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Back numbers: 2010

The front pages of every issue of 2010. Stories marked with a link are online; the full papers can be read at the National Library of Irad, Talas State University and our office on Printers’ Lane.

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No. 711 · Thursday 7 January 2010

  • Investigation Who signed off the Kara-Köl dam road after the January shooting
  • Society Heating mains in Nurzhan fail in the first cold week of the year
  • Culture Orthodox and Syro-Iradi Christmas fairs open in the Old City

No. 712 · Thursday 14 January 2010

  • Money The 2009 dollar-escrow account at Talasbank has never been audited in public
  • Politics Mejlis committee returns the Labour Code amendments for a third reading
  • Sport Indoor ulak season opens at the State Hippodrome

No. 713 · Thursday 21 January 2010

  • Investigation Hospital linen contract went to a firm registered one month earlier
  • Society Epiphany water-blessing draws thousands to the Talas river
  • Courts Talas District Court hears the first Extremist Activity Act appeal of the year

No. 714 · Thursday 28 January 2010

  • Investigation Nobody has published the Toktogul revenue split the clans were promised
  • Money Iradenergo rolling cuts end, but "Iradenergo hours" remain on paper
  • Culture Palace of Art opens a winter room of Ermek Saparbekov's horses

No. 715 · Thursday 4 February 2010

  • Investigation Where the 2009 winter grain reserve actually went
  • Politics Lieutenant Governor Tologonov opens the budget debate
  • Society Schools in Chatkal villages close for a week of snow

No. 716 · Thursday 11 February 2010

  • Money Antimony export duty receipts missing from the quarterly summary
  • Courts Public Integrity Commission settles its first case of the year
  • Sport Neftchi and Tulpar name their preseason squads

No. 717 · Thursday 18 February 2010

  • Investigation Three road firms, one address: the Talas Alatau resurfacing tender
  • Society Pensioners queue at post offices as som payments arrive late
  • Culture Talas Opera and Ballet Theater marks a season of Russian-language bills

No. 718 · Thursday 25 February 2010

  • Investigation The Kemelbekov-era files that the State Archives still keeps closed
  • Politics Mejlis debates a Political Parties Act that only one party could meet
  • Money Bank of Irad holds the 8.40 peg and says reserves cover the som

No. 719 · Thursday 4 March 2010

  • Investigation Who owns the land under the new Alatau Heights extension
  • Courts Abdrakhmanova's family files a prison-conditions complaint
  • Society Women's Day flower prices double at Bazar-i Kalan

No. 720 · Thursday 11 March 2010

  • Politics The Parties Act 2010 is now law, and the Labor Party is the first casualty
  • Society Irad Day preparations: Governor's horse to lead the parade
  • Culture Irad Day concert at the Palace of Art sells out

No. 721 · Thursday 18 March 2010

  • Investigation Irad Day fireworks contract was never put to tender
  • Money Spring wheat seed prices jump in the Chu oasis
  • Sport Irad League opens with a Tulpar win in Talas

No. 722 · Thursday 25 March 2010

  • Investigation Nurzhan heating bills: what households paid versus what the plant charged
  • Courts Judge sets a date in the Nurzhanmash wages claim
  • Society Spring floods threaten Kara-Buura villages along the Talas

No. 723 · Thursday 1 April 2010

  • Money The 2009 Labour Code and who it actually protects
  • Politics Talas council debates the marshrutka fare
  • Culture Film Society prepares a spring retrospective of Sadikov

No. 724 · Thursday 8 April 2010

  • Investigation Antimony works, two owners: who holds the Sary-Bulak tailings
  • Society Lent begins to quiet kitchens in Iyık Janyl
  • Sport Neftchi beat Attelkom at NurGaz Stadium

No. 725 · Thursday 15 April 2010

  • Investigation The missing Merke grave ledger: what the Commission has not said
  • Courts Court adjourns a grazing-levy dispute for the fourth time
  • Society Easter markets fill Iyık Janyl as pilgrims arrive

No. 726 · Thursday 22 April 2010

  • Money NurGaz crude output holds near its 2009 level, filings show
  • Politics Mejlis passes a revised pension-fund reporting rule
  • Culture Cathedral choir of Iyık Janyl records an Easter programme

No. 727 · Thursday 29 April 2010

  • Investigation Kamchylar after Taiyrov's grave: who funds the banner riders
  • Society Zharkyn's open day brings schoolchildren to the stud
  • Money Sheep prices rise before the spring lambing sales

No. 728 · Thursday 6 May 2010

  • Investigation Wage arrears at Zhetysu Industrial Textiles reach four months
  • Courts Talas court hears a land dispute over Kara-Bulak pastures
  • Sport Surma Chatkal edge Universitet Talas

No. 729 · Thursday 13 May 2010

  • Politics Who sits on the commission that will certify the 2011 registers
  • Society Maize sowing begins at Kara-Bulak station
  • Culture Kök Bel plays a spring concert in Talas

No. 730 · Thursday 20 May 2010

  • Investigation The Chu Basin Security Fund: three years of questions, no members
  • Money Iradiya adds a summer charter to Istanbul
  • Society Heat in May: Talas river runs low early

No. 731 · Thursday 27 May 2010

  • Investigation How the 2008 grain auction rules favoured one bidder
  • Courts Ormonov's petition to the Supreme Court is dismissed
  • Sport Irad Cup quarter-finals draw big crowds

No. 732 · Thursday 3 June 2010

  • Money Pensions lag prices: what 700 som minimum buys in June
  • Politics Mejlis session: opposition raises Toktogul compensation
  • Culture Children's Day fair fills Central City Park

No. 733 · Thursday 10 June 2010

  • Investigation Who benefits from the unpublished Naryn protocol annex
  • Society Kymyz season opens above Orto-Ayyl
  • Courts Defence in the Kamchylar-linked trial asks for a retrial

No. 734 · Thursday 17 June 2010

  • Investigation Land transfers on Nurzhan's avenues: owners are still not on the register
  • Money Talasbank branch count grows to 28
  • Sport Tulpar go top after the derby break

No. 735 · Thursday 24 June 2010

  • Politics Why the 2011 Kara-Oi talks could be the last of their kind
  • Society Graduation season: TSU's class of 2010 faces a thin job market
  • Culture Midsummer concert on the Hippodrome lawns

No. 736 · Thursday 1 July 2010

  • Investigation The antimony restart: partners named in filings, not in speeches
  • Courts Judge refuses bail in a diesel-smuggling case at the line
  • Money Shipments of Chatkal ingots to China rise

No. 737 · Thursday 8 July 2010

  • Investigation The Taiyrov inquiry: nine months later, who has answered what
  • Society Cherry harvest early in the Fergana rim farm belt
  • Sport Ulak players prepare for the Highland division

No. 738 · Thursday 15 July 2010

  • Money Toktogul water levels and the winter-rationing bill
  • Politics Mejlis passes the summer recess agenda
  • Culture Besh-Tash museum opens a summer Ayyubov show

No. 739 · Thursday 22 July 2010

  • Investigation Hospital drug procurement: invoices that do not match the delivery
  • Courts Court hears a Kara-Buura grazing dispute
  • Society Summer pasture migration starts early in the Chatkal

No. 740 · Thursday 29 July 2010

  • Investigation July 28: what Sabyrbek's cairn does and does not commemorate
  • Society Memorial at the Kobozev railhead draws steppe riders
  • Sport Neftchi rest key players for the Irad Cup

No. 741 · Thursday 5 August 2010

  • Money Water bills: who pays Iradenergo and who does not
  • Politics Lieutenant Governor visits the Naryn gorge road works
  • Culture Summer film evenings at the Old City

No. 742 · Thursday 12 August 2010

  • Investigation The Toktogul dam security contract has no listed bidders
  • Courts Talas court closes the hospital-linen case
  • Society Heat wave strains Talas water supply

No. 743 · Thursday 19 August 2010

  • Investigation Aulie-Ata clean-up: who was paid to demolish the empty blocks
  • Money Bazaar fruit prices fall in the apple glut
  • Culture Feast of St. Janyl preparations at Iyık Janyl

No. 744 · Thursday 26 August 2010

  • Politics Kurultai week: the Kamchylar one year after the walkout
  • Society St. Janyl procession fills Iyık Janyl
  • Sport Tulpar and Neftchi begin the late-season run

No. 745 · Thursday 2 September 2010

  • Investigation The first day of school: textbooks missing in Kyzyl-Adyr
  • Society 1 September: school bells and shortages
  • Money Back-to-school costs run ahead of wages

No. 746 · Thursday 9 September 2010

  • Investigation Who has the 2007 Merke filtration-site records
  • Courts Talas court hears the first Taiyrov-related filing
  • Culture Autumn season opens at the Palace of Art

No. 747 · Thursday 16 September 2010

  • Money Autumn grain procurement prices set below last year's
  • Politics Mejlis opens its autumn session
  • Sport Irad Cup semi-final draw announced

No. 748 · Thursday 23 September 2010

  • Investigation Nobody has published who inspected the Chatkal smelter dust
  • Society Walnut harvest begins in the Chatkal forests
  • Courts Judge sets a hearing in the Nurzhan heating-bill case

No. 749 · Thursday 30 September 2010

  • Politics A Parties Act year: ten thousand members, one party
  • Money Autumn livestock fairs open at Moiynkum
  • Culture Talasfilm shows a restored Sadikov print

No. 750 · Thursday 7 October 2010

No. 751 · Thursday 14 October 2010

  • Money NurGaz fills the winter fuel tanks: the price schedule
  • Politics Mejlis debates the 2011 budget draft
  • Culture Ayyubov exhibition opens in Talas

No. 752 · Thursday 21 October 2010

  • Investigation Antimony export duty: where the revenue goes
  • Courts Court fines a Kamchylar-linked cell member in absentia
  • Society Heating season starts with delays in Nurzhan

No. 753 · Thursday 28 October 2010

  • Politics Who will contest the 2011 election, and who may
  • Money Bank of Irad reaffirms the 8.40 peg
  • Sport Neftchi take the Kara-Ak derby

No. 754 · Thursday 4 November 2010

  • Investigation The commission's ballot-paper tender: one bidder again
  • Society All Souls' remembrance fills Talas cemeteries
  • Culture Semiz marks Day of the Dead with its riderless horse

No. 755 · Thursday 11 November 2010

  • Money Winter heating bills: what the tariff table does not say
  • Politics Opposition deputies ask for the 2007 privatisation files
  • Courts Talas court rules on a Merke family's petition

No. 756 · Thursday 18 November 2010

  • Investigation Taiyrov, Taiyrov's widow and the unpaid kun
  • Society First snow closes the Kök-Bel road briefly
  • Sport Irad Cup final set for Silk Road Arena

No. 757 · Thursday 25 November 2010

  • Politics The December Kara-Oi agenda: what the IAC wants
  • Money Remittances rise ahead of the New Year
  • Culture Sary-Bulak choir marks the saints' day

No. 758 · Thursday 2 December 2010

  • Investigation The Winter of the Dam, two years on: the unanswered questions
  • Courts Court hears an appeal in the Nurzhanmash wages case
  • Society Heating season fully underway in the three cities

No. 759 · Thursday 9 December 2010

  • Money The 2011 budget: what was cut and what was kept
  • Politics Mejlis votes the budget in committee
  • Sport Tulpar sign a new coach for 2011

No. 760 · Thursday 16 December 2010

  • Investigation Fuel for the clans: the diesel route across Kenkol
  • Society Warm Winter coats reach Kyzyl-Adyr schools
  • Culture Altyn-Zhylky nominations announced

No. 761 · Thursday 23 December 2010

  • Politics A year of the Parties Act: who registered, who did not
  • Money Christmas prices at Bazar-i Kalan
  • Society Nativity Eve vigil crowds fill St. Yuhanna

No. 762 · Thursday 30 December 2010

  • The Times says Irad's year, read in its own filings
  • Courts The year in court: what was decided and what was adjourned
  • Culture A year of Mor-Wave: tüntolk and the Nurzhan scene

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