Kazakhstan

Mass Die-Off Of Critically Endangered Antelope ... For Third Year In A Row

Scientific American | Posted 06.01.2012

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By John R. Platt (Click here for original article) This is getting a bit weird. In May 2010 at least 12,000 critically endangered saiga antelopes ...

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'Glorious Nation' Where Apples Originated

| Sam Kean | Posted 05.19.2012

Read More: Video, Kazakhstan, Supermarket Apples, Domesticated Apples, Fruit Genetics, Science, Apple Fruit, Science News, Food Science, Food Origins, Apple Facts, Crabapples, Science News

Nearly every child has bitten into a crabapple (left) at some point and spit it back out--yuck! But a new study in PLoS Genetics shows that modern s...

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Very Nice: Borat Still Boosting Kazakhstan Tourism

Posted 04.24.2012

Read More: Kazakhstan, Video, Borat, Borat Tours, International Destinations, Destinations, Borat Tourism, Travel News

He may be an unlikely tourism ambassador, but Borat seems to be doing great things for travel to Kazakhstan. Borat is known from the Sacha Baron Cohen...

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Vodka Makers Apologize For Blasphemy

AP | Posted 04.05.2012

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ALMATY, Kazakhstan -- Kazakh authorities say a new vodka brand that uses the word "Allah" on its bottles is being withdrawn from circulation after pro...

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Borat 'National Anthem' Played For Kazakstan Athletes

The Huffington Post | Mark Hanrahan | Posted 03.23.2012

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Wo-wo-wee-wah! Kazakh athletes were left enraged after a parody of their national anthem from the spoof film "Borat" was played for a gold medallist a...

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PHOTOS: A Look Inside Kazakhstan's Capital

Posted 02.07.2012

Read More: Kazakhstan Capital, Kazakhstan, International Destinations, Astana, Travel News

The following is an excerpt from the February issue of National Geographic magazine: The new capital of Kazakhstan does not lack for exotic buildin...

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Move Over, 'Borat': Kazakh Filmmakers Seek New Image

Posted 01.25.2012

Read More: Kazakh Movies, Kazakhstan, Video, Myn Bal, Sacha Baron Cohen, Kazakh Films, Kazakh Cinema, Borat, The Tale of the Pink Bunny, Arts News

Half a decade after Sacha Baron Cohen's comedy Borat scandalized the American public with its damning portrayal of a Pamela Anderson-obsessed, bumblin...

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A Dictators' Dead Pool for 2012: Predicting Crisis or Forecasting Opportunity?

Philip N. Howard | Posted 01.31.2012

Read More: Dictatorship, National Security, Saudi Arabia, North Korea, Arab Spring, Foreign Affairs, Oman, Uganda, Laos, Iran, Kuwait, Cuba, Algeria, Kazakhstan, Fiji, Cameroon, World News

It may seem crass to make a dictators' dead pool. But given the murderous history of some of strongmen who might be on the list, it is not unreasonable to think through the means and implications of their departure.

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$39 Billion, Just the Tip of the $20 Trillion Oil Iceberg

Jigar Shah | Posted 01.30.2012

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Our energy needs are in conflict are out of synch with natural systems. In the case of the Caspian Sea's $39 billion oil-drilling project, here are some facts.

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Kazakhstan's President Dissolves Parliament

AP | By PETER LEONARD | Posted 11.16.2011

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BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan -- Kazakhstan's president issued a decree Wednesday to dissolve parliament and call a snap election that will end the governing pa...

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Regional Commitment to Afghanistan Is Critical

Yerzhan Kazykhanov | Posted 01.14.2012

Read More: Kazakhstan Aid, Afghanistan Troop Withdrawal, Kazakhstan, Afghanistan-Politics, Afghanistan, World News

We believe strongly that Afghanistan now has a new opportunity to build a better future for its people. It is in the interests of all who value peace and stability that Afghanistan succeeds.

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Border Tensions Sit Uneasy With Enviromental Challenges

Leyla Aliyeva | Posted 11.25.2011

Read More: Russia, Turkmenistan, Enviroment, Iran, Armenia, Kazakhstan, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Home News

The international community - political as well as scientific - needs to understand that without true international dialogue, the scope for environmental action is dramatically limited. But with that dialogue comes unlimited opportunity that goes far beyond the future of one species.

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Kazakh President Tightens Registration Rules for Religious Groups

AP | By PETER LEONARD | Posted 12.13.2011

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ALMATY, Kazakhstan -- Kazakhstan's president on Thursday approved a bill tightening registration rules for religious groups that has been described by...

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Kazakhstan Adds To Europe's Summer Of Discontent on Religious Freedom

Joseph K. Grieboski | Posted 12.07.2011

Read More: Religious Freedom, Human Rights, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Europe, Religious Tolerance, Religious Liberty in Europe, Religious Freedom in Europe, Kazakhastan Religious Freedom, Religion News

From Brussels to Budapest, Moscow to Vienna, Europe has been the source of considerable legislative undermining of the fundamental right of freedom of religion and belief.

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Restrictive Religion Law Blow To Minority Groups

AP | By PETER LEONARD | Posted 11.29.2011

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ALMATY, Kazakhstan -- Kazakhstan's upper house of parliament approved a bill Thursday that backers say will help combat religious extremism, but that ...

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Kazakhstan's Nuclear Weapons Free Anniversary

Daniel Witt | Posted 11.16.2011

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Kazakhstan is marking a special anniversary. Twenty years ago, the soon-to-be independent Soviet state closed the infamous Semipalatinsk nuclear testing site and provided fresh impetus to the still-incomplete campaign to ban atomic weapons.

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As Central Asia Fragments, Could English Be the Answer?

Cleo Paskal | Posted 11.15.2011

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On Christmas Day, 1991, five new countries were born. This year Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, and Kyrgyzstan turn 20. A lot has changed.

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JD Schramm: In Kazakhstan, The Professor Becomes The Student

Red Room | Posted 01.23.2012

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If doctors make the worst patients, what kind of students would a group of professors and administrators make? Twelve days in Kazakhstan revealed that we actually did pretty well as the recipients of experiential learning rather than the dispensers.

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Sting: "Sending out an S.O.S." on Kazakh Human Rights Abuses

Martin Lewis | Posted 09.02.2011

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Apprised by Amnesty International of the latest rights abuses in Kazakhstan being inflicted on oil workers and their union leaders, Sting canceled a major concert appearance.

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An IMF Leader From the Steppe

Charles Becker | Posted 08.07.2011

Read More: International Monetary Fund, Grigori Marchenko, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Kazakhstan, Imf, Christine Lagarde, Dsk, World News

It is no surprise that the leading candidate to succeed Dominique Strauss-Kahn at the IMF is another French citizen, Christine Lagarde. Yet, beyond northwestern Europe there has emerged an exceptional leader from an unlikely place: Kazakhstan.

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Kazakhstan's Presidential Election Shows Progress

Daniel Witt | Posted 06.11.2011

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While Kazakhstan needs to continue to improve its election processes, I would argue that the most recent presidential contest was, overall, a success story.

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Kazakhstan's Historic Election

Al Eisele | Posted 06.04.2011

Read More: Elections, Osce, Nazarbayev, Arab Awakening, Kazakhstan, Kazakhstan Election, Nazarbayev Election, Nursultan Nazarbayev, World News

Kazakhstan's relatively quiet election process, with its extraordinarily high turnout and lack of violence, stood in sharp contrast to recent political and social unrest in parts of Russia and in the so-called "Arab Awakening."

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The Case for Stronger Ties With Kazakhstan

Daniel Witt | Posted 05.25.2011

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While the U.S. should continue to encourage Kazakhstan to see the long-term benefits of developing a free media, rule of law, and political institutions that are fully publicly accountable, the U.S. needs to recognize its accomplishments as well.

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WATCH: Space Capsule Lands In Kazakshtan

Posted 05.25.2011

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Three astronauts aboard the Soyuz Space Capsule have landed safely in Kazakhstan after a months-long mission at the International Space Station. Am...

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Clinton Kazakhstan Trip Marks Beginning Of 4 Nation Tour

AP | ROBERT BURNS | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Hillary Clinton Trip, Hillary Clinton Wikileaks, Kazakhstan, Hillary Clinton, Clinton Kazakhstan, Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, Hillary Clinton Kazakhstan, Central Asia, Wikileaks, World News

ASTANA, Kazakhstan — U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Tuesday kicked off a four-nation diplomatic tour dogged by the WikiLeaks ...

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