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On September 14 at 11:52 p.m. on Isatai Makhambet square in Atyrau two unidentified men fired at the pointsman of the police department of Atyrau, causing him shotgun wound to the leg. After the pointsman have used his police-issue weapon the criminals disappeared.

For the period from September 1, 2011 to August 31, 2012 for export 12.7 million tons of grain were shipped including flour in grain equivalent, which is 2.5 times more than in the 2010-2011 marketing year.

Spanish Railway Online Newsletter, this contract, signed with Passazhirskie Perevozki (passenger operations subsidiary of Kazakhstan Temir Zholy (KTZ), the Kazakh Railways), is the second major contract won by the company abroad, after being awarded the one to supply high-speed trains to Saudi Arabia, and it means the continuation of a business relationship which started 12 years ago with the tests run on Kazakh lines of a first Talgo train set.

The groups are the Collective Security Treaty Organization, the Eurasian Economic Community and the Customs Union of Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan.

During the first six months the amount of mutual trade with Customs Union countries exceeded 13 billion US dollars.

Market participants say the World Wide Web in Kazakhstan is common due to several factors, including the government support to all the innovative programmes and projects and the interest of the private sector in the development of the mobile Internet.

Director of the Eurasia Research Centre under Viennese Career Advancement Institute Alexander Khvorostov considers the research data of the World Economic Forum in Davos as authoritative and objective. He backed up the data of many sociological surveys and identified the main reasons behind Kazakhstan's successful development which includes public confidence in politicians, meaningfulness and efficiency of government spending and protection of investors.

As president of "Air Astana" Peter Foster told AirTransportWorld Onlne, speaking on the sidelines of the IATA Central Asia and Caucasus Aviation Day in Astana, "Air Astana" has "tactical relationships," especially in codeshares, which make it a more attractive partner.

A fleet of Russian Mi-8 helicopters deployed from towns near the landing site ahead of the capsule's arrival early Monday morning to ensure swift interception.