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Dubai agrees roll-over of $10bn crisis debt to UAE 19 Feb 2014 - 11:10 am

DUBAI: Dubai has reached agreement on rolling over $10 billion in debt extended by the central bank of the United Arab Emirates during...

Emir, PM congratulate Nepal president 19 Feb 2014 - 10:54 am

DOHA: HH the Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani has sent a cable of congratulations to President of the Republic of Nepal...

Two killed as Pakistan's gas pipeline explodes 19 Feb 2014 - 10:23 am

ISLAMABAD: A 36-inch diameter gas pipeline from Qadirpur Gas Field caught fire after a huge explosion near Mir Kosh area in Ghotki district,...

Tokyo stocks close down 0.52pc after rally on BoJ moves 19 Feb 2014 - 10:23 am

TOKYO: Tokyo stocks fell 0.52 percent Wednesday as the yen gained strength, after the market surged the previous day on the Bank of...

India chief minister quits in row over new state 19 Feb 2014 - 09:50 am

NEW DELHI: The chief minister of an Indian state quit on Wednesday in protest at a contentious bill to split his state in...

Smoke scare on Etihad flight from Melbourne 19 Feb 2014 - 09:49 am

MELBOURNE: Investigations were underway Wednesday after smoke was detected in two toilets on an Etihad Airways flight from Melbourne to Abu Dhabi, forcing...

Lower House votes for new state 19 Feb 2014 - 09:26 am

Supporters of Telangana Rastra Samithi party shout slogans as they celebrate the planned creation of Telangana state, in Hyderabad, yesterday. New Delhi/Hyderabad: Amid...

Italy recalls ambassador 19 Feb 2014 - 09:25 am

Italian special envoy Staffan de Mistura (right), next to Defence Attache Franco Favre, speaks to the media at the Supreme Court in New...

Bahrain king arrives 19 Feb 2014 - 09:22 am

New Delhi: H M King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa of Bahrain arrived here yesterday on a three-day state visit at the head...

No tie-up with BJP: Nitish 19 Feb 2014 - 09:21 am

Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar yesterday ruled out any alliance of his Janata Dal-United with the Bharatiya Janata Party-led NDA. Making it...

Conspirators in Rajiv killing escape noose 19 Feb 2014 - 09:21 am

New Delhi/Chennai: The Supreme Court yesterday commuted the death sentences of three key conspirators in the assassination of former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi,...

India will change if Mamata is at helm, says Hazare 19 Feb 2014 - 09:21 am

New Delhi/Kolkata: After an hour-long dinner meeting with West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in the national capital, social activist Anna Hazare yesterday...

AAP apologises to Transparency International 19 Feb 2014 - 09:21 am

New Delhi: The AAP yesterday apologised to Transparency International for citing a report by the organisation that said corruption had come down in...

Protest leader surrenders in Venezuela 19 Feb 2014 - 09:18 am

Supporters of Leopoldo Lopez surround the National Guard vehicle driving Lopez away after he turned himself in during a demonstration in Caracas yesterday....

Seven killed as violence spikes in Kiev 19 Feb 2014 - 09:14 am

Anti-government protesters clash with police in front of the Ukrainian Parliment in Kiev yesterday. KIEV: Ukrainian riot police stormed the main opposition camp...

Punk band girls detained in Sochi 19 Feb 2014 - 09:13 am

Masked members of Pussy Riot leave a police station in Adler during the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics, yesterday. SOCHI, Russia: Russian police yesterday...

Breakthrough seen in French Alps murder case 19 Feb 2014 - 09:12 am

ANNECY, France: French police yesterday arrested a 48-year-old man in connection with the 2012 killings of a British-Iraqi family and a cyclist in...

Arabtec says its unit wins $272m Kazakh contract 19 Feb 2014 - 09:11 am

DUBAI: A subsidiary of Dubai-based builder Arabtec Holding has won a 1 billion dirham or $272 million contract in Kazakhstan, Arabtec said on...