Incidents

July 17, 2012 in Sazymbay forestry of Mikhailovsk forestry institution a wildfire occurred in the area about 45 hectares. At 10.30 p.m. the same day, the employees of forest protection and the state fire service localized the fire.

on July 15 at 7.10 p.m. in Zhanaozen, Mangistau oblast due to rainfall with duration of about 1.5 hours and gale-force winds there was a failure of the roof of the two 5-storey buildings in the Orken micro district on the area of 2382 square meters.

"The woman was locked in the ward of special reception center on the basis of the remand decision of a specialized administrative court of Uralsk to serve administrative detention for one day for violation of the rules of stay for foreigners in the Republic of Kazakhstan. Nurzhauov took the detainee out of the ward under the guise of personal card registration and lead her in his office, locked the office door and there she was raped", the press service told.

Today, at four o'clock in Balkhash during the celebration of marriage unidentified criminals drove upon unknown car and opened fire on a crop of the guests on the porch of a cafe.

А commission is created at the location of the emergency situation. The cause of poisoning is being registered.

The deaths come as funerals took place for the victims of Tuesday's devastating bomb attacks.

Authorities seized 26 tons of melamine-tainted milk powder from an ice cream maker in southern China, state media said Wednesday.

Despite its long-known harmful effects, asbestos has found its way into private houses and buildings across Japan, causing irreparable and sometimes fatal damage to people unknowingly exposed to the substance.

A pipeline that sends natural gas from Egypt to Israel and Jordan exploded early Wednesday morning, Kazakhstan Today reports.

Ukraine marked the 25th anniversary of the world's worst nuclear accident at its Chernobyl power plant today.