BIG Architects have unveiled an incredible new library that will serve as a multifunctional cultural center for Astana, Kazakhstan.
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Hat Creek, California -
The switch has been thrown on a telescope specifically designed to seek out alien life.
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Oslo, Norway -
The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided that the Nobel Peace Prize for 2007 is to be shared, in two equal parts, between the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and Albert Arnold (Al) Gore Jr. for their efforts to build up and disseminate greater knowledge about man-made climate change, and to lay the foundations for the measures that are needed to counteract such change.
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Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan -
The Shanghai Cooperation Organization has emerged as a key regional forum for tackling the threats posed by terrorism, drug trafficking and conflict, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told the seventh summit of heads of State of the six-member grouping today.
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Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan -
Astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) have a fresh supply of food, water and other vital supplies onboard after the flawless Sunday arrival of an unmanned Russian cargo ship.
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Astana, Kazakhstan -
The Kazakhstan government has secured a multi-million dollar loan from the World Bank to help save the Aral Sea.
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Baikonur, Kazakhstan -
The most complex Earth observation satellite ever to be placed into orbit is to be launched next week as part of a 15-year European programme to improve the accuracy of weather forecasting and our understanding of climate change.
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The Caspian Sea -
Three men struggle to lift a squirming, nearly 2-meter (6.5 foot) gray fish with a pointy nose and distinctive jagged spine and spill it into the green waters of the Caspian Sea.
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Kazakhstan -
A Russian Soyuz spacecraft carrying a three-man crew that included American Bill McArthur descended to a successful landing in Central Asia late Saturday.
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Kazakhstan -
Lt Col Marcos Pontes has become the first Brazilian to go into space after a successful launch aboard a Russian Soyuz rocket from Baykonur.
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