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Increasing import duties will not save our milk producers: Kazakhstan Consumers League The Council of Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC) made a decision to increase import duties on some types of dairy products from 15 to 18.3 percent.

12 March 2013

Export of Kazakhstan agricultural goods grew 1.6-fold in 2012 Kazakhstan export of agricultural goods increased 1.6-fold in 2012 compared to 2011 and totaled at $3.1 million: Minister.

12 March 2013

US slaps sanctions on key N. Korea bank, officials The United States on Monday slapped sanctions on North Korea's primary foreign exchange bank and four senior officials, upping the pressure on Pyongyang to abandon its nuclear program.

12 March 2013

Kazakhstan to halve private universities by 2015 The number of private universities will be slashed in Kazakhstan by 2015.

12 March 2013

Hunger strike at Guantanamo after Koran searches Detainees at the Guantanamo Bay prison camp have launched a hunger strike to protest interference with their personal effects, including Korans.

12 March 2013

Black lawmakers urge diversity in Obama cabinet The Congressional Black Caucus complained to President Barack Obama on Monday about his lack of diversity, highlighting his failure to nominate any African-Americans to his second-term cabinet.

12 March 2013

North Korea places South island in crosshairs North Korea leader Kim Jong-Un threatened to "wipe out" a South Korean island as Pyongyang came under new economic and diplomatic fire Tuesday from US sanctions and UN charges of gross rights abuses.

12 March 2013

Deaf to critics, Orban changes Hungary's constitution Hungary's parliament on Monday stoked concerns about creeping authoritarianism in the EU member state by altering the constitution for the fourth time since Prime Minister Viktor Orban won power in 2010.

12 March 2013

Cycling: Astana cyclist leads Tirreno-Adriatico overall ranking Nibali from Kazakhstan's Astana is 34 seconds ahead of Chris Froome, 37 seconds ahead of Joaquim Rodriguez and 48 seconds ahead of Alberto Contador in the overall ranking.

12 March 2013

Kazakhstan cannot cope with falling of large meteorites Kazakhstan has no system for warning or prevention of falling of celestial bodies: KazKosmos.

12 March 2013

Mexico moves to end telecom monopolies: government Mexico's government introduced a draft constitutional reform Monday to end monopolies in telecoms industries that have built some of the country's biggest fortunes.

12 March 2013

Cycling: Astana team moves down to 16th line in UCI ranking Maksim Iglinskiy is still the best cyclist of Astana team of Kazakhstan. He is ranked 31st in individual UCI ranking.

12 March 2013

Skiing: Poltoranin ranked fourth overall in World Cup Kazakhstan's Alexey Poltoranin will take part in six more races during four World Cup stages before the end of this season.

12 March 2013

Obama meets with Arab-American leaders ahead of Israel trip US President Barack Obama met members of the Arab-American community at the White House on Monday ahead of his trip to Israel, the Palestinian Territories and Jordan.

12 March 2013

Kazakhstan's military pilots pass tests Military aviation pilots of the Air Defense Forces of Kazakhstan have passed exams for confirmation, certification and improvement of their qualification.

12 March 2013

Afghan businessmen expected in Astana A delegation of major Afghanistan entrepreneurs will come to Astana on March 14, 2013 for the first time.

12 March 2013

Thousands without electricity as winter storm hits France More than 68,000 homes were without electricity in France and hundreds of people were trapped in their cars after a winter storm hit with heavy snow.

12 March 2013

Odds stacked against an Asian pope Catholics in Asia and other parts of the world where the Roman Catholic Church is growing fast would dearly like to see the cardinals choose an Asian pope for the first time in history.

12 March 2013

Falkland Islanders vote 98.8% in favour of staying British Falkland Islanders on Monday voted overwhelmingly in favour of remaining a British oversees territory in a referendum designed to send a strong message to Argentina, which earlier derided the poll as illegal.

12 March 2013

Authors oppose Amazon control of .book websites Groups representing US authors and publishers called Monday on the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers to deny online retailer Amazon exclusive rights to websites ending with .book, .author, or .read.

12 March 2013

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