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ALMATY, Kazakhstan - Mikko Kokslien of Norway narrowly beat Japan's Akito Watabe Sunday to win his second Nordic Combined World Cup event in two days.

Some 300 opposition activists staged a rare rally in Kazakhstan's commercial capital Saturday to protest recent elections and the violent suppression of a group of oil workers. Hours later, speakers at the rally handed two-week jail sentences for holding the unsanctioned gathering.

Hundreds of opposition supporters protested the results of recent elections and the violent suppression of an oil workers protest at a demonstrationi Saturday in Kazakhstan's commercial capital.

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Government hands out more than two-week sentences after unauthorised protest in Almaty against the government.

ALMATY, Kazakhstan (AP) - Some 300 opposition activists staged a rare rally in Kazakhstan's commercial capital Saturday to protest recent elections and the violent suppression of a group of oil workers.

A crackdown on Kazakhstan’s political opposition, activists and media critical of Astana is continuing: Less than a week after opposition leaders were jailed for rallying in Almaty without permission, more protest participants have been taken to court while other political activists face separate, more serious charges over December’s violence in Zhanaozen. Youth activist Zhanbolat Mamay was ...

Some 300 opposition activists staged a rare rally in Kazakhstan's commercial capital Saturday to protest recent elections and the violent suppression of a group of oil workers. Hours later, speakers at the rally handed two-week jail sentences for holding the unsanctioned gathering.

ALMATY - Prominent rights activist and government critic Yevgeny Zhovtis was among more than 70 prisoners granted an amnesty by a court in eastern Kazakhstan on Wednesday, a court official said.