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6 out of 16 regions of Kazakhstan have low standard of living. Increasing living standards without providing adequate remunerations is a joke: Brimbetova.

• 30 сентября 2013, 15:32

The election of moderate Hassan Rowhani as Iran's next president has sent a surge of expectation through a nation anxious.

• 28 июня 2013, 15:30

Pakistan's incoming prime minister Nawaz Sharif looks set to be a pragmatic ally of Washington, unlikely to end the war against Al-Qaeda and the Taliban as he seeks to focus on fixing the economy.

• 13 мая 2013, 10:15

Billionaire Warren Buffett is praising the policies of both President Barack Obama and his predecessor George W. Bush for moving the US economy in the right direction.

• 06 мая 2013, 11:00

Italy's new Prime Minister Enrico Letta was set to unveil his coalition government's programme on Monday, under the watchful gaze of international markets and European partners.

• 30 апреля 2013, 10:26

US President Barack Obama said Monday the time has come to reform America's "broken" immigration policy, renewing his appeal to lawmakers to clinch a deal that he said is now within reach.

• 26 марта 2013, 18:29

New leader Xi Jinping has urged China to pursue the "Chinese dream" but experts say behind the grandiose words, he is single-minded in his aim to bolster Communist Party rule.

• 18 марта 2013, 15:41

South Korea's new president Park Geun-Hye offered a "more flexible" engagement with North Korea on Friday if Pyongyang chooses a path of trust-building rather than provocation.

• 01 марта 2013, 11:27

US President Barack Obama on Friday pledged with Japan's new leader to take a firm line on a defiant North Korea but the two sides also tried to calm rising tensions between Tokyo and China.

• 23 февраля 2013, 11:56

At times the price gap was so large that we saw reverse export of diesel to Russia, which caused deficit in Kazakhstan: Sauat Mynbayev.

• 28 января 2013, 21:38

The Bank of Japan on Monday began its first policy meeting since the new premier took office with a pledge to pressure it into aggressive monetary easing to revive the long-suffering economy.

• 22 января 2013, 10:25

Nursultan Nazarbayev will meet with representatives of the foreign diplomatic missions and international organizations accredited in Kazakhstan.

• 16 января 2013, 15:18

Japan's new leaders set to work Thursday on dismantling plans to rid the country of nuclear power by 2040, pledging to review a post-Fukushima policy.

• 28 декабря 2012, 13:06

Japan's new envoy to China urged stronger economic ties with Beijing in an interview broadcast Monday, after the incoming premier pledged to mend bilateral ties strained by a bitter territorial row.

• 24 декабря 2012, 14:08

Egypt's Islamist President Mohamed Morsi assumed sweeping powers, drawing criticism that he is seeking to become a "new pharaoh".

• 24 ноября 2012, 13:38

US House Speaker John Boehner expressed confidence Thursday that he and his Republicans can work with President Barack Obama to hammer out a comprehensive deal on immigration.

• 09 ноября 2012, 13:44

The European Union's foreign policy chief on Thursday criticised Israel's plan to build hundreds of homes in annexed east Jerusalem and called for it to hold fresh talks with the Palestinians.

• 20 октября 2012, 18:55

Canberra insisted on Monday that a new deterrent policy of locking up refugees on remote Pacific islands was working despite a weekend surge in arrivals and self-harm attempts among detainees.

• 15 октября 2012, 11:03

The US has denounced Russia's policy of aiding the Syrian regime as "morally bankrupt," as tensions between Damascus and Ankara escalate over cargo seized from a Syrian passenger plane.

• 14 октября 2012, 14:03

Buoyed by better poll numbers and a debate triumph, White House challenger Mitt Romney sought to build momentum Monday by vowing to restore strong US leadership in the Middle East.

• 10 октября 2012, 13:51