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Business Council is to hold its fourth sitting in Delhi within an official visit of Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev to India on Jan 23-27, 2009. Businessmen of the two friendly countries are to hold negotiations within the frame of the event. India was one of the first countries which had recognized Kazakhstan’s independence. The diplomatic relationships between the two states were established in the beginning of 1992.

A New Year party for young hopefuls has taken place in Makhambet Utemisov Schoolchildren's Palace on behalf of Akim of Astana. Deputy Akim A. Rakhimzhanov congratulated children on the holiday and wished them happiness, health and further success in their study. The invited to the party children are honored pupils, numerous winners and champions, winners of different contests and festivals.
The expiring year was marked by anniversary date – 10 years of Astana - for all citizens of the capital. The final stage of this anniversary is congratulation of capital’s age mates, winners and finalists of "Novogodny Serpantin" (New Year Serpentine) contest addressed to all party participants.

500 families from the waiting list for improvement of housing conditions of Astana have received keys of their new apartments from Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev. “As Head of the State I am always glad to see happiness in the eyes of my people”, the President said. “We all know what it means to have a flat, specially those who have been waiting for it for a long time. Such opportunity opens today and I congratulate you on this good event on the eve of 2009”, N.Nazarbayev noted.

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No, it is not so necessary. If you are not sure in writing address in Cyrillic you need just to write the address as it is spelled in Cyrillic language like "Пушкин" = Pushkin or "Ленин" = Lenin.

Dostyk or Druzhba (Russian)is a small town in Almaty region (oblast) of Kazakhstan near the border with China. Dostyk town is a point of entry by highway and railroad from China.

Dolon village is located about 60 km from the border of the Semipalatinsk nuclear test site. Dolon village is known to be heavily contaminated by the first USSR atomic bomb test. The current population of Dolon village (7 km radius) is about 500-700 people, no information about land area of that village (pretty small I guess).

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