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Kazakhstan Society Roundup - November 21, 2008

SRI — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 01:48:03 +0000

Kazakhstan: Political economy and blocked blogs (Global Voices)

Kazakhstan Society Roundup - November 12, 2008

SRI — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 08:08:54 +0000

Kazakh comedy Tulpan wins Asia-Pacific best movie award
(Reuters) - A Kazakh comedy about a family coping with the harsh life of sheep and goat herding on a barren landscape took top honors at the second annual Asia-Pacific Screen Awards on Tuesday.

Kazakhstan Society Roundup - November 10, 2008

SRI — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 05:32:42 +0000

Situation in health care system is very bad due to poor management – president
(Interfax) - Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbaev criticized the situation in the health care sector of the republic.

Kazakh leader ‘secretly owns’ £50m home (Times Online)

Kazakhstan Society Roundup - November 6, 2008

SRI — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 01:00:10 +0000

Ethnic relations stable in Kazakhstan, but have some flaws, though - survey (Interfax)

Kazakhstan Society Roundup - November 3, 2008

SRI — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 01:17:37 +0000

Kazakhstan’s first satellite return to its orbit
(IHT - AP) - Officials say Kazakhstan’s only satellite has been returned to its normal orbit, more than four months after a computer glitch forced the craft to spiral out of control.

Kazakhstan Society Roundup

SRI — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 05:51:21 +0000

Architectural emblems of Kazakhstan’s energy wealth (Architectural Record)

Kazakhstan Society Roundup - October 28, 2008

SRI — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 01:26:11 +0000

Dvortsevoy wins top award for “Tulpan” at Tokyo film festival (Bloomberg)

Kazakhstan lacks advanced national seismic service (Interfax)

Kazakhstan Society Roundup - October 23, 2008

SRI — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 05:32:52 +0000

Kazakh parliament ratified loan agreement with World Bank to upgrade healthcare system (Interfax)

Kazakhstan Society Roundup - October 20, 2008

SRI — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 06:20:25 +0000

Concern at township plan for diaspora Kazakhs
(IWPR) - For the last decade, Kazakhs have been making their way from places as far afield as Turkey and Mongolia back to the land their grandparents called home. Once in Kazakhstan, however, they have not always found it easy to adjust, and some feel the government has not lived up to its pledge to welcome them with open arms.

Kazakhstan Society Roundup - October 14, 2008

SRI — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 06:22:01 +0000

A little slice of Scotland… in Kazakhstan
(Reuters) - More than three thousand miles (5,491 km) separate the Scottish Highlands and the Central Asian steppe, but a mutual interest in oil and gas has created a surprising alliance.

Kazakh bloggers say can’t access popular website
(Reuters) - Internet users in Kazakhstan complained of censorship Friday after being unable to access the popular blogging service Livejournal, but the state-owned telecoms company denied it was blocking it.

Soccer: Late England goal flurry sinks Kazakhstan (Reuters)