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Manila to buy 100 APCs from Italy 24 Nov 2012 - 04:22 am

MANILA: The Department of National Defence (DND) is planning to acquire 100 armoured personnel carriers (APCs) and dozens of artillery equipment from Italy...

Catholic watchdog gets Comelec accreditation 24 Nov 2012 - 04:22 am

MANILA: A Catholic Church-based poll watchdog got an accreditation from the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to be its citizens’ arm for next year’s...

Three killed, more displaced as floods hit Davao City 24 Nov 2012 - 04:22 am

DAVAO CITY: Three people died due to drowning from a flood that submerged a large swath of farmland in the southern Philippines, officials...

Suspected JI extremist dead after army raid 24 Nov 2012 - 04:21 am

ZAMBOANGA CITY: A suspected Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) militant was wounded and captured, but died later during an operation of the military and police...

Shopping day 24 Nov 2012 - 04:20 am

Shoppers look over items on sale at a Macy’s store in New York, yesterday. Black Friday, the day following the Thanksgiving Day holiday,...

Thousands flee DR Congo 24 Nov 2012 - 04:19 am

SAKE, DR Congo: Thousands of civilians yesterday fled a rebel advance in eastern DR Congo as regional leaders prepared a summit on the...

Britain delays emissions cut decision to 2016 24 Nov 2012 - 04:19 am

LONDON: The British government’s long-awaited legislation to secure investment in low-carbon energy will not include a target to cut emissions by 2030, according...

FARC asks US to pardon leader as peace talks restart 24 Nov 2012 - 04:19 am

HAVANA: Colombia’s leftist FARC rebels yesterday asked the US president to pardon one of their leaders serving a 60-year sentence in a US...

Russian parliament backs cut in pension savings 24 Nov 2012 - 04:19 am

MOSCOW: Russia’s lower house of parliament, the Duma, has approved a pension reform law that will cut savings without raising retirement ages, ducking...

Police, protesters clash at airport site 24 Nov 2012 - 04:18 am

NOTRE-DAME-DES-LANDES, France: French policemen yesterday fired tear gas at protesting squatters during a drive to evict them from the site of a proposed...

Greek police clash with migrants 24 Nov 2012 - 04:18 am

ATHENS: Greek police fired teargas at dozens of immigrants pelting them with sticks and metal objects during a protest at a detention centre...

US Supreme Court to consider workplace harassment rules 24 Nov 2012 - 04:18 am

washington: The US Supreme Court on Monday will hear arguments in a case that could determine when a company is liable for harassment...

Protests as Mursi defends powers 24 Nov 2012 - 04:17 am

Mohammed El Baradei (second left), Nobel Peace Prize laureate and former head of the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog, walks next to former presidential...

Four new cases of SARS-like virus in Saudi, Qatar: WHO 24 Nov 2012 - 04:16 am

GAZA: Hamas Islamists enforced a fragile two-day-old truce yesterday by evacuating Palestinians from a “no-go” border zone after Israel shot dead a Gaza...

Hamas polices Gaza border after Israel kills Palestinian 24 Nov 2012 - 04:16 am

GAZA: Hamas Islamists enforced a fragile two-day-old truce yesterday by evacuating Palestinians from a “no-go” border zone after Israel shot dead a Gaza...

Turkey’s request for missiles an act of provocation: Syria 24 Nov 2012 - 04:16 am

DAMASCUS/BRUSSELS: Syria yesterday slammed as “a new act of provocation” plans by Turkey to site Patriot missiles along its border while Russia warned...

South accuses Sudan of bombing, massing troops 24 Nov 2012 - 04:15 am

JUBA: South Sudan yesterday accused Sudan of killing seven people in air strikes on a disputed area and said its northern neighbour was...

START, CAMERA, ACTION! 24 Nov 2012 - 04:09 am

by SHAIVAL DALAL The fourth edition of Doha Tribeca Film Festival opened with Mira Nair’s ‘The Reluctant Fundamentalist’. Over 87 films from around...