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Six Tanzanians die in land clashes 07 Nov 2013 - 11:10 am

ARUSHA: Six people were killed and eight others wounded in days of clashes between farmers and herders in central Tanzania, police said Thursday. ...

Twitter pegs IPO of 70 million shares at $26 07 Nov 2013 - 10:55 am

NEW YORK: Micro-blogging network Twitter has pegged each share at US $26 in its Initial Public Offering (IPO) of 70 million shares on...

Siemens targets higher profits in 2014 07 Nov 2013 - 10:50 am

FRANKFURT: German engineering giant Siemens said Thursday it expects to book a further increase in bottom-line earnings in 2014 after achieving its targets...

Commerzbank says net profit up in Q3 07 Nov 2013 - 10:47 am

FRANKFURT: Commerzbank, Germany's second biggest lender, said Thursday that its net profit rose in the third quarter as its deep restructuring measures begin...

Pakistan lifts Musharraf house arrest 07 Nov 2013 - 10:32 am

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan formally freed former ruler Pervez Musharraf from house arrest on Thursday after a court granted him bail in the last criminal...

Afghan intelligence foil suicide attack in Kabul 07 Nov 2013 - 09:50 am

KABUL: Afghan National Directorate of Security (NDS) foiled a suicide attack in the capital Kabul on Thursday. According to a statement issued by...

Taiwan signs free trade deal with Singapore 07 Nov 2013 - 09:40 am

TAIPEI: Taiwan signed a free trade deal with Singapore on Thursday, its first with a Southeast Asian country, as the diplomatically isolated island...

Tokyo stocks close 0.76pc lower 07 Nov 2013 - 09:11 am

TOKYO: Tokyo shares ended 0.76 percent lower on Thursday as the Japanese earnings season winds down with profits largely buoyed by a slide...

Exchange Rates in Qatar 07 Nov 2013 - 08:54 am

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

Mass evacuations in Philippines ahead of super typhoon 07 Nov 2013 - 08:42 am

MANILA: Survivors of a deadly earthquake fled their tent shelters Thursday as mass evacuations got under way in the Philippines ahead of a...

Aldar beats forecasts as Q3 profit nearly doubles 07 Nov 2013 - 08:42 am

DUBAI: Aldar Properties, Abu Dhabi's biggest property developer, said third-quarter earnings nearly doubled, beating analysts' forecasts, and said it had arranged financing worth...

Malaysia's Medini plans $800m public listing: Report 07 Nov 2013 - 08:41 am

KUALA LUMPUR: Government-linked township developer Medini Iskandar Malaysia hopes to raise 2.5 billion ringgit or $800 million in an initial public offering early...

Celebrity cook Tarla Dalal dead 07 Nov 2013 - 07:18 am

Mumbai: India’s first celebrity cook, Tarla Dalal, died here yesterday following a cardiac arrest, family sources said. She passed away at her residence...

Around 130,000 return from Saudi Arabia 07 Nov 2013 - 07:17 am

New Delhi: Around 130,000 Indians have returned to India from Saudi Arabia this year following the kingdom’s Nitaqat work policy, a top official...

Muharram anniversary 07 Nov 2013 - 07:15 am

Supporters of Ahle Sunat Wal Jamat attend a rally for the martyr anniversary of second caliph Hazrat Umer Farooq, on the first day...

Opposition splits over Nato supply blockade 07 Nov 2013 - 07:14 am

ISLAMABAD: Parliamentary leaders of the opposition parties yesterday agreed on continuity of peace talks with the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and halting the drone...

Pakistan’s glaciers to disappear by 2035: Minister 07 Nov 2013 - 07:13 am

ISLAMABAD: Glaciers in Pakistan are continuously melting because of rising temperature, and by the year 2035, the country will no longer have water...

Lahore High Court takes up charity’s plea for land 07 Nov 2013 - 07:12 am

LAHORE: The Lahore High Court took up a petition filed in 1995 by representatives of a foreign charitable organisation, Freemasonry, to regain control...