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Arabs to present draft on Palestine at UN 30 Nov 2014 - 05:55 am

CAIRO: Arab League foreign ministers yesterday endorsed a draft resolution setting a time frame for the creation of a Palestinian state and said...

Pope in Turkey 30 Nov 2014 - 05:54 am

Pope Francis is shown the Sultan Ahmet mosque, popularly known as Blue Mosque, by Mufti of Istanbul Rahmi Yaran yesterday. The Pope prayed...

Private sector to get free hand 30 Nov 2014 - 03:13 am

DOHA: The private sector is all set to get a big boost with the government hinting it is ready to give it a...

Ferguson protesters to march to state capital 30 Nov 2014 - 01:53 am

A protester lies on the ground while others hold hands to prevent police on motorcycles from advancing during a demonstration against the grand...

Keeping hope alive 30 Nov 2014 - 01:52 am

Mothers of missing Central American immigrants arrive in Mexico City to demand that authorities search for their missing relatives, who are reported to...

Russia calls for end to sanctions 30 Nov 2014 - 01:42 am

MOSCOW/BRUSSELS: Russia urged the European Union yesterday to lift sanctions against Moscow and promised to waive its food embargo, but a top EU...

Ruling party leads in Namibia election 30 Nov 2014 - 01:41 am

WINDHOEK: The first trickle of results in Namibia’s general election gave the ruling SWAPO party a commanding lead yesterday, even as political parties...

Greenland ruling party wins snap election 30 Nov 2014 - 01:40 am

COPENHAGEN: Greenland’s ruling Siumut party narrowly won a snap election called after it became embroiled in a graft scandal, results showed yesterday, but...

Won’t allow challenge to Spain’s unity, says PM 30 Nov 2014 - 01:40 am

BARCELONA: Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy said in Catalonia yesterday that he would not allow any challenge to national unity, on his first...

Zimbabwe veterans’ leader held 30 Nov 2014 - 01:39 am

HARARE: Zimbabwe police have arrested a former war veterans leader on charges of undermining the authority of long ruling President Robert Mugabe, state...

Manila road bully defends himself on TV 30 Nov 2014 - 01:33 am

MANILA: A Maserati-driving businessman accused of mauling a traffic officer in the Philippine capital went on national television Friday to defend himself after...

Lego’s charm unaffected by digital onslaught 30 Nov 2014 - 01:32 am

LONDON: Generations of children worldwide have grown up loving Lego and the popularity of tablets and video games will not change that, the...

Mexico’s famous TV comedian dies at 85 30 Nov 2014 - 01:32 am

MEXICO CITY: Mexico’s iconic television comedian Roberto Gomez Bolanos, who enchanted generations of Latin American children by playing an orphan who lived in...

Trumpet star starts composing for films 30 Nov 2014 - 01:31 am

LONDON: Lebanese-French trumpeter Ibrahim Maalouf is reaching beyond his classical and jazz roots to a more mainstream audience seduced by his unique musical...

SAARC SUMMIT SOUTH ASIA INDIA PAKISTAN CLIMBING UPHILL 30 Nov 2014 - 01:31 am

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UK online shopping spree could create delivery problems 30 Nov 2014 - 12:31 am

LONDON: Britons are being warned to place online holiday-season gift orders much earlier this year to avoid disappointment, as doubts emerge about the...

UKRAINE RUSSIA ECONOMY ENERGY GAS EUROPEAN UNION IMF 30 Nov 2014 - 12:30 am

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Two killed as Taliban raid Kabul guest house 30 Nov 2014 - 12:17 am

Afghan security forces keep watch while smoke and fire rise from a foreign aid guest house after a Taliban attack in Kabul yesterday....