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Rahul, BJP trade attacks in Rajasthan 24 Oct 2013 - 12:57 am

Churu/Alwar: Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi yesterday launched a direct attack on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) while making an emotional pitch among...

Italian helicopter deal to be scrapped 24 Oct 2013 - 12:57 am

NEW DELHI: India has moved to cancel a contract with Anglo-Italian firm AgustaWestland for the purchase of luxury helicopters for VIPs following a...

India-Bangladesh extradition treaty takes effect 24 Oct 2013 - 12:52 am

Dhaka: The extradition treaty between India and Bangladesh became effective yesterday as the two neighbours exchanged the instruments of ratification of the treaty...

Peace and reconciliation 24 Oct 2013 - 12:51 am

Former Taliban fighters stand alongside their weapons as part of the Afghan government’s peace and reconciliation process in Herat yesterday.

Pakistan urged to do more to end drone attacks 24 Oct 2013 - 12:50 am

Amnesty International’s Pakistan Researcher Mustafa Qadri (second, left) addressing a press conference on Amnesty and Human Rights Watch findings on Tuesday in Washington,...

Expulsion of 16 poll candidates protested 24 Oct 2013 - 12:50 am

KABUL: The disqualification of 16 presidential candidates from Afghanistan’s presidential race prompted an outcry from independent monitors yesterday, while some victims accused the...

Sharif to seek new type of post-war ties with US 24 Oct 2013 - 12:50 am

WASHINGTON: Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif yesterday headed to the White House seeking to build a new type of post-Afghanistan war relationship as...

$500-a-gallon fuel slammed 24 Oct 2013 - 12:48 am

KABUL: A US-funded project to build a hospital in Afghanistan paid $500 a gallon for fuel instead of a market rate of $5,...

Afghan campaign has benefited country: Nato 24 Oct 2013 - 12:48 am

BRUSSELS: The Nato-led war in Afghanistan has been a huge benefit to the country and its people, top Western defence ministers said yesterday,...

Political leader kidnapped 24 Oct 2013 - 12:47 am

Islamabad: Unidentified gunmen kidnapped a political leader in Quetta city, the capital of Baluchistan province southwest Pakistan yesterday. Awami National Party provincial President...

Cambodians protest over disputed polls 24 Oct 2013 - 12:46 am

Supporters of the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party holding the national flag protest at the Freedom Park in central Phnom Penh yesterday. PHNOM...

Aquino confident of ending rebellion 24 Oct 2013 - 12:46 am

MANILA: Philippine President Benigno Aquino said yesterday he was confident of ending a decades-old Muslim insurgency before he stepped down in 2016, despite...

China paper seeks release of journalist 24 Oct 2013 - 12:45 am

BEIJING: A Chinese newspaper published a front-page call yesterday for police to free a journalist detained after reporting “financial problems” at a partly...

Manila mayor to apologise over HK deaths 24 Oct 2013 - 12:43 am

MANILA: The mayor of the Philippine capital will formally apologise over the deaths of eight Hong Kong tourists in a 2010 hostage crisis,...

Residents leave typhoon island to beat new storm 24 Oct 2013 - 12:43 am

TOKYO: More than 50 people were evacuated from a storm-battered Japanese island yesterday, where mudslides left 45 dead or missing last week, ahead...

Filipinos train at space camp 24 Oct 2013 - 12:31 am

MANILA: The three Filipino astronaut candidates who have been selected to be the country’s representatives to the Axe Apollo Space Academy and take...

Prince George baptised 24 Oct 2013 - 12:30 am

Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, and his wife Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, arrive with their son Prince George of Cambridge at Chapel Royal...

US steps up damage control on healthcare 24 Oct 2013 - 12:23 am

WASHINGTON: The White House sought to limit the political damage from the troubled rollout of the government’s healthcare website as Republicans increased pressure...