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Tsunami anniversary 27 Dec 2013 - 09:18 am

Ellammal, 54, who lost her husband and two sons in the 2004 tsunami, cries during a prayer ceremony for the victims of the...

Court upholds SIT closure report 27 Dec 2013 - 09:17 am

Ahmedabad: In a major relief for Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, a local court yesterday dismissed a petition by a killed Congress leader’s...

Mamata inducts two ministers, clips wings of Chatterjee 27 Dec 2013 - 09:17 am

Kolkata: Days after pulling up “non-performing” ministers, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee yesterday took away the cream industries and commerce portfolios from...

AAP prepares for general elections 27 Dec 2013 - 09:16 am

New Delhi: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) yesterday named two members, Pankaj Gupta and Sanjay Singh, as its team that would look into...

All 35 crew arrested from US ship get bail 27 Dec 2013 - 09:15 am

Chennai: A court in Tamil Nadu’s Tuticorin city yesterday granted bail to all 35 crew members arrested from US ship Seaman Guard Ohio...

Transport, cooking gas prices hiked 27 Dec 2013 - 09:15 am

New Delhi: Prices of compressed natural gas (CNG) used in automobiles and piped cooking gas will go up by nearly 10 percent from...

Death toll in Brazil’s flood-hit state rises to 17 27 Dec 2013 - 09:15 am

An aerial view of a Brazilian region affected by torrential rain in the state of Espirito Santo. SAO PAULO: The death toll from...

Family pays tribute to British doctor killed in Syria 27 Dec 2013 - 09:14 am

Fatima Kahn, the mother of British doctor Abbas Kahn, reacts after his funeral service at the Regent's Park Mosque in central London yesterday....

Tokyo's Nikkei stock index logs fresh six-year high 27 Dec 2013 - 09:14 am

TOKYO: Tokyo's Nikkei 225 edged up 0.03 percent Friday to a fresh six-year high as late buying pushed the benchmark index back into...

Russian cargo plane crash kills nine 27 Dec 2013 - 08:57 am

Rescuers and investigators working at the site of an air crash near the East Siberian city of Irkutsk, Russia, yesterday. MOSCOW: A Russian...

Festive bounty 27 Dec 2013 - 08:56 am

A chimpanzee carries a box given as a Christmas present in Safaripark Beekse Bergen in Hilvarenbeek yesterday.

Greenpeace activists set to exit Russia 27 Dec 2013 - 08:55 am

Activist Mannes Ubels from the Netherlands exults after getting the visa stamped on his passport yesterday. SAINT PETERSBURG: A first Greenpeace activist was...

Chorus rises for Ukraine minister’s resignation 27 Dec 2013 - 08:54 am

KIEV: Protesters demanded Ukraine’s interior minister resign yesterday after an opposition journalist known for documenting the extravagance of the country’s political elite was...

Protesting thespian rams car into Elysee Palace gate 27 Dec 2013 - 08:53 am

PARIS: A theatre director rammed a car into the rear gate of the French presidential palace yesterday in protest over cuts in government...

Dozen civilians die in Chad clashes 27 Dec 2013 - 08:53 am

BANGUI, Central African Republic: French troops were out in force in the Central African Republic’s capital yesterday after clashes that killed at least...

Baikonur space port struggles to relaunch glorious past 27 Dec 2013 - 08:53 am

BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan: From rocket-shaped playground equipment to faded murals of cosmonauts, mementos of the heyday of Soviet space exploration are scattered around this...

Separatists behind deadly India bicycle bomb 27 Dec 2013 - 08:26 am

KOLKATA: A bicycle bomb that killed five people in eastern India was carried out by militants fighting for a separate state in the...

29 killed in Thailand bus accident 27 Dec 2013 - 08:26 am

BANGKOK: A bus carrying New Year travellers plunged off one of Thailand's highest bridges in the kingdom's northeast, leaving at least 29 people...