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Belarus polls not free and fair: Monitors 25 Sep 2012 - 10:47 am

MINSK: International election monitors gave a thumbs-down yesterday to a parliamentary election in Belarus, saying it was neither free nor fair, in a...

Nigeria military kills 35 Boko Haram militants 25 Sep 2012 - 10:47 am

Kano, Nigeria: Nigeria’s military said yesterday it has killed 35 suspected Boko Haram Islamists in a crackdown on the insurgent group in the...

Kenya teachers call off strike after salary rise 25 Sep 2012 - 10:47 am

NAIROBI: Kenyan teachers have called off a strike for higher pay that started on September 3 after signing a deal with the government,...

Czech police arrest two over bootleg liquor deaths 25 Sep 2012 - 10:46 am

PRAGUE: Czech police said yesterday they have arrested two people suspected of being responsible for the recent wave of poisoning from methanol-tainted bootleg...

Breathing European air shortens lives, says report 25 Sep 2012 - 10:44 am

BRUSSELS: Air pollution is shortening lives by almost two years in parts of the European Union, the European Environmental Agency (EEA) said, strengthening...

Ahmadinejad accuses West of abusing UN veto 25 Sep 2012 - 10:43 am

New york: Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad yesterday attacked Western powers for misusing their UN veto power in their nuclear showdown with his country...

British MPs to probe BAE-EADS merger plan 25 Sep 2012 - 10:42 am

LONDON: A group of British deputies tasked with scrutinising defence policy announced yesterday a probe into the possible merger of British arms maker...

Hurricane Miriam strengthens to category three 25 Sep 2012 - 10:42 am

Miami: Hurricane Miriam, churning far off Mexico’s Pacific coast, strengthened yesterday to a category three storm with winds of 120 miles (195km) per...

Policewoman charged with giving info to Murdoch paper 25 Sep 2012 - 10:42 am

LONDON: British prosecutors charged a senior female Scotland Yard police officer yesterday with illegally supplying information to Rupert Murdoch’s now-defunct News of the...

Hillary calls for higher taxes on global elite 25 Sep 2012 - 10:41 am

NEW YORK: US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton entered the 2012 US presidential campaign fray for the first time yesterday, highlighting a burning...

Britain and Canada to share overseas consular services 25 Sep 2012 - 10:40 am

LONDON: Britain and Canada are to set up joint diplomatic missions and share embassy offices overseas, British Foreign Secretary William Hague announced yesterday....

Brahimi sees no quick end to Syria war 25 Sep 2012 - 10:39 am

ALEPPO/newyork: Regime aircraft and artillery yesterday pounded rebel positions in Syria, killing at least seven children, as UN-Arab League peace envoy Lakhdar Brahimi...

Hamas halves Israeli fruit imports 25 Sep 2012 - 10:37 am

GAZA: The Hamas government has barred much of Gaza’s fruit imports from Israel, citing a need to cultivate local Palestinian agriculture and for...

Egypt sentences 14 to death over Sinai attacks 25 Sep 2012 - 10:36 am

ISMAILIA, Egypt: An Egyptian court yesterday sentenced 14 Islamists to death for attacks on security forces in the Sinai Peninsula, showing Egypt’s determination...

Libyan govt wrests control of Benghazi from militias 25 Sep 2012 - 10:36 am

BENGHAZI: Libya’s government, seeking to assert its authority over private militias following the killing of US diplomats in Benghazi, placed two powerful freelance...

Lebanon blocks Internet access to anti-Islam film 25 Sep 2012 - 10:35 am

BEIRUT: A Lebanese court decided yesterday to block Internet access to an anti-Islam film that has provoked rage across the Muslim world, a...

Syrian opposition shows strength of moderates 25 Sep 2012 - 10:34 am

According to a survey, Syrian opposition expressed relatively moderate views about Islamic issues. By David Pollock Reporting about violence in the Middle East...

Japan, China military conflict unlikely despite islands row 25 Sep 2012 - 10:34 am

By Linda Sieg Hawkish Chinese commentators have urged Beijing to prepare for military conflict with Japan as tensions mount over disputed islands in...