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Punk band girls told to repent 01 Oct 2012 - 11:29 am

MOSCOW: The Russian Orthodox Church yesterday called for members of the Pussy Riot punk band to repent, on the eve of an appeal...

Allies spar ahead of presidential debate 01 Oct 2012 - 11:28 am

WASHINGTON: Three days before the first US presidential debate, allies of Barack Obama and Mitt Romney debated yesterday how the encounter between the...

Strong earthquake jolts Colombia 01 Oct 2012 - 11:27 am

BOGOTA: A strong magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck in the Andes mountains of southwest Colombia yesterday but there were no immediate reports of injuries...

Bangla rioters torch Buddhist temples 01 Oct 2012 - 11:23 am

CHITTAGONG: Thousands of rioters torched Buddhist temples and homes in southeastern Bangladesh yesterday over a photo posted on Facebook deemed offensive to Islam,...

Western embassies secured after alert: Manila 01 Oct 2012 - 11:23 am

MANILA: The Philippines said yesterday it had moved to secure Western embassies in the country as it monitors potential threats to their citizens...

Philippine candidates begin to file nominations 01 Oct 2012 - 11:22 am

MANILA: Candidates running in the May 2013 elections are expected to troop to the Commission on Elections (Comelec) starting today to file their...

Myanmar leader would ‘accept’ Suu Kyi as president 01 Oct 2012 - 11:22 am

YANGON: Myanmar leader Thein Sein has said in an interview he would accept democracy champion Aung San Suu Kyi as president if elected,...

Japan PM to reshuffle cabinet today: Report 01 Oct 2012 - 11:21 am

TOKYO: Japan’s Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda is expected to reshuffle his cabinet yesterday, with changes aimed at cooling a raging maritime dispute with...

Maldives’ first elected leader goes on trial today 01 Oct 2012 - 11:21 am

COLOMBO: The first democratically elected president in the Maldives goes on trial today on abuse of power charges, seven months after being toppled...

Siezed weapons 01 Oct 2012 - 11:20 am

Afghan police display seized ordnance to journalists in Lashkar Gah, the provincial capital of the volatile Helmand province, yesterday. Afghan police forces have...

US death toll in Afghanistan touches 2,000 01 Oct 2012 - 11:20 am

KABUL: Two Americans were killed in Afghanistan during an exchange of fire between Nato-led forces and the Afghan army that may have been...

Karachi back to Musharraf-era policing 01 Oct 2012 - 11:19 am

KARACHI: The provincial government of Pakistan’s Sindh province set in motion the process of installing the new local bodies’ structure by issuing a...

Police file blasphemy case over temple attack 01 Oct 2012 - 11:19 am

KARACHI: Pakistani police said yesterday that they had opened a rare blasphemy case against nine people who attacked and looted a Hindu temple...

Taliban not to disrupt Khan party’s peace march 01 Oct 2012 - 11:18 am

PESHAWAR: The Hakimullah Mahsud-led Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has reportedly conveyed to the central leadership of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) it would not make...

Saudi bank to provide $227m for polio fight 01 Oct 2012 - 11:18 am

ISLAMABAD: A high-level mission of the Saudi Arabia-based Islamic Development Bank (IDP) concluded its deliberations with Pakistani counterparts the other day on provision...

Army chief Kayani to visit Russia from Wednesday 01 Oct 2012 - 11:17 am

ISLAMABAD: With Russian President Vladimir Putin’s cancelled visit still a hot issue at home, Pakistan Army Chief General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani will be...

Many voices 01 Oct 2012 - 11:14 am

People stand under loudspeakers for a Hindu festival along a road in Allahabad, yesterday.

Elderly abused mostly by sons: Survey 01 Oct 2012 - 11:14 am

New Delhi: A large percentage of India’s elderly face abuse from their sons, rather than daughters-in-law, with financial dependence being one of the...