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• High-five!: FYI: Kazakhstani Internet Starting At The Low, Low Price Of $3,350...Per Month.

  Published: July 27, 2007, 3:59 pm

  Tags: Borat, Cable, Dial Up, Dsl, High Five, Internet, Kazakhstan

  Borat's beloved homeland of Kazakhstan, the national internet service provider is charging $3,350 per month for DSL service. If you're ever in Kazakhstan and that seems a little pricey, dial-up is availible for $111 per month. If you need more speed, you can go all out and pay $22,032 for a 6Mbps cable connection. Rest assured that Borat has the

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• Welcome to Kazakhstan - The land of most expensive DSL connection in the world

  Published: July 30, 2007, 2:07 am

  Tags: Readers, 1 5mbps Dsl Connection, Cable Connection, Kazakhstan, Internet

  fact but it does happen in Kazakhstan. If you are looking for a 6Mbps cable connection in the country, it will cost you $22,032. Surfing internet is no doubt meant for the uber-rich only in Kazakhstan. I am paying around $200 for a 4Mbps/512Kbs unlimited DSL connection and thought I am being charged too high Lolz. Thank Heavens, I don t live

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• Giant Snake of Kazakhstan

  Published: August 29, 2007, 11:06 am

  Tags: Funny, Photos, Animals, Kazakhstan, Russian Nature, Snake

  Everyone knows thanks to Cold War propaganda that Soviet Union was the land of bears, if not polar bears then just regular brown bears and if not bears then some more forest animals but for sure it was not land of giant snakes, but it seems that times are changing, now giant snakes can be met in Kazakhstan like this one… (more…)

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• ASIA: Kazakhs halt Shell oil project

  Published: August 30, 2007, 11:53 am

  Tags: Kashagan Field, Gazprom, Caspian Sea, Agip, Kazakhstan, Nurlan Iskakov, Paolo Scaroni, Eni, Sakhalin 2 Soviet Union, Exxonmobil, Russia, Shell

  Shell has run into trouble over another big oil... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

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• ASIA: Hidden Dragon, Crouching Tiger ?

  Published: August 30, 2007, 10:53 am

  Tags: Red Dragon, Sudan, Kazakhstan, Gail, Iran, Turkey, Angola, Cnpc, Philippines, India, China, Ccngh, Mani Shankar Aiyar, Wen Jiabao, Egypt

  For India, China has always been the formidable,... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

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• CASPIAN STATES: Iran seeks oil swaps

  Published: September 3, 2007, 5:33 pm

  Tags: Energy Assets, Ilsa, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Iran, Libya, Baku Tbilisi Ceyhan Pipeline, Caspian States, Russia, Opec, Usa, Global Market, Transneft, Nioc, Iran Libya Sanctions Act

  Since the 1991 collapse of the Soviet Union, the... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

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• INDIA: Dogged diplomacy

  Published: September 6, 2007, 4:23 pm

  Tags: Cuba, Sudan, Africa, Kazakhstan, Asia, East Europe, Iran, Angola, Foreign Policy, Libya, Russia, Opec, Ecuador, Geopolitic, Ovl, Latin America, Mani Shankar Aiyar, Ongc

  When the redoubtable Mani Shankar Aiyar donned... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

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• INDIA: The opinion of PMS Pradad about Reliance Industries gas price imbroglio

  Published: September 6, 2007, 3:51 pm

  Tags: Gvk, Kribhco, Rcf, Chambal, Kazakhstan, Tata Power, Reliance Industries, Iiffco, Pms Prasad, India, Konaseema, Mahagenco, Torrent

  Indianpetro, conducted an exclusive interview... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

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• EUROASIA: Kazakhstan demanded a leading role for its state energy company

  Published: September 8, 2007, 2:29 am

  Tags: Kashagan Oil Field, Andris Piebalgs, Kazakhstan, Kazmunaigaz, Paolo Scaroni, Eni, Karim Masimov

  Kazakhs in Bid to Lead Kashagan. Kazakhstan... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

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• EUROASIA: Bulgaria wants Kazakhstan to join Bourgas-Alexandroupolis

  Published: September 8, 2007, 10:26 pm

  Tags: Bulgaria, Bourgas Alexandroupolis Pipeline, Alexandroupolis, Kazakhstan, Pipeline, Greece, Russia, Ivailo Kalfin

  Bulgaria wants to discuss various forms of... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

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• Gerbils blast off in Russian Mars mission

  Published: September 14, 2007, 7:31 pm

  Tags: Science Technology, Animals, Astronomy, Space Exploration, Kazakhstan, Russian Federation

  Ten gerbils took off from the Russian-run Baikonur space centre in Kazakhstan for a 12-day voyage to test the possible effects of a human mission to Mars, an official said.

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• The Floating Car

  Published: September 17, 2007, 2:19 pm

  Tags: Funny, Photos, Cars, Kazakhstan, Russian Cars

  Standing in bridge somewhere in Kazakhstan you can see such a picture - a brand new Lada car with open doors floats across the rough waters.. (more…)

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• EUROASIA: Oil pollution in the Caspian

  Published: September 21, 2007, 2:15 pm

  Tags: Commonwealth Of Independent States, Caspian Shipping, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Iran, Caspian Nations, Caspar, Eni, Putin, Russia, Mohammad Reza Qaderi

  The Caspian is the world`s most easily accessible... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

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• KAZAKHSTAN: Kazakh President Nazarbayev Backs Chevron-Led Venture

  Published: September 22, 2007, 5:50 pm

  Tags: Chevron, Kazakhstan, Bektimir Kazbekov, Maria Karazhigitova, Nursultan Nazarbayev, Tengizchevroil, Karim Masimov

  Kazakhstan's president, Nursultan Nazarbayev,... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

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• Nokia's DVD-3800 player -- is this for real?

  Published: September 26, 2007, 3:21 pm

  Tags: Dvd 3800, Kazakhstan, Knockoff, Nokia, Rebadge, Rebadged

  shot whilst out in Almaty, Kazakhstan, and while one may assume that the player was simply some other firm's "DVD-3800" with a Nokia emblem, both Denon and Astar's iterations look fairly different. So, dear readers, what on earth is going on here? If anyone has even a remote clue what this thing is, drop us a line in comments -- oh, and be sure

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