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Kazakhstan

  • Blogs

    March 22, 2012

    Lose Your Rims Or Tires At Hobby? Blame These Guys, Maybe

    Three dudes with cut-and-paste names have been arrested for a string of rim-and-tire thefts at Hobby Airport, HPD says. Temirlan Kantay, 27, Nurbol Tangatov, 22, and Yerzhigit Zhanbolatu Serikbay, 19, were arrested earlier this month, although the HPD announcement just came out yesterday. The hit ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 1, 2011

    Why Texas Should Reopen Its Horse Slaughterhouses

    It's been five years since the nation's last horse slaughterhouse was shut down. The Cavel horse slaughterhouse in DeKalb, Illinois, closed after Congress banned USDA inspections of horse meat -- effectively ceasing operations at the few abattoirs in the United States that dealt in horses. If the me ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 7, 2011

    Pop Rocks on Sting: "Rock Stars...Is There Anything They Don't Know?"

    You rotten flexible bastard.​ Sting. He's the artist we love to hate: Sting, everyone's favorite somnambulant acoustic pop star, has developed a somewhat checkered experience in Central Asia. In 2009, Gulnara Karimova--herself a fledgling pop singer under the name GooGooSha and daughter of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 7, 2011

    Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap: Music Fans Love Their A-Holes

    You rotten flexible bastard.​Sting. He's the artist we love to hate. From The Atlantic: Sting, everyone's favorite somnambulant acoustic pop star, has developed a somewhat checkered experience in Central Asia. In 2009, Gulnara Karimova - herself a fledgling pop singer under the name GooGooSha ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 21, 2011

    Babushka

    You rotten flexible bastard.​Sting. He's the artist we love to hate. From The Atlantic: Sting, everyone's favorite somnambulant acoustic pop star, has developed a somewhat checkered experience in Central Asia. In 2009, Gulnara Karimova - herself a fledgling pop singer under the name GooGooSha ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 4, 2010

    WHAT?!? Companies Pay BRIBES To Do Business In Russia And Angola?

    Shocking, we know​Be prepared to lose all faith in -- well, if not humanity, per se, at least capitalism and government officials in Nigeria.It appears -- are you sitting down? -- that bribery is sometimes used when American companies try to do business in Russia, Nigeria, Angola and Kazakhstan. Y ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 28, 2010

    Turkish Ravioli: Manti at Istanbul

    English translation for manti: Oh dear God, yes.​Manti is one of the few Turkish dishes that Americans might be familiar with that didn't come from the Mediterranean. Foods like hummus, baba ganoush and dolmades all have roots in the Levant and its bordering countries. Not manti. The clever l ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 13, 2010

    Loon Star State: Gunsmoke On The Border, Pigeons Dropping In Nacogdoches, And More

    ​Loon Star State: Texas Small-Town Crime Round UpThe crime dates only from 1986, but the motive could be from 1886...Authorities in Rio Grande City recently arrested 53-year-old Juan Francisco Martinez for the Easter Sunday 1986 murder of Margarito Alaniz Jr. Police say that Martinez and Alaniz we ... More >>

  • Dining

    August 6, 2009

    Chinese Chili

    Thanks to Indians and Pakistanis, spicy Chinese Halal cooking is famous all over the world.

  • Blogs

    May 8, 2009

    Aeros Get A Birthday Gift, Look To Close Out Milwaukee

    Photo by Fred Trask/The Third IntermissionAnton Khudobin stood at mid-ice, blushing, a huge smile on his face. He was the number-one star of the game for the Houston Aeros. But that's not why he was blushing. He was blushing because, in unison, 3,189 fans inside of Toyota Center were singing "Happy ... More >>

  • Dining

    January 15, 2009

    On a Budget at Bistro des Amis

    Photo by Fred Trask/The Third IntermissionAnton Khudobin stood at mid-ice, blushing, a huge smile on his face. He was the number-one star of the game for the Houston Aeros. But that's not why he was blushing. He was blushing because, in unison, 3,189 fans inside of Toyota Center were singing "Happy ... More >>

  • Film

    June 26, 2008

    Empire Strikes Back in Mongol

    The film paints a historically hazy but kickass picture of everyone's fave emperor, Genghis Khan

  • Film

    June 5, 2008

    Empire Strikes Back in Mongol

    This film paints a historically hazy but kickass picture of everyone's fave emperor, Genghis Khan

  • Film

    May 29, 2008

    Cannes Class of 2008

    A jury divided unites around Laurent Cantet's schoolhouse drama

  • News

    November 23, 2006

    Risky Business

    A jury divided unites around Laurent Cantet's schoolhouse drama

  • Film

    November 2, 2006

    On the Road

    Sacha Baron Cohen's howlingly funny mockumentary goes looking for America

  • Blogs

    August 8, 2006

    The Mens, He Can Throw

    Sacha Baron Cohen's howlingly funny mockumentary goes looking for America

  • Film

    July 28, 2005

    Hello from Kazakhstan

    Schizo paints a harrowing portrait of the former Soviet state

  • Culture

    May 26, 2005

    Booking It

    These travel narratives are as much about the teller as the terrain

  • Best of Houston

    September 21, 2000

    Best Shish Kebab

    Cafe East

  • Dining

    February 3, 2000

    Bear Hug

    You can't say nyet to Cafe East's hearty Russian menu and family charm

  • Dining

    April 22, 1999

    Stoli Moments

    For Russians, eating out means more than just food

  • Film

    July 24, 1997

    Going Down

    Air Force One nose-dives into an ocean of ennui

  • News

    February 27, 1997

    Lunch with LLaughing BBoy

    Air Force One nose-dives into an ocean of ennui

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