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Today, at the plenary session, the deputies of Majilis of Parliament of Kazakhstan passed in the second reading the bill on the amendments and additions to the acts of Kazakhstan on counteraction to terrorism, the agency reports.

The National Bank of the Republic of Kazakhstan fixed the foreign currency exchange rates to the tenge for October 28:

The Ministry of Agriculture of Kazakhstan has suggested considering an offer on additional purchase from farmers of 3 million tons of grain. The Minister of Agriculture of Kazakhstan, Akylbek Kurishbayev, informed in an interview in Majilis of Parliament of Kazakhstan, the agency reports.

The U.S. Ambassy in Kazakhstan donated 21 vehicles to special counternarcotics divisions of Kazakhstan's Committee on Combating Drugs of the regional interior departments, the agency reports citing the American Embassy.

Today, at the plenary session, the deputies of Majilis of Parliament of Kazakhstan passed the bill on amendments to the Law on Republican Budget for 2009, the agency reports.

The head of the Centre of Strategic Research in Kazakhstan, Sergey Fedoseyev, considers important to join efforts of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) with the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) and Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA) in struggle against modern challenges and threats, the agency reports.

The Minister of Emergency Measures of Kazakhstan, Vladimir Bozhko, signed the memorandum of intent between the Ministry of Emergency of Kazakhstan and the Ministry of Civil Affairs of the People's Republic of China in Beijing, the agency reports citing official mass media.

An employee of the Hudson Institute Center for Political-Military Analysis, Richard Weitz, said during the international conference in the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan that he considers Kazakhstan a suitable country for hosting nuclear fuel bank, the agency reports.

The President of Ingushetia, Junus-Bek Evkurov, arrived for a working visit to Kazakhstan. The head of the press service of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan, Ilyas Omarov, informed the agency.

The government of Kazakhstan has made the decision to allocate additional 5 billion KZT to support export of grain. The Minister of Economy and Budgetary Planning of Kazakhstan, Bahyt Sultanov, informed at the plenary session in Majilis of Parliament, the agency reports.

Dr. Martha Brill Olcott, Senior Associate of Carnegie Fund, said at the international conference in the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan that she considers inexpedient to promote the initiative of Russia on a new architecture of European security during the presidency of Kazakhstan in OSCE, the agency reports.

Kazakhstan ratified the United Nations UN Convention on Jurisdictional Immunities of States and their Property, the agency reports citing the president's press service.

Kazakhstan during its presidency in OSCE may be able to play big role in resolution of the frozen conflicts. Dr. Martha Brill Olcott, Senior Associate of Carnegie Fund, said at the international conference in the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan.

The Industry and Commerce Ministry of Kazakhstan intends to create full database of the Kazakhstan's share in state purchases. Vice Minister of Industry and Commerce of Kazakhstan, Erhat Iskaliev, informed in an interview on Tuesday, the agency reports.

The President of Ingushetia, Junus-Bek Evkurov, will arrive in Astana today, the agency reports citing a source in the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan.

George Soros, international financier, said in the interview to Financial Times that the world needs a new currency system, the agency reports citing NEWSru.

Following the results of the tenders on Tuesday, the world prices for oil have gone up, the agency reports citing RIA RosBusinessConsulting (RBC).