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Gambia's President Yahya Jammeh. ©REUTERS
Gambians stage anti-EU demonstration

Thousands of Gambians Friday marched in the capital, Banjul to show solidarity with President Yahya Jammeh in his row with the European Union.

Gambians stage anti-EU demonstration
Philippine leader keeps gun despite outcry
Philippine leader keeps gun despite outcry

Philippine President Benigno Aquino may continue to carry a gun despite an impending ban on bearing firearms in the run-up to polls.

Philippine leader keeps gun despite outcry
Czechs vote to replace eurosceptic president Klaus
Czechs vote to replace eurosceptic president Klaus

Austerity-weary Czechs vote Friday and Saturday in the country's first-ever direct presidential election.

Czechs vote to replace eurosceptic president Klaus
No C.Africa deal in sight as rebels demand president quit
No C.Africa deal in sight as rebels demand president quit

Peace talks to resolve the Centrafrican rebel crisis were suspended, with no settlement in sight after the rebels demanded that President Francois Bozize resign and be brought before the ICC for war crimes.

No C.Africa deal in sight as rebels demand president quit
Almaty downtown traffic. © Yaroslav Radlovsky
President Nazarbayev suggests restricting car assess to Almaty downtown

According to him, those travelling from the suburbs should leave their private cars on the out-skirts and rely on public transport to reach the city center.

President Nazarbayev suggests restricting car assess to Almaty downtown
Nursultan Nazarbayev. Photo courtesy of nazarbayev2011.kz
Kazakh language transiting to the Latin alphabet has nothing to do with the nation’s political preferences

Some people groundlessly regard the decision as a sign of Kazakhstan’s political preferences changing: President Nazarbayev.

Kazakh language transiting to the Latin alphabet has nothing to do with the nation’s political preferences
Former US president Bush in intensive care
Former US president Bush in intensive care

After more than a month in a Texas hospital battling bronchitis, former US president George H.W. Bush has taken a turn for the worse and is in intensive care with a "stubborn fever".

Former US president Bush in intensive care
Kazakhstan's Lapland
Kazakhstan created its own Lapland

Rixos Lake Borovoye is the first five-star hotel at Borovoye resort. 200 rooms are available for visitors of the resort.

Kazakhstan created its own Lapland
Chavez said to be 'well' and 'conscious'
Chavez said to be 'well' and 'conscious'

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is making steady progress after cancer surgery in Cuba and the respiratory infection he developed earlier in the week has been contained.

Chavez said to be 'well' and 'conscious'
S. Korea president-elect says security priority with North
S. Korea president-elect says security priority with North

South Korean president-elect Park Geun-Hye vowed Thursday to put national security first while pursuing greater engagement with a belligerent North Korea.

S. Korea president-elect says security priority with North
Presidents of Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan: Almazbek Atambayev, Vladimir Putin, Nursultan Nazarbayev, Emomali Rakhmon. Photo courtesy of akorda.kz
Eurasian Economic Union draft to be ready by mid-2014

Nazarbayev emphasized that the presidents of Kazakhstan, Russia and Belarus are intent on transforming the Customs Union and the ensuing Single Economic Space into a solid alliance that would attract other nations.

Eurasian Economic Union draft to be ready by mid-2014
South Koreans vote in presidential election
South Koreans vote in presidential election

South Koreans cast their votes Wednesday in a tight and potentially historic presidential election that could result in Asia's fourth-largest economy selecting its first female leader.

South Koreans vote in presidential election
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President Nazarbayev sets the task to have the Kazakh language transit to the Latin alphabet by 2025

Currently Kazakh language relies on the Cyrillic alphabet.

President Nazarbayev sets the task to have the Kazakh language transit to the Latin alphabet by 2025
Kazakhstan’s riot police. © RIA Novosti
Kazakhstan to develop a State Program to Counteract Religious Extremism and Terrorism

At the same time President warned that “measures to counteract extremism should not transform into witch-hunt and shouldn’t grow into moves to counteract religion”.

Kazakhstan to develop a State Program to Counteract Religious Extremism and Terrorism
Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev. Tengrinews.kz stock photo
President has set a goal to boost state support to the agriculture sector 4.5 times

According to him, the measures should result in the share of agriculture in the GDP growing 5-fold by 2050.

President has set a goal to boost state support to the agriculture sector 4.5 times
Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev. ©REUTERS
By 2050 Kazakhstan to meet the domestic demand for environmentally friendly fuel

Investors should be attracted on condition they transfer the most advanced technology in both extraction and processing: President Nazarbayev.

By 2050 Kazakhstan to meet the domestic demand for environmentally friendly fuel
President Nazarbayev. ©REUTERS
I want to reiterate there should be no language discrimination: President Nazarbayev

We should appreciate Russian language as a long-time advantage of the Kazakhs: President.

I want to reiterate there should be no language discrimination: President Nazarbayev
Akorda. © Daniyal Okassov
Kazakhstan isn’t changing priorities in its foreign policy: President Nazarbayev

We clearly say that political independence of Kazakhstan is inviolable: President.

Kazakhstan isn’t changing priorities in its foreign policy: President Nazarbayev
President Nazarbayev. © Yaroslav Radlovsky
Adherence to radical Islamic movements is a way back to the Medieval times: President Nazarbayev

According to him, when sticking to Islam canons, the modern generation should pay homage to our national traditions.

Adherence to radical Islamic movements is a way back to the Medieval times: President Nazarbayev
President Nazarbayev. ©pm.kz
Non-extraction industries to double by 2025 and triple by 2040: President Nazarbayev

According to him, in 2012 Kazakhstan will be numbered among the top 50 nations in the world in terms of its GDP.

Non-extraction industries to double by 2025 and triple by 2040: President Nazarbayev