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India 94th in list of corrupt nations 04 Dec 2013 - 11:05 am

New Delhi: India is ranked 94th in a list of most corrupt countries in the world, doing better than its neighbours Pakistan —...

Education protest 04 Dec 2013 - 10:56 am

Teaching staff from the Universities and Colleges Employers Association and supporters take part in a protest rally over a pay dispute in central...

Central Africa unrest 04 Dec 2013 - 10:54 am

Residents of the city of Damara, 75km north of Bangui, leave the region for Bangui yesterday. The Central African Republic needs foreign financial...

The Guardian editor defends Snowden leaks 04 Dec 2013 - 10:53 am

LONDON: The editor of The Guardian newspaper yesterday defended the publication of leaks by Edward Snowden, insisting during fierce questioning from lawmakers that...

Tesco's UK sales resume decline 04 Dec 2013 - 10:53 am

LONDON: Tesco, the world's third-biggest retailer, fell back to an underlying sales decline in its main British market in its third quarter, raising...

Two dead in skydiving accident in US 04 Dec 2013 - 10:52 am

WASHINGTON: Two skydivers collided in mid-air and died Tuesday after plummeting to the ground with collapsed parachutes in the southwestern United States, police...

Indian tourists to Philippines 'to double in 2014' 04 Dec 2013 - 09:41 am

MANILA: The number of tourists arriving from India to the Philippines is expected to double from 46,000 last year to 100,000 in 2014,...

Four villagers shot dead in restive Thai south 04 Dec 2013 - 09:41 am

BANGKOK: Four villagers have been shot dead by suspected militants in the insurgency-plagued Thai south, police said Wednesday, as political turmoil in Bangkok...

Tokyo stocks close down 2.17pc 04 Dec 2013 - 09:16 am

TOKYO: Tokyo stocks closed 2.17 percent lower on Wednesday, dragged by a stronger yen and profit-taking after the Nikkei hit a near six-year...

Exchange Rates in Qatar 04 Dec 2013 - 09:15 am

Exchange Rates in Qatar DOHA: Exchange Rates for foreign currencies as issued on Wednesday by Qatar National Bank (QNB) are as following: Currency...

New HQ but little cash for UN climate fund 04 Dec 2013 - 08:59 am

SOUTH KOREA: The UN's new Green Climate Fund (GCF) opened its headquarters in South Korea on Wednesday, facing the key challenge of funding...

One dead, 19,000 evacuated in Malaysia floods 04 Dec 2013 - 08:37 am

KUALA LUMPUR: Floods in Malaysia caused by heavy rains have left a teenager dead and forced authorities to evacuate thousands of people, officials...

HTC 'One Mini' faces UK ban after court ruling on patent infringement 04 Dec 2013 - 08:37 am

LONDON: HTC Corp will have to stop selling its One Mini smartphone in Britain from Dec. 6 after a British court ruled the...

Americans see US power waning 04 Dec 2013 - 06:58 am

WASHINGTON: For the first time in nearly 40 years, most Americans believe their country’s influence is on the decline and that the United...

Ukraine PM says sorry for police crackdown 04 Dec 2013 - 06:58 am

KIEV: Ukraine’s government survived a no-confidence vote yesterday after the prime minister apologised for a police crackdown on protests, while demonstrators massed outside...

European judges grill Poland over ‘secret CIA jail’ 04 Dec 2013 - 06:58 am

STRASBOURG: Poland declined to tell the European Court of Human Rights yesterday whether it had hosted a secret CIA jail on its soil....

Asia sweeps top spots in global education survey 04 Dec 2013 - 06:57 am

PARIS: Asian nations cemented their top positions in an eagerly awaited report on global education yesterday, as their students continued to outshine Western...

Bolshoi dancer gets six years jail 04 Dec 2013 - 06:57 am

MOSCOW: Russian dancer Pavel Dmitrichenko was sentenced to six years in a high-security prison yesterday for ordering an acid attack that nearly blinded...