World Business: Asian Winter Games -- 11/02/2011 | PBS
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World Business
Broadcast Date: Feb. 11, 2011
World Business: Last week Kazakhstan hosted the 7th Asian Winter Games in Astana and Almaty. Hosting an event on this scale is not only a source of pride for the 20 year old country, but also gives it a much stronger presence on the world stage. Kazakhstan will be hoping to use this greater prominence to attract investment, and visitors to this emerging market. Reporter: Eckart Sager
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