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MASANCHI: Eight people were killed, dozens hurt and property burned during clashes in southern Kazakhstan, prompting concern on Saturday from authorities who portray the country as a beacon of stability. Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev held an emergency government session on Saturday to tackle Friday’s violence in an ethnically-mixed pocket of the Jambyl region, near the border with Kyrgyzstan. A commission …

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