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Report: Key oil refinery in southern Kazakhstan damaged in blaze
CanadianBusiness.com
By AP | February 06, 2012 ALMATY, Kazakhstan - Media in Kazakhstan are reporting that a major oil-refining plant in the southern city of Shymkent has been damaged in a fire. They say the scale of the damage is not yet clear, but the blaze may further ...
Fire in oil refinery in Kazakh Shymkent extinguishedTrend.az

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Democracy Has a Tentative Start in Kazakhstan
White House Chronicle
(In Kazakhstan, nomads still use felt to build their tents, called yurts, and to wear a fur coat in Astana, the modern capital, is not a luxury because temperatures can plummet to -40 C in winter.) But political change – slow, to be sure – is taking ...

Defaulted Kazakh BTA creates debt restructre panel
Reuters
(Adds background) LONDON Feb 6 (Reuters) - Kazakhstan's BTA Bank , majority owned by the country's sovereign wealth fund, announced on Monday a committee to discuss debt restructuring after the bank defaulted on its debt last month.

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Human Rights Watch
Kazakhstan/Germany: Make Rights Key to Good Relations
Human Rights Watch
Angela Merkel should make clear to Nursultan Nazarbaev that Germany wants to see Kazakhstan show a genuine commitment to upholding human rights at home. (Berlin) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel should raise urgent human rights concerns with the ...

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Kazakhstan, Germany to sign documents worth 2b euros
Trend.az
Kazakhstan and Germany will sign roughly 40 commercial documents worth 2 billion euros within the official visit of Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev to Germany on Feb. 7-8, Kazakh Foreign Ministry Spokesman Altai Abibullaev said on Monday, ...
Nazarbayev Left For Working Visit To GermanyJournal of Turkish Weekly

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Kazakh Development Bank Says It May Issue Islamic, Samurai Bonds
Bloomberg
The Development Bank of Kazakhstan, a state-owned lender that promotes industry, is preparing to issue Islamic and Samurai bonds in 2012 to “diversify its loan portfolio and implement new financial instruments.” The bank expects to offer $862 million ...

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Kazakhstan's gas production ups in 2011
Trend.az
Kazakhstan's total production of gas amounted to 39.532 billion cubic meters (bcm) in 2011, as compared to 37.414 bcm in 2010, the Kazakh Statistics Agency dispatching management told Trend. Gas production in Kazakhstan totaled 3.447 bcm in December, ...

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Report: Key oil refinery in southern Kazakhstan damaged in blaze
Washington Post (blog)
ALMATY, Kazakhstan — Media in Kazakhstan are reporting that a major oil-refining plant in the southern city of Shymkent has been damaged in a fire. They say the scale of the damage is not yet clear, but the blaze may further deepen occasional fuel ...
Fire in oil refinery in Kazakh Shymkent extinguishedTrend.az

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Teachers' professional development system modernized in Kazakhstan
Gazeta.KZ
President of Kazakhstan emphasized in his annual Address to the Nation a necessity to improve the quality of qualification of teachers. Besides, the Head of State also told about the importance to establish integrated centers for teachers' professional ...

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Kazakhstan decreases gas supplies to Kyrgyzstan
Trend.az
Kazakhstan has decreased its gas supplies to the North of Kyrgyzstan to 40000 cubic meters per hour, 24.kg quotes Kyrgyzgas's deputy director Eugene Orlenko on Monday as saying. He said Kazakhstan's company KazTransGaz sent a phone telegram to ...

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Aral Sea challenge to Kazakhstan
Asia Times Online
Some experts believe that if the project is implemented successfully, the Aral sector of Uzbekistan may become more attractive for investors than the Caspian oil and gas fields of Kazakhstan. But so far its achievements look very modest.

Azerbaijan Business Center
Azerbaijan has turned into South Kazakhstan
Azerbaijan Business Center
The country, in any case, Baku, reminds much now southern Kazakhstan in winter, when there is little snow and in the day time temperature can reach plus values, and frost and ice come back at night. If the last-week-made forecast saying that snow and ...

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INDICATORS - Kazakhstan - Feb 6
Reuters
ALMATY, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Kazakhstan's economic indicators based on data provided by the State Statistics Agency, government institutions, the central bank and exchanges: * updated today CURRENCY/INTEREST RATE LATEST PREVIOUS *Tenge/dollar 148.66 ...

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TABLE-Long-term credit ratings for Kazakhstan banks
Reuters
Feb 6 (Reuters) - Following are long-term credit ratings for Kazakhstan's major banks as defined by international ratings agencies Standard & Poor's (S&P), Moody's and Fitch. Outlook in parentheses: positive (pos), stable (stab), neative (neg), ...

INDICATORS - Kazakhstan - Feb 6
Reuters UK
ALMATY, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Kazakhstan's economic indicators based on data provided by the State Statistics Agency, government institutions, the central bank and exchanges: * updated today CURRENCY/INTEREST RATE LATEST PREVIOUS *Tenge/dollar 148.66 ...

West Kazakhstan to develop action plan to implement presidential address
Caspionet
An action plan for fulfilling the President's Address will soon be devised in West Kazakhstan. The region's new governor, Nurlan Nogayev, gave some specific instructions at a regional meeting. Today, 82% of the province's population uses natural gas.

Kazakhstan Olympic committee prepares for London-2012
Caspionet
The National Olympic Committee of Kazakhstan has turned 22. This organization was established in February, 1990 and received the recognition of the International Olympic Committee in 1993. The organization is aimed towards the development and ...

eTurboNews
Air Astana announces Boeing 767 and 787 order
eTurboNews
ASTANA, Kazakhstan - Air Astana, the national flag carrier of Kazakhstan, announced that it has agreed to purchase four Boeing 767-300ER aircraft and three Boeing 787-8 “Dreamliners”, an order worth US$1.3 billion at list prices and the largest ever in ...
Air Astana will purchase DreamlinersCaspionet
Kazakhstan plans to acquire 49-percent stake in Air Astana airlineTrend.az
Air Astana orders four 767-300ERS and three 787s; 787s to enable service to US ...CAPA - Centre for Aviation
Airlines and Destinations -BusinessWeek -Gazeta.KZ
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Nine special economic zones function in Kazakhstan
New Europe
The government of Kazakhstan recently announced that it will continue development of special economic zones this year. Upon instruction of the President, industrial zones are planned to be established in all regions of the country, Gazeta.kz reported.

RT
Sweden regain World bandy title
RT
The Russians looked in control of the final match in Alma-Ata, Kazakhstan, leading 4-2 in the middle of the second 45 minutes. But Sergey Firsov's charges appeared utterly unprepared for Sweden's comeback as the Scandinavians not only leveled the score ...
Kazakhstan takes decisive Bandy victory over FinlandCaspionet
Russia wins silver at 2012 World Bandy ChampionshipThe Voice of Russia

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