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Among other things, while in Washington they will unveil a photo exhibition to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Congress of World Religions.

• 06 мая 2013, 15:47

Bristling with anger, President Barack Obama branded Wednesday's defeat of his gun reform drive in the US Senate as "shameful," and accused lawmakers of caving in to the powerful firearms lobby.

• 18 апреля 2013, 18:27

Kazakhstan Senate speaker Kairat Mami will render a working visit to Japan.

• 16 апреля 2013, 18:27

The most significant US Senate debate on gun laws in 20 years starts Tuesday with the chamber introducing a bipartisan compromise on background checks.

• 16 апреля 2013, 11:53

US Senator Bill Nelson endorsed gay marriage on Thursday, shifting the chamber in favor of rights for same-sex couples.

• 05 апреля 2013, 18:51

US President Barack Obama on Tuesday called key Senate Republicans, with whom he is at odds on other many top issues, to discuss the prospects for bipartisan immigration reform.

• 21 февраля 2013, 10:02

The escort of Kazakhstan Senate's chairman Kairat Mami did not notice the obscene gesture of the young man in Pavlodar.

• 15 января 2013, 14:26

Chuck Hagel, bracing for a bruising Senate confirmation as the next US defense secretary, pledged "total support" for Israel on Monday after lawmakers criticized his Middle East views.

• 08 января 2013, 16:08

The House of Representatives will vote late Tuesday on a bill already approved by the Senate to avert huge New Year tax hikes and spending cuts known as the "fiscal cliff".

• 02 января 2013, 13:30

The Senate approved a five-year extension Friday of a George W. Bush-era surveillance law that allows US spy agencies to conduct wiretapping on foreign citizens without a warrant.

• 31 декабря 2012, 09:57

A son of late political icon Edward Kennedy said Monday he will not run for the US Senate in Massachusetts -- the same state his father represented for nearly five decades -- US media reported.

• 26 декабря 2012, 10:03

The draft budget envisages decreasing revenues, reduced spending and widening deficit.

• 09 ноября 2012, 09:42

Democrats were projected to hold onto the Senate and Republicans were to retain the House of Representatives on Tuesday, raising the likely prospect of more partisan gridlock in a divided US Congress.

• 07 ноября 2012, 12:41

Kazakhstan embassies all over the world will be reporting to Kazakhstan Ministry of Industry and New Technologies on investments.

• 01 ноября 2012, 14:29

Kazakhstan International Human Rights Bureau has been invited to the Senate to make a report on human rights and provide recommendations.

• 15 октября 2012, 13:28

According to the country’s National Bank, from 1995 to 2012 the gross inflow of Austrian investments to Kazakhstan stood at $2.5 billion.

• 27 сентября 2012, 17:09

The US Senate late Thursday confirmed career diplomat James Cunningham as President Barack Obama's new ambassador to Afghanistan.

• 06 августа 2012, 10:00

A US Senate hearing Wednesday highlighted concern over the growing use of facial recognition technologies, both for law enforcement use and in big social networks like Facebook.

• 20 июля 2012, 12:01

Sports Scientific Research Institute will be created in Kazakhstan.

• 28 марта 2012, 17:30

Prior to that President Nazarbayev had reappointed Mami a Senator as his tenure had expired.

• 25 ноября 2011, 10:23