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ARAB SPRING EGYPT SYRIA LEBANON CHAIR DEMOCRACY 04 May 2014 - 01:50 am

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Afghan landslide death toll at 300 04 May 2014 - 01:26 am

ANA troops load supply for survivors of the Badakhshan landslide onto a helicopter in Kabul yesterday. KABUL: Afghan officials gave up hope yesterday...

Bin Laden death anniversary 04 May 2014 - 01:26 am

Pakistani Sunni Muslim supporters of hard line pro-Taliban party Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Nazaryati (JUI-N) carry a burning US flag as they shout slogans during a...

Mosque expansion named after political murderer 04 May 2014 - 01:24 am

ISLAMABAD: A mosque named in honour of the killer of a politician who called for the reform of Pakistan’s controversial blasphemy laws is...

PML-N to reappoint trade officials 04 May 2014 - 01:24 am

ISLAMABAD: In disregard of its own policy and under intense pressure from parliamentarians, the Pakistan Muslim League-N government is considering reappointing six trade...

Khyber govt to set citizen facilitation hubs 04 May 2014 - 01:23 am

ISLAMABAD: The government in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) and the National Database and Registration Authority have signed a Memorandum of Understanding for setting...

32,000 pupils admitted in Islamabad 04 May 2014 - 01:23 am

ISLAMABAD: More than 32,700 students have enrolled in the morning shifts of around 400 high schools in Islamabad last month, with girls outnumbering...

Rebels plan to use Indus River for staging attacks 04 May 2014 - 01:23 am

ISLAMABAD: Security agencies in Pakistan have started surveillance of the Indus River on the basis of an intelligence report that outlawed militant groups...

Toll in S Korea ferry disaster now at 236 04 May 2014 - 01:22 am

A funeral service employee puts up portraits of victims of sunken passenger ship Sewol at the official memorial altar in Ansan on Friday....

Taipei sand sculpture 04 May 2014 - 01:21 am

Visitors admire sand sculptures on a beach during the Sand Sculpture Festival 2014 in Fulong, northern New Taipei City yesterday. Some 30 sand...

Philippine police nab Maoist rebel 04 May 2014 - 01:20 am

MANILA: A high-ranking communist rebel officer has been arrested in the Philippines, a military official said yesterday, amid a surge of deadly clashes...

Mechanical failure eyed in Seoul train collision 04 May 2014 - 01:20 am

SEOUL: A malfunctioning automatic stopping system caused the recent collision of two subway trains in Seoul, officials said yesterday. A moving train slammed...

Australian PM Abbott cancels Indonesia trip 04 May 2014 - 01:20 am

SYDNEY: Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott yesterday cancelled a trip to Indonesia amid reports that an asylum seeker turnback operation was underway that...

Fresh arrest in Malaysia anti-terror drive 04 May 2014 - 01:19 am

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian police have arrested an 11th suspect in an operation to break up Islamic terror groups posing as humanitarian organisations, an...

Philippine police nab Maoist rebel 04 May 2014 - 01:19 am

MANILA: A high-ranking communist rebel officer has been arrested in the Philippines, a military official said yesterday, amid a surge of deadly clashes...

Cinema awards presented 04 May 2014 - 01:18 am

From Left: President Pranab Mukherjee presenting the Dadasaheb Phalke Award, the highest award in the field of Indian cinema, to filmmaker Gulzar, the...

Mamata rules out alliance with BJP 04 May 2014 - 01:11 am

Kolkata: A day after BJP president Rajnath Singh held out the olive branch to her, Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee (pictured), yesterday ruled...

Kashmir row 04 May 2014 - 01:09 am

A Kashmiri man quarrels with a paramilitary soldier amid curfew imposed in downtown area of Srinagar, yesterday. Curfew and severe restrictions remained in...