Казинформ

Kazakh, Russian presidents talked over phone about joint efforts to fight wildfires

Fri, 10 Sep 2010 08:00:00 +0600

ASTANA. September 10. KAZINFORM As a follow-up to the recent exchange of opinions in Ust-Kamenogorsk, DmitryMedvedev and Nursultan Nazarbayev discussed practical measures involved in organising joint efforts to fight wildfires in the border regions between the two countries, as well as the establishment of a coordinating centre for disaster management; Kazinform has learnt from the official website of the Russian President kremlin.ru.

Alien oceans could be detected by telescopes

Fri, 10 Sep 2010 08:07:00 +0600

LONDON. September 10. KAZINFORM The next generation of telescopes could reveal the presence of oceans on planets outside our Solar System; Kazinform refers to BBC.

DPRK celebrates 62nd anniversary of founding

Fri, 10 Sep 2010 08:45:00 +0600

PYONGYANG. September 10. KAZINFORM The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) on Thursday celebrated the 62nd anniversary of its founding as the world's attention continues to focus on a major conference of the ruling Workers' Party of Korea (WPK), the first of its kind in 44 years; Kazinform refers to Xinhua.

4 al-Qaida prisoners escape US custody in Iraq

Fri, 10 Sep 2010 09:13:00 +0600

BAGHDAD. September 10. KAZINFORM Four prisoners with links to al-Qaida being guarded by American troops escaped from a maximum-security prison in Baghdad and are still at large, US and Iraqi officials said Thursday; Kazinform refers to China Daily.

Kirgizia begins election campaign on Friday

Fri, 10 Sep 2010 09:41:00 +0600

BISHKEK. September 10. KAZINFORM Kirgizia begins election campaign on Friday with 29 political parties competing for 120 seats in parliament which will take over some presidential powers following two revolutions in the past five years that ousted national presidents; Kazinform refers to Itar-Tass.

Russia loses to U.S. at basketball world championships

Fri, 10 Sep 2010 10:09:00 +0600

ISTANBUL. September 10. KAZINFORM The American coach of the Russian basketball team praised the United States as worthy winners of their quarterfinal on Thursday at the FIBA Basketball World Championship in Turkey; Kazinform refers to RIA Novosti.

Somali suicide attackers hit Mogadishu airport

Fri, 10 Sep 2010 10:50:00 +0600

MOGADISHU. September 10. KAZINFORM Suicide bombers have attacked Somalia's main airport in Mogadishu, killing soldiers and civilians, officials say; Kazinform refers to BBC.

U.S. Ambassador signs feasibility study grant to improve Kazakhstan's rail system

Fri, 10 Sep 2010 11:13:00 +0600

ASTANA. September 10. KAZINFORM On September 10, U.S. Ambassador to Kazakhstan Richard Hoagland and Kazakhstan Temir Zholy President Askar Mamin will sign a $655,188 grant to improve the country's rail system; Kazinform refers to the US Embassy in Astana.

Israel launches airstrikes on Gaza

Fri, 10 Sep 2010 11:49:00 +0600

GAZA. September 10. KAZINFORM Israeli F-16 warplanes carried out several strikes Friday on the Gaza Strip after Palestinian militants fired a mortar shell from the Hamas-controlled coastal enclave into Israel; Kazinform refers to Xinhua.

Algeria's ex-rebel leader calls for truce

Fri, 10 Sep 2010 12:28:00 +0600

ALGIERS. September 10. KAZINFORM A former leader of Algeria's insurgency has for the first time urged members of Al-Qaeda's North African wing to declare a truce; Kazinform refers to Arab News.

Vladikavkaz terrorist attack death toll rises to 18

Fri, 10 Sep 2010 12:51:00 +0600

VLADIKAVKAZ. September 10. KAZINFORM The death toll from the Vladikavkaz central market terrorist attack has risen to 18 people; Kazinform refers to Itar-Tass.

Florida pastor calls off plans to burn Koran on Sept. 11

Fri, 10 Sep 2010 13:19:00 +0600

WASHINGTON. September 10. KAZINFORM Controversial U.S. pastor Terry Jones has called off his plans to burn hundreds of copies of the Koran to mark the anniversary of the September 11 attacks; Kazinform refers to RIA Novosti.

Week of Latin America to be held in Astana and Almaty

Fri, 10 Sep 2010 13:57:00 +0600

ASTANA. September 10. KAZINFORM /Gulnara Zhandagulova/ From September 27 till October 3 the cities of Astana and Almaty will host a week of Latin America in Kazakhstan involving the Honorary Consulate of Chile in Kazakhstan.

Kazakh side is well prepared for holding Peace Mission-2010 exercise - Chen Bingde

Fri, 10 Sep 2010 14:19:00 +0600

ALMATY. September 10. KAZINFORM /Yelena Ilyinskaya/ "During the joint training before the Peace Mission-2010 anti-terror exercise we saw that the Kazakh side was well prepared for holding such a large-scale event", Chief of General Staff of Chinese People's Liberation Army, General Chen Bingde has said today in Almaty.

Without a shot, marines seize ship from pirates

Fri, 10 Sep 2010 14:49:00 +0600

DUBAI. September 10. KAZINFORM US Marine commandos stormed a pirate-held cargo ship off the Somalia coast Thursday, reclaiming control and taking nine prisoners without firing a shot in the first such boarding raid by the international anti-piracy flotilla, US Navy officials said; Kazinform refers to China Daily.

SCO anti-terror drill kicks off in Kazakhstan

Fri, 10 Sep 2010 15:18:00 +0600

ALMATY. September 10. KAZINFORM "Peace Mission 2010," a multi-national anti-terror military drill under the framework of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), kicked off here on Friday. Kazinform refers to Xinhua.

Nazarbayev sent telegram of condolences to Medvedev over loss of life of many people

Fri, 10 Sep 2010 15:49:00 +0600

ASTANA. September 10. KAZINFORM Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev sent a wire expressing his condolences to Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, the Presidential press service informs.

British MPs vote to continue war in Afghanistan

Fri, 10 Sep 2010 16:10:00 +0600

LONDON. September 10. KAZINFORM Members of the British parliament (MPs) voted Thursday evening to continue the war in Afghanistan. Kazinform refers to Xinhua.

'Five-minute scan' to check child's brain development

Fri, 10 Sep 2010 16:28:00 +0600

ASTANA. September 10. KAZINFORM Children's mental development could be recorded in much the same way we chart height and weight, say scientists. Kazinform refers to BBC.

National Bank of Kazakhstan: Exchange rates September 11, 12, 13, 2010

Fri, 10 Sep 2010 16:54:00 +0600

ASTANA. September 9. KAZINFORM The National Bank of Kazakhstan informs of exchange rates on September 11, 12, 13, 2010. The rates are official rates of KZT to foreign currencies by the National Bank of Kazakhstan on September 11, 12, 13, 2010.

Draft national budget for 2011-2013 to be presented in Majilis Sep 13

Fri, 10 Sep 2010 17:19:00 +0600

ASTANA. September 10. KAZINFORM /Muratbek Makulbekov/ Draft laws "On national budget for 2011-2013", "On guaranteed transfer from the National Fund of the Republic of Kazakhstan for 2011-2013", "On the volume of transfers of general character between the national and local budgets, budgets of the city of national status, capital for 2011-2013" are to be presented in the Kazakh Majilis on Monday, September 13.

National Action Plan on human rights represented to students

Fri, 10 Sep 2010 17:51:00 +0600

ASTANA. September 10. KAZINFORM /Zhanna Korkitova/ Program documents of Kazakhstan on protection of human rights dedicated to the OSCE Summit in Astana have been represented in the L. N. Gumilev Eurasian National University today in the capital.

Russian space freighter blasts off for ISS

Fri, 10 Sep 2010 18:22:00 +0600

MOSCOW. September 10. KAZINFORM Russia's Progress M-07M cargo spacecraft on Friday took off from the Baikonur space center for the International Space Station (ISS), mission control said; Kazinform refers to RIA Novosti.

Nazarbayev expresses condolences to family of Vladimir Ni

Fri, 10 Sep 2010 18:50:00 +0600

ASTANA. September 10. KAZINFORM General Director of HOZU Corporation LLP Vladimir Ni died at 78.

Kazakhstan to send more humanitarian aid to Kyrgyzstan

Fri, 10 Sep 2010 19:08:00 +0600

ASTANA. September 10. KAZINFORM The armature is to be loaded in Shymkent for sending it to Kyrgyzstan as humanitarian aid, the department on emergencies of South Kazakhstan region informs.

Dogs kill six zoo animals in southwest China

Fri, 10 Sep 2010 19:31:00 +0600

KUNMING. September 10. KAZINFORM Dogs killed six protected deer in a zoo in southwest China's Yunnan Province on Monday, zoo management said Friday. Kazinform refers to Xinhua.

International Arctic forum to focus on regional environmental problems

Fri, 10 Sep 2010 19:53:00 +0600

MOSCOW. September 10. KAZINFORM Ecologists, experts and politicians will gather at the International Arctic forum "Arctic: territory of dialogue" on September 22-23 in Moscow to discuss the social, economic and environmental problems of the region. Kazinform refers to RIA Novosti.

Russian city of Yaroslavl celebrates 1,000th anniversary

Fri, 10 Sep 2010 20:13:00 +0600

YAROSLAVL, Russia. September 10. KAZINFORM Russia' s historical city of Yaroslavl will celebrate its 1,000th anniversary with a three-day feast. Kazinform refers to Xinhua.

WEEKLY REVIEW. Kazakhstan and Russia have fruitful cooperation, not competitiveness - Prime Minister K.Massimov

Fri, 10 Sep 2010 20:27:00 +0600

ASTANA. September 10. KAZINFORM /Muratbek Makulbekov/ The Customs Union creates new opportunities for further development of economic ties between Kazakhstan and Russia. Within the framework of the VII Forum of Inter-Regional Cooperation between Kazakhstan and Russia in which presidents N.Nazarbayev and D.Medvedev participated, there were signed the Agreement on interregional and boundary cooperation, Agreement on joint activity on geological study and exploration of the Imashevskoye cross-border gas field and Agreement on joint use and protection of transboundary water facilities.