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China 2014 bird flu toll rises to nearly 100: Govt 11 Apr 2014 - 09:15 am

BEIJING: Almost 100 people in China died from the H7N9 bird flu strain in the first three months of the year. But the...

Hackers steal S.Korean credit card data to aid forgeries 11 Apr 2014 - 08:20 am

SEOUL: Hackers stole the personal information of about 200,000 South Korean credit card users, using some to make fake cards and rack up...

At least nine dead in California coach crash 11 Apr 2014 - 08:09 am

SAN FRANCISCO: At least nine people were killed Thursday evening in a northern California crash between a coach carrying high school students and...

Nine Cambodians killed in Thai road accident 11 Apr 2014 - 08:09 am

BANGKOK: Nine Cambodians were killed Friday when a mini-bus carrying migrant workers returning home for the Buddhist New Year crashed and burst into...

120 million vote in third phase 11 Apr 2014 - 06:43 am

Voters queue to cast their vote in New Delhi yesterday. New Delhi: Some 120 million people voted yesterday in 14 states and union...

‘Bachelor’ Modi admits he is married 11 Apr 2014 - 06:38 am

AHMEDABAD: India’s election frontrunner Narendra Modi has acknowledged for the first time that he is married, solving one of the biggest mysteries about...

73.70pc turnout in Kerala 11 Apr 2014 - 06:34 am

Nuns smile as they wait in a line to cast their votes outside a polling station in Kochi, Kerala. Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala saw at...

Rapists do not deserve death, says Mulayam 11 Apr 2014 - 06:34 am

Moradabad: In remarks that raised a storm, Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav said yesterday that the death penalty in rape cases was...

Driver’s son appointed UK minister 11 Apr 2014 - 06:32 am

ISLAMABAD: The son of a Pakistani immigrant has become the first Asian minister in the British Cabinet after being made Secretary of State...

Sikh pilgrims 11 Apr 2014 - 06:30 am

Paramilitary soldiers escort Indian Sikh pilgrims as they arrive at the Wagah border in Pakistan for the Baisakhi festival yesterday.

Child labour 11 Apr 2014 - 06:29 am

An Afghan boy sits after searching the garbage for useful items in Mazar-i Sharif yesterday.

Ministry rejects claim behind market blast 11 Apr 2014 - 06:27 am

Pakistan, US discuss ways to boost fiscal ties ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s interior ministry yesterday rejected claims by a Baluch separatist group that it carried...

Pakistan, US discuss ways to boost fiscal ties 11 Apr 2014 - 06:22 am

Islamabad: Finance Minister of Pakistan Senator Ishaq Dar, who is presently on a visit to the United States, attended a meeting of Economic...

Court clears all appeals pending since 1999 11 Apr 2014 - 06:22 am

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court has cleared the appeals against acquittal pending since 1999, while the court decided 4,570 cases in a short period...

Driver dies as gunmen attack Nato trucks 11 Apr 2014 - 06:22 am

PESHAWAR: Gunmen in restive northwest Pakistan yesterday attacked container trucks carrying supplies to Nato troops in Afghanistan, killing a driver, officials said. The...

Sectarian leader declared winner in poll row 11 Apr 2014 - 06:21 am

LAHORE: The head of a group banned by the Pakistani government as a terrorist organisation has won a seat in parliament following an...

Three fresh pings buoy optimism in jet search 11 Apr 2014 - 06:21 am

Able Seaman Marine Technician, Hannah Nadalini, heaves on the distance line on the chaff deck on board HMAS Perth during a replenishment at...

Protest against violence 11 Apr 2014 - 06:20 am

Myanmar’s Rohingya refugees in Malaysia hold placards and shout slogans during a protest in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on Tuesday. They were demanding that...