Astana, July 07, 2009 (Khabar) - Kazakhstan’s historian and researcher, Marat Absemetov has advanced an idea that Astana is one thousand year old.

Almaty, July 07, 2009 (Khabar) - Nursultan Nazarbayev’s former classmates and teachers have congratulated the President on his birthday.

Karaganda, July 07, 2009 (Khabar) - In Temertau town former colleagues of Nursultan Nazarbayev still live and work at working homeland of the President.

Moscow, July 07, 2009 (Khabar) - One of the oldest Russian newspapers called “Vechernyaya Moskva” has given Kazakhstan’s capital city an unusual present.

Pavlodar, July 07, 2009 (Khabar) - New objects were opened in Pavlodar’s Priirtyshye in honor of Astana Day. Thousands of people have taken part in celebration of Capital Day in Pavlodar region.

(KPL) The Ministry of Education of Laos will be the host of the 54th Session of the Conference of Ministries of Education of French-Speaking Countries (CONFEMEN) between 6 to 9 July in Vientiane.

Australia will have a new British High Commissioner by October.
Baroness Valerie Amos, a former Leader of the House of Lords, will take over from

Television identity Gavan Disney has denied sexually assaulting a junior male
colleague almost 30 years ago, telling a court the teenager was not a "shy, retiring
type".

PUTRAJAYA, July 6 (Bernama) -- Indonesia has given the assurance that maid
agencies which have already received payments from Malaysian employers will be

TOKYO, July 6 Kyodo -
Renowned psychoanalyst Takeo Doi, who penned the 1970s bestseller ''The Anatomy
of Dependence,'' an analysis of the mentality and behavioral patterns of