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  Kazakhstan - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article
Kazakhstan is the ninth-largest country in the world by area, but its semi-deserts (steppe) make it only the 57th country in population, with approximately 6 persons per sq km (16 per sq mi).
Kazakhstan is a bilingual country: the Kazakh language, spoken by 64.4% of the population, has the status of the "state" language, while Russian is declared the "official" language, and is used routinely in business.
Kazakhstan has identified at least two major ecological disasters within its borders-- the shrinking of the Aral Sea and radioactive contamination at the Semipalatinsk nuclear testing facility (in fact a large zone south of Koursatov) and along the Chinese border.
www.startsurfing.com /encyclopedia/k/a/z/Kazakhstan.html   (3367 words)

  
 Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan has identified two major ecological disasters within its borders-- the shrinking of the Aral Sea and radioactive contamination at the Semipalatinsk[?] nuclear testing facility.
Kazakhstan possesses the Soviet equivalent to the United States' Cape Canaveral, where they have launched their version of the space shuttle and the well-known space station Mir.
In 1997 the capital of Kazakhstan moved from the southern city of Almaty to Astana, a city closer to the geographic center of the country.
www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/ka/Kazakhistan.html   (391 words)

  
 Kazakhstan - HighBeam Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Kazakhstan consists of a vast flatland, bordered by a high mountain belt in the southeast.
Kazakhstan is a region of inland drainage; the Syr Darya, the Ili, the Chu, and other rivers drain into the Aral Sea and Lake Balkash.
Kazakhstan declared its independence from the Soviet Union on Dec. 16, 1991, and the new nation became a member of the Commonwealth of Independent States.
www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-kazakhstan.html   (1480 words)

  
 Permanent Mission of Kazakhstan to the United Nations
We want to see Kazakhstan as a country developing along the global economic trends, as a country which is embracing all that is new and progressive, as a country which holds a small but its own specific niche in the world economy, and as a country which is quickly adaptable to new economic conditions.
Kazakhstan and the USA have built relations of a long term and stable partnership which are characterized by a broad range of cooperation on issues of international energy stability and security, the fight against terrorism and religious extremism, and further democratic transformations.
Kazakhstan is interested in making cooperation with the EU more substantial in the area of regional and international security, economy, and social and cultural development.
www.kazakhstanun.org /President.html   (7848 words)

  
 http://potato/ethics/Countries/Kazakhstan/culture.html
A large portion of the economy of Kazakhstan is based upon the development of raw materials and extractions of minerals from its soil.
Kazakhstan is committed to the development of a market economy and free international trade and investment.
Kazakhstan's international communication service is poor but they have signed several agreements with Turkish and German telecommunication companies to establish better communications worldwide.
www.pitt.edu /~ethics/Countries/Kazakhstan/culture.html   (867 words)

  
 Meteoroloo.com :: Kazakhstan - kazakhstan adoption
From the fourth century AD through croatian consulate in kazakhstan the beginning of the 13th century, the territory of Kazakhstan was ruled by a series of nomadic nations.
Kazakhstan cities of kazakhstan is a constitutional republic with a strong presidency.
Kazakhstan is also a member of the Commonwealth of country kazakhstan Independent States and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization along with Russia, China, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan.
www.meteoroloo.com /Met-countries-e-l/Kazakhstan.html   (3911 words)

  
 NCSJ - Kazakhstan page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
In December 1997, the capital of Kazakhstan was transferred north from Almaty to Astana, a move apparently intended to strengthen Kazakh control of the Russian-populated north and to distance the capital from the Chinese border.
Kazakhstan is on reasonably good terms with its neighbors, though its past relationship with Russia has been rocked by disputes ranging from the treatment of Kazakhstan’s ethnic Russians, to Russian rental of the Baykonur Cosmodrome for rocket launches, to pipeline routes for Kazakh oil.
Kazakhstan’s success in obtaining the loan, arranged by Deutsche Bank AG London and backed by 22 investors, is seen by some as an encouraging sign of confidence in Kazakhstan’s suitability for foreign investment.
www.ncsj.org /Kazakhstan.shtml   (2869 words)

  
 Discover the Wisdom of Mankind on Kazakhstan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Kazakhstan is the ninth-largest country in the world by area, but its semi-deserts (steppe) make it only the 57th country in population, with approximately 6 persons per sq km (16/miandsup2;).
Kazakhstan has stable relationships with all of its neighbors and is a member of the United Nations, Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, and Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council.
Kazakhstan, Belarus, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan established the Eurasian Economic Community in 2000 to re-energize earlier efforts at harmonizing trade tariffs and the creation of a free trade zone under a customs union.
www.blinkbits.com /blinks/kazakhstan   (4338 words)

  
 Kazakhstan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Maslikhats) of Kazakhstan's 16 principal administrative divisions (14 regions, or oblasts, plus the cities of Astana and Almaty).
The official response of the Assembly was that Kazakhstan could apply for full membership, because it is partially located in Europe, but that they would not be granted any status whatsoever at the Council until their democracy and
Kazakhstan possesses the Soviet equivalent to the United States' Cape Canaveral, where they have launched their version of the space shuttle and the well-known space station
www.brujula.net /english/wiki/Kazakhstan   (2828 words)

  
 Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan (Kazakh: Қазақстан, Qazaqstan, IPA /qɑzɑqˈstɑn/; Russian: Казахстан, Kazakhstán, IPA /kɐzəxˈstɐn/), also spelled Kazakstan, is a country that stretches over a vast expanse of Asia.
Caught up in the groundswell of Soviet republics seeking greater autonomy, Kazakhstan declared its sovereignty as a republic within the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (U.S.S.R.) in October 1990.
Kazakhstan has a bicameral Parliament, comprised of a lower house (the Mazhilis) and upper house (the Senate).
creekin.net /n94-kazakhstan.html   (3181 words)

  
 Kazakhstan - Gurupedia
Kazakhstan is the ninth-largest country in the world by area, but its deserts make it only the 57th country in population.
In 1997 the capital of Kazakhstan moved from the southern city of Almaty to Akmolinsk (Akmola), later renamed to Astana, a city closer to the geographic center of the country.
Kazakhstan has identified two major ecological disasters within its borders-- the shrinking of the Aral Sea and
www.gurupedia.com /k/ka/kazakhstan.htm   (517 words)

  
 KAZAKHSTAN   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
He insists that the provision in Article 375 of the Code of Administrative Offences which allows religious believers to be punished for leading or participating in unregistered religious activity must be removed to bring the law into line with the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.
Argynov of the ombudsperson's office said that Baptists who refuse on principle to register are the only religious community which has complained to his office about punishment for refusing to register.
He says the only religious communities denied registration are those that restrict access to only one ethnic group.
www.bwanet.org /News/06jan-mar/kazakhstan.htm   (1244 words)

  
 NTI: Country Overviews: Kazakhstan: Biological Capabilities
However, Kazakhstan inherited all the necessary infrastructure and capabilities to produce BW agents from the Soviet Union.
According to US specialists who studied the condition of the buildings, equipment, and communications infrastructure in 1997, if the facility is to be used to produce pharmaceuticals, a significant capital investment will be required because the buildings do not meet international quality control standards for pharmaceutical production.
This material is produced independently for NTI by the Center for Nonproliferation Studies at the Monterey Institute of International Studies and does not necessarily reflect the opinions of and has not been independently verified by NTI or its directors, officers, employees, agents.
www.nti.org /e_research/profiles/Kazakhstan/Biological/3688_3741.html   (1137 words)

  
 Kazakhstan
As you may know the Republic of Kazakhstan is a country of the former Soviet Union.
The average annual rate of pesticide use almost doubled in the 10 years from 1962 to 1972 and was expected to double again before 1994 and by 1995 it was 13,6 thousands tonnes.
This was one of the reasons why Kazakhstan had so many cases of hazardous effects on the health of the population during that time.
www.headlice.org /lindane/_world/countries/kazakhstan.htm   (1183 words)

  
 Press Availability With Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev
We talked about Kazakhstan's deployment of troops in Iraq, to the (inaudible) troops that are contributing to security there and to, in general, to our excellent relationship in the war on terrorism.
And that's why we're working with Kazakhstan on some of the fundamentals so that investment can flow here because, of course, the United States does not direct investment to different countries; investment is a factor of how the investment conditions appear in any one country.
And members of the parliament and the President in Kazakhstan are elected according to the (inaudible) free elections.
www.state.gov /secretary/rm/2005/54912.htm   (1806 words)

  
 Wired News: Kazakhstan Launches Satellite
Kazakhstan is planning space exploration missions and has reached an agreement with Russia to be part of all of Russia's projects involving Baikonur, said Serik Turzhanov, who heads the national space agency, Kazkosmos.
Set in the isolated western steppes of Kazakhstan, Baikonur was the scene of the historic launches of the first satellite to orbit the Earth and the initial flight of pioneer cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin.
Kazakhstan and Russia have also agreed to jointly develop a new launch complex for the more environmentally friendly Angara vehicle, an alternative to the Soyuz booster now in use, which uses poisonous fuel.
www.wired.com /news/wireservice/0,71187-0.html?tw=rss.index   (726 words)

  
 sociology - Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan (Kazakh: Қазақстан, Qazaqstan, IPA /qɑzɑqˈstɑn/; Russian: Казахстан, Kazakhstán, IPA /kɐzəxˈstɐn/), also spelled Kazakstan, is a country that stretches over a vast expanse of Asia, and a former republic of the now extinct USSR.
It has borders with Russia, the People's Republic of China, and countries of Central Asia, such as Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan and has a coastline on the Caspian Sea.
Kazakhstan instituted an ambitious pension reform program in 1998.
www.aboutsociology.com /sociology/Kazakhstan   (3002 words)

  
 Welcome to Kazakhstan
Economy—overview: Kazakhstan, the second largest of the former Soviet republics in territory, possesses enormous untapped fossil fuel reserves as well as plentiful supplies of other minerals and metals.
Kazakhstan's industrial sector rests on the extraction and processing of these natural resources and also on a relatively large machine building sector specializing in construction equipment, tractors, agricultural machinery, and some defense items.
The breakup of the USSR and the collapse of demand for Kazakhstan's traditional heavy industry products have resulted in a sharp contraction of the economy since 1991, with the steepest annual decline occurring in 1994.
www.middleeastnews.com /Kazakhstan.html   (1230 words)

  
 Kazakhstan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Kazakhstan has not fulfilled several of its obligations under the U.S.-Kazakhstan Trade Agreement to create a proper intellectual property legal regime.
Kazakhstan ratified the Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works in 1998 and the Geneva Phonograms Convention in 2000.
Although Kazakhstan enacted a number of laws and changed many policies during the last few years, a number of additional changes are still required.
www.emich.edu /ict_usa/KAZAKHSTAN.HTM   (1611 words)

  
 Spaceflight Now | Proton Launch Report | Kazakhstan gets its first communications satellite
Kazakhstan's first national satellite was deployed into orbit after a marathon launch overnight Saturday by a Proton rocket.
A year later, the governments of Russia and Kazakhstan agreed to a broad agreement that outlined further details of the project and other space cooperation plans between the two countries.
This weekend's launch was the first for the Proton rocket family since a failure in February stranded an Arab communications satellite in a useless orbit.
www.spaceflightnow.com /proton/kazsat   (733 words)

  
 Kazakhstan Draws a New Wave of Investment: Strategies for Diversification and Sustainable Growth
On June 14 the Asia Society opened a major international business conference, “Kazakhstan Draws a New Wave of Investment: Strategies for Diversification and Sustainable Growth.” Taking place through June 16 at The Regent Almaty, this conference was co-organized by the Eurasian Media Forum and the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
President Nursultan Nazarbayev delivered the opening keynote address, and announced that Kazakhstan “confirms its unwavering commitment to be a reliable and responsible international partner who, together with the United States and other leading countries of the global community, contributes to international and regional security, fight against international terrorism, nuclear proliferation and other modern threats.”
This was underscored by the quality of speakers, breadth of discussions, active participation from the audience, and overwhelming positive feedback from participants, speakers, and sponsors alike.
www.asiasociety.org /resources/kazakhstan   (419 words)

  
 Whither Kazakhstan?   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Kazakhstan's scheduled December 4, 2005 presidential election brings two major questions into focus for this Central Asian state.
The Kazakhstan government is particularly concerned about the answer to the first question, which has also generated a great deal of speculation within the country among opposition parties and key opposition leaders, who have formed a unified coalition movement ("For a Just Kazakhstan") to contest the presidential election.
In September 2005, President Nazarbayev issued a public warning to NGOs to refrain from "interfering" in the Kazakhstan elections and the government announced that it would even go so far as to monitor the activities of the United States Embassy in Kazakhstan.
www.brook.edu /views/papers/hillf/20051031_kazakhstan.htm   (392 words)

  
 The Public Communications Policy - Staffing and Resource Implications - ADB.org
Additional operational staff time will be needed to disclose additional documents required under the Policy, communicate more systematically with affected people, address feedback received from stakeholders, and arrange for translations of CSPs and their updates.
It is expected that, by making more project-related information available on the ADB website-and organizing it to promote easier user access-the time staff currently spent responding to requests for information will be reduced.
For loans and technical assistance, the cost of implementing communications plans and developing mechanisms for communicating with affected people (see paragraphs 74-76) will vary according to project type and geographical location, and will be identified and incorporated at the design stage into the budget of each program or project.
www.adb.org /documents/policies/pcp/pcp0700.asp   (790 words)

  
 Ericsson and Altel sign USD 30 million
Read more about CDMA from Ericsson at: http://www.ericsson.com/cdmasystems/ About Altel Altel is the first national operator of cellular communications in Kazakhstan republic.
Today Altel is one of the most well known companies in Kazakhstan and of the largest Kazakh tax-payers.
Altel is intended to continue its contribution into the development of the Kazakhstan market of cellular services.
www.ericsson.com /ericsson/press/releases/old/20030829-1140.html   (528 words)

  
 Steptoe & Johnson LLP: E-Commerce Law Week - 1/20/00
While the US, Japan and other countries move in the direction of liberalizing encryption exports, several other Asian countries have also made the news recently for their new Internet surveillance initiatives.
Last month in Kazakhstan, the government passed a resolution to establish a National Telecommunications Billing Center which will allegedly be used to monitor the volume of international voice and data communications in Kazakhstan.
In China, the Public Security Bureau in Shanghai has issued a directive requiring corporate Internet users to submit "registration" forms that include their postal addresses and the name of their Internet Service Providers (ISPs) by January 30th.
www.steptoe.com /publications-3404.html   (353 words)

  
 Legislation Kazakhstan (Lexadin)
Constitutional Law on Elections in the Republic of Kazakhstan (1999 with amendments of 2004)
Labour Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan of 10 December 1999.
Patent Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan (of July 1999).
www.lexadin.nl /wlg/legis/nofr/oeur/lxwekaz.htm   (366 words)

  
 CNN.com - Space - Russia launches U.S. satellite from Kazakhstan - September 5, 2000
BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan (Reuters) -- A Russian Proton-K rocket carrying a U.S. Sirius-2 communications satellite blasted off from a Russian launch pad at Baikonur in Kazakhstan on Tuesday.
Two Proton rockets crashed over Kazakhstan last year, leading Kazakh authorities to slap a temporary ban on launches from Baikonur, but this was lifted in February after an investigation.
A Russian-built module carrying living quarters for the International Space Station (ISS) was launched on a Proton rocket from Baikonur, which Russia leases from former Soviet Kazakhstan, on July 12.
archives.cnn.com /2000/TECH/space/09/05/space.kazakhstan.reut   (331 words)

  
 Kazakhstan Country Information from InsideCountries   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
For more information abour current affairs, business, economy, politics and more, use InsideWorld's free daily e-mail news service.
If you already have an InsideWorld account and want to add Kazakhstan to your services, click here:
Kazakhstan news service is part of InsideCIS news.
www.insidecountries.com /Kazakhstan   (152 words)

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