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Voting 31 Oct 2013 - 12:23 am

Jail guards stand behind a detainee casting his ballot at a school used as a polling station in Taguig city, south of Manila,...

Philippines vulnerable to climate change: Report 31 Oct 2013 - 12:23 am

MANILA: The Philippines ranked ninth among countries that are most vulnerable to climate change, a report by British risk consultancy Maplecroft said. Maplecroft’s...

Evacuees return to destroyed homes after Zamboanga crisis 31 Oct 2013 - 12:22 am

ZAMBOANGA CITY: The excitement of hundreds of Muslim natives, longing to go back and see their homes, turned sour after personally seeing all...

Whistleblower not held, went on spiritual retreat: Priest 31 Oct 2013 - 12:22 am

MANILA: The defence panel in the bail petition hearing of businesswoman Janet Lim Napoles yesterday presented as their witness a priest who claims...

Medical teams sent to quake-hit Bohol 31 Oct 2013 - 12:22 am

MANILA: The Department of Health (DOH) sent medical and sanitation teams to Bohol to prevent the outbreak of diseases in evacuation centres sheltering...

I am not a thief: Aquino 31 Oct 2013 - 12:22 am

MANILA: Philippine President Benigno Aquino went on national television yesterday to declare that he was “not a thief” in an attempt to head...

Two die as bus falls into ravine 31 Oct 2013 - 12:21 am

MANILA: Two persons died after a passenger bus fell into a ravine in Carranglan, Nueva Ecija early yesterday. Police identified the fatalities as...

Afghan prisoners released 30 Oct 2013 - 11:49 pm

A policeman escorts prisoners following Afghan President Hamid Karzai’s order for their release, in Herat yesterday. Marking Eid Al Adha, Karzai ordered the...

Afghan team to visit ex-Taliban commander 30 Oct 2013 - 11:49 pm

KABUL: Afghan negotiators seeking peace with the Taliban will soon travel to Pakistan for their first meeting with militant commander Mullah Baradar, officials...

India, Pakistan meeting delayed 30 Oct 2013 - 11:48 pm

ISLAMABAD: Top military commanders from Pakistan and India were likely to meet this month to de-escalate tensions sparked by weeks of border skirmishes....

Afghans tried to woo Pakistani rebel seized by US 30 Oct 2013 - 11:48 pm

WASHINGTON: The US apprehension of a Pakistani Taliban commander last month came during a failed attempt by Afghan officials to form an alliance...

Pakistan politician’s London mansion seized by bank 30 Oct 2013 - 11:40 pm

ISLAMABAD: A mansion on a super-expensive street nicknamed ‘Billionaire’s row’ has become the UK’s most valuable repossession after going on the market for...

Islamabad pays contractor to build pool for self 30 Oct 2013 - 11:40 pm

LAHORE: A contractor for the Pakistan’s Public Works Department (PWD) was paid Rs10m to build a swimming pool, car park and boundary wall...

Iran may drop gas pipeline 30 Oct 2013 - 11:39 pm

DUBAI: Iran will probably abandon a multi-billion-dollar contract to supply gas to Pakistan, the semi-official Fars news agency reported Iran’s oil minister as...

Spying on Europe gives US more intelligence 30 Oct 2013 - 11:38 pm

The NSA is a big, well-funded intelligence agency but has no authority to deport anyone. by Peter Galbraith As a US diplomat and...

Bomber targets Tunisian resort town; police foil second attack 30 Oct 2013 - 11:08 pm

Police officers carry the body of a suicide bomber from the crime scene at a beach near the tourist resort of Sousse, in...

Syrians will decide on talks: Assad 30 Oct 2013 - 11:07 pm

Syrian President Bashar Al Assad with UN-Arab League peace envoy Lakhdar Brahimi in Damascus, yesterday. DAMASCUS: President Bashar Al Assad insisted in a...

Protest as Brotherhood senior leader arrested 30 Oct 2013 - 11:06 pm

Essam El Erian CAIRO: Egyptian police fired teargas at protesting students at Cairo’s Al Azhar university yesterday hours after authorities announced the detention...