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Irkutsk to Mongolia (Travelblog)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 10:10:45 GMT

Paul again.Let me start by apologising. There will be no more photos added to the blog or facebook until we get home in about 5 weeks.We seem to have lost some of the photos we have uploaded so they are online but not on our memorycard in our computer.So from our last blog we have been to Almaty in Kazakhstan an interesting city no longer the capital but bustling with markets and beautiful bui...

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Almaty - Almaty, Kazakhstan (TravelPod.com Recent Updates)

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 12:04:44 GMT

Jump to the full entry & travel map Almaty, Kazakhstan June 26, 2008 I woke up in the morning with nothing to do. I walked through a park to a supermarket and did some grocery shopping. I got bought some yogurt and dumplings for breakfast and ate on a bench in the park. I sent the waitress, whose name is Gauhar, a message thanking her for her help and offered to take her out...

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PBN Releases Quarterly Review of Russian & CIS IPOs (The Earth Times Online Newspaper)

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 06:00:52 GMT

LONDON & MOSCOW & KYIV, Ukraine & ALMATY, Kazakhstan - In Q2 2008 capital raised through initial public offerings (IPOs) by companies from Russia and other nations of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) doubled from Q1, although the number of issues and amounts raised we

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Kazakhstan Kagazy Plc: Financial Results for the Twelve Months Ended December 31, 2007 (Business Wire)

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 06:00:00 GMT

ALMATY, Kazakhstan--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Kazakhstan Kagazy Plc (the “Company” or “Kagazy

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Workinonit! - Almaty, Kazakhstan (TravelPod.com Recent Updates)

Sun, 29 Jun 2008 12:41:24 GMT

Jump to the full entry & travel map Almaty, Kazakhstan June 24, 2008 Things are getting better. First, I discovered that the online map I was usinghad in my head was upside down. I had been using the sun as a compass, which was leading me in the opposite direction of wherever I tried to go. Second, I found the American consulate. They reminded me that I have a...

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First day in Kazakhstan - Almaty, Kazakhstan (TravelPod.com Recent Updates)

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 11:06:16 GMT

Jump to the full entry & travel map Almaty, Kazakhstan June 24, 2008 The Chinese-Kazakh border was right down the street from my hotel. The hotel manager and his boss showed up at my door around 9:00, and we arrived at the border before it opened. While we were waiting, a man rode his bicycle up to the gate. The man had long greasy hair, rags for clothes, wooden Japanese...

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Press group condemns Turkmenistan over reporter (Alertnet)

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 08:42:56 GMT

Source: Reuters ALMATY, June 27 (Reuters) - The Committee to Protect Journalists condemned Turkmenistan's authorities on Friday for detaining a reporter working for a U.S.-backed radio station and appealed for his ...

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BMB Munai, Inc. Set to Join Russell 3000 Index (The Earth Times Online Newspaper)

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 00:52:11 GMT

ALMATY, Kazakhstan, June 23 -- BMB Munai, Inc. (Amex: KAZ) is set to join the broad-market Russell 3000(R) Index when Russell Investments reconstitutes its comprehensive set of U.S. and global equity indexes on

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Cultural Difference (Bayesian Investor Blog)

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 05:47:01 GMT

Cultural Difference From a book called Apples are from Kazakhstan, a conversation in which the author reacts to a trendy Almaty restaurant’s nostalgic depiction of Lenin and Stalin: “It’s inconceivable to think of a Nazi beer cellar in Berlin hung with swastikas, with the waiters dressed up as SS officers handing out postcards of Goebbels, and a [...]

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Dam helps increase fish in Northern Aral Sea (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)

Thu, 19 Jun 2008 20:10:00 GMT

ALMATY, Kazakhstan -- A dam project helped raise water levels and increase fish stocks in the northern part of the depleted Aral Sea, offering hope of some revival in areas of one of the world's worst ecological disasters, the president of the World Bank said Thursday.

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BMB Munai, Inc. Announces Results for 2008 Fiscal Year (The Earth Times Online Newspaper)

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 01:37:36 GMT

ALMATY, Kazakhstan, June 16 -- BMB Munai, Inc. (Amex: KAZ) announced filing of its annual report on Form 10-K with the US Securities and Exchange Commission for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2008. The Company reported n...

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Kazakhstan's sole space satellite breaks down (Reuters UK)

Mon, 16 Jun 2008 15:58:49 GMT

ALMATY (Reuters) - Kazakhstan's sole communications satellite, used by many of the country's television broadcasters, is out of control due to a computer glitch and is likely to be lost altogether, space officials said on Monday.

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Kazakhstan's sole space satellite breaks down (Reuters)

Mon, 16 Jun 2008 15:58:39 GMT

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Confusion over Kazakhstan's first ever Pride parade (PinkNews.co.uk)

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 15:22:58 GMT

The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Association in Kazakhstan has announced it intends to hold a parade in the city of Almaty on June 21st.

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Nursultan-Nazarbaev-City (kazakhstan.neweurasia.net)

Sun, 08 Jun 2008 11:03:02 GMT

Granted, Capital isn’t the most original name for a nation’s capital. When the Kazakh government (many believe it has been president Nazarbaev’s rather risky initiative) decided to move the country’s administration from leafy Almaty to the rather dusty Akmola ten years ago, they thought that White Grave, Akmola’s literal translation wasn’t the perfect [...]

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Kazaks Struggle With Oil and Food Prices ("GroundReport)

Fri, 06 Jun 2008 16:56:34 GMT

Government’s attempt to hold fuel prices down may be too little, too late. By Daur Dosybiev in Almaty (RCA No. 546, 30-May-08) A new ban on exports of petroleum products is designed to stabilise the domestic economy, struggling with inflation across the board and especially with soaring food prices. However, analysts say the measure may not be enough to bring down the cost of fuel. The global...

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Almaty to host Days of Qatar’s Culture

Thu, 05 Jun 2008 12:03:44 GMT

During the period of June 8-14 Almaty will host Days of Qatar's Culture in Kazakhstan. The event is organized by Culture and Information Ministry of Kazakhstan, “Kazak Auenderi” JSC and Qatar National Council for Culture, Arts and National Heritage. A solemn opening of the event will be held on June 10 at G. Musrepov State Academic Theatre for Children and Youth. A concert of folk dancing ensemble,

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New conductor galvanizes Kazakh orchestra (International Herald Tribune)

Wed, 04 Jun 2008 10:20:17 GMT

Jan Moritz Onken, a native of Wuppertal, Germany, has created a minor sensation since arriving last September on a two-year contract as the first permanent conductor of the conservatory orchestra in Almaty, Kazakhstan.

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Almaty hosts Education abroad - 2008 int’l exhibition

Wed, 04 Jun 2008 05:35:58 GMT

An international exhibition Education abroad – 2008 opened yesterday in Almaty. The event is organized by Association of Graduates of “Bolashak” Kazakh President’s international scholarship and education agency Capital Education under the auspices of Culture and Information Ministry and Youth Policy Department under Education and Science Ministry. National company “Kazinform” JSC renders information

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Almaty Journal: Creating a Melody From Fear of Failure (OTB News)

Wed, 04 Jun 2008 01:49:42 GMT

Playing a challenging musical work proved to be eye-opening for students at a national conservatory in Kazakhstan. Share This

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