The ongoing debate between western oil companies operating in Kazakhstan and the government on the terms of production agreement spilled into the open yesterday at a conference on investing in Kazakhstan in New York City.

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Tesco is also opening stores in India, and Metro will open in Egypt and Kazakhstan.

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None of the five Kazakh players in the French Open was born in Kazakhstan.

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Kazakhstan (as pictured above), and Putin says the new launch base will also be open for other countries to use.

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Kazakhstan has a training center in Astana, the country's capital, where Shvedova trained for the French Open on new indoor red clay courts.

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China's Li Na, the 2011 French Open champion, quickly wrapped up a 6-3 6-1 win over Ksenia Pervak from Kazakhstan while Sabine Lisicki, the German No. 15 seed, recorded a 6-4 6-2 victory over Petra Martic.

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