Yahoo!:Turkey to consider constitutional changes in March (Reuters)
Reuters - Turkey's parliament will be presented with a package of constitutional amendments that have pitted the government against the judiciary in a week to 10 days and the government plans a referendum on the changes soon after, Justice Minister Sadullah Ergin said on Saturday.
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Yahoo!:Sweden, Turkey jointly denounce genocide vote (Reuters)

Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt (C) and his Turkish counterpart Ahmet Davutoglu (R) talk to the media after their meeting in Saariselka Inari, in the Finnish Lapland March 12, 2010.REUTERS/Lehtikuva/Jussi NukariReuters - The foreign ministers of Turkey and Sweden condemned on Saturday a vote in the Swedish parliament that defined the early 20th-century killing of Armenians by Ottoman Turks as genocide.



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rferl.org:Kazakh Town Destroyed After Dams Burst, 35 Dead
 At least 35 people have been killed and thousands evacuated from the southeastern Kazakh town of Qyzylaghash and nearby villages after floodwaters destroyed two dams in the area.
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Yahoo!:Kazakh president wants prosecutions over flooding (AFP)

Kazakhstan's strongman President Nursultan Nazarbayev, pictured in January 2010, on Saturday called for prosecutions against those to blame for the bursting of a dam that unleashed massive flooding and killed 35 people.(AFP/KPPS)AFP - Kazakhstan's strongman President Nursultan Nazarbayev on Saturday called for prosecutions against those to blame for the bursting of a dam that unleashed massive flooding and killed 35 people.



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Russia Today:Defending champions Rubin have started the new Premier League season with a win
It was the fourth official game for the Kazan team this season, as they have already tested their skills in Europa League and Russia’s Super Cup.
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Yahoo!:Turkey says Sweden vote to hurt peace bid with Armenia (Reuters)
Reuters - A resolution by the Swedish parliament branding the World War One killing of Armenians by Ottoman forces as genocide could hurt peace efforts between Turkey and Armenia, Turkey's prime minister said on Friday.
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rferl.org:The Least Popular Country On The CIS Elevators
 It would appear that Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbaev really knows how to clear out a cabinet meeting.
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AP:Kazakhstan flooding death toll rises to 35
 ALMATY, Kazakhstan (AP) -- The death toll from a massive flood that devastated a village in southern Kazakhstan has soared to 35, the country's president said Saturday....
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Yahoo!:Kazakhstan flooding death toll rises to 30 (AP)
AP - The death toll from a massive flood that devastated a village in southern Kazakhstan has risen to 30, officials said Saturday.
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Yahoo!:Kazakhstan flooding 'kills 25' (AFP)

Map of Kazakhstan. At least 25 people have died after two dams burst in southern Kazakhstan causing massive flooding, Almaty regional government spokesman Ilyas Biyakhmetov has told AFP.(AFP/Graphic)AFP - At least 25 people have died after two dams burst in southern Kazakhstan causing massive flooding, Almaty regional government spokesman Ilyas Biyakhmetov told AFP on Friday.



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rferl.org:Fugitive Kazakh Banker Blames Nazarbaev’s Relative For Strike
 A former Kazakh banker has accused President Nursultan Nazarbaev's son-in-law of inciting a strike by several thousand workers at an oil facility in southwestern Kazakhstan, RFE/RL's Kazakh Service reports.
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Yahoo!:At least 25 dead, thousands evacuated in Kazakh floods (AFP)

Map of Kazakhstan. At least 25 people were killed and thousands evacuated from their homes in southern Kazakhstan when two burst dams unleash massive flooding, officials said.(AFP/Graphic)AFP - At least 25 people were killed and thousands evacuated from their homes in southern Kazakhstan Friday when two burst dams unleash massive flooding, officials said.



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Yahoo!:US slams rights abuses in China, NKorea and Iran (AFP)

Two ethnic Uighur women pass Chinese paramilitary policemen standing guard in the city of Urumqi in China's Xinjiang region. The United States on Thursday accused China and Iran of worsening human rights abuses as it raised the alarm about growing anti-Semitism worldwide and discrimination of Muslims in Europe.(AFP/File/Peter Parks)AFP - The United States accused China and Iran of increasing human rights abuses as it raised the alarm about growing anti-Semitism worldwide and discrimination of Muslims in Europe.



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