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Five towering Malayalam film personalities to work together 10 Oct 2014 - 05:29 am

Thiruvananthapuram: It’s never happened in the Malayalam film industry before! Five towering personalities — Mammootty, Mohanlal, Renji Panicker, Ranjith and Shaji Kailas —...

Talks fail, HK protesters stay 10 Oct 2014 - 05:27 am

Pro-democracy leaders attend a press conference prior to speaking to officials in Hong Kong yesterday. HONG KONG: Crunch talks between Hong Kong democracy...

Yuletide season 10 Oct 2014 - 05:26 am

A worker puts on display Santa Claus decorations for sale at a store in Manila yesterday. The Philippines is known for celebrating the...

Vietnam’s 60th anniversary 10 Oct 2014 - 05:25 am

Motorcyclists pass through a street decorated with hanging lotus-shapped lanterns in Hanoi yesterday. Vietnam celebrates today the 60th anniversary of its liberation from...

Indonesia to protect cave paintings 10 Oct 2014 - 05:24 am

JAKARTA: Indonesia pledged to step up protection of ancient cave paintings that researchers say show that Europe was not the birthplace of art...

Rajapaksa mulls early snap poll before term ends 10 Oct 2014 - 05:24 am

COLOMBO: Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa could hold a snap election in January, nearly two years before he has to, a close ally...

Armed pirates hijack, rob and free Vietnam-flagged oil tanker 10 Oct 2014 - 05:23 am

HANOI: A Vietnam-flagged tanker was hijacked by gun-toting pirates who stole part of the vessel’s cargo of oil before releasing the ship and...

Malaysian dead, dozen wounded in grenade blast 10 Oct 2014 - 05:23 am

KUALA LUMPUR: A man was killed and a dozen were wounded yesterday when a hand grenade exploded in a tourist section of Malaysia’s...

Milf ready to turn over firearms 10 Oct 2014 - 05:23 am

MANILA: Members of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (Milf) are prepared to give up their weapons “in exchange for peace and the settlement...

US warns citizens in Manila over bomb plot 10 Oct 2014 - 05:22 am

MANILA: The United States yesterday warned its citizens in the Philippines to remain vigilant after local authorities said they had foiled a plot...

Ombudsman forms panel to probe police chief 10 Oct 2014 - 05:22 am

MANILA: Ombudsman Conchita Carpio Morales has ordered the creation of a special panel that would investigate complaints against Philippine National Police chief Director...

Grenade attack kills 2, injures 7 in N Cotabato 10 Oct 2014 - 05:22 am

DAVAO CITY: At least two people were killed and seven injured in a grenade attack on a church in North Cotabato, local authorities...

Indonesia to confer its highest award on President Aquino 10 Oct 2014 - 05:22 am

MANILA: President Benigno Aquino III is set to receive the highest award conferred by the Indonesian government to individuals who have served the...

French novelist Madiano wins Nobel for works on Nazi occupation 10 Oct 2014 - 04:48 am

French author Patrick Modiano holds a press conference after being announced winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature 2014, in Paris, France, yesterday....

EU’s Juncker looks for new Slovenian for line-up 10 Oct 2014 - 04:48 am

BRUSSELS: The EU’s Jean-Claude Juncker was in urgent talks with Slovenia to find a new commissioner yesterday after its nominee humiliatingly resigned in...

Celebrating the revolution 10 Oct 2014 - 04:46 am

People make 89 with candles on Augustplatz square in Leipzig yetserday to celebrate the 25 years since one of the most dramatic mass...

Ukraine law may see 1m officials fired 10 Oct 2014 - 04:45 am

KIEV: Ukraine’s president approved a disputed anti-graft measure yesterday that could see up to a million civil servants with alleged links to past...

US official fears Ebola may spread like AIDS 10 Oct 2014 - 04:45 am

WASHINGTON: A top US health official yesterday urged swift action to prevent the deadly Ebola virus from becoming the next AIDS epidemic, as...