Thursday, January 29, 2015
KAZAKHSTA attracted over USD 200 billion of direct investments over 23 years
Kazakhstan attracted over 200 billion US dollars of foreign direct investments over the recent three years, Deputy Chairman of the Board of "National Agency for Export and Investments "KAZNEXINVEST" JSC Kairat Karmanov informed.
"Those measures that were taken by the state over the recent five years during the first phase of the industrialization led to the unprecedented growth of foreign direct investments in the processing sector. Before 2009, only 27% of all foreign direct investments had been attracted to the processing sector. And now over the last five years we have about 73% of investments attracted to this sector. In total, Kazakhstan has attracted over 200 billion US dollars in the last 23 years," K. Karmanov specified, inform.kz reports.
He also noted that Kazakhstan began its industrialization campaign with the focus on development of the processing sector and attraction of investments. Besides, the government works hard every year in order to improve Kazakhstan's positions in the world rankings in terms of doing business and investment attraction. "Kazakhstan is ranked 77th in the Doing Business-2015 rating and is placed ahead of many developed countries including China. We also occupy the 17th position in the world in terms of taxation. Speaking of competitiveness, Kazakhstan is ranked 50th in the world," K. Karmanov added.
INC News, 29/01/2015 - via AK ZHAIK
KAZAKHSTAN - UN Official Urges Independent Investigation Of Zhanaozen
The UN special rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and association says an independent international investigation into the deadly 2011 events in the Kazakh city of Zhanaozen is needed. Maina Kiai said at a public hearing in Astana on January 27 that such investigations are needed to restore people's trust in the central government, rferl.org reports.
Kiai came to Kazakhstan last week and met in Zhanaozen with residents, rights activists, union members, and local officials. Kazakh police shot dead at least 16 people during a crackdown on an oil worker protest in Zhanaozen in December 2011.
International and domestic rights organizations condemned the action against the protesters, who were demanding the payment of overdue salaries. Dozens of activists, several police, and local officials were sentenced to prison terms after the deadly crackdown. But Kazakh civil rights activists say none of those who gave the command to shoot were arrested.
INC News, 29/01/2015 - via AK ZHAIK
AMERICA - Mother of 17yo Denver girl slain by police demands independent autopsy
The mother of Jessica Hernandez, an unarmed teenager who was fatally shot Monday by Denver police, has called for an independent autopsy to be carried out on her daughter’s body to counter any potential bias that may come from the official investigation. Laura Sonya Rosales Hernandez’s daughter Jessie, 17, was fired upon by two Denver officers who believed she was driving a stolen vehicle through an alley in the city’s Park Hill neighborhood.
“I want another autopsy on my daughter so we can know how much damage they did,” Hernandez said, the Associated Press reported.
see article HERE
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EUROPE - EU foreign ministers extend sanctions against Russian officials, E. Ukraine rebels
EU foreign ministers have decided to extend targeted sanctions against Russian officials and the militias in eastern Ukraine until September, according to Federica Mogherini, the European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs. The first batch of sanctions, which was adopted last year and targeted specific individuals accused of fostering conflict in eastern Ukraine, was set to expire in March. The sanctions included travel bans and economic restrictions. The EU Council has also requested that the European Commission expand the blacklist of individuals it blames for the escalation of the Ukraine conflict, Mogherini said after a meeting in Brussels on Thursday.
see article HERE
INC News, 29/01/2015 - via RussiaTime
3 American contractors killed in suspected insider attack near Kabul airport
Three United States military contractors were reportedly killed in Afghanistan late Thursday, local time, after gunfire erupted at Kabul International Airport’s military facility. US Army Col. Brian Tribus, a spokesman for the NATO-led Resolute Support mission, told reporters that the three contractors were shot and killed in the incident along with an Afghan national, according to Stars and Stripes. Reuters reports that the three were American. An Afghan soldier fired the shots, an official with the country’s air force told Reuters on condition of anonymity, leaving the newswire to preliminary classified the incident as an insider attack. Is it not immediately known if the gunman is among the dead.
INC News, 29/01/2015 - via RussiaTime
Drone vid: Dead Soviet military village hidden in German forest
An abandoned Soviet military base called Vogelsang stands 65 km (40 miles) north
of Berlin and remains hidden in the forest since Moscow's troops withdrew in 1994,
Wednesday. The Soviet village covered once around 2,000-hectare and was inhabited
by more than 15,000 soldiers and their families.
ITALIA - Trovata morta Giuditta Perna
Sembra proprio che il Destino e la Vita giochino tra loro alla roulette russa, con la vita delle donne. Da poche ore si é appreso dell'arresto del marito di Elena Ceste, ed ecco un nuovo giallo comparire nella stessa giornata, come se la vita delle donne fosse una scacchiera ove si trovano le pedine. Giuditta Perna, di 27 anni, scomparsa da casa mercoledi della passata settimana, é stata trovata cadavere sul greto del fiume Otranto. La Polizia e i Carabinieri sono sul luogo per gli accertamenti.
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INGHILTERRA - Illusionismo e magie per il lancio della Fiat 500X
Un evento di magia davanti a mille invitati, a Londra, ha chiuso il tour europeo “The Power of X”. Sul palco, assieme alla nuova 500X che lo scorso weekend ha esordito negli showroom italiani, l’illusionista Dynamo, con cui il marchio Fiat ha collaborato nella fase di prelancio del crossover. Ospitato presso la Copper Box Arena, situata nel Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, lo spettacolo è frutto di tre anni di lavoro da parte di Dynamo. L’illusione ha raggiunto il suo punto più alto quando Dynamo ha generato un modello tridimensionale della Fiat 500X e lo ha «animato» davanti al pubblico. (via La Stampa)
ITALIA - Caso di Elena Ceste: arrestato il marito per omicidio volontario
Da un anno questo (ma anche altri delitti) omicidio appassiona la pubblica opinione e sembra essere arrivato alla svolta finale. Depositata la perizia autoptica, il PM ha formulato la richiesta di arresto per il marito di Elena Ceste (Michele Buoninconti) con l'accusa di omicidio volontario ed occultamento di cadavere. A breve un altro delitto sará al bivio, quello di Roberta Ragusa, il cui corpo non é mai stato ritrovato.
I carabinieri di Asti hanno arrestato il marito di Elena Ceste, Michele Buoninconti, per omicidio volontario e occultamento di cadavere. I carabinieri hanno precisato che Buoninconti è stato arrestato per omicidio volontario premeditato su ordine del gip di Asti Giacomo Marson, che ha accolto la richiesta del pm Laura Deodato. Ieri era stata depositata in Procura la perizia autoptica eseguita sul corpo della donna. Nella stesso tempo era stato effettuato, su iniziativa dei legali, un sopralluogo sul luogo in cui venne ritrovato il corpo della donna. Elena Ceste, 37 anni, scomparve da casa nel gennaio del 2014. Il suo corpo venne ritrovato 9 mesi, il 18 ottobre scorso, poco distante dalla sua abitazione.
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INC News, 29/01/2015 - via ANSA AP
Malaysia Airlines MH370 Declared an 'Accident', Search for Survivors Ends (NBC News)
The disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 has been officially declared an "accident" and the search for survivors has been called off, authorities said Thursday.
A statement released by Malaysia's Department of Civil Aviation said that all 239 people aboard the Boeing 777, which vanished on March 8, 2014, were now presumed dead.
"It is therefore, with the heaviest heart and deepest sorrow that, on behalf of the government of Malaysia, we officially declare Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 an accident," said Azharuddin Abdul Rahman, director general of Malaysia's Department of Civil Aviation. "All 239 of the passengers and crew on board MH370 are presumed to have lost their lives."
The underwater search for wreckage in the Southern Indian Ocean will continue.
Rahman acknowledged that the announcement would "be very difficult for the families and loved ones," but said it would enable the families to begin the process of claiming compensation.
ITALIA - Varese, il blitz dei vandali sul treno Milano-Laveno
In poco più di tre minuti hanno devastato due carrozze, strappando e sventrando decine di sedili e lanciandoli in mezzo ai corridoi. Il tutto filmato e pubblicato su YouTube in un video che mostra l’atteggiamento sprezzante dei protagonisti: il gruppo di vandali che ha preso di mira un treno in servizio sulla tratta Milano-Laveno, colpendo tra Varese e il capolinea intorno alle 18 di martedì 27 gennaio. All’urlo di “Facciamo il degenero” e “spacchiamo giù tutto”, i ragazzi si sono accaniti sugli arredi del treno e, secondo quanto raccontato in seguito da alcuni testimoni, sono scesi dopo aver tirato il freno d’emergenza, sfuggendo così all’intervento del personale di Trenord, che ha subito allertato le forze dell’ordine
KAZAKHSTAN - Beryozovka Residents demand a share from the penalty imposed on KPO
Residents of Beryozovka village are sure that their children suffered from hydrogen sulfide poisoning. They demand monetary compensation- a share to be paid to them from the 10-billion fine imposed by prosecutor's office on KPO B.V. The villagers met with journalists on January 27 at the “Abyroi” public organization office, azh.kz reports referring to “Uralskaya Nedelya”.
“We are utterly revolted with the results of the investigation. This is a pure cynicism on the part of the authorities who explain mass poisoning of children in the village with simulation and background diseases. Our children have different background diseases, and they cannot have identical symptoms that occur simultaneously at the same time and in the same place. It is obvious that our children suffered from long impact of hydrogen sulfide. Our authorities deny the link between mass poisoning and the field operations, but at the same time they impose 10 billion tenge fine on KPO. Where is the logic? Therefore we demand the payment of compensation and immediate resettlement of village residents to the ecologically safe place” say Antonina Prokhorova, one of the activists in the village. Another activist Kazbek Irmikbaev says that on February 1 6 children from Beryozovka will travel to Almaty for medical treatment at the expense of the state, but that is not enough.
To recall, on January 20 the Beryozovka village residents met with the Governor and the delegation from the government headed by the vice-Minister of Energy U. Karabalin where they accused the doctors and government officials of telling lies. The village people were revolted by the conclusion of the working commission that stated they have not revealed any serious environmental violations by the Karachaganak field. Twelve children on January 22 felt sudden deterioration of health while they were at school. Some children were hospitalized.
INC News, 29/01/2015 - via AK ZHAIK
ITALIA - Fabrizio Corona, la Cassazione boccia lo sconto di pena: "Condanna da ricalcolare"
Nessuno sconto di pena per Fabrizio Corona. Che ora, dopo che il suo cumulo di condanne definitive era sceso a nove anni, si ritrova a dover affrontare, dopo due anni già passati in carcere e altri mesi di carcerazione preventiva già scontati, quasi 11 anni di reclusione. Lo ha deciso la Cassazion, che ha accolto il ricorso della Procura di Milano annullando la riduzione che era stata concessa dal gip all'ex 're dei paparazzi'. Ora la palla tornerà a un gip del tribunale milanese che sulla base del provvedimento della Cassazione dovrà ricalcolare esattamente il cumulo delle pene. Che stando a quanto riferito dal legale di Corona, l'avvocato Ivano Chiesa, dovrebbe attestarsi attorno ai "13 anni".
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INC News, 29/01/2015- via Repubblica
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