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Deliveries of irrigation water to the south of Kazakhstan from Kyrgyzstan has been resumed. Water has recently arrived at Taraz hydrosystem. Vice Director of Tarazvodhoz, Berik Nuraliev, informed the agency.

The National Bank of the Republic of Kazakhstan fixed the foreign currency exchange rates to the tenge for May 22, 23, 24:

The reason of mass death of saiga in the Western Kazakhstan area is, presumably, poisoning. The chairman of Wood and Hunting Committee of the Ministry of Agriculture of Kazakhstan, Erlan Nysanbaev, informed today in an interview to journalists, the agency reports.

The representatives of six state-participants of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) signed the protocol on carrying out of joint operational and tactical exercises of the Collective Forces of Rapid Response (CRRF) in the Chebarkulsky garrison of the Chelyabinsk area. The CRRF CSTO operational and tactical exercises will pass in the the Chelyabinsk area on October 25 - 28, 2010, the agency reports citing RIA RosBusinessConsulting (RBC).

Creation of the Customs Union will beneficial for the economies of Kazakhstan, Russia and Belarus. The Prime Minister of Kazakhstan, Karim Masimov, said during the session of the supreme body of the Customs Union at the level of prime ministers in St. Petersburg, the agency reports citing official mass media.

High technologies need to be introduced in the sphere of waste management of the Kazakhstan oil and gas industry. Vice President of Ecological Regulation Committee of the Ministry of Environmental Protection of Kazakhstan, Suyundik Turekeldiev, said at the third forum of suppliers Recycling and Waste Management, the agency reports.

The British Petroleum Corporation (BP) admitted much more oil has been gushing into the Gulf of Mexico than it has been informed earlier, the agency reports citing Vesti.Ru.

Kazakhstan ratified the agreement on circulation of products subject to obligatory conformity assurance in the Customs Union territory, the agency reports citing the president's press service.

The engineering design office, working in Shymkent, developed a unique model of a light helicopter. The spare parts for pre-production model assemblage are being produced at the factories in Europe and America, the agency reports citing television channel Habar.

Saiga death toll in Western Kazakhstan reached 1200 heads

Belarus plans to participate in exploration of potash salt deposits in Kazakhstan. The Prime Minister of Belarus, Sergey Sidorsky, informed at the opening of the plenary session of the Belarus-Kazakhstan business forum in Minsk, the agency reports citing BELTA.

Beaten glass has been found in Nestle coffee cans, the agency reports citing the company's press release.

Deliveries of irrigation water from Kyrgyzstan to the southern regions of Kazakhstan will be resumed today. The head of Regulation, Use and Protection of Water Resources Department of the Ministry of Agriculture of Kazakhstan, Muhtar Zhakenov, informed.

The world prices for oil, following the results of the tenders on Thursday, have significantly gone down, the agency reports citing RIA RosBusinessConsulting (RBC).