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UN worried about civilians in fresh Kachin unrest 27 Oct 2013 - 12:45 am

YANGON: The United Nations has expressed serious concern for hundreds of Myanmar civilians, many of them children, trapped in a conflict zone in...

China leader vows reforms 27 Oct 2013 - 12:45 am

BEIJING: A top Chinese leader has promised “unprecedented” economic and societal reforms at the Communist Party’s much anticipated plenum meeting next month, state...

Pets competition 27 Oct 2013 - 12:44 am

Pet owners and their dogs dressed as characters from the Wizard of Oz participate in the Scared Cats and Dogs Halloween costume competition...

Aquino’s lump sums in 2014 budget retained 27 Oct 2013 - 12:44 am

MANILA: The House of Representatives has retained in the 2014 national budget certain lump sums President Aquino can use for specific purposes and...

Push for cancellation of tainted officials’ passports 27 Oct 2013 - 12:43 am

MANILA: Even before she could get her wish for the cancellation of the passports of three senators and 34 others implicated in the...

Jamalul Kiram III’s brother takes over as Sulu Sultan 27 Oct 2013 - 12:43 am

MANILA: A younger brother of the late Sultan of Sulu and North Borneo Jamalul Kiram III is the new successor to the throne....

Coloma to be Palace lead spokesman 27 Oct 2013 - 12:43 am

MANILA: President Aquino wants Secretary Herminio Coloma of the Presidential Communications Operations Office to be his lead spokesman. A reliable source said yesterday...

Nine-hour blaze destroys two warehouses in Taguig 27 Oct 2013 - 12:43 am

MANILA: Some P10m worth of goods went up in smoke as a fire that lasted more than nine hours gutted two warehouses in...

Japanese’ body found in waters off Pangasinan 27 Oct 2013 - 12:42 am

MANILA: The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) yesterday said that combined maritime personnel have recovered the body of a Japanese national who was swept...

Obama promises fix for healthcare website glitch 27 Oct 2013 - 12:41 am

US President Barack Obama greets customers inside Junior's Restaurant next to Democratic Mayoral candidate Bill de Blasio in Brooklyn. WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama...

NSA spying unchecked since 9/11, say experts 27 Oct 2013 - 12:41 am

WASHINGTON: Revelations of America’s industrial-scale surveillance have painted an alarming picture of the National Security Agency as a spy service operating virtually without...

Scores arrested in violent Brazil transportation protest march 27 Oct 2013 - 12:41 am

SAO PAULO: Police fired tear gas and arrested scores of protesters in Sao Paulo late on Friday when a march demanding free public...

British police charge Savile’s former flatmate with rapes 27 Oct 2013 - 12:41 am

LONDON: The former flatmate of late BBC presenter Jimmy Savile was to appear in court yesterday having been charged with a series of...

Greenpeace activist protests against Russia with Eiffel Tower hanging 27 Oct 2013 - 12:40 am

A Greenpeace activist hangs from the second floor of the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France, yesterday. PARIS: A Greenpeace activist yesterday staged a...

US spying threatens to hurt transatlantic ties 27 Oct 2013 - 12:39 am

BERLIN: German spy chiefs will travel to the US next week to demand answers following allegations that US intelligence has been tapping Chancellor...

Madagascar poll results trickle in 27 Oct 2013 - 12:39 am

ANTANANARIVO: Madagascans waited impatiently yesterday for election results which were beginning to trickle in a day after the island’s first post-coup presidential polls...

One dead in Mozambique armed attack on convoy 27 Oct 2013 - 12:39 am

MAPUTO: Armed gunmen attacked a civilian convoy including a passenger bus in central Mozambique early yesterday, killing one and wounding at least 10, ...

Roma couple seeks release after Maria’s parents found 27 Oct 2013 - 12:39 am

ATHENS: A Greek Roma couple held for allegedly snatching a young blond girl known as Maria, will seek release from prison after the...