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No polio case reported in Balochistan since 2012 02 Jul 2014 - 02:28 am

ISLAMABAD: Recent reports reveal that Pakistan remains at the top of a list of countries where the polio virus still thrives. According to...

Govt issues licences for AK47s 02 Jul 2014 - 02:28 am

KARACHI: In the last five years the federal government has issued more than 50,000 licences to people giving them the right to own...

Pakistan, India exchange lists of prisoners 02 Jul 2014 - 02:28 am

Islamabad: Pakistan and India yesterday exchanged lists of prisoners lodged in their prisons. It follows a consular agreement signed in May 2008. Lists...

PUTIN POROSHENKO UKRAINE RUSSIA PHONE GAS GAZPROM 02 Jul 2014 - 01:49 am

Group: ViewsEurope Credit: SCOTT Source: The Dominion Post - Wellington, New Zealand Keywords: PUTIN POROSHENKO UKRAINE RUSSIA PHONE GAS GAZPROM 063014 Provider: CartoonArts...

Bicycle campaign 02 Jul 2014 - 01:30 am

Toronto Mayoral candidate Olivia Chow (centre), who is challenging Mayor Rob Ford in the October Toronto municipal election, rides a bicycle during the...

Obama says to reform immigration on his own 02 Jul 2014 - 01:28 am

Washington: President Barack Obama (pictured), said yesterday he would take executive action to revamp the US immigration system and move additional resources to...

New York’s ‘cannibal cop’ freed 02 Jul 2014 - 01:27 am

NEW YORK: A federal judge yesterday ordered New York’s “cannibal cop” released from jail after overturning the former city police officer’s conviction for...

Sarkozy detained for questioning 02 Jul 2014 - 01:26 am

A car carrying former French President Nicolas Sarkozy arrives at the anti-corruption office of the French police (Oclciff) yesterday in Nanterre, near Paris. ...

Blast on van carrying charcoal kills 20 in Nigeria 02 Jul 2014 - 01:16 am

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria: A bomb in a van carrying charcoal exploded in a busy market in northeast Nigeria yesterday, killing at least 20 people...

Fighting increases in Ukraine as truce ends 02 Jul 2014 - 01:14 am

Local resident Tatyana Markova inside a house damaged by shelling in the eastern Ukrainian city of Slaviansk yesterday. Kiev: Fighting has intensified in...

Uganda says Seleka group now its enemy 02 Jul 2014 - 01:11 am

KAMPALA/BANGUI: Uganda’s army said yesterday the mainly Muslim Seleka group in Central African Republic was now its enemy as the fighters were “in...

Ebola deaths in west Africa rise to 467 02 Jul 2014 - 01:10 am

GENEVA: The number of deaths attributed to an epidemic of Ebola virus in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone stood at 467 by Monday,...

US birth control ruling fuels battle over rights 02 Jul 2014 - 01:09 am

Washington: Family-owned private companies can deny birth control coverage in their employee health care plans, the US Supreme Court said yesterday in a...

US birth control ruling fuels battle over rights 02 Jul 2014 - 01:07 am

Washington: Family-owned private companies can deny birth control coverage in their employee health care plans, the US Supreme Court said yesterday in a...

British MPs call for tougher line against Spain on Gibraltar 02 Jul 2014 - 01:06 am

LONDON: Britain should take a tougher stand towards Spain in disputes over Gibraltar, including using legal action and more diplomatic protests, a parliamentary...

US will deport undocumented Central American children: Kerry 02 Jul 2014 - 01:06 am

PANAMA CITY: US Secretary of State John Kerry said yesterday that Washington would work with Central American nations to address the root causes...

France to partner India on climate change 02 Jul 2014 - 12:28 am

French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius (left) with Prime Minister Narendra Modi at his residence in New Delhi yesterday. New Delhi: French Foreign Minister...

Ramadan delicacy 02 Jul 2014 - 12:26 am

Workers dry vermicelli, used to make a traditional sweet dish popular during the fasting month of Ramadan, in Allahabad, yesterday.