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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.
14 December 2012 16:29
President Nazarbayev calls to spend within capacities to bring the budget deficit to its possible minimum We need a favorable tax regime to support industrial production, new technologies and overall industrialization efforts: President Nazarbayev.
14 December 2012 16:15
Ghana's emergence put to test in tight presidential polls Ghanain voters head to the polls Friday, with two main presidential candidates vying to lead a booming economy in a country seeking to live up to its promise as a beacon of democracy in turbulent West Africa.
08 December 2012 10:01
Philippine leader pledges action on typhoon disasters Philippine President Benigno Aquino on Friday visited communities devastated by a deadly typhoon, and vowed to work to find ways to prevent storm disasters.
07 December 2012 13:53
Italian court rules against presidential wire-tap: reports Italy's highest court has accepted a complaint over the wire-tapping of the president as part of an inquiry into negotiations between state officials and the Mafia.
06 December 2012 12:41
Maldives president to face no-confidence vote The Maldivian parliament Monday voted to hold a secret vote on a no-confidence motion against President Mohamed Waheed in a move that threatens the leader who took charge during turmoil less than a year ago.
04 December 2012 13:58
Colombia gives FARC one year for peace deal President Juan Manuel Santos on Sunday warned Colombia's Marxist FARC rebels they have less than a year to strike a deal under recently opened peace talks aimed at ending Latin America's longest-running insurgency.
03 December 2012 13:08
Kazakhstan may lift moratorium on new rights for natural resources development President Nazarbayev believes if a country region attracts investments to a deposit of natural resources, part of the proceedings should be retained by this particular region.
28 November 2012 12:37
Philippine leader ignores call to quit smoking Philippine President Benigno Aquino will not quit smoking despite the country's top medical body publicly appealing for him to lead by example and kick the habit.
24 November 2012 17:55
Change Mexico's name to Mexico, president says President Felipe Calderon Thursday proposed changing Mexico's official name from the United Mexican States to just Mexico.
24 November 2012 10:04
Kazakhstan to facilitate withdrawal of French troops from Afghanistan When closing the talks, President Nazarbayev invited his French counterpart François Hollande to pay an official visit to Astana.
22 November 2012 11:50
Wearing Arabic hijabs and sending our women back to the Middle Ages is not our path: President Nazarbayev According to him, young people wouldn’t turn to wearing hijabs out of their own choice.
19 November 2012 14:34
President Nazarbayev is to meet French counterpart François Hollande on a working visit to France The trade turnover between the two nations in January – August 2012 stood at $4.9 billion, 32% up against the like period of 2012.
19 November 2012 13:19
SAfrica minister wants ban on insulting president A South African minister called for a legal ban on insulting a sitting president to counter what he said was a lack of respect from white South Africans.
15 November 2012 16:04
S. Korea's first lady to face land-deal probe South Korean President Lee Myung-Bak's wife will be questioned in writing by special prosecutors probing alleged irregularities in the purchase of a retirement home for her husband.
12 November 2012 11:25
Interpol elects French woman as first female president Interpol on Thursday elected a French police commissioner known for her drive against organised crime in Bordeaux and Corsica as its first female president at its general assembly in Rome.
10 November 2012 18:24
S. Korea presidential favourite open to summit with North South Korea's presidential front-runner, Park Geun-Hye, promised Monday a new policy of engagement with Pyongyang and said she would be willing to hold a summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un.
05 November 2012 12:37
All speculations on Kazakhstan reportedly changing its foreign policy course have no substantiations: President’s spokesman He said that when commenting on some of President Nazarbayev’s remarks that have been interpreted in the media as if Kazakhstan were going to give up on integration with Russia in favor of pan-Turkism ideas.
17 October 2012 11:10
Travel ban sought against S. Korea president's son A South Korean special prosecutor has asked for President Lee Myung-Bak's son to be banned from leaving the country while he probes alleged irregularities in a project to build Lee's retirement home.
17 October 2012 10:02
Haiti protesters call for president's resignation Several hundred protesters angry over rising costs of living called Sunday for Haitian President Martin Martelly to resign at a march in the country's capital.
16 October 2012 11:16
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