their money.
22 March 2013
NASA Curiosity rover back online after memory glitch
NASA's Curiosity rover, which has been exploring Mars since it landed to much fanfare last August, is back on active status Tuesday, after a memory glitch set the robot back.
22 March 2013
Figure Skating: Denis Ten was best in World Championship: Ten’s first coach
"Denis had a very difficult season, his injury bothered him, but he braced himself and showed everything he could," Denis Ten's coach said.
22 March 2013
Boxing: Kazakhstan is first in Asian Boxing Championship’ overall ranking
Kazakhstan’s boxing team is ahead of the Philippines and Uzbekistan teams in the overall ranking of the Youth Boxing Championship.
22 March 2013
Kazakhstan smokes 9 cigarettes a day per capita
Kazakhstan anti-smoking coalition supports draft law banning tobacco sales within 500m from educational, healthcare and sport facilities.
22 March 2013
Boxing: Golovkin vs Ishida fight to be aired by Kazakhstan TV Channel
Japan's Nobuhiro Ishida’s promoters have told Kazakhstan’s Gennady Golovkin not to relax before the fight.
22 March 2013
Villages treatened by flood in Pavlodar oblast
Several villages are under threat of flood because of snow melting in Pavlodar oblast.
22 March 2013
Hungarian comedies to be screened in Almaty during spring holiday
The Consulate General of Hungary and Oleg Boretsky’s Movie Club are the organizers of From Hungary With Love Film Festival.
21 March 2013
Witnesses provide details of fatal accident, Shymbulak refuses to change safety rules
Shymbulak is not planning to tighten the safety rules after the accident that killed a 57-y.o. skier in a collision with another skier.
21 March 2013
1.5 million tons of Kazakh crude to be sent to China within tolling contracts
The tolling operations will enable Kazakhstan to reduce twofold imports of petroleum products from Russia.
21 March 2013
Kazakhstan students celebrate Nauryz in 7 countries
Nauryz is celebrated by Kazakhstan citizens in dozens of cities around the world.
21 March 2013
Kazakhstan’s depositors keeping about $50 million with Cyprus banks
Cyprus authorities suggested introducing a 6.75% non-recurrent tax on deposits under 100 000 Euro and a 9.9% tax on deposits exceeding that amount.
21 March 2013
Physical therapy can be as good as knee surgery: study
Physical therapy is often as effective as knee surgery when treating patients with tears to the meniscus or arthritis.
21 March 2013
Could New York hold record for pot possession arrests?
Could New York hold the record for most pot possession arrests? A new report out Tuesday said police there spent about a million hours taking offenders into custody between 2002 and 2012.
21 March 2013
Study proves caffeine helps prevent road crash risk
Research among long-distance commercial drivers in Australia has given weight to those who say coffee, tea or caffeine energy drinks or tablets help prevent dangerous drowsiness at the wheel.
21 March 2013
Marchenko plans to retire at 55
Chairman of Kazakhstan National Bank Gregory Marchenko plans to retire in 2015.
20 March 2013
Helicopter creates traffic jam in Almaty
A helicopter was driving down Suyunbai street in Almaty in the morning on March 19.
20 March 2013
Pope sets out on mission to 'embrace the poorest'
Pope Francis has donned the symbols of papal power, vowing to embrace the "poorest" at a grand inauguration in the Vatican as leader of a troubled Roman Catholic Church.
20 March 2013
Petrobras aims to triple Brazil's offshore oil output
Brazil's state-run energy giant Petrobras said Tuesday it aims to triple oil production from its huge deep-water fields by 2017.
20 March 2013