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Sun-powered plane returns home after historic flight The Swiss sun-powered aircraft Solar Impulse landed back home in Switzerland late Tuesday after completing the final leg of its historic transcontinental flight.

26 July 2012

Crunch time looms in quest for 'God particle' A nearly 50-year bid to explain a riddle of fundamental matter faces a key moment on Wednesday when physicists unveil fresh data in their search for a particle called the Higgs boson.

04 July 2012

Syrians bemoan failure of world talks on crisis The opposition and state media on Sunday both branded an international plan for a transition in strife-torn Syria a failure, as the death toll for a weekend of violence topped 160.

03 July 2012

Kazakhstan movie Sunny Days showed in Valencia Film Festival Sunny Days movie directed by Nariman Turebayev from Kazakhstan took part in 27th Valencia International Film Festival Cinema Jove.

26 June 2012

AIBA president thanked Kulibayev for contiributing into world boxing development AIBA president thanked Timur Kulibayev and the government of Kazakhstan for their input into the world boxing development.

20 April 2012

Vinokourov bought victory in Liege-Bastogne-Liege race: Media Swiss media accused Kazakhstan bicycle racer Alexandre Vinokourov of buying his Liege-Bastogne-Liege race victory in 2010.

09 December 2011

France and Switzerland simplified visa procedures for Kazakhstan residents Starting from October 3 Kazakhstan residents will be able to get visas to France and Switzerland in Astana and Almaty.

29 September 2011

Discovery to make a film about aliens in Kazakhstan mountains Discovery will make a part of a film about aliens in Kazakhstan. The shooting will be done in Ulytau mountains in Karaganda oblast.

23 September 2011

Kazakhstan ahead of Russia in Competitiveness Rankings According to Swiss business-school, Kazakhstan is ranked 36th in the 2011 World Competitiveness Rankings, while Russia is 49th.

19 May 2011

Thorpe 'looking like a swimmer again' Australian great Ian Thorpe said Wednesday he was starting to look like a swimmer again following gruelling high altitude training in Switzerland.

18 May 2011

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