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China sends riot police to block new protests 17 Oct 2013 - 12:54 am

BEIJING: Authorities in eastern China dispatched riot police yesterday to guard against a resumption of anti-government protests after a day of clashes pitting...

S Korea deploys ‘Gangnam Style’ tourist police 17 Oct 2013 - 12:54 am

SEOUL: South Korea unveiled its new “tourist police” force yesterday, with snappy uniforms from rapper Psy’s costume designer and a “Gangnam Style” launch...

UK demands progress on Sri Lanka rights 17 Oct 2013 - 12:53 am

COLOMBO: Britain will use next month’s Commonwealth summit in Sri Lanka to pressure Colombo to make “concrete progress” on human rights and to...

$1.2m statue of Sihanouk opens 17 Oct 2013 - 12:53 am

PHNOM PENH: Cambodia has inaugurated a $1.2m monument honouring the country’s late king to mark the first anniversary of his death. The government...

Quake toll 151, many areas still cut off 17 Oct 2013 - 12:52 am

A portion of a damaged highway in Getafe, Bohol, a day after an earthquake hit central Philippines yesterday. LOON, BOHOL: The death toll...

Philippines making strides in reducing hunger: Report 17 Oct 2013 - 12:51 am

WASHINGTON: The Philippines has made some progress in reducing hunger over the years but 17 percent of its population is still undernourished, the...

Senate to sign Napoles subpoena 17 Oct 2013 - 12:51 am

MANILA: The Senate will soon summon businesswoman Janet Lim-Napoles after Senate President Franklin Drilon said he has decided to sign the subpoena for...

Milf peace talks on track: Official 17 Oct 2013 - 12:50 am

MANILA: The government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (Milf), the largest Muslim rebel group in the country, have made “substantial progress” in...

Legislator grills audit chief in senate budget hearing 17 Oct 2013 - 12:50 am

MANILA: Senator Jinggoy Estrada yesterday confronted Commission on Audit (COA) chairperson Grace Pulido-Tan over the results of the agency’s special audit report on...

524,870 people file papers for Barangay polls 17 Oct 2013 - 12:50 am

MANILA: More than 500,000 people have expressed their intention to run in the upcoming Barangay poll on October 28, the Commission on Elections...

Autumn in eastern Germany 17 Oct 2013 - 12:47 am

Coloured leaves are seen at a house in Sieversdorf, eastern Germany, yesterday. Meteorologists forecast temperatures of around 12 degrees for the coming week...

Schoolgirl’s deportation sparks new Roma storm in France 17 Oct 2013 - 12:45 am

Leonarda Dibrani (15) talks to a journalist at her home in the town of Mitrovica yesterday. PARIS: A new row over France’s treatment...

Snowden’s father leaves Russia 17 Oct 2013 - 12:44 am

MOSCOW: The father of Edward Snowden has left Russia after meeting the US intelligence leaker at a secret location, the fugitive’s lawyer said...

Dutch diplomat beaten up in Moscow flat 17 Oct 2013 - 12:44 am

AMSTERDAM/MOSCOW: The Netherlands was seeking answers yesterday after a Dutch diplomat was beaten in Moscow, the latest in a series of incidents testing...

Putin critic avoids prison on appeal 17 Oct 2013 - 12:44 am

KIROV: Russian protest leader Alexei Navalny yesterday escaped being sent to a penal colony on controversial charges he claims were ordered by the...

Greens pull out of talks with Merkel 17 Oct 2013 - 12:44 am

BERLIN: German Chancellor Angela Merkel faces a new headache after her search for a coalition partner turned into a one-horse race yesterday, forcing...

Wife to get half of husband’s lottery win despite split 17 Oct 2013 - 12:43 am

KARLSRUHE: A woman whose husband won the lottery seven years after they had separated is entitled to half of his winnings, or a...

44 dead in Laos plane crash 16 Oct 2013 - 06:10 pm

BANGKOK: A Lao Airlines plane carrying 44 people, including French and Thai citizens, from the capital Vientiane to the southern town of Pakse...