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Famous Kazakh singer hums antinuclear tune via The Japan Times

Posted on 2012/08/24 by norma field

HIROSHIMA — One of Kazakhstan’s leading singers hopes the power of music will help Japan’s antinuclear movement spread, just as her signature song became the symbol of a movement that forced the shutdown of a former Soviet nuclear test site … Continue reading →

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Japan to Purchase Contracted Kazakh Uranium, Kazatomprom Says via Bloomberg

Posted on 2012/02/26 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Kazatomprom (KZAP), the state nuclear company in the world’s biggest uranium-producing nation, said its Japanese customers will take delivery of the fuel they agreed to buy even as the country idles its atomic stations. The supply contracts with Japan haven’t … Continue reading →

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Kazakhstan reels from impact of nuclear tests, 20 years on via AFP

Posted on 2011/08/29 by yukimiyamotodepaul

By Aleks Tapinsh (AFP) – 1 day ago SEMEY, Kazakhstan — The 79-year-old Yevdokia Matushkina struggles to remember. Her memories often fail her. Except one. Sitting in her tiny room at a home for the elderly in the eastern Kazakh … Continue reading →

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