Astana: The pleasure domes of a new Xanadu
(Telegraph) - On a visit to Astana, James Mackintosh is seduced by the audacity and extravagance of its modern architecture – and the vibrancy of its expatriate social whirl.
Dirty work and desperadoes in Kazakhstan’s wild east (Irish Times)
Jehovah’s Witnesses suspended in southern Kazakhstan (Ferghana.ru)
Lawyers and media discuss internet content regulation in Almaty (Interfax)
Akimat of Almaty oblast recommended to take measures on settlement of land dispute with members of Hare Krishna (Kazakhstan Today)
Kazakhstan authorities oust foreign missionaries (Interfax)
Kazakhstan’s cyclist Vinokurov not going to Beijing (Interfax)
Prince Andrew, his £15m home and the Kazakhstan connection (Times Online)
Traffic rules to be toughened in Kazakhstan (TREND)
Head of State, Almaty mayor discussed Almaty development (Kazinform)
Head of an international drug trafficking group arrested and extraditer in Almaty
(www.defsec.info) - Sean Christopher Towers, allegedly head of an international drug trafficking ring was arrested in Almaty and extradited to Tajikistan.