Dad of suspect: ‘We are not terrorists'
Source: Boston Herald
Atyrau :: Kazakhstan | updated 2013-05-16 21:44:04 -0700 | disasters-news
The father of one of the Kazakh college students accused of covering up for Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev said yesterday he is confident his son soon will be released from the Essex County jail because he has done...
Theatre with a Political Edge in Kazakhstan
Source: Inter Press Service
Zhanaozen :: Kazakhstan | updated 2013-05-16 15:08:38 -0700 | travel-news
A group of villagers is held in thrall by omnipotent rulers, who warn that misfortune will befall the inhabitants if they defy authorities. And then, one day, the emperor is revealed to have no clothes. On a recent Friday evening...
Houston, we have a superstar: Crooning astronaut Hadfield's enthusiasm goes viral down on Earth
Source: Japan Times
Almaty :: Kazakhstan | updated 2013-05-15 21:29:15 -0700 | entertainment-news
Chris Hadfield, who crawled out of a space capsule on the plains of Kazakhstan early Tuesday, is dealing with gravity for the first time in five months and sudden global celebrity after singing a gone-viral made-in-space music video...He and two...
Leaflets supporting Tsarnaev brothers posted in Kazakhstan
Source: United Press International
Atyrau :: Kazakhstan | updated 2013-05-15 10:19:53 -0700 | political-news
Leaflets showing support for Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev have been put up in Kazakhstan, observers said. One leaflet attached to a lamp post near the Atyrau recreation center read: "Chechen Republic...In support of the Tsarnaev brothers," the Ak...
Kazakhstan: Closed Terror Trial Hears of Plot on Astana
Source: Eurasianet
Astana :: Kazakhstan | updated 2013-05-15 05:32:24 -0700 | travel-news
A major terror trial has opened in Astana, hearing allegations that a group of radicals intended to blow the city's landmark pyramid sky high and plotted to assassinate senior officials, Tengri News reports . The iconic pyramid, called the Palace...
Russia launches rocket with French telecom satellite
Source: Zee News
Almaty :: Kazakhstan | updated 2013-05-15 03:36:30 -0700 | technology-news
A Proton-M rocket carrying a French telecommunications satellite has blasted off from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan, said a spokesman for Russian space agency Roscosmos. Tuesday's launch was the 386th of a Proton rocket and the third Proton launch...
Public editor: You may know Grumpy Cat, but can you explain what a meme is?
Source: The Globe & Mail
Almaty :: Kazakhstan | updated 2013-05-14 11:38:25 -0700 | technology-news
EDT Grumpy Cat (Facebook) So far this year, The Globe and Mail has referenced memes more than a dozen times. The stories have included references to memes the funny, edited video clips about Ryan Gosling and cereal, the frowning feline...
UN Welcomes World Anti-Crisis Conference to be Held at Sixth Astana Economic Forum in May - Video
Source: PR Newswire
Astana :: Kazakhstan | updated 2013-05-14 11:23:52 -0700 | business-news
Kazakhstan, May 14, 2013, PR Newswire The Sixth Astana Economic Forum will be held from May 22-24 in the capital of Kazakhstan, Astana. This year's Forum will continue the event's tradition of attracting a bevy of Nobel Prize winners and...
Astronaut Chris Hadfield's space station music video is a first
Source: Washington Post's The Checkup
Almaty :: Kazakhstan | updated 2013-05-14 17:03:08 -0700 | entertainment-news
He and two fellow astronauts on a Russian Soyuz spacecraft undocked from the international space station Monday night and returned to terra firma, their capsule landing as planned in Kazakhstan...Wonderful to smell and feel Spring, he tweeted (his user name...
Asian Beach Volleyball Championship in Chennai from May 17
Source: Zee News
Almaty :: Kazakhstan | updated 2013-05-14 16:14:31 -0700 | sports-news
Asian Beach Volleyball Championship for men and women will be held at the famous Marina Beach here from May 17 to 19. . Beach Volleyball Under-21 World Championships in Umag (Croatia) from June 20 to 23...As for the Asian event...
Why Did Kazakhstan Give Up Its Nukes?
Source: Eurasianet
Almaty :: Kazakhstan | updated 2013-05-14 03:35:15 -0700 | travel-news
When Kazakhstan became independent 22 years ago and inherited some of the Soviet Union's nuclear weapons, it decided to give them up. If you follow Kazakhstan at all, you know this because Kazakhstan's government doesn't waste a single opportunity to...
Three astronauts return to Earth after spending 147-days in the International Space Station
Posted by: prabirghose
Astana :: Kazakhstan | updated 2013-05-17 16:16:52 -0700 | technology-news
The three astronauts Commander Chris Hadfield of Canada along with his colleagues American Tom Marshburn and Roman Romanenko of the Russian space agency have returned back to Earth after spending 147-days in the International Space Station. Hadfield is now a...
Interactive map: NZ and the Pacific from space
Source: The New Zealand Herald
Almaty :: Kazakhstan | updated 2013-05-13 21:28:20 -0700 | political-news
Very few people will ever have the chance to see New Zealand 370km from space, but thanks to two astronauts returning to Earth today Kiwis won't have to make the journey. Thomas Marshburn and Russian cosmonaut Roman Romanenko are back...
3-man crew returns safely to Earth from space station
Source: Fox
Almaty :: Kazakhstan | updated 2013-05-13 21:19:06 -0700 | travel-news
A Soyuz space capsule carrying a three-man crew from the International Space Station landed safely Tuesday on the steppes of Kazakhstan. Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield, American Thomas Marshburn, and Russian Roman Romanenko landed as planned southeast of the town of...
'Hallo Spaceboy': Bowie's Oddity a space odyssey for astronaut Chris
Source: The Age
Almaty :: Kazakhstan | updated 2013-05-13 08:58:10 -0700 | sports-news
He sings "I'm floating in a most peculiar way", while floating in zero gravity. Stunning views of the earth are visible from the space station's windows for much of the clip. Hadfield's efforts have earned him the adoration of the...
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