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Bomb scare forces Harvard evacuation 17 Dec 2013 - 08:01 am

NEW YORK: A bomb scare yesterday forced Harvard University to evacuate four buildings, call in police and cancel final exams under way at...

Russia moves nuclear-capable missile closer to EU 17 Dec 2013 - 08:00 am

MOSCOW: Russia has moved nuclear-capable Iskander missiles closer to Europe’s borders in response to the US-led deployment of a disputed air defence shield,...

French panel recommends legalising assisted suicide 17 Dec 2013 - 08:00 am

PARIS: A panel set up at the request of President Francois Hollande yesterday recommended legalising assisted suicide in France, where the debate on...

Raging protest 17 Dec 2013 - 07:58 am

Protesters during a candlelight vigil to mark the first anniversary of the Delhi gang rape, in New Delhi, yesterday.

Pole play 17 Dec 2013 - 07:57 am

Electricians adjust cables set up temporarily on the banks of the river Ganga in preparation for the annual Hindu religious fair of Magh...

Telangana bill in assembly sparks bedlam 17 Dec 2013 - 07:55 am

Hyderabad: The bill to carve Telangana out of Andhra Pradesh was yesterday tabled in both Houses of the state legislature amid unprecedented acrimony,...

Congress replies to AAP queries 17 Dec 2013 - 07:54 am

New Delhi: The Congress yesterday told AAP that 16 of the 18 points it has raised in a bid to form a government...

SC asks high court judge to free daughter 17 Dec 2013 - 07:54 am

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court yesterday ordered a judge release his 30-year-old daughter who was being detained because he disapproved of her marrying...

Woman delivers 10 stillborn babies 17 Dec 2013 - 07:53 am

Bhopal: In an extremely rare case, a 28-year-old woman in Madhya Pradesh delivered 10 babies — but all stillborn, a doctor said yesterday....

After bail, Lalu Prasad saunters out of jail 17 Dec 2013 - 07:52 am

Ranchi/Patna: RJD chief and former Bihar chief minister Lalu Prasad, jailed 76 days ago in the fodder scandal, yesterday walked out of Ranchi’s...

Syria 17 Dec 2013 - 07:20 am

UN launches $6.5bn Syria appeal 17 Dec 2013 - 07:01 am

A wounded Syrian woman walks with her children following airstrikes on a rebel area of the war-torn northern city of Aleppo, yesterday. London:...

South Sudan coup defeated after heavy fighting: Report 17 Dec 2013 - 06:59 am

A military tank patrols along one of the main roads in the South Sudanese capital Juba yesterday. The South Sudanese president declared a...

Bahrain marks National Day 17 Dec 2013 - 06:58 am

Fireworks are seen in the skies of capital Manama, as Bahrain celebrated its 42nd National Day, yesterday.

US sends two Saudi Gitmo detainees home 17 Dec 2013 - 06:55 am

WASHINGTON: Two inmates from the US prison at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba have been sent home to Saudi Arabia, the Pentagon said yesterday,...

Amnesty accuses Bahrain of torturing detained children 17 Dec 2013 - 06:55 am

DUBAI: Amnesty International accused Bahrain yesterday of torturing children who have been arrested on suspicion of participating in Shia anti-government protests. “Children are...

UAE court adjourns trial of US maker of comic video 17 Dec 2013 - 06:55 am

WASHINGTON: A UAE court yesterday adjourned until December 23 the trial of an 29-year-old American jailed since April after making a YouTube video...

Shias targeted as Iraq unrest kills 66 17 Dec 2013 - 06:54 am

BAGHDAD: Car bombs ripped through Shia pilgrims near Baghdad while militants attacked a city council headquarters and a police station, in Iraq-wide violence...