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Mini-zoo in villa found 31 Oct 2013 - 04:32 am

Indonesian government wildlife officials from the Natural Resources Conservation Agency confiscate a tiger (sedated in picture), and other endangered animals kept in a...

Spying row spreads to Indonesia 31 Oct 2013 - 04:32 am

JAKARTA: Indonesia protested strongly to the United States yesterday after a report said Washington had been monitoring phone calls and communication networks from...

Five held for Tiananmen attack 31 Oct 2013 - 04:32 am

BEIJING/TURPAN: China said yesterday that it had caught five suspected Islamist militants after a vehicle burst into flames on Beijing’s Tiananmen Square in...

Beijing road tips anger women 31 Oct 2013 - 04:25 am

BEIJING: Don’t wear high heels while driving. Make sure you release the hand-brake before setting off. And don’t panic if you suddenly realise...

Dhaka working on wage rise for garment workers 31 Oct 2013 - 04:25 am

DHAKA: A government panel was striving yesterday to reach agreement on a wage rise for Bangladesh’s crisis-hit garment industry, amid warnings of fresh...

Watchdog slams Sri Lanka navy chief 31 Oct 2013 - 04:24 am

COLOMBO: An anti-corruption watchdog yesterday criticised the appointment of Sri Lanka’s navy chief as head of the country’s shipping company, calling it a...

Malaysia rebuffs Iran call to halt executions 31 Oct 2013 - 04:24 am

KUALA LUMPUR: Mala-ysia insisted yesterday that two Iranian women sentenced to death for drug trafficking must face “due process” despite a warning from...

Protesters turn violent 31 Oct 2013 - 04:23 am

Protesters clash with stall holders during a demonstration against a lack of housing in central Cape Town, South Africa, yesterday. Hundreds of protesters...

Mentoring Rousseff 31 Oct 2013 - 04:22 am

Former Brazilian president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (left) speaks with President Dilma Rousseff during a ceremony to celebrate the 10th anniversary of...

UK phone hacking trial begins 31 Oct 2013 - 04:22 am

LONDON: Top executives at Rupert Murdoch’s News of the World knew that staff were routinely hacking celebrities’ phones, British prosecutors said yesterday as...

NSA hints at curbing snooping on leaders 31 Oct 2013 - 04:21 am

Washington: The director of the National Security Agency conceded yesterday that scaling back some of his agency’s surveillance on foreign leaders might be...

Argentina SC: Media group ruling fair 31 Oct 2013 - 04:20 am

BUENOS AIRES: The head of Argentina’s Supreme Court yesterday denied the government influenced a ruling upholding a controversial law that will force the...

Islamic scholars launch professional association 31 Oct 2013 - 04:20 am

LONDON: Some of the world’s most well-known Islamic scholars are launching a self-regulating professional association that will develop training and professional conduct standards...

Girl who lived as a toddler dies at 20 31 Oct 2013 - 04:20 am

WASHINGTON: An American girl who was born with an extremely rare condition that kept her a toddler for life has died at the...

Putin trumps Obama in Forbes list of powerful leaders 31 Oct 2013 - 04:20 am

NEW YORK: Having outfoxed him on Syria, Russian President Vladimir Putin has pipped Barack Obama to the title of the world’s most powerful...

Senate plans vote to expel Berlusconi 31 Oct 2013 - 04:19 am

ROME: Italy’s Senate will hold an open vote next month on whether to expel Silvio Berlusconi from parliament because of a tax fraud...

Merkel, SPD agree on transaction tax 31 Oct 2013 - 04:19 am

BERLIN: German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives and the Social Democrats (SPD) agreed in a second round of coalition talks yesterday to push for...

EU checking Russia G20 gifts for bugs 31 Oct 2013 - 04:19 am

BRUSSELS: The European Commission yesterday said it is checking gifts and gadgets which host Russia gave to delegations at last month’s G20 summit...