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Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan is the largest landlocked country in the world. It is located in Central Asia.
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Asylum claims up in Germany
The number of asylum seekers in Germany has grown rapidly in the past year, the Interior Ministry has announced. The biggest number of those hoping to enter the country came from Serbia, Afghanistan, Syria and Iraq.
Military crash kills 27
A military plane has gone down in southern Kazakhstan, killing all 27 people on board. Among the victims was the head of Kazakhstan's border protection agency.
Kazakhstan power shuffle
Kazakhstan's longest-serving and well respected prime minister has resigned from his position. The figurehead will now head the president's administration.
Caspian Sea arms race
The countries bordering the Caspian Sea are increasingly flexing their military muscles.
Decision time in Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan must form a government within 15 days after its coalition collapsed under an economic crisis and corruption allegations. The president may pick the next prime minister from outside the main political groups.
Kazakh murder mystery
Police in the central Asian nation of Kazakhstan are searching for suspects Tuesday in connection to 11 people found dead in a national park. It is thought the people were murdered.
Political statement
A Kazakh theater director turns his imprisonment into a national power play.
Headed for the ISS
A Russian rocket is on its way to the International Space Station with three international astronauts after blasting off from Kazakhstan. Russia hopes the mission will help restore confidence in its space program.
Director arrested
A prominent Kazakh director has been arrested prior to receiving Germany's Goethe Medallion.
Strategic partnership
China and its security partners aim to increase cooperation with Afghanistan.
Central Asian security concerns
Russian President Vladimir Putin is attending a meeting of Central Asian leaders in China. Security and economic relations are on the agenda of the alliance's meeting.
Difficult partnership
Germany and Kazakhstan have signed a 3-billion-euro deal to cooperate on raw materials, industry and technology, but not without the German Chancellor raising the thorny issue of human rights in the central Asian nation.
Kazakh-German link
Kazakhstan hopes to win the EU as another key trading partner alongside Russia and China.
Opposition vents
Hundreds protest the recent results of the Kazakh election, deemed by observers to be unfair.
Election sweep
The ruling party Nur Otan in Kazakhstan wins a huge majority in parliamentary elections.
Kazakhstan votes
Parliamentary polls in the Central Asian nation will not lead to dramatic political change.
Eurasian Union
Twenty years after the fall of the USSR, Russia plans a new union of former Soviet states.
Violence spreads
Unprecedented riots continue in Kazakhstan where 14 people have been killed and dozens injured.
Growth stimulation
China and Russia call for investment at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit.
Broken ties
The decline of Sino-Russian relations is not expected to be on Putin's agenda while in Beijing.
Quake-prone
The death toll from Sunday's Himalayan earthquake has now passed 100 and is expected to go up.
Former Soviet Union
Moscow has long tried to integrate former Soviet republics into an economic and political group.
Fourth round
The veteran president of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev has been sworn in once again.
International monitors slam Kazakh election
Europe's main monitoring body OSCE has noted 'serious irregularities' in the presidential polls.
Kazakh elections
Nursultan Nazarbayev wins another term as president of Kazakhstan with 95 percent of the vote.
Snap election
The winner of the presidential election in Kazakhstan is clear. Will the people even bother to vote?
A winning streak
Germany move nearer to a place in Euro 2012, easily brushing aside opponents Kazakhstan.
Kazakh democracy
Kazakhstan's head of state, President Nursultan Nazarbayev, calls early presidential elections.
Kazakh presidency
The Central Asian nation's parliament supports a referendum to extend the leader's long reign.
Internet satellite
New satellite will provided high-speed Internet access to millions of Europeans.
OSCE summit
As the summit wraps up, member states are hoping to announce a new focus for the organization.
First OSCE summit in 11 years is held in Kazakhstan
When Kazakhstan took over the chair of the OSCE, there were hopes this might entice it to improve its human rights record but activists on the ground have noticed little difference.
Back to business
Chancellor Angela Merkel calls for a critical review of the OSCE at its first summit since 1999.
OSCE Summit
Diplomatic leaks are one source of tension ahead of a rare OSCE meeting, but so is host Kazakhstan.
Summit questions
Kazakhstan hosts the first OSCE summit in 11 years, but some wonder if it deserves the honor.
Euro 2012 qualifiers
Germany defeat Kazakhstan to consolidate top Group A spot in their quest for Euro qualification.
Nature reserves
How the Right Livelihood Award has helped a German biologist with his conservation quest.
Modern Slavery
More people are enslaved today than ever before in human history, and many of them are children.
Climate trouble
Kyrgyzstan is one of the poorest countries in Asia, and especially vulnerable to climate change.
Price spike
Russia's revised crop forecast for 2010 sends wheat prices to a two-year high.
Merkel in Kazakhstan
Chancellor Angela Merkel ends her five-day Asian tour with her first visit to Kazakhstan.
Delayed deployment
The OSCE failed to confirm an international police mission to watch over the peace in Kyrgyzstan.
Bilateral talks
German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev set to focus on trade.
Customs union
Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan stumble on first step towards EU-style economic bloc.
President flees
Kyrgyzstan's ousted president has flown out of the country, a week after he was deposed.
Crisis in Kyrgyzstan
The acting government in Kyrgyzstan says it will do everything it can to prevent civil war.
Satellite launch
A European satellite aimed at monitoring changes in Arctic ice has been launched.
Kyrgyz unrest
The opposition in Kyrgyzstan says the government has resigned after anti-government protests.
Right fit?
Should a country with a weak human rights record have the chair of a rights watchdog group?
No surprises expected
Only candidates from pro-government parties ran in Uzbekistan's parliamentary elections.
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