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BlackBerry to withdraw from Japan: reports
Troubled smartphone maker BlackBerry will not launch its new models in Japan, reports said Friday, effectively heralding a pull-out from a booming smartphone market where it is being beaten by Apple.
08 February 2013
Aid workers in DRC appeal for $900 million
Aid workers in the conflict-torn Democratic Republic of Congo said Thursday they will need nearly $900 million (673 million euros) to meet the needs of the population this year.
08 February 2013
VII-intensity earthquakes expected in Almaty oblast in 2013
Kazakhstan Seismology Institute gave a medium-term forecast for earthquakes in Almaty oblast.
08 February 2013
Pension savings in Kazakhstan grew 20 percent in 2012
Savings in Kazakhstan's pension funds grew 20.1 percent and made 3.2 trillion tenge ($20.7 billion) in 2012.
08 February 2013
Samruk-Kazyna to spend $101 billion on investment projects
The fund will be taking part in implementation of the industrial program in 2013 in Kazakhstan: chairman.
08 February 2013
Nurlan Nigmatulin meets with ambassador of Armenia to Kazakhstan
During the meeting the parties stressed consistency and progress in interaction between Kazakhstan and Armenia on a wide range of issues.
08 February 2013
Greenlight sues Apple, with eye on cash pile
Apple said Thursday it is weighing ways to give shareholders more of its huge cash stockpile, after hedge fund Greenlight Capital filed suit in an effort to press it in that direction.
08 February 2013
Boxing: British Lionhearts defeat Astana Arlans
British Lionhearts brought return match down on Astana Arlans 4-1 for their last years 5-0 defeat.
08 February 2013
Kazakhstan won Thailand in Fed Cup
A Kazakhstan duo played against Noppawan Lertcheewakarn/Varatchaya Wongteanchai. This was a tough match for the Kazakhstan’s tennis players.
08 February 2013
NY Times making more from readers than advertising
The New York Times Company said Thursday that its revenue from readers and subscribers overtook that of advertising for the first time in 2012, as the media group reported a boost in profits.
08 February 2013
Tennis: Shvedova unexpectedly looses to 19-y.o. Kumkhumas of Thailand
Kazakhstan's Shvedova experienced problems with her back during the second set. This cost her the victory.
08 February 2013
Sausages, Sisi, Sorvino -- and music -- at Vienna ball
The Austro-Hungarian empire may be long dead but Viennese high society was back with a bang Thursday for the annual waltzing, music and show-off extravaganza that is the Opera Ball.
08 February 2013
Tennis: Kseniya Pervak defeats her yet another rival at Fed Cup
Kazakhstan’s Pervak played against Thailand’s Nudnida Luangnam who is ranked 212th in the WTA ranking.
08 February 2013
UN investigating Iran link to Yemen arms seizure
UN sanctions experts are investigating the Yemeni government's claims that Iran supplied rockets and explosives seized from a ship last month.
08 February 2013
Scat aircraft careers off runway in Almaty airport
An AN-24 plane owned by Scat airline skid off the runway during landing in Almaty airport in Kazakhstan.
08 February 2013
N. Korea nuclear test could 'tie hands' of South: Ban
UN leader Ban Ki-moon warned Thursday that a nuclear test by North Korea could blow up hopes of an eventual reconciliation by "tying the hands" of the South's incoming president.
08 February 2013
US safety board finds clue to Boeing fire, faults FAA
The National Transportation Safety Board on Thursday criticized the government's certification process for the Boeing 787 and said it had pinpointed how a battery fire occurred on one of the planes.
08 February 2013
Australia rejects heritage listing for Tasmanian rainforest
Australia Friday rejected a bid for blanket heritage listing of Tasmania's Tarkine rainforest, angering environmentalists who said it would allow mining and could threaten the Tasmanian devil.
08 February 2013
Kazakhmys in talks over selling stake in Ekibastuz GRES-1
Kazakhmys has started negotiating a possible sale of a stake in Ekibastuz GRES-1 power station.
08 February 2013
Nazarbayev arrives in Russia
The first meeting of Nazarbayev and Putin in 2013 will be held on Friday, February 8.
08 February 2013
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