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Qatar Stock Exchange down 0.63pc 22 Dec 2013 - 06:02 pm

DOHA: The Qatar Exchange down on Sunday 65.82 points or 0.63 percent to 10,402.77 points from the previous closing of 10,468.59 points, on...

Dubai's MAF to invest $467m in Oman mall project 22 Dec 2013 - 06:00 pm

DUBAI: Dubai retail group Majid Al Futtaim (MAF) on Sunday announced plans to invest 180 million Omani rials ($467 million) to build a...

China wary as Japan hikes army spending 22 Dec 2013 - 09:17 am

BEIJING: China’s Defence Ministry called Japan’s plans to raise its military spending for the first time in 10 years deeply worrying for Asia...

Bali augments security 22 Dec 2013 - 09:13 am

Indonesian soldiers stand alert during a roll call along with other troops in Denpasar, on Indonesia’s tourist island of Bali, yesterday. The number...

Ban seeks more funds for typhoon-hit 22 Dec 2013 - 09:12 am

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon greets children at Manlurip Elementary School in Tacloban City yesterday. TACLOBAN CITY: UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon stepped up an...

Taiwan woman in Malaysia kidnapping returns home 22 Dec 2013 - 09:11 am

TAIPEI: A Taiwanese tourist whose husband was killed by gunmen in a kidnapping at a Malaysian island resort returned to Taiwan yesterday after...

Peace benefits Mindanao farmers 22 Dec 2013 - 09:10 am

COTABATO CITY: The absence of any encounter this year between the military and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front has helped farmers in Central...

Stint in Manila not always rosy, says Chinese envoy 22 Dec 2013 - 09:10 am

MANILA: Outgoing Chinese Ambassador Ma Keqing said her stint in the country has not always been “rosy,” and that bilateral relations between the...

Cop shoots cop at holiday party 22 Dec 2013 - 09:10 am

MANILA: A policeman was shot dead, allegedly by his colleague, during the Manila Police District (MPD) anti-drug unit’s Christmas party at a bar...

Thai oppn to boycott polls 22 Dec 2013 - 09:09 am

BANGKOK: Thailand’s main opposition Democrat Party yesterday announced it would boycott snap elections in the crisis-gripped kingdom, piling further pressure on the government...

Dhaka to deploy military to stem poll violence 22 Dec 2013 - 09:09 am

DHAKA: Bangladesh said on Friday it will deploy thousands of troops next week in an effort to contain deadly political violence ahead of...

One dead, seven injured by contaminated China parcels 22 Dec 2013 - 09:08 am

BEIJING: A man was killed and seven others were injured in China after receiving parcels from a delivery company that had become contaminated...

Taiwan court halts trial of ex-president 22 Dec 2013 - 09:08 am

TAIPEI: A Taiwanese court has suspended the trial of former president Chen Shui-bian on the ground that he is suffering from depression, dementia...

Nato opens its own talks with Kabul 22 Dec 2013 - 09:05 am

A former Taliban militant (left) hands over his weapon to Afghan authorities during a ceremony in which former Taliban militants surrendered their weapons...

Art workshop 22 Dec 2013 - 09:03 am

The hand of Pakistani artist Ahmed Anver painting at a workshop in Karachi yesterday. Anver has won several national and international awards for...

Gunmen kill vaccinator in northwest Pakistan 22 Dec 2013 - 09:02 am

PESHAWAR: Two gunmen shot dead a health worker administering polio drops and other vaccines to children in a restive Pakistani tribal region bordering...

Province eyes massive revenue from energy 22 Dec 2013 - 09:01 am

PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government’s hydel revenue is expected to grow to Rs30bn annually by 2018 as some new hydropower units are slated...

First heart transplant in Pakistan next year 22 Dec 2013 - 09:01 am

ISLAMABAD: The first ever heart transplant in Pakistan will be carried out in Rawalpindi Institute for Cardiology (RIC) next year. It would be...