Kazakhstan in the news

So here are some random news stories about Kstan that people without
Kazakhstan as a section on their Google News page may have missed...

Science
"While studying the ancient microcontinents that make up the geography
of central Kazakhstan in Asia, geological sciences professor Joe Meert
and colleagues uncovered evidence that multi-cellular organisms may
have evolved 100 million years earlier than previously thought, well
before the Cambrian Era..."
http://www.physorg.com/news/2010-12-discovery-rekindles-debate-multi-cellular-life.html

Sports
"Raised on a farm in Kazakhstan and a beach-town suburb of Sydney,
Bose is doing his best these days to bring recognition to a program
based in tiny Thibodaux, La. Featuring a diversity in his game rather
befitting an international man of mystery, the 6-foot-6 senior
swingman ranks third in the nation in scoring, averaging 25 points per
game, and accounts for nearly 37 percent of the team's points..."
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/news/story?id=5942119

Culture and life
A BBC reporter interviews three people about life in Kazakhstan.
Regular people with interesting stories. Gives a good view of the
diverse people that live here.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/programmes/2010/12/101220_outlook_kazakhstan_lives_audio.shtml?bw=nb&mp=wm&news=1&ms3=6&ms_javascript=false&bbcws=2