German intelligence service is interested in the former ambassador of Kazakhstan to Austria Rakhat Aliyev, Malta Today writes. Such information emerged in the parliamentary requests of the German Green Party's MP Viola von Cramon to German Chancellor Angela Merkel. According to the source, the deputy gained access to secret documents under condition of confidentiality.

Kazakh authorities must do their utmost to determine the whereabouts and ensure the safety of journalist Tokbergen Abiyev, who has been missing since December 20, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.

Wikimedia Foundation works with Kazakh government-linked foundation on their own version of the site

The regime was this month accused of 'growing crackdown on free speech' by Human Rights Watch

Mr Wales also questioned about links with Blair, who attended his wedding and with whom he has holidayed

Transparency International has published a corruption perceptions index for 2012 in which Uzbekistan ranked 170th among 174 countries, which is only better than Myanmar, Afghanistan, North Korea and Somali.

The Commentator has published an exclusive report about Issam and Devincci Hourani brothers involvement with Palestinian Authority corruption. Issam Hourani is married to Gulshat Aliyeva, a younger sister of Rakhat Aliyev, who is a former Ambassador to Austria, a former high-ranking Kazakhstan official and the ex-husband of Dariga Nazarbayeva, the eldest daughter of Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev.

A mother puts her twins, one of whom who was infected with HIV in a Shymkent public hospital, to sleep at their apartment in February 2007. An investigation found that about 150 children had been infected with HIV in the city's hospitals in 2006.