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	<title>Breaking News &#187; Astana</title>
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		<title>16 killed in Kazakhstan warehouse fire</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:51:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ASTANA/MOSCOW - At least 16 people were killed Monday in a fire in a warehouse for synthetic building materials in the central Asian republic of Kazakhstan, the Interfax news agency reported.

The fire rapidly spread throughout the 8,000-sq-metre warehouse in a suburb of the Kazakh capital Astana, civil defence official Shumabai Yeskendirov told the agency. Smoke [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ensuring national and linguistic unity key to Kazakhstan&#8217;s  well 
being: Nazarbayev</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:36:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ASTANA - The President of  Kazakhstan, Nursultan Nazarbayev, has appealed to the citizens of his country to take the unique model of &#8220;Kazakhstan Unity&#8221; for a multi-ethnic society  forward, adding that till now, it has stood the test  of time wonderfully in spite of the global financial crisis.

Addressing  the  XV [...]]]></description>
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		<title>French president secures transit of military hardware through Kazakhstan on way to Afghanistan</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 11:41:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ASTANA, Kazakhstan — French President Nicolas Sarkozy scored a diplomatic coup Tuesday during a visit to energy-rich Kazakhstan, overseeing an agreement to allow military hardware for French forces fighting in Afghanistan to pass through Kazakh territory and clinching a raft of lucrative energy deals.

Facing criticism over its human rights record, Kazakhstan won a measure of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>38 killed in Kazakhstan drug abuse clinic fire</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/38-killed-in-kazakhstan-drug-abuse-clinic-fire-167140/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Sep 2009 07:00:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ria Novosti</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ASTANA - At least 38 people were killed in a fire that broke out in a drug abuse clinic in southern Kazakhstan, authorities said Sunday.

The fire started early Sunday at the narcological dispensary in the town of Taldykorgan, the administrative centre of the Almaty province. 	 	
The blaze engulfed an area of 650 square meters, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Indo-Kazakh expedition team reaches Mount Marble Wall summit</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/indo-kazakh-expedition-team-reaches-mount-marble-wall-summit-165898/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2009 13:46:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ASTANA - A  mountaineering  expedition team comprising six members of the Indian Army and eight from the Kazakhstan  Army  has successfully scaled the Mount  Marble  Wall Peak in Kazakhstan.

The  expedition  was  jointly  led by Lt  Col  SS  Shekhawat  and Ilinski,  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>India Week and Indian Food Festival opens in Astana</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/india-week-and-indian-food-festival-opens-in-astana-163718/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 14:12:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ASTANA - An India Week and Indian Food Festival underway in this Kazakhstan capital is giving people here a unique opportunity to enjoy the delicious cuisine of India prepared with original Indian spices and traditional flavours and with Indian music and films making for a genuine Indian ambiance.

The festival, inaugurated here Tuesday by Indian Ambassador [...]]]></description>
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		<title>India Week and Indian Food Festival on in Kazakhstan</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/india-week-and-indian-food-festival-on-in-kazakhstan-163672/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 13:22:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ASTANA - The  Embassy  of  India  in Kazakhstan  has  organized an &#8220;India Week and Food  Festival&#8221;  in Astana  and Almaty from September 8 to 18 in  collaboration  with the  Rixos President Hotel Astana, Intercontinental Hotel  Almaty and  Air  Astana  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kazakh satellite on course for &#8217;space burial&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/kazakh-satellite-on-course-for-space-burial-146213/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2009 23:24:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ria Novosti</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ASTANA - Kazakhstan&#8217;s first satellite KazSat-1 has been put into orbit for a &#8220;space burial&#8221;, the country&#8217;s mission control reported Friday.

The $100 million communications satellite, built for Kazakhstan by Russia&#8217;s Khrunichev Space Centre, was put into orbit about 36,000 km above the Earth in June 2006.	 	
Featuring eight Ku-band transponders for landline communications and four [...]]]></description>
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		<title>India&#8217;s Independence Day celebrated in Kazakh capital Astana</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/indias-independence-day-celebrated-in-kazakh-capital-astana-140737/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/indias-independence-day-celebrated-in-kazakh-capital-astana-140737/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2009 02:00:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ASTANA - India&#8217;s 63rd Independence Day was celebrated in this Kazakhstan capital Saturday with a flag hoisting by Ambassador Ashok Sajjanhar and the singing of the national anthem and patriotic songs.  

Indian nationals living in Astana and cities like Karaganda (250 km), Atyrau (3,000 km), Pavlodar (500 km), officials of the embassy along with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Indian Embassy in Kazakhstan celebrates Independence Day</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/indian-embassy-in-kazakhstan-celebrates-independence-day-140417/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/indian-embassy-in-kazakhstan-celebrates-independence-day-140417/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2009 17:12:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ASTANA - The  62nd  anniversary  of India&#8217;s  Independence  Day  was celebrated at  the  residence  of India&#8217;s Ambassador to Kazakhstan, Ashok Sajjanhar, this morning.

The ceremony began with the flag hoisting by Ambassador Sajjanhar and singing of the national anthem and patriotic songs by  ladies of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kazakhstan &#8216;very keen&#8217; on Indian vice president&#8217;s visit</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/kazakhstan-very-keen-on-indian-vice-presidents-visit-101441/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/kazakhstan-very-keen-on-indian-vice-presidents-visit-101441/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 14:47:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vishnu Makhijani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ASTANA - Kazakhstan is &#8220;very keen&#8221; on Indian Vice President Hamid Ansari visiting the Central Asian republic and is waiting for its next big international event that would give him an opportunity to do so, a top official said.

Ansari, in fact, had been personally invited by Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev to attend a just-concluded global [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kazakhstan resolves issues with Lakshmi Mittal, ONGC Videsh</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/kazakhstan-resolves-issues-with-lakshmi-mittal-ongc-videsh-99803/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2009 15:43:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vishnu Makhijani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ASTANA - Kazakhstan has resolved its issues with steel magnate Lakshmi N. Mittal and with India&#8217;s largest oil explorer ONGC Videsh and the &#8220;situation is coming to a successful end&#8221;, a top diplomat has said, adding that the country supported India&#8217;s aspirations for a greater role in an expanded UN Security Council.

&#8220;Lakshmi Mittal now adapts [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Global faith meet will promote dialogue among religions: Kazakh president</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/global-faith-meet-will-promote-dialogue-among-religions-kazakh-president-98033/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/global-faith-meet-will-promote-dialogue-among-religions-kazakh-president-98033/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:19:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vishnu Makhijani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ASTANA - The curtain came down Thursday evening on a two-day global faith meet, with its host Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev expressing confidence it would promote a dialogue between civilisations and religions.

&#8220;I am confident that the third Congress (of World and Traditional Religions) will play an important conceptual and practical role in the promotion of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;India&#8217;s Muslims, Hindus don&#8217;t know about each other&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/indias-muslims-hindus-dont-know-about-each-other-97593/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/indias-muslims-hindus-dont-know-about-each-other-97593/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:31:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vishnu Makhijani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ASTANA - Tensions exist between India&#8217;s Muslims and Hindus because the two communities do not know enough about each other, an Indian delegate at the global faith conference here contended Thursday.

&#8220;Yes, tensions do exist but they exist because Muslims and Hindus don&#8217;t know about each other,&#8221; Zafar Yunus Sareshwala, the CEO of Mumbai Stock Exchange-listed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Where are the women religious leaders?</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/where-are-the-women-religious-leaders-97590/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/where-are-the-women-religious-leaders-97590/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:30:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vishnu Makhijani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ASTANA - Whatever the third Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions held in Kazakhstan might have achieved, it did prove that when it comes to religious leadership, women are yet to break through the glass ceiling.

A list circulated by the organisers featured the names of 184 participants - and only 13 of them [...]]]></description>
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		<title>India-Pakistan tensions surface at global faith meet</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/india-pakistan-tensions-surface-at-global-faith-meet-97435/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:10:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vishnu Makhijani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ASTANA - Simmering India-Pakistan tensions came to the fore on the concluding day of a global faith meet here Thursday but the blip was taken in its stride.

Intervening during the plenary on &#8220;Moral and spiritual values, world ethics&#8221; at the third Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions, Anwar Hussain Siddique of Pakistan&#8217;s International [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kazakhstan prepares to head European security grouping</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/kazakhstan-prepares-to-head-european-security-grouping-97377/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 11:36:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vishnu Makhijani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ASTANA - Eighteen years ago, Kazakhstan became the last of the former Soviet republics to reluctantly part ways with Russia after the collapse of the Soviet Union. Now the strategically located Central Asian nation is preparing to head a key European-led security grouping as it asserts the right to fashion its own foreign policy initiatives.

Energy-rich [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Manipulation of religion should be prevented: Religion Congress</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/manipulation-of-religion-should-be-prevented-religion-congress-96583/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/manipulation-of-religion-should-be-prevented-religion-congress-96583/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 19:12:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vishnu Makhijani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ASTANA - Politicians and civil society around the world were Wednesday urged to &#8220;counteract&#8221; the manipulation of religions or religious differences for political ends to preserve the unity of society at an international conference on religion organised by the Kazakhstan government. 

&#8220;Politicians, public figures, scientists, the mass media and the global community should demonstrate greater [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Climate change to AIDS, religious leaders can right many wrongs</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/climate-change-to-aids-religious-leaders-can-right-many-wrongs-96537/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/climate-change-to-aids-religious-leaders-can-right-many-wrongs-96537/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 18:37:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vishnu Makhijani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ASTANA - Religious leaders are trusted and listened to and should leverage this advantage to change what is wrong with the world, speakers at a global faith meet here maintained Wednesday.

Former Norwegian prime minister Kjell Bondevier summed it up succinctly: &#8220;Religious leaders have changed minds, have changed policies and have even changed the world.&#8221;	 	
He [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is man creating god to suit his image, asks Peres</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/is-man-creating-god-to-suit-his-image-asks-peres-96318/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/is-man-creating-god-to-suit-his-image-asks-peres-96318/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 14:33:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vishnu Makhijani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ASTANA - Did god create man in his image or was it the other way around, Israeli President Shimon Peres wondered while addressing a global faith conference that opened here Wednesday.

&#8220;Did god create man in his image or is man creating a god to suit his own image?&#8221; Peres asked during his address to the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Let us make peace, Israel tells Arab world</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/let-us-make-peace-israel-tells-arab-world-96291/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/let-us-make-peace-israel-tells-arab-world-96291/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 13:47:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vishnu Makhijani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ASTANA - Israel Wednesday utilised the platform of a global faith conference to reach out to the Arab world to bring about lasting peace in the Middle East.

&#8220;I call on his excellency, the king of Saudi Arabia, to meet wherever you wish, in Jerusalam, in Riyadh, in this beautiful country of Kazakhstan; we will be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Religious leaders must play role in building a more tolerant, inter-communal world: Kazakhstan</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/religious-leaders-must-play-role-in-building-a-more-tolerant-inter-communal-world-kazakhstan-96270/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/religious-leaders-must-play-role-in-building-a-more-tolerant-inter-communal-world-kazakhstan-96270/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 12:44:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ASTANA -  In hosting the two-day Third Congress of the Leaders of World and Traditional Religions here from today (July 1 and 2), Kazakhstan and its President, Nursultan Nazarbayev, will promote the key theme of an increased role for religious leaders in building a more tolerant world even as it cuts across national boundaries [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;India very important for world religions&#8217; conference&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/india-very-important-for-world-religions-conference-96256/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/india-very-important-for-world-religions-conference-96256/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 12:08:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vishnu Makhijani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ASTANA - India is a very important player in the two-day global conference of faiths and civilisations that opened in this Kazakh capital Wednesday, a top diplomat says.

&#8220;India is a very important country (for the meet). In fact, India is a country that is even more multi-faceted (than the event&#8217;s hosts),&#8221; Doulat Kuanyshev, ambassador-at-large in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>India among 60 nations attending Kazakh world religious meet</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/india-among-60-nations-attending-kazakh-world-religious-meet-95425/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/india-among-60-nations-attending-kazakh-world-religious-meet-95425/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 16:43:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vishnu Makhijani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ASTANA - Academics, clerics and leaders from 60 nations, including India, have gathered in the Kazakhstan capital for a global conference of faith and civilisations where they will deliberate on prospects of peaceful coexistence among the world&#8217;s religions amid growing extremism and violence. 

The Congress of World and Tradition Religions, being inaugurated by Kazakhstan President [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kazakhstan observes anniversary of decision to end nuke tests</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/kazakhstan-observes-anniversary-of-decision-to-end-nuke-tests-85449/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/kazakhstan-observes-anniversary-of-decision-to-end-nuke-tests-85449/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 17:48:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ASTANA - Over 25,000 locals, Kazakh dignitaries and world media assembled at Semipalatinsk on Thursday toelebrate the 20th anniversary of Kazakhstan&#8217;s decision to stop nuclear tests at the Semipalatinsk Test Site (STS).

Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev, who presided over the function, traced the origins of the anti-nuclear movement in Kazakhstan.
He also spoke about the selflessness, fearlessness [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Petacchi outsprints Cavendish to win 2nd stage of Giro; Armstrong gains on Basso, Leipheimer</title>
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		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/petacchi-outsprints-cavendish-to-win-2nd-stage-of-giro-armstrong-gains-on-basso-leipheimer-58573/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2009 00:44:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Dampf</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[TRIESTE, Italy — Alessandro Petacchi edged Mark Cavendish to win the second stage of the Giro d&#8217;Italia in a mass sprint Sunday, while Lance Armstrong finished in the main pack and gained time on overall race favorite Ivan Basso.

Cavendish, the British standout for Columbia High Road, retained the pink jersey and leads the overall standings [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tour of the Gila salvaged by Lance Armstrong and sponsor Sram, but will star return?</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/tour-of-the-gila-salvaged-by-lance-armstrong-and-sponsor-sram-but-will-star-return-52546/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/tour-of-the-gila-salvaged-by-lance-armstrong-and-sponsor-sram-but-will-star-return-52546/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2009 16:07:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Korte</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SILVER CITY, N.M. — Long before Lance Armstrong showed up, the Tour of the Gila was widely respected within the tight-knit cycling community. With a fresh 3-year sponsorship commitment, the race looks stronger than ever.

But will Armstrong return?
Don&#8217;t count on it. If not for his recovery from a broken collarbone, it was likely Armstrong would [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Armstrong, Mellow Johnny&#8217;s teammates miss pile up on second to last lap of Tour of Gila stage</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 May 2009 09:20:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan Montoya Bryan</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SILVER CITY, N.M. — Lance Armstrong didn&#8217;t disappoint the fans who traveled to this sleepy mining town from as far as the Netherlands to see him take on a speedy — and potentially dangerous — race around 1-mile downtown course in the Tour of the Gila.

Returning from a broken collarbone, Armstrong had said before the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kazakh anti-crisis plan deals with global meltdown head on</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/kazakh-anti-crisis-plan-deals-with-global-meltdown-head-on-16952/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/kazakh-anti-crisis-plan-deals-with-global-meltdown-head-on-16952/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2009 21:04:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ASTANA - Kazakhstan President Nursultan  Nazarbayev has  once  again reiterated that  his  government&#8217;s  &#8220;Anti-Crisis Program&#8221;,  introduced  to counter the  ongoing  global  financial crisis,  will  ensure  the stability of  the  national  financial system,  support the key construction sector, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Armstrong in &#8217;superb shape&#8217; for return to cycle racing</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/armstrong-in-superb-shape-for-return-to-cycle-racing-6713/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2009 06:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DPA</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SYDNEY - Seven-time Tour de France champion cyclist Lance Armstrong Thursday was geared up for a practice ride on the hilliest stage of next week&#8217;s Tour Down Under.



The Australian classic signals his return to competition after three years in retirement.


Cycling pundits are predicting that the 37-year-old Texan will finish in the peleton until the penultimate [...]]]></description>
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