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Spanish princess faces court in royal scandal 07 Feb 2014 - 09:28 am

MADRID: A judge will quiz Spanish King Juan Carlos’s youngest daughter Cristina on Saturday over fraud allegations in a corruption scandal — a...

Online press freedom eroding: CPJ 07 Feb 2014 - 09:28 am

NEW YORK: US mass surveillance, restrictive legislation and a wave of global cyber attacks drastically restricted online press freedom during 2013, a New...

Apple quickly buys back $14bn in shares: Report 07 Feb 2014 - 09:28 am

SAN FRANCISCO: Apple gobbled up $14 billion worth of its shares in the two weeks after earnings figures disappointed the market, chief executive...

Stolen violin recovered 07 Feb 2014 - 09:28 am

MILWAUKEE: A Stradivarius violin worth millions of dollars, which was stolen from a concert violinist in an armed robbery last week, has been...

London tube strike causes second day of travel chaos 07 Feb 2014 - 09:27 am

LONDON: Millions of commuters faced a second day of travel chaos yesterday due to a 48-hour strike by London Underground workers angry over...

Policeman jailed for 12 months over ‘Plebgate’ scandal 07 Feb 2014 - 09:27 am

LONDON: A British policeman was jailed for 12 months yesterday after he falsely claimed to have witnessed a row over a bicycle at...

Sri Lankan forces guilty of war crimes: Report 07 Feb 2014 - 09:27 am

The Sri Lankan Defence Ministry released this photo of troops after capturing the last patch of coastline in the Mullaittivu district held by...

Thai protests continue 07 Feb 2014 - 09:26 am

Anti-government protesters listen to their leader under a bridge at the main intersection in downtown Bangkok yesterday. Election officials struggled to shore up...

Rights groups urge Malaysia to stop hanging in ‘secretive execution’ 07 Feb 2014 - 09:25 am

KUALA LUMPUR: Rights groups urged Malaysia yesterday to halt the planned hanging of a condemned man, with Amnesty International calling it “yet another...

Aquino’s comments on disputed waters slammed by China media 07 Feb 2014 - 09:25 am

SHANGHAI: Chinese state media has slammed Philippine President Benigno Aquino over remarks that compared Beijing’s claims in the disputed South China Sea to...

Bomber run imperils reunions plan: N Korea 07 Feb 2014 - 09:24 am

SEOUL: A nuclear-capable US B-52 bomber sortie over South Korea has endangered plans for reunions between families from the North and South of...

Defence expo 07 Feb 2014 - 09:24 am

Defence Minister A K Antony looks at a scale model of the Rustom-1 unmanned aerial vehicle, developed by the Indian Defence Reserach and...

Rescue operation 07 Feb 2014 - 09:23 am

A mahout ties a rope around an elephant after it fell on a marshy land on the banks of the Vembanad Lake on...

Ishrat case: 4 ex-IB officers chargesheeted 07 Feb 2014 - 09:22 am

new delhi: The CBI yesterday lodged a second charge sheet in the Ishrat Jahan fake encounter case against former Intelligence Bureau Special Director...

Undertrials can contest election: Delhi High Court 07 Feb 2014 - 09:21 am

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court yesterday dismissed a plea seeking to bar a person who is in jail or in police custody...

Delhi govt orders new Commonwealth Games probe 07 Feb 2014 - 09:21 am

NEW DELHI: Delhi’s newly elected chief minister yesterday ordered a investigation into alleged corruption surrounding the scandal-tainted 2010 Commonwealth Games in the Indian...

Pilots land Dreamliner manually after computer glitch 07 Feb 2014 - 09:21 am

NEW DELHI: Pilots of a Dreamliner which was forced to divert midflight to Kuala Lumpur had to land the plane manually after suffering...

Telangana rocks House 07 Feb 2014 - 09:20 am

New Delhi: The conflict over the formation of a separate Telangana state yesterday disrupted parliament for the second consecutive day. The group of...