Nation of Kazakhstan Enjoys Last Laugh
89076
âMongolâ is the first Kazakh film to receive an Oscar nomination.
370293
Russia successfully tests a modernised anti-ballistic missile in the former Soviet Republic of Kazakhstan.
412959
TASTUPEK, Kazakhstan -- In the cool of one recent evening, after tending to his herd of 19 camels, Puzblay Seytpembetov and four companions pushed his small single-engine boat out onto the placid waters of the Aral Sea to lay fishnets. In the morning, he predicted, he would haul in flapping carp and...
61579
A Soyuz space capsule containing a US-Russian crew has successfully landed in the steppes of Kazakhstan. Russian cosmonaut Gennady Padalka and American astronaut Mike Fincke had left the international space
604919
Family, friends, fans and movie stars joined together to say a final goodbye to &quot;Crocodile Hunter&quot; Steve Irwin in an emotional service fuelled by laughter, tears and song.
672664
A photograph of Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev in tight swimming trunks triggered outrage in the parliament of the former Soviet state on Wednesday.
635284
The Christian Science Monitor - With one of the world&#39;s 10 largest oil fields, Kazakhstan lies at the heart of a second &quot;Great Game&quot; for Central Asia&#39;s energy resources being played out between the US, Europe, Russia, and China. Amid growing concern that an influx of resource wealth could be siphoned off by corruption and mismanagement, it&#39;s been hailed as the region&#39;s most stable country.
378110
Sport: Tour de France: The Kazakh is favourite but is dogged by his links to a controversial doctor.
703432
Marat Safin of Russia smiles at the awarding ceremony during the finals of the China Open tennis tournament in Beijing September 19, 2004.
529968
NEAR ARKALYK, Kazakhstan  - A Russian capsule   landed in the Kazakh steppe on Friday, returning to earth   Anousheh Ansari who is the first female tourist, the first   female Muslim and the first Iranian-born person to enter space.
641721
A VICTORIOUS Kostya Tszyu didn&#39;t sleep a wink last night, but nothing could wipe the smile off his face as he emerged from his Phoenix hotel today.
261222
Republican presidential hopeful John McCain joked Friday that given his campaign's ups and downs, he's shown the stamina of the last man on Earth.
616001
Early results suggest the party of Kazakh President Nazarbayev will win victory in parliamentary elections.
683668
It was no finish. It was just a reminder that there are more than a few echoes left in the thunder that has been attached to Kostya Tszyu&#39;s nickname, hands and powerful legacy.
503831
For those of us who witnessed the joy and the drama of the end of Communist rule in the former Soviet Union, the past decade has been disappointing.
168632
The son-in-law of the Kazakh president mounts a challenge to his rule after being sacked as an ambassador.
744172
ATHENS (CP) - Greece bid farewell Sunday to its guests from 201 countries at the close of the 2004 Olympic Games, having proved that one of the world&#39;s smallest countries could pull off the biggest sports show on Earth.