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The Russian Federation ratified amendments to the Agreement on Legal Status of the CSTO of October, 7, 2002, the agency reports citing the Kremlin press service.

Carrying capacity of the pipeline Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) has been 1.2 million barrels of oil a day, BTC Pipeline Company informed the agency.

The National Bank of the Republic of Kazakhstan fixed the foreign currency exchange rates to the tenge for May 9, 10, 11, 12:

Yerzhan Shaykenov has been appointed chairman of the board of Temirbank, the agency reports citing the press service of the bank.

World Health Organization (WHO) on May, 7 received official information on 2099 laboratory confirmed cases of infection - the influenza A (H1N1) in 23 countries of the world, the agency reports citing the UN News Center.

The rocket carrier Proton-M with the telecommunication satellite Protostar-2 is planned to be launched from the space center Baikonur on May, 16, 2009, the agency reports citing Roscosmos press service.

The country's leader, Nursultan Nazarbaev, is confident there will be good harvest in Kazakhstan this year. The President stated today after the ceremony of delivery of keys to apartments to the inhabitants of Astana, the agency reports.

The head of the state, Nursultan Nazarbayev, presented a group of Astana citizens and a number of employees of power structures with keys to their government issued apartments today in the capital akimat, the agency reports.

The prices in the world market for oil have increased, the agency reports citing New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX) and London stock exchange InterContinental Exchange Futures (IСE).

Total international reserves, as of May, 1st, have grown by 3.12 % (from the beginning of the year they have decreased by 1.98 %) and have been $19 479 million, the agency reports citing the National Bank of Kazakhstan.

Kazakhstan and other Central Asia countries along with the European Union plan signing the memorandum on harmonization of relations in the sphere of deliveries of gas. Director of the project of harmonization of standards and the accepted rules in gas sector in Central Asia, Azfar Shaukat, informed, the agency reports.

Italy is interested in participation of realization of projects of transport industry in Kazakhstan, the agency reports citing the press service of the Ministry of Transport and Communications of Kazakhstan.

The head of the state, Nursultan Nazarbayev, visited Nurmagambetov Republican school Zhas Ulan, the agency reports citing the president's press service.

Soyuz-U carrier rocket with cargo ship Progress М-02М were launched from Baikonur today at 00.37 in Astana (at 22.37 in Moscow) from the launcher №5 of the platform №1 of Baikonur cosmodrome, the agency reports citing Roscosmos press service.

During the official visit of the President of France, Nikolya Sarkozi, to Kazakhstan this year the officials plan to sign the agreement on visa exemption of the owners of diplomatic passports of Kazakhstan and France, the agency reports citing the press service of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan.