ASKANA, Kazakhstan, Oct. 9 (UPI) -- France and Kazakhstan have signed a host of bilateral energy deals, pulling the best economic performer in Central Asia further westward.

ASTANA, Kazakhstan, Oct. 7 (UPI) -- The French and Kazakh presidents have agreed that France will participate in building a Caspian pipeline to Azerbaijan and Europe.

ASTANA, Kazakhstan, May 14 (UPI) -- In a modest blow to Nabucco, Kazakhstan signed a measure approving the construction of a natural gas pipeline with Russian gas giant Gazprom.

ASTANA, Kazakhstan, April 10 (UPI) -- Gazprom chief Alexei Miller traveled to Kazakhstan and met with top officials there to discuss the regional pipeline network and other ties, the company said.

ASTANA, Kazakhstan, April 7 (UPI) -- Iran supports the idea of a U.S.-backed nuclear fuel bank situated in Kazakhstan, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said in Astana.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 (UPI) -- While the global recession has blindsided the world's oil market, harming the revenue stream of many major producers, Kazakhstan is seeking to overcome the fiscal setback and is looking to the future to diversify its energy exports. A key ingredient in Astana's efforts is its burgeoning uranium production, and it has focused its attention squarely on a rising Asian economic powerhouse -- India.

ASTANA, Kazakhstan, Oct. 3 (UPI) -- Kazakhstan will move forward with energy cooperation in the Caucasus despite simmering tensions in the region from the South Ossetian conflict, leaders say.

LONDON, July 27 (UPI) -- A British mansion where Prince Andrew once lived may soon be demolished, The Sunday Times of London said.

WASHINGTON, June 5 (UPI) -- The global energy market nervously contemplates flat production and rising prices. Kazakhstan's Kashagan Caspian Sea offshore field is the largest find of the last 30 years; after years of cost overruns and legal controversy, the project is slated to begin production in 2011 and will provide Kazakhstan with its largest single source of hard currency when fully operational.