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Kostanay tagged most feminine city of Kazakhstan
Women make 55.2 percent of the population in Kostanay.
11 March 2013
'Canadian Psycho' in court for pre-trial hearing
The most high-profile Canadian criminal case in years lands in a Montreal court on Monday as a former porn actor appears to face charges of slaying and dismembering a Chinese student.
11 March 2013
Plague of pigs in Shanghai river
More than 1,000 dead pigs have been found floating in Shanghai's main waterway, the Chinese city's government said Monday, as residents expressed fears over possible drinking water contamination.
11 March 2013
Thousands of ethnic Hungarians march for autonomy in Romania
Around five thousand ethnic Hungarians rallied Sunday in the central Romanian city of Targu Mures to call for autonomy for the Szeklers' Land, home to most of their minority.
11 March 2013
KazTransOil announces 2012 earnings
KazTransOil earned over 33 billion tenge ($220 million) in 2012.
11 March 2013
Princess Lilian of Sweden dies aged 97
Swedish Princess Lilian, who waited over three decades to marry her lifelong love Prince Bertil, passed away at her Stockholm home on Sunday at the age of 97.
11 March 2013
Malta's opposition Labour party wins elections
Malta's opposition Labour party has won a general election for the first time in over 15 years, with leader Joseph Muscat claiming a "landslide victory" Sunday in the eurozone's smallest member.
11 March 2013
S. Korea-US drill kicks off as tensions with North escalate
South Korean and US troops launched a joint military exercise Monday, prompting an infuriated North Korea, which has threatened both countries with nuclear attack, to sever a hotline with Seoul.
11 March 2013
Kazakhstan Environmental Protection Minister to visit Helsinki
Kazakhstan-Finnish business forum will be held in Helsinki.
11 March 2013
Britain, Italy, Greece say hostages killed in Nigeria
Britain, Italy and Greece on Sunday said that a claim by a Nigerian Islamist group that it had killed seven foreign hostages appeared to be true, while London denied it had sought to stage a rescue.
11 March 2013
India suggests TAPI gas pipeline from Kazakhstan border
India has suggested to build Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) gas pipeline from Kazakhstan border.
11 March 2013
First donor kidney transplantation made in South Kazakhstan
A donor kidney has been transplanted to a patient with renal failure for the first time in South Kazakhstan.
11 March 2013
Ancient people also had clogged arteries, mummy scans show
Scans of mummies from as long ago as 2,000 BC have revealed that ancient people also had clogged arteries, a condition blamed on modern vices like smoking, overeating and inactivity.
11 March 2013
Kazakhstan’s pharmaceutical market to grow 15 percent in 2013
The volume of Kazakhstan pharmaceutical market makes $1.2 billion; it has been maintaining an upward trend for several years already.
11 March 2013
English to be taught starting from 1st grade in Kazakhstan
Some schools in Kazakhstan are even planning to teach several subjects in English besides the English Language subject.
11 March 2013
Shortages of food, fuel, power as Syria battered by war
"Yesterday I did not make anything to eat as there was no electricity for the entire day," says Umm Fadi, a resident of Artuz district near Damascus that has been caught up in the fighting between rebels and regime forces.
11 March 2013
Afghan leader alleges US-Taliban collusion
President Hamid Karzai has accused the United States of colluding with the Taliban to justify its presence in Afghanistan, dumbfounding US officials during a problematic visit by the new Pentagon chief.
11 March 2013
Kazakhstan President on pros and cons of gadgets
Kazakhstan President spoke about pros and cons of modern mobile devices at the meeting with outstanding women of Kazakhstan.
11 March 2013
Too easy to put all blame on Church for sex abuse: cardinal
Putting the blame for pedophilia on the Roman Catholic Church is a way of avoiding the issue.
11 March 2013
N. Korea scraps peace pacts as sanctions toughened
An enraged North Korea responded to new UN sanctions with fresh threats of nuclear war on Friday, vowing to scrap peace pacts with South Korea as it upped the ante yet again after its recent atomic test.
11 March 2013