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Stars gather to record Band Aid single for Ebola 16 Nov 2014 - 12:54 am

LONDON: Boy band One Direction and U2 lead singer Bono joined some of the biggest names in British pop and rock music yesterday...

TAX WORK PIKETTY HORSE ELEPHANT US CONGRESS GOP MIDTERM ELECTIONS OBAMA 16 Nov 2014 - 12:39 am

Group: ViewsAmerica Credit: VAN DAM Source: Landsmeer, Netherlands Keywords: COLOR CAPITAL TAX WORK PIKETTY HORSE ELEPHANT US CONGRESS GOP MIDTERM ELECTIONS OBAMA REPUBLICANS...

Facebook to curb promotional posts on user timelines 15 Nov 2014 - 06:31 pm

SAN FRANCISCO: Facebook on Friday said it is making moves to reduce the number of promotional posts that pop up in timelines, in...

Oil rebounds from dive after upbeat economic data 15 Nov 2014 - 02:58 pm

NEW YORK: Oil prices bounced back somewhat Friday from Thursday's steep fall after upbeat US and eurozone economic data, but prospects remained remote...

Boko Haram seizes Chibok, hometown of kidnapped schoolgirls 15 Nov 2014 - 02:24 pm

KANO, Nigeria: Boko Haram has seized the northeastern Nigerian town of Chibok, from where 276 girls were kidnapped more than six months ago...

EU approves Etihad, Alitalia alliance 15 Nov 2014 - 02:20 pm

BRUSSELS: The European Commission on Friday approved a deal that will see Etihad Airways take a 49-percent stake in Alitalia, effectively rescuing the...

Vietnam's PM wins approval in parliamentary confidence vote 15 Nov 2014 - 02:17 pm

HANOI: Vietnam's Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung survived a confidence vote in parliament on Saturday, with 64 percent of the delegates giving a...

Second Petrobras director arrested in graft case 15 Nov 2014 - 01:23 pm

RIO DE JANEIRO: Brazilian police said Friday they made 27 arrests, including the detention of a former official for state-owned oil giant Petrobras,...

Cardinal urges Vatican action in US child abuse case 15 Nov 2014 - 12:05 pm

WASHINGTON: It's high time for the Vatican to tackle the case of an American bishop convicted of shielding an abusive priest, Boston's Cardinal...

FIFA confirm Garcia World Cup corruption appeal 15 Nov 2014 - 11:41 am

A file picture taken on July 27, 2012 shows Michael J Garcia, Chairman of the investigatory chamber of the FIFA Ethics Committee taking...

Modi meets Cameron, Abe, EU chief 15 Nov 2014 - 09:37 am

Prime Minister Narendra Modi looks at genetically modified plants during a visit to Queensland University of Technology campus in Brisbane yesterday. Brisbane: Ahead...

PM visits Australian varsity 15 Nov 2014 - 09:36 am

Brisbane: Research is the mother of development, visiting Prime Minister Narendra Modi wrote on an agricultural robot developed by the Queensland University of...

Remembering Nehru 15 Nov 2014 - 09:36 am

A schoolboy cries as he and schoolmates, dressed up as first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru, pose during a photo event for Children’s Day...

Andhra seeks Singapore’s help to build state capital 15 Nov 2014 - 09:35 am

Hyderabad: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu yesterday invited investors from Singapore to invest in the state and participate in building the...

Police search drug factory linked to sterilisation deaths 15 Nov 2014 - 09:34 am

RAIPUR/BILASPUR: When police visited Sumit and Rajesh Mahawar’s pharmaceutical plant two days ago, the father and son locked the doors from the inside....

Parts of Kashmir missing from map, official protests 15 Nov 2014 - 09:34 am

Brisbane: An improper Indian map with parts of Jammu and Kashmir missing, put up during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the Queensland...

Kabul birds bazar 15 Nov 2014 - 09:34 am

A man sells birds at a Ka Fraushi birds bazar in Kabul, Afghanistan, yesterday.

Ghani kicks off two-day visit to Islamabad 15 Nov 2014 - 09:33 am

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani receiving a bouquet from a Pakistani youth on his arrival at the Nur Khan air base in Rawalpindi yesterday....