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Following the results of the tenders of the shares at the Kazakhstan stock exchange (KASE) on October 7, 2008 KASE index decreased by 68.53 items (5.4 %) - from 1262.17 up to 1193.64, the agency reports.

The President of the Latvian Republic, Valdis Zatlers, arrived in Ashkhabad for the first official visit, the agency reports referring to Turkmen state information agency.

The Prime Minister of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin, met the President of Belorussia, Alexander Lukashenko, in Minsk on Monday, the agency reports referring to a source in administration of the Prime Minister of the Russian Federation.

Kazakhstan plans to extract 15 400 tons of uranium a year by 2010. The Minister for Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan, Marat Tazhin, informed in Washington in Carnegie's Fund making the report - Kazakhstan in the Global World on Friday, the agency reports referring to the press service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan.

The National Bank of the Republic of Kazakhstan fixed the foreign currency exchange rates to the tenge for October 8:

The Caspian Sea potential resource opportunities have about 120 structures. The Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources, Sauat Mynbayev, informed during the press conference opening the 16th international exhibition Oil and Gas - KIOGE-2008, the agency reports.

The elections in the Senate of Parliament met the requirements of the international democratic standards, the agency reports referring to the press service of the Republican Association Committee for Control over Elections.

Transport potential of Latvia represents special interest for Kazakhstan. The President of Kazakhstan, Nursultan Nazarbayev, informed on Friday at the press conference, following the results of the negotiations with the leader of the Latvian Republic, Valdis Zatlers, the agency reports.

The events on Caucasus will not make Kazakhstan reconsider its foreign policy priorities. The Minister for Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan, Marat Tazhin, informed at the press conference on Sunday, following the results of the negotiations with the US Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice, the agency reports.

Following the results of fixing at the Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) on October 7, value of KazPrime indicator decreased by 1 item and made 6.98 % annual on KASE, the agency reports.

Special representative of the leader of the Palestinian National Administration, Jasir Abbas Mahmud, will visit Astana on October 5-9. The official representative of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan, Yerzhan Ashikbayev, informed the agency.

The Prime Minister of Kazakhstan, Karim Masimov, met representatives of Federation of Trade Unions of Kazakhstan on Monday, the agency reports referring to the prime minister's press service.

The President of Austria will arrive in Kazakhstan for an official visit. The official representative of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan, Yerzhan Ashikbayev, informed on Monday.

Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China struck strong 6.8 magnitude earthquake on Sunday, the agency reports referring to ITAR-TASS.

Average weighted rate of KZT on Kazakhstan stock exchange (KASE) decreased by 0.06 KZT on Tuesday against Monday and totaled KZT 120.04 per dollar.

Kazakhstan is interested in further deepening of trade and economic, scientific and technical and cultural cooperation with Holland. Vice Speaker of the Upper Chamber of Parliament of Kazakhstan, Muhambet Kopeev, said during the meeting with the Ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to Kazakhstan, Klaas van der Tempel, on Monday, the agency reports referring to the Senate press service.

The duties of the chairman of the prime minister's office have been assigned to Vice Prime Minister, Erbol Orynbayev, the agency reports referring to the prime minister's press service.

58 people died as a result of earthquake in Alay region of Osh oblast in the village of Nur in Kyrgyzstan, the agency reports referring to news agency Kabar.

The elections in Kazakhstan passed transparently and lawfuly. The chairman of the CIS mission of observers, Evgeny Novozhilov, informed during the briefing on Saturday, the agency reports.