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Smartphone app to give earthquake warning 30 Nov 2013 - 08:26 am

RIO DE JANEIRO: A smartphone app designed to give early warning of earthquakes could be ready as early as next year, according to...

Tejpal lands in Goa amid drama, gets bail till morning 30 Nov 2013 - 05:40 am

Tehelka editor-in-chief Tarun Tejpal shows his identity card to an official as he enters the airport in New Delhi, ahead of travelling to...

Toddler with swollen head undergoes more surgery 30 Nov 2013 - 05:38 am

Twenty-two-month-old patient Roona Begum is comforted by her father Abdul Rahman before she undergoes surgery at a hospital in Gurgaon, on the outskirts...

India opens visa service in Ramallah 30 Nov 2013 - 05:36 am

New Delhi: India yesterday reiterated its support to the Palestinian cause and announced that it has begun a direct visa issuance system from...

Panel names judge accused of sexual harassment 30 Nov 2013 - 05:36 am

New Delhi: A three-member panel that probed the charge of sexual harassment of a young lawyer by a Supreme Court judge has submitted...

Focus on Iranian port project 30 Nov 2013 - 05:36 am

NEW DELHI: India is sending a team to Iran to speed up work on a port that will provide access to resource-rich Central...

General Sharif takes command 30 Nov 2013 - 05:35 am

Pakistan’s outgoing army chief General Ashfaq Kayani (centre) inspects a guard of honour before handing over the command to his successor Raheel Sharif...

Afghan MP injured by turban bomber 30 Nov 2013 - 05:34 am

KABUL: A suicide bomber wounded an Afghan lawmaker yesterday by detonating explosives hidden in his turban, officials said, in an attack that echoed...

Drone strike kills two in North Waziristan 30 Nov 2013 - 05:32 am

MIRANSHAH: A US drone strike targeting a militant compound killed at least two suspected insurgents in a restive Pakistani tribal region near the...

Nawaz Sharif’s party finds mechanism to win local polls 30 Nov 2013 - 05:32 am

LAHORE: Official quarters in Punjab have, after minutely perusing the Local Government Act 2013, reportedly found an easy mechanism to ensure the victory...

Pakistan stops sending cops on UN task 30 Nov 2013 - 05:31 am

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has stopped sending its police personnel on the United Nations peacekeeping operations, putting home security on her priority list, it was...

US to withdraw CIA station chief 30 Nov 2013 - 05:31 am

ISLAMABAD: The United States is likely to withdraw the current CIA station chief in Islamabad after his cover was blown when Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf...

China deploys jets to monitor zone 30 Nov 2013 - 05:31 am

US Navy FA-18 Hornets on the flight deck of the USS George Washington during the Annual Exercise 2013 with Japan, in waters near...

Bangladesh workers set garment factory on fire in Konabari 30 Nov 2013 - 05:30 am

DHAKA: A devastating fire ripped through a Bangladesh garment factory supplying major Western retailers, police and industry officials said yesterday, in a blaze...

87 people injured in Hong Kong high-speed ferry mishap 30 Nov 2013 - 05:29 am

HONG KONG: A high-speed ferry travelling from Hong Kong to Macau collided with an “unidentified object” yesterday, injuring 87 people and raising new...

Thai protesters target army, premier’s party headquarters 30 Nov 2013 - 05:28 am

BANGKOK: Defiant Thai opposition protesters stormed the army headquarters and besieged PM Yingluck Shinawatra’s party offices yesterday, intensifying their fight to bring down...

Lanka counts war dead 30 Nov 2013 - 05:28 am

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka began counting the dead from its 26-year civil war on Thursday, less than two weeks after it came under international...

Protests mount in Kiev; riot police deployed 30 Nov 2013 - 05:27 am

Riot police block supporters of EU integration in Kiev yesterday. KIEV: Ukrainian authorities yesterday deployed hundreds of riot police to central Kiev where...