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Kidnapped student escapes 02 Mar 2014 - 06:46 am

ZAMBOANGA CITY: A Filipino- Chinese college student, who was kidnapped in Zamboanga del Sur last Thursday, managed to escape from his captors the...

US rights report to help Philippines improve standards 02 Mar 2014 - 06:46 am

MANILA: A US government report criticising the Philippines for failing to stamp out extra-judicial killings will help Manila improve human rights safeguards, a...

Political ally of Pacquiao dies in ambush 02 Mar 2014 - 06:45 am

GENERAL SANTOS: A mayor and political ally of boxing superstar-turned-legislator Manny Pacquiao has died after being ambushed by unknown gunmen in a violence-wracked...

Blasts targeting polio team kill 12 02 Mar 2014 - 06:45 am

Pakistani security officials inspect the wreckage of a tribal police vehicle after a twin bomb explosion in Jamroud, in Khyber tribal area near...

Walk for justice 02 Mar 2014 - 06:41 am

Baloch nationalists and relatives of victims of alleged forced disappearances arrive in Islamabad as they conclude long march from Karachi, yesterday. Pakistani human...

Officials rescue foreign hostages in SW Pakistan 02 Mar 2014 - 06:39 am

QUETTA: Pakistani officials yesterday said they had rescued 11 kidnapped foreigners - eight Iranians, two Tunisians and one Yemeni national - in the...

‘Terrorists use chemical weapons’ 02 Mar 2014 - 06:39 am

ISLAMABAD: The National Internal Security Policy documents reveal a mind boggling threat of possible use of chemical and biological substances as weapons by...

Islamabad gearing up for China forum membership 02 Mar 2014 - 06:38 am

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan yesterday presented itself as a strong candidate for a full membership of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) since it had exceptionally...

Karachi court convicts five in reporter’s murder case 02 Mar 2014 - 06:37 am

ISLAMABAD: A Pakistani court convicted five men yesterday of murdering a young television reporter, his brother said, marking the first time anyone has...

Immoral activities charges against MPs not new 02 Mar 2014 - 06:37 am

ISLAMABAD: The allegations of Pakistani parliamentarian Jamshed Dasti regarding immoral and illegal activities at the privileged Parliament Lodges are not new, as in...

Rebels declare ceasefire to revive talks 02 Mar 2014 - 06:36 am

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistani Taliban spokesman announced a one-month ceasefire yesterday aimed at reviving failed peace talks with the government. “The senior leadership of...

Former army chief joins BJP 02 Mar 2014 - 06:35 am

Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi (right) attends an interactive session with rickshaw pullers, ahead of the 2014 general elections, in Varanasi yesterday. New Delhi:...

Heavy snowfall 02 Mar 2014 - 06:34 am

A family uses an umbrella to shelter themselves from heavy snowfall in Shimla yesterday.

Time for Cong to decide on alliance: Lalu 02 Mar 2014 - 06:31 am

Patna: The responsibility of defeating communal forces is not of the Rashtriya Janata Dal alone, and it’s time for the Congress to decide...

Pranab gives nod to bill on Telangana 02 Mar 2014 - 06:31 am

New Delhi: President Pranab Mukherjee has given his assent to the bill to carve Telangana state out of Andhra Pradesh, which also came...

Death sentence: Centre for recall of SC verdict 02 Mar 2014 - 06:30 am

New Delhi: The central government yesterday moved the Supreme Court seeking recall of its verdict holding that inordinate, unexplained and unreasonable delay in...

Kalyan Singh resigns from LS, returns to BJP 02 Mar 2014 - 06:30 am

Lucknow: Former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Kalyan Singh yesterday resigned from the Lok Sabha and said he was returning to the BJP. Addressing...

AAP tickets for novelist, ex-policeman in Kerala 02 Mar 2014 - 06:29 am

Thiruvananthapuram: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in Kerala has roped in novelist Sara Joseph and former IPS officer Ajith Joy to contest the...