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Amid heat of Arab Spring, Algeria purges street vendors 12 Oct 2012 - 02:29 am

By Lamine Chikhi Algeria is cracking down on illegal street vendors despite the risk of popular unrest, signalling confidence that it can remain...

Romney’s Syria plan: Easier said than done 12 Oct 2012 - 02:28 am

Mitt Romney repeated that he would identify ‘reasonable and responsible’ Syrian dissidents and provide funding and weapons to them. By Walter Pincus Does...

Talking the way out of Afghanistan 12 Oct 2012 - 02:28 am

By Matt Waldman The New York Times reported last week that US officials have all but abandoned hope of achieving a peace settlement...

World War I centenary in UK 12 Oct 2012 - 02:27 am

British Prime Minister David Cameron poses with school children as they stand in front of a Sopwith Camel by-plane at the Imperial War...

China’s Mo Yan wins literature Nobel 12 Oct 2012 - 02:27 am

STOCKHOLM: Chinese writer Mo Yan (pictured) won the 2012 Nobel prize for literature yesterday for works which combine “hallucinatory realism” with folk tales,...

Running mates to clash in tight US election race 12 Oct 2012 - 02:27 am

WASHINGTON: The US vice presidential candidates face each other in debate today, with Democrats itching for revenge after Mitt Romney’s drubbing of President...

French police foil bomb plot 12 Oct 2012 - 02:26 am

PARIS: French police have foiled a plot to build a bomb similar to the one planted by an Algerian Islamist group that killed...

Filmmaker didn’t spark Muslim violence: Lawyer 12 Oct 2012 - 02:26 am

LOS ANGELES: A lawyer for the man behind the “Innocence of Muslims” video denied late on Wednesday that his client was to blame...

New laser technology stirs nuclear bomb proliferation fears 12 Oct 2012 - 02:26 am

VIENNA: A new way of making nuclear fuel with lasers may help cut costs and ensure energy security but could also make it...

Military manoeuvre 12 Oct 2012 - 02:07 am

US Marines manoeuvre their jeeps at Crow Valley, Tarlac province in northern Philippines, as part of the annual 10-day Philippine-US Amphibious Landing Exercises...

MNLF consulted on peace deal with rebels 12 Oct 2012 - 02:07 am

MANILA: Representatives of the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) in Indonesia were consulted on the framework agreement entered into by the government with...

Three killed after strong river current sweeps jeep 12 Oct 2012 - 02:06 am

Manila: Three persons died and two others went missing on Wednesday after they were swept by a strong river current in Lobo, Batangas,...

Philippine ex-soldier surrenders after 14 years 12 Oct 2012 - 02:06 am

MANILA: A former Philippine military officer accused of killing an anti-government protest leader has finally surrendered after 14 years on the run, the...

Anti-North Korea protest 12 Oct 2012 - 02:04 am

Protesters from conservative, right-wing and anti-North Korean civic groups chant slogans at a rally near the US embassy in Seoul yesterday. The rally...

Japan, S Korea, US to hold talks on N Korea 12 Oct 2012 - 02:04 am

TOKYO: Top nuclear negotiators from Japan, South Korea and the United States will meet next week in Tokyo to discuss North Korea, the...

Thai court issues arrest warrant against ex-PM 12 Oct 2012 - 02:04 am

BANGKOK: Thailand’s Supreme Court yesterday issued an arrest warrant for ousted premier Thaksin Shinawatra, in the latest abuse of power charges brought against...

‘Forced evictions’ on the rise in China 12 Oct 2012 - 02:03 am

BEIJING: Violent forced evictions are increasing in China as local governments seek to pay off debts by seizing land and selling usage rights...

Taiwan minister resigns after Facebook post 12 Oct 2012 - 02:03 am

TAIPEI: Taiwan’s government spokesman has resigned, a cabinet official said yesterday, days after he revealed on his Facebook page that he is dating...