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Exchange Rates in Qatar 18 Oct 2012 - 08:29 am

Exchange Rates in Qatar DOHA: Exchange Rates for foreign currencies as issued on Thursday by Qatar National Bank (QNB) are as following: Currency...

Manila sees improving ties with China 18 Oct 2012 - 04:32 am

Philippine President Benigno Aquino (left) gestures as he answers questions while Budget Secretary Florencio Abad listens during a press conference with the Foreign...

S Korea coastguard holds 23 Chinese for illegal fishing 18 Oct 2012 - 04:31 am

SEOUL: South Korea’s coastguard said yesterday it was holding 23 Chinese fishermen in custody for questioning after a violent clash in the Yellow...

Fukushima panel chief hopes for change in Japan 18 Oct 2012 - 04:31 am

WASHINGTON: The head of a hard-hitting panel that blamed cultural factors for the Fukushima nuclear disaster voiced hope that the tragedy would help...

Sri Lanka frees Tamil Tiger leader: Official 18 Oct 2012 - 04:31 am

COLOMBO: The last leader of Sri Lanka’s Tamil Tigers, who is wanted by India over the assassination of former premier Rajiv Gandhi, has...

Investigators raid home of S Korean leader’s brother 18 Oct 2012 - 04:30 am

SEOUL: South Korean investigators yesterday raided the home and office of President Lee Myung-Bak’s eldest brother as part of a probe into alleged...

Japan’s opposition chief visits war shrine 18 Oct 2012 - 04:30 am

TOKYO: Opposition leader Shinzo Abe, a man well-placed to become Japan’s next prime minister, visited a Tokyo war shrine yesterday, in a move...

Hong Kong former minister charged with fraud 18 Oct 2012 - 04:29 am

Hong Kong: Hong Kong’s anti-corruption watchdog said yesterday it had a charged a former minister and a senior official with fraud over a...

Cambodia mourns as body of former king returns home 18 Oct 2012 - 04:29 am

PHNOM PENH: Tens of thousands poured into Cambodia’s capital to witness the procession of the body of former king Norodom Sihanouk, a revered...

India, Australia to start nuclear talks 18 Oct 2012 - 04:25 am

Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard (centre) applauds as Australia’s High Commissioner to India Peter Varghese (left) and India’s Secretary, Department of Space and...

IAC accuses BJP president of land grab 18 Oct 2012 - 04:24 am

New Delhi: India Against Corruption (IAC) yesterday accused BJP President Nitin Gadkari of grabbing farmers’ land and corruption in collusion with NCP’s tainted...

Rahul meets PM amid talk of cabinet reshuffle 18 Oct 2012 - 04:24 am

New Delhi: Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh yesterday for a “routine meeting”, party sources said as speculation gained...

Delhi Police arrest fourth accused in Pune blast case 18 Oct 2012 - 04:24 am

New Delhi: The Special Cell of Delhi Police has arrested a fourth suspected Indian Mujahideen (IM) operative allegedly involved in the August 1...

Healthcare web app launched in Mumbai 18 Oct 2012 - 04:23 am

Mumbai: A automated web application that can keep track of information on real-time availability of medicines at any given location within India was...

DGCA rejects Kingfisher’s winter schedule 18 Oct 2012 - 04:23 am

New Delhi: India’s civil aviation regulator yesterday rejected the winter schedule of the troubled Kingfisher Airlines. According to the Directorate General of Civil...

Film protest 18 Oct 2012 - 04:21 am

Pakistani leaders and supporters of Islamic Sunni Tehreek party march during a protest rally against an anti-Islam film in Lahore, yesterday.

Truck bomb hits Nato base in Afghanistan 18 Oct 2012 - 04:21 am

KABUL: A huge blast from a Taliban suicide truck bomb attack on a joint Nato-Afghan army base in eastern Afghanistan yesterday injured several...

Belgian militant reportedly killed in Islamabad 18 Oct 2012 - 04:21 am

ISLAMABAD: A Belgian-Tunisian Al Qaeda recruiter who allegedly mentored an extremist who shot dead seven people in France this year has been killed...