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Vatican to translate Pope’s weekly address into Arabic 10 Oct 2012 - 07:47 am

VATICAN CITY: Pope Benedict XVI’s weekly general audience in St Peter’s Square will be translated into Arabic after the pontiff said he wanted...

Saakashvili vows peaceful power transfer 10 Oct 2012 - 07:46 am

TBILISI: Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili yesterday promised a peaceful transfer of power to his victorious rival Bidzina Ivanishvili at their first talks since...

British imam pleads not guilty in US 10 Oct 2012 - 07:46 am

NEW YORK: British radical Islamic preacher Abu Hamza pleaded not guilty in a US court yesterday to 11 terror charges, including conspiring to...

London mayor coy on PM prospects 10 Oct 2012 - 07:46 am

BIRMINGHAM: London’s colourful mayor Boris Johnson yesterday dodged an invitation to explicitly rule out becoming Britain’s prime minister one day, at a Conservative...

US politics goes mobile 10 Oct 2012 - 07:45 am

WASHINGTON: A growing number of Americans are using mobile phones to keep up with or play a role in politics, but some say...

US meningitis cases rise; 13,000 get jabs 10 Oct 2012 - 07:45 am

NASHVILLE: More cases of fungal meningitis tied to contaminated steroid shots are expected to be confirmed, US health officials said, and some patients...

British PM hints at EU referendum 10 Oct 2012 - 07:45 am

BIRMINGHAM: Prime Minister David Cameron said yesterday that a referendum on Britain’s relationship with the European Union would be the “simplest” way of...

Philippine court blocks cyber law amid protests 10 Oct 2012 - 07:44 am

Filipinos stage a demonstration against the implementation of ‘Cybercrime Prevention Act’ in front of the Supreme Court in Manila, Philippines, yesterday. MANILA: The...

N Korea says missiles can hit US mainland 10 Oct 2012 - 07:43 am

SEOUL: North Korea said yesterday it possessed rockets capable of striking the US mainland, as it slammed a new US-South Korean deal to...

Tsunami gives Japan lessons on disaster handling 10 Oct 2012 - 07:43 am

Sendai: The experiences of survivors of the massive quake and tsunami that smashed into Japan last year were being mined yesterday at an...

Japan arrests German anti-whaling activist 10 Oct 2012 - 07:42 am

TOKYO: Japanese police have arrested a 25-year-old German activist on suspicion of damaging a statue of a whaler in the town of Taiji,...

Indonesian police arrest 97 Australia-bound migrants 10 Oct 2012 - 07:42 am

BANTEN: Indonesian police have arrested 80 Pakistanis and 17 Afghans stranded after their boat hit a reef as they tried to reach Australia’s...

Pakistan child rights activist shot in Mingora 10 Oct 2012 - 07:41 am

PESHAWAR: A teenage Pakistani children’s rights activist was shot in the head yesterday in an assassination attempt on a school bus in the...

Kabul, UN dismiss ICG fears of government collapse 10 Oct 2012 - 07:40 am

KABUL: Afghan and UN officials yesterday dismissed a warning from a well-respected international think tank that the Kabul government might collapse after Nato...

Addicts help run a new restaurant in Afghanistan 10 Oct 2012 - 07:40 am

KABUL: Inhaling deeply on a cigarette, Laila Haidari sits on the floor of a new Kabul restaurant wondering if it will one day...

‘Brain-eating’ amoeba kills 10 in Islamabad 10 Oct 2012 - 07:35 am

KARACHI: Authorities in Pakistan’s largest city have launched an urgent investigation after a rare water-borne “brain-eating” amoeba killed 10 people in four months,...

Pakistan begins anti-pneumonia drive 10 Oct 2012 - 07:34 am

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan yesterday launched a drive to vaccinate 5.5m children against pneumococcal disease to fight pneumonia, which kills tens of thousands of youngsters...

Geithner hails India’s reform drive 10 Oct 2012 - 07:33 am

NEW DELHI: US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner welcomed New Delhi’s new-found appetite for economic reform yesterday, barely three months after Washington had voiced...