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UK, US mark 25th year of Lockerbie bombing 22 Dec 2013 - 06:41 am

Relatives attend a memorial ceremony at Dryfesdale Cemetery in Lockerbie, Scotland, yesterday. LONDON: Britain and the US held services yesterday to remember the...

Obama arrives in Hawaii for vacation after tough year at the White House 22 Dec 2013 - 06:40 am

HONOLULU: US President Barack Obama was in sunny Hawaii yesterday for a 16-day vacation after a gruelling year at the White House. Obama,...

Miliband vows curbs on betting machines 22 Dec 2013 - 06:38 am

London: Ed Miliband has vowed to let councils ban high-speed, high-stakes betting terminals if Labour wins the next election. The Labour leader said...

Astronauts make quick repairs to space station 22 Dec 2013 - 06:38 am

WASHINGTON: Two American astronauts made quick progress during a spacewalk outside the International Space Station yesterday to replace a broken equipment cooling system,...

Evaluators say accused Colorado theatre gunman can stand trial 22 Dec 2013 - 06:38 am

DENVER: The former graduate student accused of gunning down scores of patrons in a Colorado movie theatre last year was found competent to...

Avoid drift to mediocrity: Pope 22 Dec 2013 - 06:37 am

VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis yesterday told Vatican administrators, who were dogged by infighting and allegations of corruption during the papacy of his predecessor,...

Czech Christian Democrats join centre-left coalition 22 Dec 2013 - 06:37 am

PRAGUE: The Czech Christian Democratic Party leadership accepted posts in a potential centre-left coalition yesterday, clearing the way for the prospective prime minister...

Greek government majority shrinks 22 Dec 2013 - 06:37 am

ATHENS: The Greek coalition government’s majority in parliament shrank to just three seats yesterday after a lawmaker rebelled over a controversial new law...

CAR leader tells rebels to lay down arms 22 Dec 2013 - 06:21 am

BANGUI: Central African President Michel Djotodia yesterday urged Muslim fighters backing him and the Christian vigilantes they oppose to lay down their arms,...

US aircraft hit in S Sudan 22 Dec 2013 - 06:21 am

SPLA soldiers aboard a vehicle in Juba yesterday. JUBA: US aircraft flown into South Sudan to help with evacuation efforts yesterday came under...

Foreign forces behind scam, says Erdogan 22 Dec 2013 - 06:19 am

Turkish secular protesters shout slogans against the government while holding the picture of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, founder of modern Turkey. ANKARA: Prime Minister...

Arab Foreign Ministers meet in Cairo 22 Dec 2013 - 06:18 am

UAE Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan arrives for an Arab League Foreign Ministers emergency meeting at the League’s...

Murder, jailbreak case against Mursi 22 Dec 2013 - 06:17 am

Muslim Brotherhood supporters gesture near burning tyres during clashes with riot police in Cairo. CAIRO: Egypt’s deposed Islamist president, Mohammed Mursi, and 129...

South Yemen paralysed as militants clash with cops 22 Dec 2013 - 06:16 am

A boy fills his jug of water, joining other children on their daily search for potable water, in the Yemeni capital Sana’a yesterday....

Body of dead doctor taken to Lebanon 22 Dec 2013 - 06:05 am

MASNAA, Lebanon: The body of Abbas Khan, the British doctor who died in a Syrian jail, was brought to Lebanon yesterday in a...

Five senior army officers, 10 soldiers killed in Iraq 22 Dec 2013 - 06:04 am

RAMADI: Five senior Iraqi officers, including a major general, and 10 soldiers were killed yesterday in a raid on an Al Qaeda hideout...

Israel says not worried over US, UK spying 22 Dec 2013 - 06:03 am

JERUSALEM: Israeli officials yesterday said they were not surprised by allegations the US and Britain had spied on the country’s leaders and played...

$28m donated for Syria refugees in UAE 22 Dec 2013 - 06:03 am

ABU DHABI: An Emirati campaign to raise funds for Syrian refugees faced with harsh winter conditions in camps in neighbouring states has raised...