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Thai protest leader rules out talks 13 Jan 2014 - 06:50 am

People hold candles as they take part in an anti-violence campaign in central Bangkok yesterday. BANGKOK: The leader of a movement trying to...

Hostage drama 13 Jan 2014 - 06:49 am

Filipino policemen arrest US national and retired Navy official Robert Stasaitis, 57 (second left), accompanied by his female companion Emilie Lacar, following a...

Sheikh Hasina is Bangla PM for third time 13 Jan 2014 - 06:48 am

Dhaka: Awami League chief Sheikh Hasina was yesterday sworn in as prime minister of Bangladesh for the third time along with a 48-member...

Nepal to bring foreign workers under scanner 13 Jan 2014 - 06:48 am

Kathmandu: The Nepal government yesterday announced that it will heighten vigilance over foreign nationals working in the Himalayan country without work permit and...

Japan flays China fishing curbs 13 Jan 2014 - 06:48 am

NARASHINO: Japan yesterday joined the United States in criticising China’s new fishing restrictions in the South China Sea, saying the curbs, coupled with...

Philippines on guard against child trafficking 13 Jan 2014 - 06:47 am

MANILA: The Philippines is acting to curb the trafficking of children displaced by Super Typhoon Haiyan, a presidential spokesman said yesterday, a day...

Sri Lanka president to test popularity with local polls 13 Jan 2014 - 06:47 am

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka yesterday called snap local elections seen as a gauge of President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s popularity ahead of national polls expected to...

Over 25,000 flee Indonesia volcano 13 Jan 2014 - 06:47 am

JAKARTA: More than 25,000 people have fled their homes following a series of eruptions and lava flows from a volcano in Indonesia, an...

Protest in Kiev 13 Jan 2014 - 06:46 am

Pro-European integration protesters attend a rally at Independence Square in Kiev yesterday. Nearly 100,000 critics of Ukraine’s President Viktor Yanukovich rallied, reviving the...

Hollande’s partner taken to hospital 13 Jan 2014 - 06:45 am

François Hollande with his partner Valérie Trierweiler. PARIS: Valérie Trierweiler, the partner of the French President François Hollande, has been taken to hospital...

McCain seeks probe into ‘broken’ NSA 13 Jan 2014 - 06:43 am

Washington: John McCain, the Republican senator and former presidential candidate, has called for a congressional investigation into America’s “broken” National Security Agency, ahead...

Pope names 19 new cardinals 13 Jan 2014 - 06:42 am

VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis put his first stamp on the group at the top of the Roman Catholic hierarchy yesterday, naming 19 new...

Orbital Sciences cargo ship arrives at ISS 13 Jan 2014 - 06:42 am

CAPE CANAVERAL: Orbital Sciences Corp, one of two companies hired by US space agency Nasa to make supply runs to the International Space...

Brussels slaps down UK threats to rewrite immigration rules 13 Jan 2014 - 06:42 am

LONDON: Brussels has stepped up its fightback against UK attempts to curb EU immigration as leaders of the European parliament declared that rules...

Two missing girls found alive in UK 13 Jan 2014 - 06:41 am

LONDON: Two 12-year-old girls who went missing after walking to a bus stop in north London have been found safe and well, Scotland...

Diplomat tells of anguish at leaving US without children 13 Jan 2014 - 06:41 am

Indian diplomat Devyani Khobragade (left) walks with her father Uttam Khobragade upon her arrival at Maharashtra Sadan state guesthouse in New Delhi. NEW...

Modi at kite festival 13 Jan 2014 - 06:40 am

Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, prime ministerial candidate of main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), flies a kite at the international kite festival...

Kashmir under snow 13 Jan 2014 - 06:39 am

A Kashmiri woman carrying a water pitcher on her head walks on a snow covered mountain on the outskirts of Srinagar, the summer...