Tag: Kazakhstan
Kazakh film bags India's Golden Peacock
A Kazakh film scooped the top prize at the International Film Festival of India in the resort state of Goa on Tuesday.[MORE]
Borat 'boosted Kazakh tourism'
Borat, the spoof blundering reporter from Kazakhstan, actually boosted tourism in the central Asian country, a Kazakh minister said.[MORE]
Russia launches 31yo Stiletto missile
Russia has test fired a 31-year-old intercontinental ballistic missile known by its NATO codename Stiletto from the Baikonur space base in Kazakhstan, Russian news agencies reported.[MORE]
US video game guru heads for space as tourist
American millionaire video game guru Richard Garriott followed in his astronaut father's footsteps on Sunday, blasting off aboard a Russian rocket to become the world's sixth space tourist.[MORE]
England lashes out at boo-boys
Rio Ferdinand has told England's fans they should be ashamed of themselves for booing Ashley Cole after the defender's mistake in the World Cup qualifier at Wembley.[MORE]
France, Portugal in Cup struggle
Former champion France and 2006 semi-finalist Portugal are struggling to keep their 2010 World Cup dreams on track as Europe's major powers toiled on the rocky road to South Africa.[MORE]
Sarsekbayev wins welterweight boxing gold
Bakhyt Sarsekbayev of Kazakhstan has dominated Cuba's Carlos Banteaux 18-9 to win Olympic welterweight boxing gold in Beijing.[MORE]
Cuban given lifetime ban for kicking referee
Cuban taekwondo exponent Angel Valodia Matos has been banned for life for kicking a referee in the head.[MORE]
Tour finish marred as Fofonov fails doping control
Kazakhstan's Dmitri Fofonov has tested positive for a banned stimulant, his Credit Agricole team said on the final day of the Tour de France[MORE]
Controversy over Aust pentathlete's Olympic ditching
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Modern pentathlon has made headlines after Australia's male competitor controversially lost his Olympic spot.[MORE]
Model's death ruled as suicide
Kazakh supermodel Ruslana Korshunova's fatal fall from her balcony was a suicide, officials have ruled, though friends told local media she was in good spirits and suicide seemed incomprehensible.[MORE]
Model's death suspected suicide
A fashion model from Kazakhstan has fallen from her New York City balcony and plunged nine stories to her death in what police called an apparent suicide, New York newspapers said.[MORE]
Five trapped in Kazakhstan mine
Five coal miners are trapped at an ArcelorMittal mine in Kazakhstan following a methane explosion, the Emergencies Ministry said.[MORE]
Second test satellite for Galileo launched
A second experimental Giove-B satellite for the European Union's Galileo satellite navigation project has been launched from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.[MORE]
Russian space craft lands off-target
A Russian Soyuz space capsule has landed in Kazakhstan some 400 kilometres off-target.[MORE]
Spacecraft carrying Korean docks with space station
South Korea's first astronaut and two Russian cosmonauts docked their Soyuz spacecraft with the International Space Station (ISS) overnight (Australian time), a Russian official said.[MORE]
Korean astronaut blasts off
A Russian Soyuz spacecraft carrying South Korea's first astronaut has blasted off into space from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.[MORE]
Olympic Torch heads to Kazakhstan
The Olympic torch is headed for Kazakhstan for the first leg of an epic world tour designed to drum up enthusiasm for the Beijing Games, but also certain to draw more protests.[MORE]
Record heroin seizure in Kazakhstan: authorities
Kazakhstan customs agents have seized 537 kilos of Afghan heroin on the Russian border that authorities said was worth $US22 million, officials said.[MORE]
Thousands without fresh water after Kazakhstan floods
Thousands of people have been left without fresh water in Kazakhstan after a major flood disrupted water supplies in the south-west of the central Asian state, the Emergencies Ministry said.[MORE]
International wheat prices skyrocket
The price of high-quality wheat has shot up in some countries, recording its biggest increase in a single day. [MORE]
Spring wheat price soars amid global shortage
The price of high-quality wheat has shot up in some countries and recorded its biggest increase in a single day.[MORE]
IRB creates tournament in Asia
The International Rugby Board (IRB) has announced the creation of a new Five Nations tournament to help develop the sport in Asia.[MORE]
Astana 'a victim of power struggle'
Astana's exclusion from the Tour de France by race organisers is illogical and driven by a power struggle in professional cycling, team manager Johan Bruyneel says.[MORE]
Kazakh mine disaster toll hits 30
Twenty-three miners missing after an explosion in a Kazakh mine owned by ArcelorMittal are presumed dead, Emergency Situations Minister Vladimir Bozhko, raising the death toll to 30.[MORE]
