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Pistorius released from jail: official statement
Oscar Pistorius was released from jail late, South African officials said, and will serve his remaining sentence under house arrest after spending a year behind bars for killing his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.
20 October 2015
Kazakh graphic designer, model Aya Shalkar opens hearts with Ash Wear
Kazakhstani model, graphic designer and popular Instagramer Ayaulym Shalkar has presented her debut collection of minimalistic clothing.
25 August 2015
Cuban singer Isaac Real records Kara Zhorga song with Kazakh ethnic rock band
Cuban singer Isaac Real and Kazakhstan-based Aldaspan ethnic rock band have recorded a video for their version of a well-known Kazakh folk song Kara Zhorga.
08 July 2015
Apple to unveil 'iWatch' on September 9: report
Apple will unveil an "iWatch" in September with the maker of the iPhone finally embarking on its much-rumored foray into wearable computing.
28 August 2014
Prize-winning reporter freed after being held at US border
Pulitzer-prize winning journalist and activist Jose Antonio Vargas, who revealed in 2011 that he is an undocumented immigrant, was freed by US border agents after being held for several hours.
17 July 2014
Egypt releases hunger-striking Jazeera journalist
Egypt released Al-Jazeera journalist Abdullah Elshamy, who has been on hunger strike for nearly five months in protest over his detention.
18 June 2014
Release of "The Evil Within" video game delayed
Video game publisher Bethesda Softworks on Tuesday delayed release of eagerly awaited horror action title "The Evil Within" to October.
29 May 2014
Kiev frees British journalist working for Russian TV
A British journalist has been released without charge after being detained by Ukrainian authorities, the Russian TV channel employing him, RT, said.
22 May 2014
'X-Men' director to miss film launch, slams sex claims
US filmmaker Bryan Singer said Thursday he will not help promote the release of his latest "X-Men" blockbuster next month, to keep the launch free of distraction by sex abuse claims against him.
26 April 2014
Harmony Lessons by Emir Baigazin released in Portugal
Kazakhstan feature film Harmony Lessons by Kazakhstan film director Emir Baigazin has been released in Portugal.
17 March 2014
New Bruce Springsteen album 'High Hopes' goes online
Bruce Springsteen's 18th studio album "High Hopes" went online in the United States Sunday, 10 days before its general release -- and on the 41st anniversary of The Boss's debut outing.
06 January 2014
Israel frees 26 Palestinian prisoners
Israel freed another 26 veteran Palestinian prisoners on Wednesday, alongside US-brokered peace talks.
30 October 2013
Zhauzhurek Myn Bala to hit American screens
Kazakhstan's historical drama Zhauzhurek Myn Bala (1000 Brave Boys) directed by Akan Satayev will be released on Video on Demand in North America.
29 October 2013
Nine Lebanese pilgrims kidnapped in Syria freed
Nine Lebanese Shiite pilgrims kidnapped by rebels in Syria last year have been released, with signs that two Turkish pilots whose abduction was linked to their capture may also be freed.
19 October 2013
Dying ex-Black Panther freed after 40 years in solitary
A terminally ill former Black Panther, who spent 40 years in solitary confinement for murder, was set free Tuesday after a judge reversed his controversial 1974 conviction for murder.
02 October 2013
French court postpones decision on Ablyazov's release motion
French court has postponed its decision on the motion to release former chairman of BTA bank Mukhtar Ablyazov on bail.
27 September 2013
US calls for release of Americans imprisoned in Iran
US Secretary of State John Kerry on Wednesday called for the release of two American dual citizens jailed in Iran, saying Washington was "deeply concerned" about their fate.
29 August 2013
Egypt's Mubarak leaves jail for house arrest
Egypt's toppled dictator Hosni Mubarak was transferred from prison to house arrest at a military hospital on Thursday, in a move overshadowed by a blistering crackdown against his Islamist successors.
23 August 2013
Final batch of secret Nixon tapes released
The final batch of taped conversations secretly recorded by US president Richard Nixon and then used to help bring him down during the Watergate scandal were released on Wednesday.
22 August 2013
Syria opposition 'deeply concerned' for Italian priest
Syria's main opposition group called Saturday for the immediate release of an Italian Jesuit priest who went to negotiate with jihadists and who is feared to have been taken prisoner.
03 August 2013