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'House of Cards' deals winning hand to fans of binge TV
The Machiavellian scheming of a fictional US congressman with a chip on his shoulder and an ax to grind is taking binge television viewing to a new level.
28 February 2013
Village Akims to be elected in August in Kazakhstan
The elections of village Akims will be held throughout Kazakhstan. Maslikhat deputies will be voting for the candidates.
28 February 2013
Prince Harry returns to Lesotho for charity visit
Britain's Prince Harry attended a fundraising gala dinner organised in neighbouring South Africa for his Lesotho charity projects as he wrapped up his three-day visit to southern Africa.
28 February 2013
Motor-Roller rock band to take part in festival in Finland
Kazakhstan rock band Motor-Roller will perform at the 14th International Festival TUSOVKA in Helsinki.
28 February 2013
Head of Iranian delegation thanks Nazarbayev for organizing talks with 5+1
Chief Iranian nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili has thanked Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev for hosting negotiations with 5+1.
28 February 2013
Obama tells Egypt's Morsi to 'protect' democracy
US President Barack Obama warned Tuesday that his Egyptian counterpart Mohamed Morsi has a "responsibility to protect" the democratic principles advanced by the 2011 uprising.
28 February 2013
Mixed Martial Arts: Mirzayev to fight Kazakhstan’s world champion
Russia’s Rasul Mirzayev and Kazakhstan's Yerzhan Yestanov, world pankration champion, will fight on March 31.
27 February 2013
Kazakhstan cities to cut greenhouse gas emissions 20 percent
Kazakhstan signed an agreement with the EU Association of Energy Efficient Cities to expand international cooperation in energy-saving and improvement of energy efficiency.
27 February 2013
Most beautiful girl selected in Aktau
Participants of the 2013 Aktau Beauty pageant catwalked in evening gowns and swimming suits and demonstrated their talents in the show.
27 February 2013
KazRosGas supplied 4 billion cubic meters of Karachaganak gas to Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan-Russian KazRosGas supplied 4.4 billion cubic meters of commercial gas from Karachaganak field to Kazakhstan in 2012.
27 February 2013
Study boosts link between flu vaccine, sleep disorder
A study in England has strengthened evidence from Scandinavia that a vaccine used to prevent pandemic flu boosted the risk of sleep disorder among teens and children.
27 February 2013
Taraz citizen drove with corpse in front seat
Kazakhstan police officers stopped a truck on the road and found a dead body in its front seat.
27 February 2013
Mixed Martial Arts: Yestanov planned to fight Mirzayev several years ago: Askhat Yerbulatov
Yestanov is now training for the fight against Russia's Rasul Mirzayev in the U.S. with his teammate Kairat Akhmetov.
27 February 2013
Strauss-Kahn fails to ban tell-all book but wins damages
A Paris court Tuesday turned down disgraced former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn's bid to ban a "despicable" book on his affair with the author, but ordered Marcela Iacub and her publisher to pay him 50,000 euros in damages.
27 February 2013
US urges talks to end decade-old Darfur war
The United States on Tuesday marked 10 years of war in Darfur, warning that without political talks the Sudan region may face another decade of the devastating conflict.
27 February 2013
Kazakhstan and South Korea to enhance strategic partnership
First deputy Prime-Minister of Kazakhstan Bakytzhan Sagintayev attended the inauguration ceremony of South Korea President Park Geun-Hye.
27 February 2013
Kazakhstan ranked 56th in Ernst & Young Globalization Index
The annual globalization index is based on five criteria: openness to trade, capital flows, exchange of technology and ideas, labor movements and cultural integration.
27 February 2013
Russia to increase oil export to China via Kazakhstan in 2014
Russia is planning to increase its oil supplies to China via Kazakhstan in 2014.
27 February 2013
Lack of sleep leads to groggy genes: study
Lack of sleep has a potentially harmful effect on gene expression, according to a study out Tuesday that sheds light on the link between sleep deficits and a wide range of health conditions.
27 February 2013