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Women cops fight criminals, militants and scorn 22 Oct 2013 - 12:49 am

Police Inspector Gillani interrogates an accused kidnapper at a police station in Abbottabad. ABBOTTABAD: When Shazadi Gillani, the highest ranking female police officer...

Islamabad police go digital to control crime 22 Oct 2013 - 12:49 am

ISLAMABAD: Last month, the Islamabad police went digital. Not a Eureka moment but their creating a database of criminals, suspects and stolen vehicles...

Afghan election candidates warned over phone bombs 22 Oct 2013 - 12:48 am

KABUL: Afghanistan’s intelligence service yesterday warned candidates in the 2014 presidential election that mobile phones, computers and cameras given to them as gifts...

India accused of violating ceasefire 22 Oct 2013 - 12:48 am

Islamabad: Pakistan yesterday accused the Indian army of violating the cease-fire along the Line of Control in Kashmir, killing seven civilians. Pakistan’s Geo...

HK protest 22 Oct 2013 - 12:42 am

Tens of thousands of people protest against the government’s decision not to grant a broadcasting licence to HKTV, in Hong Kong, yesterday.

Life term sought for Khmer Rouge leaders 22 Oct 2013 - 12:40 am

PHNOM PENH: Prosecutors at Cambodia’s Khmer Rouge court yesterday demanded the maximum possible sentence of life imprisonment for two former top regime leaders...

Japan resumes search as new storm looms 22 Oct 2013 - 12:40 am

TOKYO: The search resumed yesterday for 18 people still missing after last week’s typhoon-sparked landslides on a Japanese island, as meteorologists warned of...

Ban calls for speedy Maldives election 22 Oct 2013 - 12:40 am

UNITED NATIONS: UN leader Ban Ki-moon yesterday joined international opposition to the cancellation of a presidential election in the Maldives that has heightened...

Court decision on Bo Xilai appeal on Friday 22 Oct 2013 - 12:39 am

BEIJING: A court in eastern China said it would announce a decision on Friday on whether to accept an appeal by ousted former...

Laotian detectives discover black box at plane crash site 22 Oct 2013 - 12:39 am

BANGKOK: Investigators have detected a signal from a black box recorder of a Lao Airlines plane which plunged into the Mekong River killing...

Court decision on Bo Xilai appeal on Friday 22 Oct 2013 - 12:38 am

BEIJING: A court in eastern China said it would announce a decision on Friday on whether to accept an appeal by ousted former...

Smog disrupts life in Chinese city 22 Oct 2013 - 12:38 am

BEIJING: Choking smog all but shut down one of northeastern China’s largest cities yesterday, forcing schools to suspend classes, snarling traffic and closing...

Dhaka heads for deadlock 22 Oct 2013 - 12:38 am

DHAKA: Bangladesh’s main opposition party yesterday refused a request from the prime minister to form an all-party government to oversee upcoming elections, setting...

Frustrated Obama vows to fix glitches of healthcare website 22 Oct 2013 - 12:36 am

US President Barack Obama with small business owner and Affordable Care Act registrant Janice Baker after delivering remarks on the healthcare act in...

White House brushes off French complaint on new NSA spying 22 Oct 2013 - 12:35 am

WASHINGTON: The White House yesterday brushed off France’s complaints about new allegations of eavesdropping by a top US espionage agency, saying “all nations”...

Student pleads guilty to British mosque attacks 22 Oct 2013 - 12:34 am

LONDON: A Ukrainian student with a hatred of “non-whites” yesterday admitted murdering a Muslim grandfather and planting bombs near three British mosques. Pavlo...

Merkel backs away from debt goal 22 Oct 2013 - 12:34 am

BERLIN: Angela Merkel’s conservatives have backed away from a campaign pledge to use future budget surpluses to pay down German debt, as they...

Russian spy agency seeks to expand Internet surveillance 22 Oct 2013 - 12:34 am

MOSCOW: Russian authorities are moving to expand surveillance of the Internet by requiring service providers to store all traffic temporarily and make it...