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Afghan presidential election to be held in April 2014 31 Oct 2012 - 04:35 am

KABUL: Afghanistan’s presidential election will be held on April 5, 2014, months ahead of the final withdrawal of Nato combat troops from the...

Myanmar declines talks offer on unrest: Asean 31 Oct 2012 - 04:29 am

Muslim Rohingya people sit on the floor inside the Bawdupha Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camp located on the outskirts of Sittwe, capital of...

Milf starts training of Bangsamoro police 31 Oct 2012 - 04:29 am

Manila: The Moro Islamic Liberation Front (Milf) has started training its own Bangsamoro police force in anticipation of the full implementation of the...

China urged to rethink Tibet policy 31 Oct 2012 - 04:28 am

WASHINGTON: The US ambassador to China urged Beijing to re-examine policies toward Tibetans as he acknowledged that he had quietly visited monasteries during...

N Korean leader’s wife rejoins public after two months 31 Oct 2012 - 04:28 am

SEOUL: The wife of North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un has re-appeared after dropping out of the public eye for 50 days amid fevered...

China detains 51 after chemical plant protests 31 Oct 2012 - 04:28 am

SHANGHAI: China’s eastern city of Ningbo detained more than 50 people over violent protests last week that successfully blocked a planned chemical plant,...

Sri Lanka escapes cyclone, coastal residents return 31 Oct 2012 - 04:27 am

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka lifted an evacuation order as a cyclone heading toward the island changed course early yesterday and headed toward neighbouring India,...

Vietnam jails songwriters for anti-state propaganda 31 Oct 2012 - 04:27 am

HANOI: A Vietnamese court jailed two renowned musicians for up to six years for anti-state propaganda, one of their lawyers said yesterday, a...

Monster Sandy leaves US crippled; 32 killed 31 Oct 2012 - 04:26 am

A rescue worker carries a young girl to safety from flood waters brought on by Hurricane Sandy in Little Ferry, New Jersey, yesterday....

Storm threatens nuclear plants; oldest under threat 31 Oct 2012 - 04:25 am

NEW YORK: Hurricane Sandy slowed or shut a half-dozen US nuclear power plants, while the nation’s oldest facility declared a rare “alert” after...

Sandy muffles election campaign 31 Oct 2012 - 04:25 am

WASHINGTON: Superstorm Sandy muffled vitriolic campaigning a week from the US election, as President Barack Obama managed the aftermath yesterday and Mitt Romney...

Sandy strikes in Canada too, far from storm’s centre 31 Oct 2012 - 04:25 am

Winnipeg: More than 100,000 Canadians were still without power yesterday after the huge storm Sandy toppled trees and power lines in Canada’s most...

Pride of Britain award-winners 31 Oct 2012 - 04:17 am

British Prime Minister David Cameron (centre) with Pride of Britain award-winners on the steps of Number 10 Downing Street in London yesterday. The...

Clinton, Ashton push Balkans on reforms 31 Oct 2012 - 04:17 am

SARAJEVO: The United States and the European Union combined yesterday to push Balkan states to resolve festering political and economic disputes obstructing more...

French PM backtracks on scrapping 35-hour week 31 Oct 2012 - 04:16 am

PARIS: France’s gaffe-prone Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault yesterday created a storm by saying the once untouchable 35-hour working week experiment was open to...

Police fire rubber bullets at striking miners in S Africa 31 Oct 2012 - 04:16 am

RUSTENBURG: South African police fired rubber bullets, tear gas and stun grenades in clashes with Anglo American Platinum miners, as a deadline passed...

London police look to sell Scotland Yard HQ 31 Oct 2012 - 04:16 am

LONDON: London police are looking to sell off their Scotland Yard headquarters as part of a series of budget cuts as Britain struggles...

Imam killed in Dagestan 31 Oct 2012 - 04:15 am

MOSCOW: Gunmen shot dead a Muslim religious leader in Russia’s Dagestan region yesterdayin an attack likely to worsen a spiral of militant violence...