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Karzai calls on Taliban to participate elders assembly on US deal
Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Saturday called on the Taliban and their allies to join an assembly on a security pact that could allow some US troops to stay in the country after 2014.
17 November 2013
Tajik president inaugurated for fourth term
Tajikistan's long-running President Emomali Rakhmon was inaugurated for a fourth term on Saturday, as he promised to alleviate the grinding poverty in the former Soviet country.
17 November 2013
Crisis-hit Maldives hold new presidential vote
The Maldives on Saturday voted in a run-off presidential election held under intense international pressure to elect a new leader and end months of political unrest.
16 November 2013
Amid poison claims, ex-Brazil president exhumed
The remains of Joao Goulart, ousted as Brazilian president ahead of the 1964-85 military dictatorship, were Wednesday exhumed to determine if he was poisoned.
14 November 2013
Venezuela's Maduro closes in on powers by decree
Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro was a step closer to getting the votes he needs to govern by decree after his ruling party ousted an opposition lawmaker from parliament on Tuesday.
14 November 2013
Putin and Nazarbayev sign Treaty on Good-Neighborliness and Alliance in 21 Century
The Treaty on Good-Neighborliness and Alliance in the 21 Century was signed by Nursultan Nazarbayev and Vladimir Putin.
13 November 2013
Putin acknowledges that Kazakhstan outinvestes Russia
President of Russia Vladimir Putin told Nursultan Nazarbayev that Kazakhstan invested $700 million more into Russia than Russia did into Kazakhstan in 2012.
13 November 2013
Obama popularity at all-time low: survey
US President Barack Obama's popularity has slumped to an all-time low, with a majority of Americans for the first time believing him to be dishonest and untrustworthy, a new survey showed Tuesday.
13 November 2013
Kazakhstan’s President Nazarbayev meets Canada’s Foreign Minister John Baird
Minister John Baird stressed Canada was looking forward to signing an agreement on peaceful use of nuclear power.
13 November 2013
Television became 'window to world' in JFK shooting
Television took its central role in the American home after President John F. Kennedy's assassination, a national trauma that unfolded in real time and was uniquely suited to the emerging medium.
13 November 2013
Tajiks set to elect strongman leader for fourth term
Voters in Tajikistan, the poorest state in the former USSR, were set Wednesday to hand President Emomali Rakhmon an easy victory for a fourth term at the helm of his country bordering Afghanistan.
06 November 2013
It's complicated: The many women in JFK's life
There was glamorous Jackie, of course. And mother Rose, who nurtured his White House ambitions. And all the others: a movie star, a teenaged intern, a mistress with Mafia ties and more.
05 November 2013
S. Korea president addresses suspicions of poll-meddling
S. Korean President Park Geun-Hye vowed to ensure the political neutrality of government agencies, as she addressed allegations that the domestic spy service interfered in last year's presidential election.
31 October 2013
Nazarbayev congratulates Margvelashvili on becoming Georgia's new president
Kazakhstan's President Nursultan Nazarbayev has sent a telegram congratulating Giorgi Margvelashvili on his election as Georgia's new President.
31 October 2013
Uzbek first daughter confirms media empire shutdown
The eldest daughter of Uzbekistan President Islam Karimov Wednesday confirmed the closure of television channels she is believed to control, as rumours build of a rift in the ruling family.
31 October 2013
Georgia PM ally revels in big win at presidential poll
An ally of billionaire Georgian PM Bidzina Ivanishvili on Monday basked in an overwhelming win at presidential polls in the ex-Soviet state to replace larger-than-life moderniser Mikheil Saakashvili.
28 October 2013
Nazarbayev proposes liquidating EurAsEC, but Putin opposes
President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev proposed to dissolve EurAsEC because "two overlapping organizations with similar rules are not needed".
25 October 2013
Kazakhstan’s President suggests granting Turkey admission into the Customs Union
When speaking at the sitting of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council in Minsk, Nazarbayev also suggested dismissing the EurAsEC.
25 October 2013
Kazakhstan’s President suggests Russia holding joint negotiations to enter WTO
Kazakhstan wouldn’t be able to work within the Customs Union with the level of protection suggested by the USA: President Nazarbayev.
25 October 2013
President Nazarbayev assures his health condition is OK
There are rumours of me being supposedly ill and going to resign. I have no intentions of resigning: Nazarbayev.
25 October 2013