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S Korea probes toxic leak as impact worsens 06 Oct 2012 - 09:45 am

SEOUL: South Korea yesterday launched a full inquiry into a toxic chemical leak in the southeastern city of Gumi, as officials considered designating...

Taiwan ties with China breeding contempt, says Chinese activist 06 Oct 2012 - 09:44 am

TAIPEI: Exiled Chinese dissident Wang Dan yesterday voiced concern that closer interaction between Taiwan and China was causing growing contempt of mainlanders among...

Graft probe after 130,000 attend Malaysia wedding 06 Oct 2012 - 09:44 am

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s anti-graft body is investigating the wedding of a top official’s son -- attended by around 130,000 people -- after opposition...

Court gives more time to Zardari in graft case 06 Oct 2012 - 09:42 am

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s top court yesterday gave the government more time to meet its demands about corruption allegations against the president, indicating that a...

Islamabad gets early flood warning system 06 Oct 2012 - 09:42 am

ISLAMABAD: Taking a step towards installation of an early flood warning and flood forecasting system, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation...

Imran Khan vows to go ahead with anti-drone march 06 Oct 2012 - 09:42 am

ISLAMABAD: Pakistani politician Imran Khan on Thursday insisted a planned “peace march” to the country’s restive tribal areas would go ahead despite security...

Pakistan parties scramble for alliances 06 Oct 2012 - 09:41 am

ISLAMABAD: With general elections looming in the horizon, Pakistani political parties are scrambling for electoral alliances both at the national and regional levels....

Karzai: US unable to defend Afghanistan against shelling 06 Oct 2012 - 09:41 am

Kabul: Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Thursday said the US is not prepared to defend Afghanistan against Pakistan’s shelling over his country’s border,...

Leptospirosis victim 06 Oct 2012 - 09:40 am

Thirty two-year-old Marlon Bito, who is afflicted with water-related disease leptospirosis, is carried into a makeshift raft at a flooded village in Las...

Govt, Muslim rebels delay peace talks 06 Oct 2012 - 09:39 am

MANILA: The Philippine government and the country’s largest Muslim rebel group will extend the current round of peace talks, both sides said yesterday,...

Milf accuses army amid peace talks 06 Oct 2012 - 09:39 am

MANILA: Muslim rebels waging a decades-long insurgency in the southern Philippines said yesterday the military had provocatively violated a ceasefire as peace negotiators...

Comelec says Arroyo can seek second term 06 Oct 2012 - 09:37 am

MANILA: Former president and now Pampanga Representative Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo is still qualified to seek another term in the House of Representatives even as...

US navy ship in Subic, to join naval exercises near disputed seas 06 Oct 2012 - 09:37 am

MANILA: One of the three battle groups assembled by the United States (US) in the Asia-Pacific Region is in the Philippines for this...

Police kill six hijack gang members in Cavite 06 Oct 2012 - 09:36 am

MANILA: Police killed six suspected hijackers in separate encounters in Cavite province, before dawn yesterday. Senior Superintendent John Bulalacao, director of the Cavite...

Chavez faces toughest challenge 06 Oct 2012 - 09:35 am

CARACAS: After almost 14 years in power, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez seeks a new six-year term tomorrow, but he faces his toughest challenge...

Obama’s lead over Romney slips to two points after debate: Poll 06 Oct 2012 - 09:34 am

WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama’s lead over Republican challenger Mitt Romney has narrowed to just 2 percentage points since Romney’s strong performance in their...

Abu Hamza, four others set for US extradition 06 Oct 2012 - 09:34 am

LONDON: Radical Islamist preacher Abu Hamza and four other men are set to be extradited to the United States after a British court...

Brazil wants to restrict strikes in public sector 06 Oct 2012 - 09:34 am

BRASILIA: President Dilma Rousseff wants to regulate strikes by public workers after a series of walkouts by civil servants in recent months paralyzed...