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Obama budget proposes job training plan 05 Mar 2014 - 01:26 am

US President Barack Obama greets 3-and 4-year olds in a pre-kindergarten class at Powell Elementary School in Washington yesterday. WASHINGTON: US President Barack...

Murdoch told me not to quit after hacking furore: Brooks 05 Mar 2014 - 01:25 am

Rebekah Brooks arrives at the Old Bailey courthouse in London yesterday. LONDON: Rebekah Brooks, former boss of Rupert Murdoch’s British newspaper arm, told...

Military force to be last resort: Putin 05 Mar 2014 - 01:24 am

US Secretary of State John Kerry (second right) visits a memorial to pro-Western protesters killed by police last month in Kiev, yesterday. MOSCOW:...

Carnival de Binche 05 Mar 2014 - 01:23 am

Participants known as Gilles wear traditional costumes during the carnival in the streets of Binche, Belgium, yesterday. The Carnival de Binche has been...

UKRAINE RUSSIA EU RED CARPET EUROPEAN UNION CLIFF 05 Mar 2014 - 01:23 am

Group: ViewsEurope Credit: TOM Source: Trouw - Amsterdam, Netherlands Keywords: COLOR UKRAINE RUSSIA EU RED CARPET EUROPEAN UNION CLIFF 022714 Provider: CartoonArts International...

Maori king snubs William 05 Mar 2014 - 01:18 am

WELLINGTON: New Zealand’s Maori king has refused to meet Prince William during a royal tour next month, with his office saying yesterday he...

UN wants 10,000 soldiers for C Africa 05 Mar 2014 - 01:18 am

UNITED NATIONS: UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has recommended deploying 11,820 peacekeepers in strife-torn Central African Republic, including 10,000 soldiers and 1,820 police...

E Timor: Canberra told to back off 05 Mar 2014 - 01:18 am

THE HAGUE: The UN’s International Court of Justice has ordered Australia to stop interfering with East Timor in a bitter spy row, forbidding...

Australia to get hotter: Study 05 Mar 2014 - 01:18 am

SYDNEY: Australia will suffer more days of extreme heat and a longer bushfire season as greenhouse gases force temperatures to continue rising, a...

‘Yanukovich has no political future’ 05 Mar 2014 - 01:17 am

MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin said yesterday that Ukraine’s ousted president Viktor Yanukovich remained its only legitimate leader despite fleeing to Russia but...

Venezuela to mark Chavez’s death anniversary amid unrest 05 Mar 2014 - 01:17 am

CARACAS: Venezuela geared up yesterday for commemorations of socialist leader Hugo Chavez’s death despite continued protests against his successor that have shaken the...

Cameron should spell out EU treaty change he wants: Official 05 Mar 2014 - 01:16 am

LONDON: Britain could get the European Union treaty changes it wants if it spells them out and finds allies for its case, a...

Noted Vietnam blogger jailed for two years 05 Mar 2014 - 01:16 am

HANOI: Popular Vietnamese blogger and journalist Truong Duy Nhat was jailed for two years yesterday for posting articles critical of the Communist government...

N Korea fires more rockets 05 Mar 2014 - 01:15 am

SEOUL: North Korea fired a volley of rockets from multiple launchers into the sea yesterday, in an apparent show of force to coincide...

Aquino to allot $38.23m for fishing families 05 Mar 2014 - 01:15 am

MANILA: The government will release $38.23m to support the implementation of the Rehabilitation Plan for fishing communities in Central Philippines struck by Typhoon...

‘Unstable’ drug mule brandishes knife 05 Mar 2014 - 01:14 am

DENPASAR, Indonesia: Australian drug mule Schapelle Corby brandished a knife and acted erratically in an encounter with Indonesian authorities after a government minister...

‘Unstable’ drug mule brandishes knife 05 Mar 2014 - 01:14 am

DENPASAR, Indonesia: Australian drug mule Schapelle Corby brandished a knife and acted erratically in an encounter with Indonesian authorities after a government minister...

Two dead as rains lash Maharashtra 05 Mar 2014 - 01:14 am

Mumbai: At least two people were killed as rains accompanied by hailstorms lashed Maharashtra’s Marathwada and Vidarbha regions over the past two days,...