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Leopard triggers alarm in Meerut 25 Feb 2014 - 11:37 pm

LUCKNOW: A northern city stayed on alert yesterday after a wild leopard strayed into a hospital, a cinema and an apartment block, officials ...

Italian marines will be tried in India: Ministry 25 Feb 2014 - 11:37 pm

NEW DELHI: Two Italian marines accused of killing two Indian fishermen will still be tried in India, the Foreign Ministry said yesterday, a...

Mukesh Ambani denies he has illegal foreign bank accounts 25 Feb 2014 - 11:36 pm

NEW DELHI: India’s wealthiest tycoon Mukesh Ambani rejected yesterday allegations by anti-corruption fighter Arvind Kejriwal that he holds illegal accounts abroad. Anti-corruption campaigner...

Thailand risks sliding into civil war 25 Feb 2014 - 11:12 pm

Premier Shinawatra leaves the Royal Thai Air Force headquarters after a cabinet meeting in Bangkok yesterday. BANGKOK: Thailand risks sliding into civil war...

Workers vs Obama visit 25 Feb 2014 - 11:12 pm

Policemen and protesters clash outside the US embassy during a demonstration against the upcoming visit of US President Barack Obama and the Visiting...

S Korea’s Park seeks to reboot unification drive 25 Feb 2014 - 11:11 pm

SEOUL: South Korean President Park Geun Hye vowed yesterday to map out a fresh path to Korean reunification, building on a recent thaw...

China water cannon attack slammed 25 Feb 2014 - 11:11 pm

MANILA: The Philippines protested yesterday against China’s use of a water cannon on Filipino fishermen in disputed waters of the South China Sea...

80 bodies found in Sri Lanka mass grave site 25 Feb 2014 - 11:10 pm

COLOMBO: Forensic experts have found more bodies in an unmarked mass grave in Sri Lanka’s northern former war zone, taking the total number...

Australia turns asylum-seekers back to Indonesia in a lifeboat 25 Feb 2014 - 11:10 pm

CILACAP: A lifeboat carrying asylum-seekers has washed up on Indonesia’s main Java island, with those on board saying Australian authorities transferred them to...

Thai hospital collapse kills 11, injures 16 25 Feb 2014 - 11:09 pm

BANGKOK: A hospital under construction just east of Bangkok’s main airport collapsed yesterday, killing at least 11 people and injuring 16, police said....

Pakistan airs trikes kill 30 in Waziristan 25 Feb 2014 - 11:09 pm

Internally-displaced Pakistani residents fleeing military operations against Taliban in the North Waziristan tribal MIRANSHAH: Pakistani fighter jets bombarded Taliban hideouts in the troubled...

Computer games 25 Feb 2014 - 11:08 pm

Afghan boys play computer games at Game Net in Mazar-e-Sharif yesterday. Afghanistan’s learning system has been undermined by the Soviet invasion, civil war...

Iran pipeline hit by US sanctions 25 Feb 2014 - 11:08 pm

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan yesterday said that work on a pipeline to import gas from Iran cannot proceed because of sanctions imposed by the United...

Nine army officers sacked after killing of 21 soldiers 25 Feb 2014 - 11:07 pm

KABUL: Afghanistan yesterday sacked nine army officers for negligence after Taliban militants killed 21 soldiers and kidnapped several others in a raid on...

Bahraini King to visit Pakistan 25 Feb 2014 - 11:07 pm

ISLAMABAD: The King of Bahrain H M Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa will be visiting Pakistan in March on an invitation of President...

Balochistan’s local bodies put on backburner 25 Feb 2014 - 11:07 pm

ISLAMABAD: The local bodies’ elections took place in Pakistan’s restive southwest Balochistan province on December 7 last year, but nearly three months later,...

Pakistan’s educational institutions on high alert over terrorism 25 Feb 2014 - 11:06 pm

ISLAMABAD: In the wake of the current wave of terrorism in the country, educational institutions in Pakistani federal capital city Islamabad have been...

PISA TOWER VISION BINOCULARS 25 Feb 2014 - 11:06 pm

Group: Comment & Caricature Credit: MEDI Source: Tirana, Albania Keywords: COLOR PISA TOWER VISION BINOCULARS 021314 Provider: CartoonArts International / The New York...