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The boon of clean energy

What many people do not understand about clean energy is that it is a major economic boon to any country that would embrace it. The clean energy technologies - wind power, solar power, coal sequestration, hydrogen engines, sun-beam technology - are all brain-intensive,...

Canada and India break 34 years of nuclear jinx

Canada, world's largest producer of uranium, has now become the eighth country which has reached a civil nuclear agreement with India, since the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) lifted a...

Space Tourist Blasts Off: US Billionaire Charles Simonyi in Orbit

An American space tourist was thrust into orbit today, his second trip into outer space.  It was blast off time for US billionaire Charles Simonyi and the crew of the Russian rocket Soyuz, Thursday, amidst...

Sakhan Dosova, the oldest woman in the world, turns 130 this week

Officials in Kazakhstan say that they have found the oldest woman in the world, and she is about to turn 130 this week. If she is 130, then she will be 16 years older than the current oldest woman in the world. ...

Horses Have Been Helping People for Over 5 000 Years

New evidence coming from Kazakhstan leads to the conclusion that the Botai culture in Northern Kazakhstan had domesticated horses for milking.  Less conclusive is evidence that the horses were ridden as well....

Don't boo: Fabio Capello urges England fans to lift the curse of Wembley

England prepare for their match against Kazakhstan in high mood after their last win against Croatia. Manager Fabio Capello hopes this will be a new start at Wembley for the England soccer squad who have been...

No to Borat, Yes to Kazakhstan

Have you seen the movie "Borat"? What did you think of it? Did you find it funny?Imagine it was about your home country. What would you feel?My name is Darya (Dasha) Boichenko. This is my first big article and I...

Lance Armstrong Set To Ride Australia In January

For those of us who have watched the phenomenal performances of Lance Armstrong in his string on victories in the Tour de France this is good news indeed.  His presence at the 2009 Tour will add even more...

World Cup Qualifier: England 5-1 Kazakhstan

Three out of three so far for England, but this game despite the scoreline was not as comfortable as Cappello would have like it, the first half very poor with an appauling error by Ashley Cole leading to...

Borat's mankini banned at football match

Borat's green mankini was not be allowed to be worn by England fans at their match with Kazakhstan at Wembley Stadium today.The green thong, which was made famous by Sacha Baron Cohen's character Borat, was banned...

Kazakh Man Avoids DUI Charge By Drinking Fermented Mare's Milk

In what seems like a scene out of the film Borat, a court in Kazakhstan has dropped drunk-driving charges against a man because he was drinking fermented mare's milk rather than beer. The drink, called kumys, is...

Lance Armstrong to Astana

This rumour has now been confirmed by Nikolai Proskurin the deputy president of the Kazakhstan cycling federation. Lance will begin his return at the Tour Down Under (or is that "de" Down Under) in January....

Slovakia's women's ice hockey pummels Bulgaria 82-0

So much for Bulgaria's hockey abilities. I have heard of some high scoring games, but that's just beyond terrible. "BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) -- With more goals than minutes in the game, Slovakia's women's ice hockey team claimed an amazing 82-0 victory over Bulgaria in...

Former gold medalist shoves judge and kicks referee in the face after routin...

When Cuban taekwondo competitor Angel Matos was disqualified from the broze-medal match he reacted with a swift kick to the face of a referee prompting the World Taekwondo Federation to call for a life-time ban...

India@Beijing Olympics 2008: Wrestling

Indian grappler Yogeshwar Dutt squandered the lead in the third and final round to lose the wrestling quarter-final tie of the 60kg free style category against Kenichi Yumoto of Japan on Tuesday.Read full article

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