Emergency rule ends, situation stable in Zhanaozen

    In his state-of-the-nation address on January 27, President Nursultan Nazarbayev said the situation in Zhanaozen had returned to normal. Therefore, the state of emergency would not be extended beyond the January 31 deadline set earlier, officials say.     The state-of-emergency Zhanaozen following the mass disturbances on December 16 - the day the...