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Police guard as rescuers work on the side of a plane crashed near Almaty International Airport, outside Almaty, Kazakhstan, Friday, Dec. 27, 2019. The Kazakhstan plane with 98 people aboard crashed shortly after takeoff early Friday. (AP Photo/Vladimir Tretyakov)

Kazakh officials investigating causes of deadly plane crash

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In this handout photo provided by the Emergency Situations Ministry of the Republic of Kazakhstan, police and rescuers work on the side of a plane crash near Almaty International Airport, outside Almaty, Kazakhstan, Friday, Dec. 27, 2019. Almaty International Airport said a Bek Air plane crashed Friday in Kazakhstan shortly after takeoff causing numerous deaths. The aircraft had 100 passengers and crew onboard when hit a concrete fence and a two-story building shortly after takeoff. ( Emergency Situations Ministry of the Republic of Kazakhstan photo via AP)

12 killed, 49 hurt after plane crashes in Kazakhstan

By Vladimir Tretyakov and Daria Litvinova - Associated Press

Illustration on U.S. markets and the silk road by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

The U.S. emerging markets opportunity along the Silk Road

By Daniel Witt

Illustration on Kazakhstan by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Kazakhstan punches above its weight economically and diplomatically

By Wes Martin

A sample of classified Chinese government documents leaked to a consortium of news organizations, is displayed for a picture in New York, Friday, Nov. 22, 2019. Beijing has detained more than a million Uighurs, ethnic Kazakhs and other Muslim minorities for what it calls voluntary job training. The confidential documents lay out the Chinese government's deliberate strategy to lock up ethnic minorities to rewire their thoughts and even the language they speak. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Secret documents reveal how China mass detention camps work

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At least 57 arrested in Kazakh anti-government protests

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Eurasian economic delegates, from left, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, Belarusian Prime Minister Siarhiej Rumas, Kazakhstan Prime Minister Askar Mamin, Kyrgyz Prime Minister Mukhammedkalyi Abylgaziev, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev and Tigran Sargsyan, chairman of the Board of the Eurasian Economic Commission, as they pose for a photo prior to the Eurasian Economic Union Intergovernmental Council in Cholpon-Ata, Kyrgyzstan, Friday, Aug. 9, 2019. (Yekaterina Shtukina, Sputnik, Government Pool Photo via AP)

Kazakhstan working hard for foreign direct investment

By L. Todd Wood

The Latest: US citizen charged with training IS detained

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Kazakhstan's police officers detain a protester during a rally in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan, Saturday, July 6, 2019. Local media say more than one hundred people have been detained at anti-government rallies in Kazakhstan. (AP Photo)

Dozens detained in anti-government protest in Kazakhstan

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Brawl in Kazakhstan oil field leaves 30 Arabs wounded

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How advancing the U.S.-Kazakhstan partnership boosts democracy

By Beibut Atamkulov

Kazakhstan's President-elect Kassym-Jomart Tokayev speaks to the media after presidential elections in Nur-Sultan, the capital city of Kazakhstan, on Monday June 10, 2019 . An ally of Kazakhstan's former president was named winner of the presidential election on Monday in a vote marred by a police crackdown on protesters who criticized the result as an orchestrated handover of power. (AP Photo/Alexei Filippov)

Kassym-Jomart Tokayev win puts Kazakhstan at democracy crossroads

By Eric J. Lyman — Special to The Washington Times

Kazakh police detain demonstrators during an anti-government protest during the presidential elections in Almaty, Kazakhstan, Sunday, June 9, 2019. Voters in Kazakhstan are choosing a successor to the president who had led the Central Asian country since independence from the Soviet Union, with a longtime loyalist expected to win easily. (AP Photo)

Kazakhstan updates tally of protest arrests to nearly 4,000

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Kazakhstan's President-elect Kassym-Jomart Tokayev places his hand on the Quran as he takes the oath of office during his inauguration ceremony in Nur-Sultan, the capital city of Kazakhstan, Wednesday, June 12, 2019. Tokayev, an ally of Kazakhstan's former president was named the winner of the presidential election on Monday in a vote marred by a police crackdown on protesters who criticized the result as an orchestrated handover of power. (AP Photo/Alexei Filippov)

New Kazakh president plans to stay on predecessor’s course

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A detained demonstrator shouts from a police bus during an anti-government protest during the presidential elections in Nur-Sultan, the capital city of Kazakhstan, Sunday, June 9, 2019. Voters in Kazakhstan are choosing a successor to the president who had led the Central Asian country since independence from the Soviet Union, with a longtime loyalist expected to win easily. (AP Photo/Alexei Filippov)

Kazakhstan: Protests of presidential vote bring 500 arrests

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Kazakhstan's acting President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev arrives to attend the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council meeting in Nur-Sultan, the capital city of Kazakhstan, Wednesday, May 29, 2019. (Alexei Nikolsky, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP) **FILE**

Kazakhstan election could help a region advance

By L. Todd Wood

In this Sunday, June 2, 2019 photo taken by Aiman Umarova, Sayragul Sauytbay, left, Uali Sylam, her husband, right, and two children pose for a photo at an airport in Almaty, Kazakhstan, Sunday, June 2, 2019. The lawyer for a Chinese woman who attracted international attention after fleeing to Kazakhstan and speaking about working in Chinese internment camps says she has left the country for Sweden, where she expects to get political asylum. (Aiman Umarova via AP)

Woman who told of Chinese internment camps headed to Sweden

By KATE DE PURY - Associated Press

Beacon of Democracy Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Kazakhstan takes another step in its path toward democracy

By Yerzhan Kazykhanov

A step forward in Kazakhstan

By J. Adam Ereli

Dozens detained in Kazakhstan at rally urging vote boycott

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