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Now playing Next explore Almaty: Kazakhstan's Garden City The city of Almaty lies to the south of Kazakhstan, a stop off point in years gone by on the Silk Road, the great trading route that linked east and 12/09/2012
Now playing Next explore Astana, the growing capital of Kazakhstan In Kazakhstan the nearest seaside is thousands of kilometres away. In June the temperatures here are in the 30s Celsius and it is positively 02/07/2012
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Now playing Next explore Traveller's Diary: Astana Kazakhstan plays tricks on you. The first sleight of hand is the approach from the air to the capital’s airport in Astana. Peering through the 04/06/2012
Now playing Next target Astana Forum debates global economic problems By hosting the Astana Economic Forum in its newly created capital Astana, Kazakhstan is hoping to match places like Davos, which influence the future 25/05/2012
Now playing Next no comment Christmas spirit is in the air (filmed by Bakhit in Almaty, Kazakhstan) 22/11/2011
Now playing Next focus Kazakhstan's bid to influence global finance Kazakhstan is a country of 16 million people with the most thriving of central Asia’s emerging economies. In the past, it was only really known in 05/05/2011
Now playing Next focus Kazakhstan eyes the 2022 Winter Olympics Just 10 years ago, the area around Astana was a bleak and inhospitable landscape. But now a modern metropolis has sprung up. This is no concrete 02/02/2011
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Now playing Next World How do you train a leader? This week we focus on the leaders of the future. We have three very different stories of how new generations are being primed for leadership roles 12/11/2010
Now playing Next focus Kazakhstan's nuclear legacy At the elderly care home in Semipalatinsk, we met 85 year old Praskovya. Semipalatinsk, or Semey, is a city 150 kilometers from the main Soviet 14/04/2010
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