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  Russian Three-Man Crew Leaves For ISS

  World | June 08, 2011 15:05 IST

  Baikonur, Jun 8 : A Russian spacecraft blasted off from southern Kazakhstan in the early darkness of Wednesday morning to take a three-man crew to the International Space Station.Russian cosmonaut Sergei Volkov, NASA's Michael Fossum,

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  India, Kazakhstan Sign Nuclear, Oil Pacts

  World | April 16, 2011 15:24 IST

  Astana, Apr 16: Embarking on an ambitious roadmap to consolidate their strategic partnership, India and Kazakhstan today signed seven pacts, including a framework agreement in civil nuclear field and a stake-sharing accord in oil sector,