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Nabil Shaath: 'UN bid to allow lawsuit against Israel' 03 Nov 2012 - 12:03 pm

RAMALLAH: The Palestinian Authority hopes to upgrade Palestine's UN status to that of a "non-member observer state" in order to be able to...

Myanmar state media details new foreign investment law 03 Nov 2012 - 12:02 pm

YANGON: Myanmar's new foreign investment law allows overseas firms to fully own ventures and offers tax breaks and lengthy land leases, state media...

Syria rebels launch assault on key northern airbase 03 Nov 2012 - 11:59 am

BEIRUT: Syrian rebels launched a major assault in the northwest on Saturday against the Taftanaz airbase used to deploy fighter jets and helicopter...

India's Jet Airways quarterly losses narrow 03 Nov 2012 - 11:18 am

MUMBAI: India's second-biggest private airline Jet Airways has reported its quarterly loss narrowed by 86 percent from a year ago as it benefited...

Guinea and UAE sign bauxite supply deal 03 Nov 2012 - 10:21 am

DUBAI: Compagnie des Bauxites de Guinee (CBG) signed a long-term supply agreement with the United Arab Emirates for the main raw material in...

Foreign firms owe British taxman £5.5bn: report 03 Nov 2012 - 08:37 am

LONDON: Foreign companies in Britain owe around £5.5 billion in taxes, figures unearthed by The Times newspaper showed Saturday. Her Majesty's Revenue and...

US jury awards troops $85 mln over Iraq chemical exposure 03 Nov 2012 - 08:26 am

PORTLAND, Oregon: An Oregon jury awarded 12 Army National Guardsmen $85 million in damages from defense contractor KBR Inc. on Friday after finding...

Autumn in Kashmir 03 Nov 2012 - 05:46 am

Youngsters stroll through a garden dominated by Chinar trees whose leaves have turned a fiery red, in Srinagar, yesterday. As the autumn sets...

Swamy charges spark battle with Congress 03 Nov 2012 - 05:46 am

New Delhi/Shimla: The allegations by Janata Party chief Subramanian Swamy of “wrongdoing” against Congress President Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi vis-a-vis the takeover...

Supreme Court dismisses petition for review of CAG’s loss figures 03 Nov 2012 - 05:45 am

New Delhi: The Supreme Court yesterday dismissed a petition seeking directives to the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) to revisit its valuation of...

TDP leader Yerran Naidu dies; cremation today 03 Nov 2012 - 05:45 am

Hyderabad: The last rites of Telugu Desam Party’s senior leader and former central minister K Yerran Naidu, who died in a road accident...

UP govt dropping case against Amar Singh 03 Nov 2012 - 05:44 am

Lucknow: The Akhilesh Yadav-led Uttar Pradesh government is learnt to have given the go-ahead to the police to ‘bury’ a money laundering case...

Afghan goes under knife to get wife 03 Nov 2012 - 05:44 am

New Delhi: A 55-year-old Afghan widower set about finding himself a wife again, but ended up being turned down on account of his...

17 killed in Pakistan petrol station attack 03 Nov 2012 - 05:43 am

This still photo from ‘Seal Team Six: The Killing of Osama bin Laden’ shows a dramatisation of the team after killing Bin Laden...

Balochistan residents apprehensive of insurgency 03 Nov 2012 - 05:42 am

ISLAMABAD: According to a Gilani Research Foundation Survey carried out by Gallup Pakistan, majority (65 percent) is fearful and apprehensive about insurgency in...

Call to punish fugitive ‘blasphemy’ teacher 03 Nov 2012 - 05:42 am

LAHORE: A Pakistani teacher at the centre of a blasphemy row was in hiding yesterday as her school management denied all responsibility for...

Four Afghan policemen killed by colleagues 03 Nov 2012 - 05:41 am

KANDAHAR: Four Afghan policemen were shot dead by their colleagues at a police checkpost in southern Afghanistan, officials said yesterday. The shooting, which...

Officials take proper measures to prevent drug smuggling to India 03 Nov 2012 - 05:40 am

LAHORE: Pakistan Customs, Railways and All Pakistan Cement Manufacturers Association (APCMA) have agreed to take measures to plug all possible loopholes in the...