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PMs meet 03 Nov 2012 - 05:38 am

Bangladesh’s Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her Vietnamese counterpart Nguyen Tan Dung shake hands at the Government Office in Hanoi, yesterday.

Fear, hunger stalk Myanmar camps 03 Nov 2012 - 05:37 am

Sittwe: Crammed into squalid camps, thousands of people who fled communal violence in Myanmar face a deepening humanitarian crisis with critical shortages of...

Taiwan high court extends ex-leader’s prison sentence 03 Nov 2012 - 05:34 am

TAIPEI: Taiwan’s high court said yesterday it has extended ex-leader Chen Shui-bian’s prison sentence by one more year to 18 years and six...

China’s online censors prowl ahead of congress 03 Nov 2012 - 05:33 am

BEIJING: Author Jin Song is relishing the challenge of beating China’s army of censors and posting comments online about the country’s impending leadership...

Amnesty accuses Lanka of targeting judiciary 03 Nov 2012 - 05:33 am

COLOMBO: The Human rights watchdog Amnesty International yesterday accused the Sri Lankan government of cracking down on the judiciary, a day after ruling...

Japanese police probe US serviceman assault claim 03 Nov 2012 - 05:32 am

TOKYO: Japanese police are probing allegations that a US serviceman assaulted a teenager after breaking into his home in Okinawa, reports said yesterday,...

Indonesian judges to face drug tests 03 Nov 2012 - 05:31 am

JAKARTA: Indonesia’s judiciary will be randomly tested for drugs after a judge was arrested at a Jakarta nightclub last month on suspicion of...

One more arrested over Philippine massacre 03 Nov 2012 - 05:31 am

COTABATO: Philippine authorities have arrested another man in relation to the country’s worst political massacre which left 58 people dead in 2009, a...

DAR to keep targets despite bill extending land reform 03 Nov 2012 - 05:30 am

MANILA: The Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) would continue to work to achieve its land distribution targets even if a bill seeking to...

Bus employees start Vigan-Manila march, urge action on SC ruling 03 Nov 2012 - 05:28 am

VIGAN CITY: Victorious employees of the defunct Times Transportation Company begin their 400km march from Vigan City to Manila yesterday to press the...

NPA rebels gun down former commander 03 Nov 2012 - 05:27 am

DUMAGUETE CITY: New People’s Army (NPA) rebels allegedly shot dead a former ranking official of the communist movement in Negros Oriental on All...

Protest in Berlin 03 Nov 2012 - 05:22 am

Environmental activists protest with a poster reading ‘For a cohesive energy change now’ in front of the Chancellery, as German Chancellor meets regional...

New York marathon plans divide residents 03 Nov 2012 - 05:21 am

NEW YORK: New York City’s decision to go ahead with its annual marathon even as many residents struggle in the aftermath of Hurricane...

Most Americans in Israel voted for Romney: Poll 03 Nov 2012 - 05:21 am

washington: An overwhelming majority of Israelis entitled to vote in the US presidential election have cast their ballot for Mitt Romney, according to...

UK scrambles to contain deadly ash tree disease 03 Nov 2012 - 05:19 am

LONDON: The British government convened its emergency crisis committee to discuss how to contain a fungal disease threatening ash trees that has already...

Labour expels ex-minister after false invoices probe 03 Nov 2012 - 05:18 am

London: Denis MacShane, Britain’s former Europe minister, has been expelled from the Labour party after a cross-party committee of MPs recommended that he...

French Catholics, politicians gear up against gay marriage bill 03 Nov 2012 - 05:17 am

PARIS: Roman Catholic bishops and conservative politicians are stepping their campaign against French President Francois Hollande’s plan to legalise gay marriage days before...

Egyptian Islamists hold pro-Shariah rally 03 Nov 2012 - 05:09 am

CAIRO: More than 1,000 Islamists rallied in Cairo yesterday and called for the implementation of Shariah (Islamic law), highlighting divisions in society as...