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Police still looking for child attacker 24 Oct 2014 - 08:23 am

Bangalore: Police are sweating out to find vital clues in the alleged sexual assault of a three-year-old child in an elite school here...

Six farmers commit suicide in Vidarbha 24 Oct 2014 - 08:23 am

Nagpur: An activist yesterday blamed official apathy for the suicide by six farmers in Maharashtra’s Vidarbha region. Four of them were from Yavatmal...

UN rights watchdog faults HK on reforms 24 Oct 2014 - 08:23 am

GENEVA: A United Nations rights watchdog yesterday pressed Hong Kong to enact democratic reforms, saying moves so far fell short of what was...

Paris peace pact anniversary 24 Oct 2014 - 08:21 am

People carry streamers and march along a street in Phnom Penh yesterday to mark the 23rd anniversary of the signing of the Paris...

China vows better rule of law 24 Oct 2014 - 08:20 am

BEIJING: China’s Communist Party unveiled legal reforms yesterday aimed at giving judges more independence and limiting local officials’ influence over courts, but it...

New Japan minister caught in scandal 24 Oct 2014 - 08:19 am

TOKYO: Japan was stung yesterday by its third political scandal in a week after the country’s new industry minister — whose predecessor resigned...

Bangla Islamist leader Ghulam Azam dies 24 Oct 2014 - 08:19 am

DHAKA: Bangladeshi war criminal Ghulam Azam, who was sentenced last year to 90 years in prison for masterminding atrocities during the country’s 1971...

Three soldiers slain in attack at hospital 24 Oct 2014 - 08:19 am

DAVAO CITY: Two soldiers were killed when Muslim rebels attacked a government hospital in southern Philippines last night, the military said. Four gunmen...

Sri Lanka to unveil populist budget ahead of snap polls 24 Oct 2014 - 08:18 am

COLOMBO: Veteran Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa is expected to unveil a populist budget today hoping to shore up sagging electoral support ahead...

North Korea to bar entry of foreign tourists over Ebola scare 24 Oct 2014 - 08:18 am

SEOUL: North Korea will bar entry to foreigners on tourist trips from today because of worries over the spread of the deadly Ebola...

New Japan minister caught in scandal 24 Oct 2014 - 08:18 am

TOKYO: Japan was stung yesterday by its third political scandal in a week after the country’s new industry minister — whose predecessor resigned...

Bangla Islamist leader Ghulam Azam dies 24 Oct 2014 - 08:18 am

DHAKA: Bangladeshi war criminal Ghulam Azam, who was sentenced last year to 90 years in prison for masterminding atrocities during the country’s 1971...

Harper pledges tougher security laws 24 Oct 2014 - 08:17 am

Sergeant-at-Arms Kevin Vickers is applauded in the House of Commons in Ottawa yesterday. OTTAWA: Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper pledged more surveillance and...

Six in quarantine over Ebola in US 24 Oct 2014 - 08:16 am

WEST HAVEN, Connecticut: Connecticut placed six West Africans who recently arrived in the United States under quarantine for possible Ebola exposure, a move...

Russia may try to disrupt poll: Poroshenko 24 Oct 2014 - 08:15 am

Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko (left) meets with children as he visits the Black Sea city of Odessa yesterday. The posters read ‘Ukraine, Peace,...

EU leaders seek climate deal, but divided over cost 24 Oct 2014 - 08:14 am

Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy (centre) arrives for a European Union summit at the EU headquarters in Brussels yesterday. BRUSSELS: European leaders aim...

NHS official appeals for millions of extra funds 24 Oct 2014 - 08:11 am

LONDON: Leaders of England’s state-funded National Health Service (NHS) warned yesterday that billions of pounds in extra funds were needed to maintain patient...

Eyeing 2015 election Labour promises immigration curbs 24 Oct 2014 - 08:10 am

LONDON: Britain’s opposition Labour leader Ed Miliband promised to crack down on immigration if his party is elected next year, seeking to woo...