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Credit-card hacking is Americans' top crime worry: poll
Credit-card hacking is the number one crime on Americans' worry list, far above getting mugged or murdered.
28 October 2014
Taylor Swift goes pop for giant release
Taylor Swift released a danceable pop album that the beleaguered record industry hopes will be the year's top-seller.
28 October 2014
Sanctions against Russia to have no impact on Kazakhstan: US Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs
I want to emphasize that when the USA and other nations were drafting sanctions, the sanctions were to be pin-pointed to be targeted at certain figures and companies, he said.
28 October 2014
Golovkin has to wait one year to face Cotto
WBA (Super), IBO and WBC (interim) middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin has to wait for one year for a WBC middleweight title fight.
27 October 2014
Obama hails 'milestone' Tunisia vote
Barack Obama hailed a milestone after Tunisians voted in an election seen as pivotal to establishing democracy.
27 October 2014
Kazakh fim wins awards in USA and Poland
Kazakh film The Owners has been awarded two presigious awards, one in the United States, another in Poland.
27 October 2014
Orbital cargo ship readies for Monday launch
Orbital Sciences Corporation's unmanned Cygnus cargo ship is preparing to launch to the International Space Station.
27 October 2014
American rappers shoot video about Gennadiy Golovkin
American rappers have written a song and shot a video that pays homage to world-renowned Kazakh boxer Gennadiy Golovkin.
25 October 2014
US stocks push higher despite big Amazon drop
US stocks capped a strong week on a high note as good earnings from Microsoft and others overshadowed a poor report from Amazon
25 October 2014
New York 'fully prepared' to handle Ebola case
New York's mayor said America's largest city was fully equipped to handle Ebola as authorities sought to calm fears about the virus spreading.
25 October 2014
'Premature' to talk of US troop cuts in Asia: Kerry
Secretary of State John Kerry said it was too early to discuss cutting the number of US troops stationed in Asia and South Korea.
25 October 2014
Zellweger 'new face' highlights Hollywood aging taboo
The storm over Renee Zellweger's new-look face has thrown the spotlight on one of Hollywood's eternal questions: how do you grow old in Tinseltown?
25 October 2014
New York cop in serious condition after hatchet attack
A rookie New York police officer remained in hospital in a serious condition after being attacked by a man with a hatchet who was then shot dead by officers.
25 October 2014
Elton John lends star power to US war on AIDS
Rock star Elton John teamed up with the Obama administration to launch a new $7 million fund to provide access to HIV services in South Africa.
25 October 2014
US tobacco giant Reynolds bans smoking in its offices
The second largest tobacco producer in the United States, Reynolds American said it will ban smoking in all indoor office spaces, bowing to smoke-free social norms.
24 October 2014
Kerry marks Hindu festival of lights at State Department
Secretary of State John Kerry marked the first ever celebration of the Hindu festival of Diwali at the State Department.
24 October 2014
New York confirms first Ebola case, world rallies
A doctor who recently returned to New York from treating Ebola patients in Guinea tested positive for the deadly virus.
24 October 2014
Facebook goes retro with 'Rooms' chat app
Facebook released an application that lets people create virtual "rooms" to chat about whatever they wish using any name they would like.
24 October 2014
Google teams with Oxford to teach machines to think
Google announced a partnership with artificial intelligence teams at Oxford University to teach machines to think like people.
24 October 2014
'Cloud' lifts Microsoft earnings above expectations
Microsof reported quarterly profits ahead of most expectations, as revenues got a boost from its Xbox consoles and Internet "cloud" services for enterprises.
24 October 2014