October 5, 2016
World Congress in Berlin Demands
Demilitarization of Minds
By Ramesh Jaura
BERLIN (IDN) - “Since wars begin in the minds of men, it is in the minds of men
that the defences of peace must be constructed,” declares the Preamble to the
Constitution of UNESCO. This is also the crux of the message emerging from the
World Congress titled ‘Disarm! For a Climate of Peace – Creating an Action Agenda’
from September 30 to October 3, 2016 in Berlin.
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Rising from the scars of its nuclear past to push
for a better world
I am at ground zero.
In 1949, 67 years ago, a 22-kiloton atomic bomb exploded at this nuclear test site
where I am now standing.
There would be 455 more explosions, each one more powerful and deadly than the
last as the Cold War raged between the United States and the Soviet Union
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FM: View on inability of Islamic world to
establish democracy is wrong
ASTANA. KAZINFORM Those who put an equal mark between Islam and inability to
establish democracy uphold a wrong view, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan
Erlan Idrissov says.
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CARICOM Countries to Participate in EXPO 2017
in EXPO 2017 on 29 SEPTEMBER 2016
ASTANA – Antigua and Barbuda, Belize, the Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guyana,
Haiti, St. Kitts and Nevis, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, St. Lucia and Suriname
have decided to participate in EXPO 2017 in Astana, it was announced in New York
on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly.
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How the middle of nowhere could become a
major trade corridor
The middle of nowhere actually exists. If you look for the place that is furthest
away from any ocean in the entire world, you will find yourself in in NorthWestern China close to Khorgos, which also happens to be the main border
crossing between China and Kazakhstan. In the past there was nothing there,
just flat grassland and hardly anyone on both sides of the border, especially in
Kazakhstan which is the largest landlocked country in the world and sparsely
populated. Most of its 17.5 million inhabitants live in urban agglomerations,
most notably Almaty, Astana, and Karaganda.
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On board the Kazakh express as it picks up speed
China’s One Belt One Road initiative can open doors of opportunity for its neighbour
Kazakhstan
If geography is destiny, Kazakhstan might seem condemned to an isolated fate, cut
off from today’s interconnected world.
Indeed, for much of the 20th century, that was how it was for this landlocked country
with no access to the open sea.
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Asyl Miras Foundation Opens Centre in UstKamenogorsk for Children with Autism
BY ZHAZIRA DYUSSEMBEKOVA in NATION on 30 SEPTEMBER 2016
ASTANA – Asyl Miras, the private foundation formed by Kazakh businessman
and equity investor Bulat Utemuratov, opened the country’s fourth centre for
children with autism Sept. 21 in Ust-Kamenogorsk, reported Forbes.kz. The
other centres are in Almaty, Astana and Kyzylorda.
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Evidence of Ancient Assyrian Church Discovered
in Kazakhstan
BY YERBOLAT UATKHANOV in NATION on 30 SEPTEMBER 2016
ASTANA – The ancient city of Ilyn Balik is well known from pilgrims’ travels. Recent
excavations in Usharal village have uncovered an ancient city and cemetery with eight
Nestorian gravestones and the markers prove Christianity was present in Kazakhstan
long before Western imperialism.
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Astana Pro Team Cyclist Lutsenko Wins Tour of
Almaty
BY DMITRY LEE in SPORTS on 4 OCTOBER 2016
ASTANA – Astana Pro Team cyclist 24-year-old Alexei Lutsenko, from Petropavlovsk,
Kazakhstan, beat Italian Mauro Finetto of Unieuro Wilier and Russian Roman Maikin
(GazProm-RusVelo) Oct. 2 in a rainy, 186-kilometre race to claim the third Almaty
Tour in his career. Lutsenko finished the race in four hours, 23 minutes and 55 seconds.
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