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- Kazakhstan to face Thailand
AFTER four days of gruelling competition, Sunday's beach volleyball final will see only two countries fighting for the boys' and girls' gold medal. Kazakhstan's Lyubov Bogatu and Bakhtygul Samalikova convincingly trounced their Indonesian opponents
- Astana Has a Leader (Maybe Two)
The Astana team’s manager had a little problem: Should he designate Lance Armstrong or Alberto Contador as the team leader?
- Slaking a thirst: In bed with the Middle East
China imports oil at a rate of nearly 4 million barrels a day; this strong demand has inevitably placed constraints on its ability to diversify its outbound energy investments. Oil deals with countries like Angola and Kazakhstan notwithstanding, China
- Russia launches US radio satellite: report
Russia successfully launched Tuesday a US radio satellite from Russia's Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Russian news agencies reported. The Proton-M rocket carrying the Sirius-FM5 satellite 'successfully blasted off and shortly after placed it on the
- China takes ambitious oil acquisition strategy further
ENERGY TECH Sinopec's Addax deal would mark the most expensive foreign acquisition by a Chinese oil company, surpassing the 4.18-billion-dollar deal by China National Petroleum Corp, or CNPC, to acquire Canadian company PetroKazakhstan in 2005. by Staff
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For most of its history since independence from British administration in 1946, Jordan was ruled by King HUSSEIN (1953-1999). A pragmatic ruler, he successfully navigated competing pressures from the major powers (US, USSR, and UK), various Arab states, Israel, and a large internal Palestinian population, through several wars and coup attempts. In 1989 he resumed parliamentary elections and gradually permitted political liberalization; in 1994 a formal peace treaty was signed with Israel. King ABDALLAH II - the eldest son of King HUSSEIN and Princess MUNA - assumed the throne following his father's death in February 1999. Since then, he has consolidated his power and established his domestic priorities.
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