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Exchange Rates in Qatar 14 Apr 2014 - 08:51 am

Exchange Rates in Qatar DOHA: Exchange Rates for foreign currencies as issued on Monday Qatar National Bank (QNB) are as following: Currency Buying...

Glencore Xstrata sells stake in Peru mine for $5.85bn 14 Apr 2014 - 08:34 am

LIMA: Glencore Xstrata announced Sunday it will sell its entire stake in the Las Bambas copper mine in Peru for about $5.85 billion...

Abdullah leads in first Afghan results 14 Apr 2014 - 08:01 am

Ahmad Yousuf Nuristani (centre), head of the Afghan Independent Election Commission, at a press conference in Kabul yesterday. KABUL: Former foreign minister Abdullah...

Eking out a living 14 Apr 2014 - 07:59 am

Fereshta, 11, searches through garbage for recyclable items in Mazar-i-Sharif yesterday. Tens of thousands of children in Afghanistan, driven by poverty, work on...

Gunmen free most abducted villagers 14 Apr 2014 - 07:58 am

PESHAWAR: Gunmen yesterday freed most of the Pakistani villagers they had kidnapped from a hashish festival in the remote mountainous northwest, a government...

Talks with militants at crucial phase, says minister 14 Apr 2014 - 07:50 am

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan yesterday announced its talks with the Taliban militants to reach an accord will enter a “comprehensive” phase in days, with both...

Official held for illegal release of prisoners 14 Apr 2014 - 07:49 am

ISLAMABAD: The disclosure of illegal release of three prisoners from a Karachi prison in 2010 has shaken up the interior ministry and prompted...

Demand for jobs puts PML-N in a quandary 14 Apr 2014 - 07:49 am

ISLAMABAD: The government of Pakistan led by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has lifted the ban on recruitment of daily wagers, but is confronted...

Bomb-proof wall around Musharraf’s house 14 Apr 2014 - 07:48 am

ISLAMABAD: Millions of rupees are being spent on building a security wall around the farmhouse of former president retired General Pervez Musharraf in...

Ukraine plans attack on rebels 14 Apr 2014 - 07:46 am

People rally in Tbilisi yesterday against Georgia’s cooperation with Russia and to condemn what they call “Moscow’s involvement in Ukraine.” KIEV/SLAVIANSK, Ukraine: Ukraine’s...

Inspectors probe ‘Islamist takeover’ at 15 UK schools 14 Apr 2014 - 07:45 am

LONDON: The government has ordered inspections of 15 schools in Britain’s second biggest city after allegations that they are being taken over by...

At least 11 dead in Chile blaze 14 Apr 2014 - 07:44 am

VALPARAiSO, Chile: At least eleven people have died in a huge fire in Chile’s port city of Valparaiso famous for its Unesco-listed historic...

At least 36 dead in Mexico bus crash 14 Apr 2014 - 07:44 am

XALAPA, Mexico: A bus slammed into the back of a badly parked trailer-truck and burst into flames in Mexico yesterday, killing at least...

No mid-flight phone call from MH370: Malaysia 14 Apr 2014 - 07:43 am

Buddhist devotees offer prayers for the missing Malaysian Airline plane MH370 in Bentong, Pahang, Malaysia, yesterday. KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia yesterday rejected claims that...

Defence exhibition 14 Apr 2014 - 07:42 am

Philippine fishermen want bounty for Croc 14 Apr 2014 - 07:35 am

DAVAO, Philippines: Fishermen in the southern Philippines are demanding a reward for a crocodile they said they caught accidentally, but officials insisted yesterday...

US plans first cabinet visit to Taiwan in 14 years 14 Apr 2014 - 07:34 am

WASHINGTON: The top US environmental official will visit Taiwan in the first trip by a cabinet-level leader from Washington to the Chinese-claimed island...

Abu Sayyaf rebel killed in clashes 14 Apr 2014 - 07:34 am

MANILA: An extremist has been killed in fighting between soldiers and Abu Sayyaf rebels in the southern Philippines, a day after 12 people...