China boom savaging coral reefs: study China boom savaging coral reefs: study China's economic boom has seen its coral reefs shrink by at least 80 percent over the past 30 years, a joint Australian study found Thursday, with researchers describing "grim" levels of damage and loss.
27 December 2012 18:54
Waste-processing plant launched in Astana Icon Waste-processing plant launched in Astana A facility for sorting and processing of domestic wastes has been launched in Astana, capital of Kazakhstan.
27 December 2012 16:57
Toyota says to sell 9.7 mn vehicles this year, up 22% Toyota says to sell 9.7 mn vehicles this year, up 22% Toyota said Wednesday that it expects to sell 9.7 million vehicles globally this year, up 22 percent from 2011 as Japan's biggest automaker accelerates a recovery after last year's natural disasters.
27 December 2012 12:46
World's longest bullet train service begins in China World's longest bullet train service begins in China China started service Wednesday on the world's longest high-speed rail route, the latest milestone in the country's rapid and -- sometimes troubled -- super fast rail network.
26 December 2012 16:02
Nazarbayev launched solar batteries plant in Astana Icon Nazarbayev launched solar batteries plant in Astana A plant for production of solar modules has been launched in Astana.
26 December 2012 13:10
Construction of gas pipeline in Kazakhstan's north will start in 2013 Construction of gas pipeline in Kazakhstan's north will start in 2013 The plan is to provide gas supply to Kazakhstan’s northern cities by construction of Kartaly-Tobol-Kokshetau-Astana gas pipeline: Samruk-Kazyna.
26 December 2012 11:57
GM recalls 119,000 US trucks over hood latches GM recalls 119,000 US trucks over hood latches General Motors will recall 119,000 US vehicles because some of them may be missing a backup hood latch, the US automaker said in regulatory filings.
26 December 2012 11:13
Kazakhstan introduces its first toll road Kazakhstan introduces its first toll road Serik Akhmetov has visited the first 224km-long toll road in Kazakhstan: Astana-Schuchinsk route.
25 December 2012 14:40
Kazakhstan and China introduced new railroad border crossing Kazakhstan and China introduced new railroad border crossing The ceremony of opening of Kazakhstan-Chinese new border crossing Altynkol-Khorgos was attended by head of Kazakhstan Temir Zholy Askar Mamin and head of Urumqi railroad Tan Sheshen.
24 December 2012 16:08
WikiLeaks to release files on 'every country' in 2013: Assange WikiLeaks to release files on 'every country' in 2013: Assange WikiLeaks will release one million documents next year affecting every country in the world, founder Julian Assange said in a speech from the balcony of the Ecuadorian embassy in London on Thursday.
22 December 2012 14:13
Higgs Boson tops journal Science's top 10 of 2012 Higgs Boson tops journal Science's top 10 of 2012 The discovery of the Higgs Boson, an invisible particle that explains the mystery of mass, leads a list of the top 10 scientific advances of 2012 released Thursday by the US journal Science.
22 December 2012 12:32
Internet 'moment of silence' to mark US school tragedy Internet 'moment of silence' to mark US school tragedy US tech leaders and celebrities have joined a call for an "Internet moment of silence" Friday to remember the victims of last week's massacre of 26 people at a Connecticut elementary school.
22 December 2012 11:10
Google Play growing fast: survey Google Play growing fast: survey Google's online Play shop of applications for Android-powered smartphones or tablets is growing fast, a report released Thursday by market tracker Distimo said.
22 December 2012 10:30
Facebook to charge for some message delivery Facebook to charge for some message delivery Facebook on Thursday began testing the feasibility of charging to guarantee that messages from strangers make it into inboxes of intended recipients at the social network.
21 December 2012 16:19
Electronic Toguz Kumalak to represent Kazakhstan in Prague Championship Electronic Toguz Kumalak to represent Kazakhstan in Prague Championship Toguz Kumalak computer game will represent Kazakhstan in the 3rd Toguz Kumalak World Championship that will be held in Prague in 2013.
21 December 2012 15:00
Tengrinews.kz won People's Favorites-2012 award Icon Tengrinews.kz won People's Favorites-2012 award Tengrinews.kz won the public award People’s Favorites-2012 award in the Fiery Internet Edition category.
21 December 2012 13:20
User revolt causes Instagram to keep old rules User revolt causes Instagram to keep old rules Instagram on Thursday tried to calm a user rebellion by nixing a change that would have given the Facebook-owned mobile photo sharing service unfettered rights to people's pictures.
21 December 2012 13:11
Kazakhstan railroads getting 140 passenger wagons in 2013 Kazakhstan railroads getting 140 passenger wagons in 2013 To upgrade the railroad fleet we plan to purchase 93 locomotives, 140 passenger and 1,784 freight wagons in 2013: Kazakhstan Minister.
21 December 2012 11:33
Mitsubishi expands oil leak recall to 1.7 mn vehicles Mitsubishi expands oil leak recall to 1.7 mn vehicles Mitsubishi Motors on Wednesday widened a recall over an oil leak issue on vehicles sold in Japan to about 1.7 million vehicles, prompting a rebuke from the country's transport ministry.
21 December 2012 10:47

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