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	<description>News, analysis, and what it looks like from the inside by an expatriated American in Astana</description>
	<pubDate>Sat, 19 Jul 2008 09:47:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Another American With a Blog</title>
		<link>http://kazakhstan.blogsome.com/2008/07/19/another-american-with-a-blog/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Jul 2008 09:47:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>KZBlog</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[	A Momentary Relapse of Reason is a brand new blog by an American who&#8217;s been living in Almaty for the past year. It looks like it will be a good place to get foreign reactions to life in Kazakhstan. Check out the post on Astana where the author makes a key point that the Left [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Culture in Mongolia: A Model for Central Asia</title>
		<link>http://kazakhstan.blogsome.com/2008/07/19/culture-in-mongolia-a-model-for-central-asia/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Jul 2008 07:43:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>KZBlog</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Culture</category>
	<category>Politics</category>
	<category>Central Asia</category>
		<guid>http://kazakhstan.blogsome.com/2008/07/19/culture-in-mongolia-a-model-for-central-asia/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	Haven&#8217;t posted in a while because I took a trip to Mongolia last week. Of course nothing casts a pall on travel plans like political protest that ends with the burning of the leading political party&#8217;s building and sacking of the nearby Culture Palace. Assured by my friend in Ulaan Baatar and by various Mongolian [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Movie Tickets Wanted</title>
		<link>http://kazakhstan.blogsome.com/2008/06/29/movie-tickets-wanted/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jun 2008 12:13:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>KZBlog</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Culture</category>
		<guid>http://kazakhstan.blogsome.com/2008/06/29/movie-tickets-wanted/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	Go see Wanted [Особо Опасен in Russian] which opened on June 27th in the US and on June 26th in Kazakhstan. Why am I talking about this film and why did it open in Kazakhstan before it opened in the US? Because the director, Timur Bekmambetov is a native son of Kazakhstan, born in Atyrau. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kazakhstan to Have First Gay Pride Parade?</title>
		<link>http://kazakhstan.blogsome.com/2008/06/14/kazakhstan-to-have-first-gay-pride-parade/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Jun 2008 11:55:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>KZBlog</dc:creator>
		
	<category>News</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[	The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Association of Kazakhstan announced Friday that it will hold the first gay pride parade in Kazakhstan on 21 June. 21 June is also the date of the Graduation Ball for students who have graduated from secondary school&#8211;akin to prom in America. The LGBTA apparently plan a public outdoor concert [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Astana to be Renamed Nursultan?</title>
		<link>http://kazakhstan.blogsome.com/2008/06/08/astana-to-be-renamed-nursultan/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Jun 2008 04:49:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>KZBlog</dc:creator>
		
	<category>News</category>
	<category>Astana</category>
	<category>President</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[	Among the amendments and laws discussed in Parliament this week, the most interesting and entertaining was a proposal by member of Parliament Sat Tokpakbayev to rename the capital city to Nursultan in honor of the President, Nursultan Nazarbayev, and his role in not only running the nation but also building the city of Astana and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Astana has a new flag</title>
		<link>http://kazakhstan.blogsome.com/2008/06/07/astana-has-a-new-flag/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Jun 2008 07:39:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>KZBlog</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Astana</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[	Astana has a new flag and seal, designed by the President and approved by the Mashlikhat of Astana on the 6th of June. According to nomad.su, the old seal was appropriate for the old city, once the capital of the Virgin Lands agricultural project. The new symbol is more fitting for the capital of a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Price Crisis Up Close and Personal</title>
		<link>http://kazakhstan.blogsome.com/2008/06/04/price-crisis-up-close-and-personal/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2008 04:14:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>KZBlog</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Life in KZ</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[	I&#8217;ve been reading articles about how rising prices are affecting Kazakhstan. A lot of inflation statistics are cited along with comments from government officials. I thought people might be interested in how the financial crisis is affecting real people. Now my salary and my wife&#8217;s salary are significantly above the national average. I do know [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Press in Kazakhstan only a little worse than last year</title>
		<link>http://kazakhstan.blogsome.com/2008/06/02/press-in-kazakhstan-only-a-little-worse-than-last-year/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jun 2008 04:16:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>KZBlog</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Politics</category>
	<category>Human Rights</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[	According to Freedom House&#8217;s Freedom of the Press 2008 survey, Kazakhstan&#8217;s press in 2007 was only slightly less free than in 2006. Out of a scale of 100, Kazakhstan recieved a 78, where 100 represents total government control over the media and 0 represents total freedom.  In 2006, the country scored 76. Overall the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cindy Adams on the Steppes</title>
		<link>http://kazakhstan.blogsome.com/2008/05/29/cindy-adams-on-the-steppes/</link>
		<comments>http://kazakhstan.blogsome.com/2008/05/29/cindy-adams-on-the-steppes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2008 12:42:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>KZBlog</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Culture</category>
	<category>Fun</category>
	<category>Life in KZ</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[	Thanks to Tom Toomey for pointing out that recently the New York Post published Cindy Adams&#8217; latest column where she does Kazakhstan. Disclaimer for those who don&#8217;t know Cindy Adams: she&#8217;s a gossip journalist and scandalizing is her job and her style. Don&#8217;t be too offended. She has to say bad things about everything she [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Medvedev  Chooses Kazakhstan First</title>
		<link>http://kazakhstan.blogsome.com/2008/05/28/medvedev-chooses-kazakhstan-first/</link>
		<comments>http://kazakhstan.blogsome.com/2008/05/28/medvedev-chooses-kazakhstan-first/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 May 2008 04:07:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>KZBlog</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Politics</category>
		<guid>http://kazakhstan.blogsome.com/2008/05/28/medvedev-chooses-kazakhstan-first/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	Thanks to Net News Publisher for bringing this to my attention. 
	However as a resident of Astana it was hard to miss the fact that the newly inaugurated Russian President, Dmitri Medvedev, was recently here. Roads were blocked off, Russian flags were hanging from hotels and planted outside Bayterek. Black Mercedes and Land Cruisers with [...]]]></description>
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