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Hamas unveils rocket statue 11 Mar 2014 - 01:08 am

GAZA CITY: Hamas unveiled a rocket-shaped statue here yesterday showcasing its capacity to strike arch-enemy Israel. “Hamas managed to take the battle to...

Arab Israeli gets 25 years for bus bomb 11 Mar 2014 - 01:08 am

JERUSALEM: A Tel Aviv court yesterday handed an Arab Israeli a 25-year prison term over the 2012 bombing of a bus during a...

PUTIN RUSSIA UKRAINE GAS GAZPROM TANK 11 Mar 2014 - 01:00 am

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US worried by rise in heroin overdose deaths 11 Mar 2014 - 12:54 am

WASHINGTON: A sharp rise in US deaths from heroin and prescription abuse has created an “urgent public health crisis,” Attorney-General Eric Holder declared...

Brooks denies knowing which source was paid 11 Mar 2014 - 12:54 am

London: Rebekah Brooks has denied knowing that The Sun paid a single source at the Ministry of Defence’s press office more than £80,000...

Reforms vindicate secret leaks: Snowden 11 Mar 2014 - 12:54 am

AUSTIN: Former security contractor Edward Snowden, facing arrest if he steps foot on US soil, said the changes the American government and private...

Spain says still a target of terrorists 11 Mar 2014 - 12:53 am

MADRID: A decade after Al Qaeda-inspired bombers blew apart four Madrid commuter trains, killing 191 people, Spain’s government warned the country remains a...

Missing jet: Oil, debris links ruled out 11 Mar 2014 - 12:47 am

Vietnamese military personnel look out of a helicopter during a search and rescue mission off Vietnam’s Tho Chu island yesterday. KUALA LUMPUR: Mystery...

Joint anti-drug drive 11 Mar 2014 - 12:47 am

Police forces watch as 1,000kgs of drugs, seized in China-Vietnam joint anti-drug campaigns in border areas since 2013, burn in huge iron pots...

Thailand grapples with ‘massive’ fake and stolen passport racket 11 Mar 2014 - 12:46 am

BANGKOK: With huge numbers of visitors and patchy law enforcement, Thailand has a booming black market for fake identity documents, and it was...

Rebel attacks in Philippines kill 12 11 Mar 2014 - 12:45 am

DAVAO: Ten members of the security forces and two communist insurgents were killed in a string of guerrilla attacks targeting Philippine police and...

Japanese is ISS commander 11 Mar 2014 - 12:44 am

TOKYO: Astronaut Koichi Wakata has become the first Japanese commander of the International Space Station, according to the country’s space agency. In a...

Dhaka factory forced to close, thousands lose their jobs 11 Mar 2014 - 12:43 am

DHAKA: Several thousand Bangladeshi garment workers have lost their jobs after their factory was discovered with serious safety problems and shut down, officials...

Child deaths in Thar rise to 62 11 Mar 2014 - 12:34 am

Workers of Saylani welfare pack food for people in Thar. ISLAMABAD: At least 62 children have died in a district of southern Pakistan...

Clothes vendor 11 Mar 2014 - 12:33 am

An Afghan vendor sells clothes in Mazar-e-Sharif on Sunday. Afghanistan's economy has improved significantly since the fall of the Taliban in 2001.

Push for mini peace deals with rebel groups 11 Mar 2014 - 12:32 am

ISLAMABAD: The federal government of Pakistan is quietly pushing for peace deals with individual militant groups after some members of its peace committee...

Taliban to disrupt Afghanistan poll 11 Mar 2014 - 12:32 am

KABUL: The Taliban yesterday vowed to target Afghanistan’s presidential election, urging fighters to attack polling staff, voters and security forces before the April...

Revised security mechanism in Lahore 11 Mar 2014 - 12:31 am

LAHORE: Lahore city police authorities have initiated yet another revised security mechanism at four major entry/exit points of the provincial metropolis to plug...