The United States must take precautions in order to prevent 'surprises' from Guantanamo prisoners in Georgia, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman Andrei Nesterenko said in comment on the transfer of three Guantanamo inmates to the South Caucasian country, Kazinform refers to Itar-Tass.



"The transfer of three suspected terrorists from the detainment facility in Guantanamo Bay to Georgia is hardly a good idea. The detainees are ousted to an instable region with a clear terror

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A U.S. State Department spokesman has praised the new arms reduction treaty Russia and the United States are to sign in April, Kazinform refers ti RIA Novosti.



The Russian and U.S. leaders, Dmitry Medvedev and Barack Obama, agreed Friday that the new arms cuts pact will be signed on April 8 in Prague. The treaty will replace START 1, the cornerstone of a post-Cold War arms control setup, which expired on December 5, 2009.



Assistant Secretary of State Philip J. Cr

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Euro zone countries agreed on Thursday on a joint bailout plan with the IMF for debt-stricken Greece, which Greek Prime Minister Gorge Papandreou described as satisfactory; Kazinform refers to Itar-Tass.



"Europe has taken a big step in the face of a big challenge," Papandreou said in Brussels.



Under the accord Greece would receive coordinated bilateral loans from its euro zone partners and International Monetary Fund assistance if it faced severe diffic

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Ukraine must not join any collective security organization, President Viktor Yanukovych said here on Thursday; Kazinform refers to Xinhua.



"Ukraine needs to think of other ways of maintaining national security instead of choosing which existing collective security system to join," Yanukovych said at a ceremony marking the 18th anniversary of the Ukrainian Security Council.



"To join any collective security organization could upset the balance of for

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The article of President Nursultan Nazarbayev "Fate and Prospects of the OSCE" is a very important document reflecting the whole strategic landscape of the Eurasian space; Co-Chair of the EU-Central Asia Monitoring (EUCAM) project Michael Emerson thinks so.



In the expert's opinion, it's impossible to comment on all the issues raised in the article at once. Thus, he decided to touch upon several topics of the Nazarbayev's article. "The article highlights the impor

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Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Kazakhstan to Jordan Bolat Sarsenbayev met with Jordanian Transport Minister Alaa Bataineh on March 22, Kazinform refers to the Kazakh Embassy.



Issues of cooperation in the field of civil aviation and opportunities of participation of the Kazakh side in construction of Jordanian railway that will connect Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Syria and Europe were discussed at the meeting.



B.Sarsenbayev said that "LCI Group&quo

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Some 590,000 Chilean students still can't attend school due to the Feb. 27 earthquake that damaged most schools, Chilean Education Minister Joaquin Lavin said Wednesday, Kazinform refers to Xinhua.



"There are 33 days left before the deadline that allows all students back to school; there are 590,000 students who still cannot attend school, and we are going to do everything for them," Lavin said during the inauguration of the new school term in Santiago, Chile's capita

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The Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Tajikistan has directed the note to Uzbekistan in connection with a delay of railway cargoes, the agency reports citing the news agency Regnum News.



According to Regnum News, the Ambassador of Uzbekistan to Tajikistan, Shokasym Shoislamov, was invited, on March 23, to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Tajikistan and given the note to pass it to the authorities of Uzbekistan.



According to the chair of Information Department of

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The Customs Union's countries consider it necessary to seek joint solutions in development of common rules of technical regulation. First Vice PM of Kazakhstan Umirzak Shukeyev has said it at the International conference entitled Technical regulation 2012. Instruments of formation of Single Economic Space in Moscow today.



According to Shukeyev, technical regulation is an integral part of the state system of economy in particular in formation of the Customs Union. To date the pa

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UN secretary general has set off for a tour of the Middle East after his visit to Moscow, where he took part in a meeting of the Mideast Quartet mediators, his spokesman said; Kazinform refers to RIA Novosti.



Secretary General Ban Ki-moon together with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton and the Quartet's special representative Tony Blair met for the Middle East Quartet of international mediat

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US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Friday that American and Russian negotiators are "on the brink" of agreement on a nuclear arms reduction treaty; Kazinform refers to the Arab News.



After meeting with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, Clinton said she expects a treaty signing soon, although she mentioned no date or place.



"Our negotiating teams have reported that they have resolved all of the major issues and there are some technic

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Special Envoy of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Kazakh Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Konstantin Zhigalov has paid a working visit to Albania, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina on March 15-17.



The Kazakh delegation included Ambassador-at-Large Dulat Kuanyshev, Kazakh Ambassador to Turkey and Albania Bagdad Amreyev, and head of the Kazakh diplomatic mission in Hungary and the states of South-Eastern Europe Rashid Ibrayev. The issues of strengthening the OSCE role and cooperatio

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A Proton-M carrier rocket with the U.S. telecommunications satellite Echostar 14 will be launched on Saturday from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan; Kazinform refers to RIA Novosti.



The launch has been scheduled for 21:27 Moscow time (18:27 GMT).



A contract to launch the Echostar 14 has been concluded between the Russian-U.S. joint venture International Launch Services (ILS) and the U.S. telecommunications company Echostar.



Baikonur, built i

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A helicopter with Spanish Queen Sofia en route from Toledo to the capital of Madrid made an emergency landing due to technical problems, El Pais reported; Kazinform refers to RIA Novosti.



Representatives of the royal residence Zarzuela said the Super Puma helicopter suddenly lost altitude while it was taking off and made an immediate landing. The queen continued her trip by car and safely arrived at the palace in Madrid.



The Spanish defense ministry said the acci

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The Customs Union countries need to establish equal responsibility for safety of products. Vice Minister of Industry and Commerce of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Salamatov, said during the video conference between Moscow and Minsk on Thursday, the agency reports.

"The uniform economic space is a higher level of integration than the Customs Union. Capital, labor, goods, and services can easily move through our internal borders. We need to agree on many things, including those r

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Honda said on Tuesday that it will recall 412,000 vehicles in the United States due to customer complaints of "soft" brake pedals; Kazinform refers to Xinhua.



Honda, Japan's second largest automobile manufacturer, said on Tuesday in a Statement that it would recall approximately 344,000 Odyssey and 68,000 Element vehicles from the 2007-2008 model years in the U.S. to modify the Vehicle Stability Assist modulator.



Customers told Honda about the brake ped

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The Latvian government ruled at a session on Tuesday that the single European currency, euro, will be introduced on January 1, 2014, the press service of the Latvian Cabinet of Ministers reports; Kazinform refers to Itar-Tass.



To introduce euro the country must meet the Maastricht criteria - ensure low inflation as well as the budget deficit not higher than three percent of GDP, while the amount of the state debt must not exceed 60 percent of GDP. After euro is adopted two curr

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UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon is starting an official visit to Russia on Wednesday to hold talks with the Russian leadership and attend a Middle East Quartet meeting; Kazinform refers to RIA Novosti.



The first two days of Ban's visit will be dedicated to discussing Russia-UN interaction. Ban told RIA Novosti prior to the visit that he would meet with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.



Among other things, the UN chief will discuss prospects of cooperation

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Protest leaders vowed to collect blood from tens of thousands of anti-government activists and splash it onto the Thai government headquarters on Tuesday in a symbolic sacrifice to press their demands for new elections; Kazinform refers to China Daily.



As many as 100,000 "Red Shirt" protesters converged Sunday on Bangkok to demand that Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva agree to dissolve parliament by midday Monday. Abhisit refused and blanketed the capital in security,

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Researchers have discovered that infants respond to the rhythm and tempo of music and find it more engaging than speech. The findings, based on the study of infants aged between five months and two years old, suggest that babies may be born with a predisposition to move rhythmically in response to music; Kazinform refers to Xinhua.



The research was conducted by Marcel Zentner, from the University of York's Department of Psychology, and Tuomas Eerola, from the Finnish Center of

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Chief Palestinian presidential advisor Sahib Oreikat has called off his visit to Moscow for the Mideast Quartet's meeting, the Palestinian media reported on Wednesday, Kazinform refers RIA Novosti.



"The visit has been postponed on account of the deterioration in the situation on the Palestinian territories," Oreikat said.



Oreikat was to bring with him a letter from the president of the Palestinian National Authority, Mahmud Abbas, to Russian officials,

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Belarus will be able to buy up to 80,000 barrels of crude oil per day from Venezuela, President Hugo Chavez told a news conference after meeting with his Belarusian counterpart.



"We confirm our readiness to support Belarus in the energy sphere and are set to sign an agreement on crude supplies in the coming hours," Chavez said.



Alexander Lukashenko, who arrived at Caracas on an official visit earlier on Tuesday, also said that the two leaders have "

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A partnership forged between UCL and the New University of Astana (NUA) will enable more high-potential school-leavers from Kazakhstan to meet the demanding academic standards required for entrance to the world's top bachelor degrees.



The agreement, approved last month by the NUA's Board of Directors under the chairmanship of Prime Minister Karim Massimov, will see UCL deliver a foundation year at the NUA and a programme in English for academic purposes starting in September 20

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Yesterday Kazakh Ambassador to Azerbaijan Serik Primbetov met with a delegation of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly headed by it Chairman Joao Soares who pays official visit to Baku.



The sides exchange opinions on the agenda of the Kazakhstan's OSCE chairmanship and discussed the results of the visit of the OSCE PA to South Caucasus countries.



Heads and representatives of diplomatic missions of Greece, Lithuania, Russia, France and the OSCE Office in Baku took par

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The UN Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon, will visit Kazakhstan in April, 2010, the agency reports citing the UNDP PR Department in Kazakhstan.



"The UN Secretary General, Mr. Ban Ki-moon, will visit the Central Asian states in April, 2010, including the Republic of Kazakhstan. The preliminary date of the visit of Kazakhstan - April 6-7, 2010."



"The UN Secretary General, during his visit, will meet Mr. N. Nazarbayev, will visit Semipalatinsk region, t

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President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev will pay official visit to Uzbekistan at the invitation of his Uzbek counterpart Islam Karimov. Official Representative of the Kazakh Foreign Ministry Askar Abdrakhmanov has maid it public today at the briefing of the Ministry.



As the official representative noted, the Kazakh side intends to present its perspective vision of the interaction between the two states in provision of regional security, joint and rational use of water reso

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Within the frame of the 53rd annual session of the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs held on March 8-12 in Vienna Kazakhstan coauthored the Resolution on strengthening regional cooperation in fight with illegal drug-traffic from Afghanistan.



Adoption of the Resolution, undoubtedly, demonstrates success of a Kazakhstani delegation and it will promote further enhancement of our role in international anti-drug campaign. The document gives a high appreciation of the decisions of the

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The U.K. government has plans to radically reform the House of Lords and replace it with a wholly elected 300-seat second chamber, the British media reported on Sunday.



The proposals, which have been leaked to The Sunday Telegraph and are expected to be announced soon, would sweep away centuries of tradition and set ministers on a collision course with the current 704-member House of Lords, which is resolutely opposed to having elected members, the paper said.



Th

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Schengen zone countries will have a new visa code and new visa questionnaires starting from April 5, press attache of the European Commission delegation to Moscow Denis Danilidis told Itar-Tass on Friday; Kazinform refers to Itar-Tass.

Transit visas will be preserved, he noted.

The new visa questionnaires will not differ much from the previous ones and will be uniform to all members of the Schengen zone. A citizen will be free to apply for entry visas at all consulates of Scheng

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Minister of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan Elmar Mammadyarov received Deputy Foreign Minister of Kazakhstan Nurlan Yermekbayev in Baku yesterday.



The parties exchanged opinions on the status of bilateral relations and prospects of their development. They also discussed some regional issues. E. Mammadyarov explained his country's position in the issues of settlement of the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh. Representing the OSCE chair state N. Yermekbayev noted the necessity of regula

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