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Photo courtesy of sergeev.us US to see first electric chair execution since 2010 An American who murdered two fellow inmates to speed up his execution faces death on the electric chair Wednesday, the first execution of its kind since 2010, authorities.
18 January 2013
Obama unveils sweeping gun control measures President Barack Obama Wednesday demanded an assault weapons ban and universal background checks for gun buyers as part of sweeping gun control measures in response to the Newtown school massacre.
18 January 2013
Storm consequences in Karatau. Photo by Anton Akulov© Administration of Zhambyl oblast allocated over $1.1 million for restoration of disaster-hit regions The money allocated from the oblast budget will be spend of restoration works in Talas and Saryssu regions.
18 January 2013
Nursultan Nazarbayev at the meeting with diplomatic corps in Astana. Photo by Danial Okassov© Global financial architecture is awfully backwooded: Nazarbayev Nursultan Nazarbayev spoke about ways out of the global crisis at the meeting with heads of diplomatic missions and international organizations.
18 January 2013
US theater massacre widow sues psychiatrist The widow of a victim of the US theater massacre is suing a psychiatrist for neglect, for failing to have the alleged shooter arrested despite him having "fantasized about killing a lot of people."
18 January 2013
Photo courtesy of facebook.com/missussr.co.uk Kazakhstan candidates to Miss USSR selected in UK Russian-speaking girls from the former Soviet Union will take part in the UK pageant.
18 January 2013
©Vladimir Prokopenko Giraffe calf born in Almaty Zoo The newborn calf was named Khan Tengri.
18 January 2013
Britain, Algeria working 'closely' on hostage crisis Britain is working "very closely at all levels" with Algeria after one of its citizens was reportedly killed and several others seized during an attack on an Algerian gas field, Foreign Secretary William Hague said Wednesday.
18 January 2013
Nazarbayev invites foreign businesses to contribute to construction of EXPO-2017 facilities January 18 President met the diplomatic corps and representatives of international organizations in Kazakhstan.
18 January 2013
Baikonur. RIA Novosti © Moscow may demand to review Baikonur lease agreement conditions According to a source, a possible scenario is to initiate talks to have the rent payments tied to the extent to which the Baikonur satisfies Russia’s needs.
18 January 2013
Israel's voting system breeds pluralism but instability Israel's voting system reflects the many different political currents in society, but it has also been behind the repeated failure of governments to form stable coalitions.
18 January 2013
Photo courtesy of master-y.ru President briefs diplomatic corps on plans to have Kazakh language shifting to Latin alphabet According to him, this decision is driven by the necessity to develop the language.
18 January 2013
US, Europe team up for moon fly-by The US and European space agencies announced a new partnership Wednesday pairing a European cargo module with NASA's Orion space capsule, which aims to take astronauts into deep space.
18 January 2013
President Nazarbayev © Daniyal Okassov Kazakhstan to launch Agency for International Development: President Nazarbayev We are ready to accommodate such an agency in either Astana or Almaty, President said when meeting the diplomatic corps January 18.
18 January 2013
Vowing to 'destroy terrorists,' France adopts words of war With its talk of "destroying" enemies and confronting "jihadi terrorists", France has adopted a language of war for its intervention in Mali that few expected from Socialist President Francois Hollande.
18 January 2013
Khadisha Onlabayeva. Photo courtesy of megapolis.kz Kazakhstan pianist got Steinway Artist award According to the program, from now on Steinway Company will provide Khadisha Onalbayeva with Steinway pianos for all her concerts.
18 January 2013
President Nazarbayev © Daniyal Okassov President Nazarbayev on Eurasian integration January 18 President Nazarbayev met foreign diplomatic corps.
18 January 2013
The director of the movie Emir Baigazin. Photo courtesy of Kazakhfilm Studios Kazakhstan’s Emir Baigazin movie got Berlinale World Cinema Fund prize Harmony Lessons movie became the first Kazakhstan’s project supported by Berlinale World Cinema Fund.
18 January 2013
Photo from Maria Shishkina facebook account Tennis: Maria Shishkina wears Kazakhstan colors at tournaments Tennis experts call Shishkina the “second Sharapova” and a “young star” in spite of her young age.
18 January 2013
Eleven dead in Jakarta floods: disaster agency Eleven people have died in flood-related incidents in Jakarta, and more than 18,000 people were forced to leave their homes.
18 January 2013

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