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NEWS ABOUT: Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan stories: 13 news summaries

(Newser) - Lance Armstrong’s return to cycling is great and all, but it’s a bit of a buzzkill to see him wearing the blue-and-yellow Astana Cycling Team shirt, writes David Roth of The New Republic. Armstrong’s basically made himself a rolling advertisement for the oppressive government of Kazakhstan,... More »

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cycling • Tour de France • Kazakhstan • Lance Armstrong • Astana • Johan Bruyneel

EU Prohibits 6 Kazakh Airlines From Airspace

Cites safety, won't say
if Borat mockery lies behind ban

Apr 8, 09 12:03 PM CDT
(Newser) - The European Union has banned six Kazakh airlines from its airspace, citing safety reasons, the Guardian reports today. No specific reason was given, though perhaps comedian Sacha Baron Cohen’s skit about Borat flying on “Air Kazakh”—a rickety plane with a drunken one-eyed pilot—may have finally... More »

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European Union • Kazakhstan • airline safety • Borat • Sacha Baron Cohen • blacklist

(Newser) - Horses were domesticated 1,000 years earlier than thought, a finding that could prompt a rethinking of ancient human history, the BBC reports. A team from Exeter University found evidence of the use of harness bits on teeth—as well as horse meat and horse milk beverages—in Kazakhstan that... More »

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domestication • horse • Kazakhstan • human evolution • prehistoric • prehistoric mammals • ancient history • Bronze Age

Nations Try
to Block Iran's Nuclear Supply

US, Europe think
Tehran is nearly
out of uranium

Jan 24, 09 11:28 AM CST
(Newser) - Iran is running out of uranium, and Western countries are stepping up diplomatic efforts to keep Tehran from replenishing its supply, the Times of London reports. Iran, which may be out of uranium in months, has so far pursued its nuclear ambitions with a stockpile acquired from South Africa... More »

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Iran • nuclear weapons • uranium enrichment • Kazakhstan • Democratic Republic of Congo • uranium • Uzbekistan • nuclear energy • yellow cake

Afghan Unrest Idles Pakistani Truckers Supplying NATO

Attacks on Khyber Pass route have drivers demanding a pay increase

Dec 15, 08 12:45 PM CST
(Newser) - Last week’s attacks on American supply lines have Pakistani truck drivers refusing to drive into Afghanistan to resupply NATO troops, the Times of London reports. The route through the Khyber Pass was scheduled to reopen today, but the truckers union is holding out for a significant bump in pay.... More »

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Afghanistan • NATO • Pakistan • Kazakhstan • truckers • Afghan border • supply chain

Diamond-Inlaid Mastercard? 'I Like!'

Company readies
lavish gold card for
rich Kazakhstanis

Nov 1, 08 7:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - MasterCard hopes that a worldwide recession won't stop shoppers from toting around a gold-encrusted, diamond-inlaid credit card, the Financial Times reports. Later this month, the company will issue VIP customers in Kazakhstan the "Diamond" card—which comes with a personal manager, is trimmed with gold, has a 0.... More »

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ultra rich • Dubai • diamond • Kazakhstan • credit card • gold • MasterCard

Ex-Pentagon Official Eying Iraq Oil Deal

Noted war booster
Perle denies deal, Kazakh connection

Jul 29, 08 4:55 PM CDT
(Newser) - Former Pentagon official Richard Perle is on board with a consortium seeking to drill for oil in Iraq’s Kurdistan region, the Wall Street Journal reports—though both Baghdad and Washington want a national oil law passed before regional business is done. The Iraq war backer denies that he’s... More »

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Turkey • Pentagon • Kurdistan • Richard Perle • Kazakhstan • oil drilling

Model Dies in 9-Story Fall in NYC; Suicide Suspected

Korshunova graced covers of Elle, Vogue

Jun 29, 08 2:19 PM CDT
(Newser) - A Kazakh model was found dead after falling from her ninth-floor Manhattan apartment in an apparent suicide, the New York Post reports. Twenty-year old Ruslana Korshunova had appeared on the covers of French Elle and Russian Vogue, and starred in ads for Christian Dior and Vera Wang. She had just... More »

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suicide • fashion • obituary • death • Kazakhstan • supermodel • fashion industry

 Astronauts OK 
 After Rough Landing 

Soyuz capsule veers hundreds of miles off course

Apr 19, 08 9:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - Three space travelers returning from the International Space Station are OK after a rough landing hundreds of miles off course in Kazakhstan this morning, Space.com reports. The Soyuz space capsule carrying US astronaut Peggy Whitson, a Russian cosmonaut, and South Korea's first astronaut veered nearly 300 miles off target... More »

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astronauts • International Space Station • Kazakhstan • Peggy Whitson • Soyuz

HIV Scandal Spreads in Kyrgyzstan

Health workers charged with
infecting children

Mar 21, 08 7:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - Fourteen medical professionals in Kyrgyzstan face malpractice and negligence charges after allegedly infecting 42 children with HIV. The group of doctors, nurses, and a top administrator could receive prison terms of up to 10 years for administering contaminated injections and blood transfusions. Such incidents may be common, one aide worker... More »

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health • AIDS • medical malpractice • hospitals • HIV • Kazakhstan • Kyrgyzstan • negligence • malpractice • health workers

Russian Rocket Fails to Put US Satellite in Orbit

Booster failure leaves it short of the altitude telecom device needed

Mar 16, 08 3:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - A Russian rocket was unable to launch a US telecommunications satellite into its designated orbit yesterday, the AP reports. The rocket fell 5,000 miles short of its goal of 22,400 miles when the rocket's second booster turned off too early. The satellite could have reached its destination on... More »

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space • satellite • Kazakhstan • Russian Space Agency • telecommunications • orbit • Proton • International Launch Project

Clinton Helped Crony Land Mining Deal

After trip to Kazakhstan, buddy tapped uranium, Bill's charity got $31M

Jan 31, 08 12:14 PM CST
(Newser) - Two days after former president Bill Clinton took pal and mining mogul Frank Giustra to meet Kazakhstan's de facto dictator, Giustra landed a monster contract to mine uranium with state-run mining company Kazatomprom, the New York Times reports—despite his firm’s lack of relevant experience. Shortly thereafter, Clinton’s... More »

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Hillary Clinton • mining • Bill Clinton • corruption • charity • Kazakhstan • uranium • Clinton Global Initiative • Kazatomprom • Frank Giustra

Russia's Gas Giant Faces
Big Squeeze

Powerful Gazprom
has too little oil
to meet demands

Dec 24, 07 9:00 PM CST
(Newser) - Russia faces a threat to its international trump card as Gazprom—its powerful natural gas company—struggles to meet massive worldwide demand, Newsweek reports. The company gets much of its oil dirt cheap from former Soviet republics in Central Asia, then resells it a handsome profit to Europe. Now... More »

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China • Russia • Vladimir Putin • Gazprom • Kazakhstan • natural gas • Central Asia

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