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Nigeria on Monday signed a Memorandum of Understanding with an American energy firm to build six oil refineries, in a project worth 4.5 billion dollars.

• 04 июля 2012, 11:18

Twitter said Monday in its first "transparency report" that the number of government requests for user information or to block content is rising in 2012.

• 04 июля 2012, 10:55

There's nothing like a record-setting heat wave, combined with a third full day without power, to get people to rediscover the joys of their local library.

• 03 июля 2012, 19:07

"Ted," starring Mark Wahlberg and his raunchy teddy bear pal, topped the North American box office this weekend, besting the male strippers of "Magic Mike," industry figures showed Monday.

• 03 июля 2012, 19:07

US technology giant Apple has paid a Chinese firm $60 million to settle a long-running dispute over the iPad trademark in China.

• 03 июля 2012, 15:50

The Church of Scientology denied Monday sending anyone to follow Katie Holmes after she filed for divorce from Tom Cruise, amid reports she feared her husband's plans for their daughter.

• 03 июля 2012, 13:17

Utility crews made slow progress Sunday in restoring electricity to millions of households amid a record-setting heatwave in the eastern United States that showed no sign of abating soon.

• 03 июля 2012, 12:35

Media mogul Rupert Murdoch weighed in on the Tom Cruise-Katie Holmes divorce story Sunday, saying he thinks Scientologists are "creepy" and possibly even evil.

• 02 июля 2012, 17:37

US President Barack Obama declared rampaging wildfires in Colorado a "major disaster" before flying out to the Rocky Mountains state on Friday to tour damage and meet firefighters.

• 01 июля 2012, 18:01

Signing autographs along the way, a group of Catholic nuns is taking a road trip across America to stand up for the poor.

• 01 июля 2012, 11:23

World stock markets surged Friday, the euro jumped against the dollar, and oil prices rocketed after a key EU summit delivered surprise emergency measures to fight the eurozone debt crisis.

• 01 июля 2012, 10:39

The fact that America is taking steps in this direction is very important for Kazakhstan: President's Advisor Yertysbayev.

• 17 июня 2012, 14:46

More and more Kazakh businessmen are trying to get a membership in the American Chamber of Commerce: AmCham Executive Director Doris Bradbury

• 26 мая 2012, 22:55

Facebook announced Monday that it made a billion-dollar-deal to buy the startup behind wildly popular smartphone photo sharing application Instagram.

• 10 апреля 2012, 10:24

April 26-27 Astana will be hosting the X Eurasian Media Holding, an annual gathering of journalists, political figures, scholars, media experts and businessmen.

• 23 февраля 2012, 14:43

More than 1400 military men from Kazakhstan, the United States, Great Britain, Lithuania and Kyrgyzstan are taking part in the event.

• 09 августа 2011, 10:35

The list of 20 most dangerous countries of the world in terms of the possibility of terrorist attacks is led by Somali.

• 04 августа 2011, 16:02

The fight has been scheduled for June 11 in the US. The Kazakh boxers are also expected to face Dinamo Moscow, Milano Thunder, Pohang Poseidons and Mumbai teams this season.

• 02 августа 2011, 18:02

They discussed bilateral cooperation in the framework of international organizations.

• 01 августа 2011, 18:14

US Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan has arrived to Astana. He discussed the much talked-of inclusion of Kazakhstan into the specially designated countries list with Kazakhstan’s Foreign Minister.

• 01 августа 2011, 14:48