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Average age of Astana resident is 30 In essence a young city is a living space created from connections among its residents: Astana Mayor.

20 February 2014 20:40

S. Koreans head for bittersweet family reunion in North A group of 82 elderly, frail South Koreans, two of them in ambulances, left for the North Korean border Thursday to attend the first reunion in more than three years for families divided by the Korean War.

20 February 2014 18:23

35 people fined after anti-devaluation protests in Almaty 35 people were arrested during 2 days of protests in Almaty city. All of them got fined, except for one man who will spend 10 days in jail.

17 February 2014 21:16

Kazakhstan intends to increase salaries and allowances Salaries of civil employees working in public institutions and social allowances will be increased in Kazakhstan from April 1, 2014.

16 February 2014 12:37

Tenge devaluation must not affect Kazakhstan people negatively: Nazarbayev The tenge devaluation must not have any negative effect on the people of Kazakhstan, and no manipulation of prices or speculations shall be allowed: Nazarbayev

14 February 2014 20:45

Humour trumps good looks in Philippines Ugly people with a sense of humour appear to trump their good-looking but dull peers in the Philippines' dating game.

13 February 2014 16:23

Married for 50 years? Poland says you deserve a medal Grey-haired and grinning, two dozen couples hold champagne flutes at a Warsaw ceremony in their honour. They survived 50 years of marriage and in Poland, that is reason enough for a presidential medal.

13 February 2014 09:54

Online adultery booming as cheating sites surge One 29-year-old woman says it helped her take revenge on her unfaithful husband.

12 February 2014 14:35

Study merges worldwide data on sex assaults on women Worldwide, one woman in 14 has been sexually assaulted by someone other than a partner, according to the first global estimate of the problem.

12 February 2014 11:30

A Kazakh wins half a million dollars in one week playing poker A man from Kazakhstan has won almost $500,000 in two poker tournaments held at the PokerStar website in one week.

10 February 2014 13:09

One step closer to dream: Kazakh student wins prestigious Russian math competition Kazakhstani high schooler Adilsultan Lepes has won a Russian math competition.

04 February 2014 17:27

Uzbekistan cuts gas supply to Kazakhstan Uzbekistan has cut gas supply to South Kazakhstan Oblast, leaving many Kazakhstan residents without gas for cooking and heating.

04 February 2014 17:03

Fire destroys only library for blind in Karaganda Fire has destroyed the only library for the blind and partially sighted in Karaganda Oblast in central Kazakhstan.

31 January 2014 01:16

S. Korea presses North to take action on family reunions South Korea Thursday called on North Korea to honour its promise to hold a reunion of families from the two countries who have separated for decades, after days of silence by Pyongyang.

30 January 2014 16:38

Money and pride keep families apart at China New Year As millions join the world's largest annual human migration, some in China will not return home for the Lunar New Year, fearing the rising costs of seasonal gifts and ridicule from their families.

29 January 2014 18:00

Thousands stage 'Day of Anger' protest against French president Several thousand people marched through Paris on Sunday in a "Day of Anger" against embattled President Francois Hollande which ended in clashes between police and protesters.

27 January 2014 12:19

Brain-dead Texas woman's fetus 'abnormal,' lawyers say The fetus being carried by a pregnant American woman already declared brain dead is "distinctly abnormal".

23 January 2014 10:32

Beijing's 'rat tribe' scurry from high costs underground Near Beijing's $600 million Olympic stadium, migrant worker Ye Yiwen, her husband and two children cram into a tiny underground room, sheltering from the Chinese capital's biting winter and soaring property prices.

22 January 2014 12:56

Spain blind association puts disabled to work After completing high school, 46-year-old Spaniard Ricardo Velesar struggled to hold down a job as a degenerative eye disease slowly robbed him of his sight.

22 January 2014 10:38

India stampede kills 18 in Mumbai A stampede killed at least 18 people in Mumbai early Saturday when a large crowd gathered to pay their last respects to a Muslim spiritual leader, the Press Trust of India news agency reported.

18 January 2014 14:50

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