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Some CBSE exams postponed due to polls 07 Mar 2014 - 06:26 am

New Delhi: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) yesterday revised the Class 12 board examination dates for some subjects due to the...

Karzai’s brother opts out of poll 07 Mar 2014 - 06:25 am

Afghan presidential candidate Qayum Karzai (centre) and fellow candidate Zalmai Rassoul (second left) with other officials at a news conference in Kabul yesterday....

Walk for peace 07 Mar 2014 - 06:22 am

Pakistanis taking part in a 'peace walk' in Lahore yesterday. Representatives of the government and the Taliban met on Wednesday for the first...

Pakistan army part of deals with rebels in past 10 years 07 Mar 2014 - 06:21 am

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Army has been involved, either directly or indirectly, in every accord signed with the militants, including Taliban, in the last...

Afghanistan’s fears over dam project rejected 07 Mar 2014 - 06:20 am

ISLAMABAD: Afghanistan’s concerns over Dasu Dam carry no weight as the project is being constructed on the Indus River and not on the...

5 soldiers die in Nato strike 07 Mar 2014 - 06:20 am

PULI ALAM: A Nato air strike in eastern Afghanistan yesterday killed five Afghan soldiers, government officials said, while the coalition said it was...

Kunming attack not ‘ethnic’ issue 07 Mar 2014 - 06:19 am

An Uighur delegate from Xinjiang province is questioned by reporters after the first session of the National People’s BEIJING: A deadly knife attack...

Carpet vendors 07 Mar 2014 - 06:17 am

Street vendors carry carpets as they walk through Durbar Square in Kathmandu on Wednesday. Home to the palaces of Malla and Shah kings,...

Korean TV show takes flak for suicide 07 Mar 2014 - 06:14 am

SEOUL: A top South Korean television station faced a storm of media criticism yesterday following the shock suicide of a female contestant on...

Prosecutors appeal against Anwar’s acquittal 07 Mar 2014 - 06:13 am

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian prosecutors began their appeal yesterday against the acquittal of opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim on the charges of immoral act, a...

Indian in Thailand faces expulsion 07 Mar 2014 - 06:12 am

BANGKOK: A prominent member of Thailand’s Indian community is fighting efforts to force him out the country for joining anti-government protests and appealed...

France slams Vietnam for jailing blogger 07 Mar 2014 - 06:12 am

PARIS: France on Wednesday condemned Vietnam for jailing a prominent blogger and journalist, Truong Duy Nhat, who posted articles critical of Hanoi’s Communist...

Crimea parliament votes to join Russia 07 Mar 2014 - 06:11 am

Ukrainian students attend a rally in support of the ‘Single Ukraine’ in Kiev yesterday. SIMFEROPOL, Ukraine/BRUSSELS: Crimea’s parliament voted to join Russia yesterday...

Crufts Dog Show 07 Mar 2014 - 06:07 am

A general view of the Crufts Dog Show 2014 at the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham, Britain, yesterday. More than 2,650 dogs of...

Hollande’s ex-partner wins privacy case 07 Mar 2014 - 06:06 am

NANTERRE: Valerie Trier-weiler, the former partner of French President Francois Hollande, yesterday won a privacy suit she launched over pictures of her recovering...

Another delay to Obama health law 07 Mar 2014 - 06:06 am

WASHINGTON: The White House unveiled another delay in implementing President Barack Obama’s signature health law — apparently to shield vulnerable Democrats in mid-term...

Sarkozy to file suit over secret audio recordings 07 Mar 2014 - 06:05 am

PARIS: Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy and his wife Carla Bruni are to file a legal complaint over secret audio recordings made of...

Boy, 13, builds N-fusion reactor in school lab 07 Mar 2014 - 06:05 am

London: A boy in Britain has left many people stunned by developing a ‘nuclear fusion reactor’ in his school’s science laboratory. Jamie Edwards...