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China has been blocking Internet searches for the word 'Egypt', the agency reports.

The National Bank of the Republic of Kazakhstan fixed the foreign currency exchange rates to the tenge for February 2:

British Petroleum has reported a loss of $4.9bn (3.1bn pound) for 2010, for the first time in 20 years since 1992, the agency reports.

A research shows walking for 40 minutes a few times a week boosts memory, the agency reports.

The European Union foreign ministers held a meeting on Monday in Brussels where the European leaders urged Egypt to seek a peaceful resolution to the crisis and avoid further violence against protesters, the agency reports.

A research shows that children younger than a year understand a link between size and social dominance, the agency reports.

A man and a woman were sentenced to five year-imprisonment for forcing two Nigerian women to Dubai with promises of work and then forcing them into prostitution, the agency reports.

Inflation in Kazakhstan in January, 2011 totaled 1,7 %, annual - 8,1 %, the Statistics Agency of Kazakhstan informed.

People who have irregular heatbeat are at high risk of suffering a stroke, the agency reports.

Kazakhstan has won the 8th gold medal in the 7th Asian Winter Games, the agency reports.

The Belarusian government said the country is ready to take an adequate response to the European Union sanctions imposed against high-ranking officials of the country, the agency reports.

A new research claims that children who spend too much time in front of TV or computer have communication problems, the agency reports.

The US and the European Union have imposed new sanctions against Belarus's leadership as punishment for a post-election crackdown on the opposition, the agency reports.

The price of Brent crude oil has gone up to $100 a barrel for the first time since October 2008 in the background of escalation of the political unrest in Egypt, the agency reports.