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Philippines to sign $526m plane contracts 22 Mar 2014 - 06:38 am

Manila: The Philippines will award aircraft contracts to South Korean and Canadian companies worth $525.62m, a defence official said yesterday, boosting its capability...

Taliban gun down Kabul hotel diners 22 Mar 2014 - 06:38 am

Policemen stand guard near the security perimeter set up around the Serena hotel in Kabul yesterday. KABUL: A Taliban assault on the restaurant...

Water-carrier 22 Mar 2014 - 06:34 am

A Pakistani girl carries a water pot home on the outskirts of Lahore yesterday. International World Water Day is held on March 22...

Musharraf’s lawyers call for suspension of trial 22 Mar 2014 - 06:34 am

LONDON: Lawyers for former Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf called yesterday for his treason trial to be suspended because they claim the government is...

US believed Pakistan had no clue about Bin Laden 22 Mar 2014 - 06:33 am

ISLAMABAD: A telephone conversation recorded on May 2 of 2011 by the US intelligence between former army chief General Ashfaq Kayani and ISI...

Bhutto’s party to recommend new poll chief 22 Mar 2014 - 06:33 am

ISLAMABAD: Bilawal Bhutto’s Pakistan People’s Party is considering the name of former chief justice of Peshawar High Court and former federal law secretary...

Second round of talks between Pakistan, EU starts next week 22 Mar 2014 - 06:33 am

ISLAMABAD: The second round of comprehensive strategic dialogue between Pakistan and the European Union will begin next week in Brussels. “Both sides will...

New Afghan leaders must root out corruption: US watchdog 22 Mar 2014 - 06:32 am

WASHINGTON: Next month’s Afghan elections provide a unique chance to usher in a new leadership capable of weeding out systemic corruption threatening to...

YouTube ban likely to stay 22 Mar 2014 - 06:32 am

ISLAMABAD: There is no possibility that the Internet users in Pakistan will be able to access YouTube in the near future. At least...

Billionaire Nilekani files papers from Bangalore South 22 Mar 2014 - 06:31 am

A member of election duty staff arranges an electronic voting machine inside a strong room ahead of the general elections in Ahmedabad yesterday....

Waiting for customers 22 Mar 2014 - 06:30 am

Boatmen and a boatwoman wait for customers on Dal Lake on the outskirts of Srinagar, the summer capital of Kashmir, yesterday. The state...

AAP expels two leaders for fraud 22 Mar 2014 - 06:28 am

New Delhi: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) yesterday expelled two leaders as they allegedly tried to provide party tickets for monetary consideration. AAP leader...

Congress fields former CM Amarinder from Amritsar 22 Mar 2014 - 06:27 am

New Delhi: Congress yesterday fielded former Punjab chief minister Capt Amarinder Singh from Amritsar to take on senior BJP leader Arun Jaitley in...

Mumbai double gang-rapists jailed for life 22 Mar 2014 - 06:27 am

MUMBAI: A court handed down life sentences yesterday to three gang-rapists who attacked a photographer and a phone operator in an abandoned mill...

Indian couple probed in France for child neglect 22 Mar 2014 - 06:26 am

PARIS: French officials are investigating a couple of Indian origin after finding three young boys confined in appalling conditions in a suburban Paris...

High court orders retrial against Himachal CM 22 Mar 2014 - 06:26 am

Shimla: The Himachal Pradesh High Court yesterday ordered the retrial in the criminal defamation case against Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh. Hearing petitions of...

5.4 magnitude quake strikes off Nicobar Islands 22 Mar 2014 - 06:26 am

NEW DELHI: A 5.4-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of India’s remote Nicobar Islands yesterday, the US Geological Survey said, while local authorities...

Bahrainis protest ‘sectarian discrimination’ 22 Mar 2014 - 06:23 am

Bahraini demonstrators taking part in an anti-government protest in solidarity with jailed activists in the village of Abu Saiba, west of Manama, yesterday....