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Eight trapped S.Africa gold miners are dead 06 Feb 2014 - 09:45 am

JOHANNESBURG: Eight of the nine gold mineworkers trapped underground in a shaft west of Johannesburg have been found dead, the National Union of...

Tokyo stocks close down 0.18pc 06 Feb 2014 - 09:17 am

TOKYO: Tokyo stocks closed 0.18 percent lower Thursday, giving up early gains as caution prevailed ahead of the release of crucial US jobs...

Exchange Rates in Qatar 06 Feb 2014 - 09:14 am

Exchange Rates in Qatar Exchange Rates for foreign currencies as issued on Thursday Qatar National Bank (QNB) are as following: Currency Buying Selling...

Iraq security forces abuse women prisoners 06 Feb 2014 - 09:14 am

BAGHDAD: Thousands of women are being illegally held in Iraqi prisons, where they suffer torture and other forms of abuse, including sexual assault,...

China media slams Philippine leader comments on disputed waters 06 Feb 2014 - 09:13 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...

German president in India 06 Feb 2014 - 08:19 am

German President Joachim Gauck (second left), accompanied by his wife Daniela Schadt, shakes hands with Prime Minster Manmohan Singh as President Pranab Mukherjee...

Scooter boom: Young women find gusto on India’s roads 06 Feb 2014 - 08:17 am

A woman riding a scooter waits for a traffic signal along a street in Mumbai yesterday. NEW DELHI: ‘Plush pink’ and ‘burgundy bliss’...

Stormy start to parliament session 06 Feb 2014 - 08:16 am

NEW DELHI: The Congress party’s hopes of pushing through new laws to tackle corruption stalled yesterday when the parliament’s last session before a...

Modi lambasts Third Front 06 Feb 2014 - 08:15 am

Kolkata: The BJP’s prime ministerial nominee Narendra Modi yesterday lambasted any possible Third Front, but went soft on West Bengal chief Minister Mamata...

Nadella underlines Indian-bred success abroad 06 Feb 2014 - 08:15 am

MUMBAI: India yesterday celebrated the appointment of Satya Nadella as the new chief executive of Microsoft, seeing it as another endorsement of home-grown...

Former minister alleges rampant graft in Bihar 06 Feb 2014 - 08:15 am

Patna: A day after she resigned from the government, Bihar’s first Muslim woman minister, Parveen Amanullah, alleged that there was rampant corruption in...

Four miners die in Meghalaya 06 Feb 2014 - 07:49 am

Shillong: Four miners died inside a coal pit when it caved in in Meghalaya’s South Garo Hills district, police said yesterday. The incident...

Former minister alleges rampant graft in Bihar 06 Feb 2014 - 07:48 am

Patna: A day after she resigned from the government, Bihar’s first Muslim woman minister, Parveen Amanullah, alleged that there was rampant corruption in...

Three dies as blast derails train 06 Feb 2014 - 07:47 am

At least three passengers, including a minor, were killed when a Lahore-bound train derailed following a bomb blast on a rail track on...

Snowfall claims 14 lives 06 Feb 2014 - 07:46 am

An Afghan National Army soldier shovels slush from melting snow on a street in Mazar-e-sharif yesterday. At least 14 people died in Afghanistan’s...

Afghan presidential hopeful says poll chance for change 06 Feb 2014 - 07:45 am

KABUL: Leading contenders to succeed Afghan President Hamid Karzai have used the campaign’s first televised debate to express their backing for a US...

Pakistan-Taliban talks falter as they begin 06 Feb 2014 - 07:44 am

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s planned peace talks with Taliban insurgents stumbled as they began Tuesday, with government negotiators missing a preliminary meeting citing doubts over...

Badly-trained crew blamed for air crash 06 Feb 2014 - 07:44 am

KARACHI: The pilots of a Pakistani jetliner that plunged to the ground outside Islamabad in 2012 and killed 127 people were not trained...