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Rallyists return SIM card linked to Thai PM 23 Feb 2014 - 06:52 am

BANGKOK: Some Thai anti-government protesters followed the advice of their leader yesterday, shunning products of firms linked to the family of Prime Minister...

Korean families hold tearful farewell in Mt Kumgang 23 Feb 2014 - 06:52 am

SEOUL: The joy of being reunited for the first time in decades turned to grief for North and South Korean families yesterday as...

Philippines: The place where tourists get value for money 23 Feb 2014 - 06:51 am

MANILA: The Philippines has again been recognized as one of the top 10 places in the world to visit, where tourists get “value...

Bureau of Customs seizes 38 used cars in Cagayan 23 Feb 2014 - 06:51 am

MANILA: Customs agents seized 38 used cars as these were about to be driven out of the Cagayan Special Economic Zone and Freeport...

Eight US lawmakers visit typhoon-hit San Jose village 23 Feb 2014 - 06:51 am

PALO: US Ambassador Philip Goldberg and eight American lawmakers visited the village of San Jose here yesterday to see for themselves how the...

4 Chinese surveillance ships back at disputed shoal 23 Feb 2014 - 06:50 am

MANILA: Four Chinese surveillance ships have returned to Ayungin Shoal after several months of absence. A security official who asked not be named...

Drug dealer dies in Basilan raid 23 Feb 2014 - 06:49 am

MANILA: Authorities raided yesterday morning an alleged drug den, resulting to the death of a suspected drug pusher and wounding of two policemen...

Parliament removes Yanukovich 23 Feb 2014 - 06:49 am

An opposition party member addresses the crowd outside the Ukrainian parliament in Kiev yesterday. KIEV: Ukraine’s parliament voted yesterday to remove President Viktor...

Queen to name warship Queen Elizabeth 23 Feb 2014 - 06:48 am

A computer generated image made available by the British Ministry of Defence yesterday shows the Royal Navy’s new aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth....

Mexican drug kingpin Guzman captured 23 Feb 2014 - 06:46 am

WASHINGTON/MEXICO: Mexico’s most wanted man, drug kingpin Joaquin “Shorty” Guzman, has been captured in Mexico by US and Mexican law enforcement officials, sources...

Centre-left leader Renzi takes over as Italy prime minister 23 Feb 2014 - 06:46 am

ROME: Italian centre-left leader Matteo Renzi took office yesterday as his country’s youngest prime minister, facing pressure to show immediate results after he...

Spanish judge summons monitors over ETA contacts 23 Feb 2014 - 06:45 am

MADRID: A judge in Spain yesterday summoned international monitors who met with the armed Basque separatists ETA for questioning over the whereabouts of...

More protests as Maduro calls for talks with US 23 Feb 2014 - 06:45 am

CARACAS: Opponents of Venezuela’s leftist government prepared for a mass protest rally in Caracas yesterday, one day after President Nicolas Maduro issued a...

In Lebanon 23 Feb 2014 - 06:31 am

Kurds take town from Islamists 23 Feb 2014 - 06:24 am

BEIRUT: A Kurdish group captured a town in Syria from Islamists yesterday in a battle in which at least 28 fighters were killed,...

UN unanimously approves Syria aid resolution 23 Feb 2014 - 06:22 am

UNITED NATIONS: The UN Security Council achieved rare unity to act on Syria’s civil war yesterday when Russia and China supported adoption of...

Suicide car bomber kills two Lebanese soldiers 23 Feb 2014 - 06:21 am

BEIRUT: A suicide bomber killed two Lebanese soldiers with a car bomb near an army checkpoint in a Hezbollah stronghold in northeast Lebanon...

Iraq announces truce in Fallujah 23 Feb 2014 - 06:20 am

BAGHDAD: Iraq’s defence ministry yesterday announced a 72-hour halt to military operations in the city of Fallujah, which has been held by anti-government...