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Infectious diseases kills 1,478 in China 12 Oct 2013 - 08:34 am

BEIJING: A total of 1,478 people died from infectious diseases in the Chinese mainland in September with AIDS the top cause of death,...

Brazil antitrust body opens Google probe 12 Oct 2013 - 08:32 am

BRASïLIA: Brazil's antitrust authority said Friday it has opened a probe into allegations that Google engaged in anti-competitive practices in the domestic online...

Suicide bomber kills two Afghan police 12 Oct 2013 - 08:30 am

JALALABAD: A suicide bomber killed two policemen Saturday when he slammed an explosives-laden car into a police headquarters in east Afghanistan, underlining the...

India, Indonesia vow to expand cooperation 12 Oct 2013 - 07:01 am

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh (centre) salutes as he inspects the honour guard at State Palace in Jakarta, Indonesia, yesterday. Jakarta: India and Indonesia...

Ministerial panel meets on Telangana 12 Oct 2013 - 07:01 am

New Delhi/Hyderabad: The ministerial panel set up to work out modalities for formation of a separate Telangana held its first meeting yesterday while...

Odisha launches massive evacuation drive 12 Oct 2013 - 07:00 am

Bhubaneswar: Odisha yesterday launched a massive drive to evacuate coastal villages as the severe cyclonic storm Phailin is advancing from the Bay of...

High Court clean chit for Chandy 12 Oct 2013 - 07:00 am

Kochi: The Kerala High Court yesterday gave Chief Minister Oommen Chandy a clean chit in what has come to be called the “solar...

Road accidents major killer in India 12 Oct 2013 - 06:59 am

Aligarh: Road accidents result in a major loss to the economy, opined experts and surgeons from Uttar Pradesh at a three-day workshop on...

Taliban ‘delighted’ Malala didn’t get Nobel 12 Oct 2013 - 06:58 am

A policeman stands guard in front of the Malala Yousafzai Girls School in Karachi yesterday. MIRANSHAH: The Pakistani Taliban said yesterday they were...

Kerry in Kabul to push for security deal 12 Oct 2013 - 06:58 am

KABUL: US Secretary of State John Kerry held talks with President Hamid Karzai here yesterday to advance troubled negotiations on US troops staying...

Role for Karzai if brother succeeds him 12 Oct 2013 - 06:58 am

KABUL: As President Hamid Karzai’s brothers began a campaign this week to take power in war-shattered Afghanistan, they left open the prospect that...

Shafi named new UK high commissioner 12 Oct 2013 - 06:57 am

ISLAMABAD: As part of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s new foreign policy, a major shuffle in top slots associated with external affairs has begun....

Court rejects plea to include Musharraf in Exit Control List 12 Oct 2013 - 06:57 am

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court rejected a petition submitted by Haroon Rasheed Ghazi, a son of the slain Lal Masjid cleric Maulana Abdul...

Karachi consumers hit by shortage of medicines 12 Oct 2013 - 06:57 am

KARACHI: Some key medicines, including life-saving drugs, cough syrups and painkillers, are being sold for twice their original prices as they are not...

Indian shelling kills one in Kashmir: Official 12 Oct 2013 - 06:57 am

MUZAFFARABAD: Indian troops fired mortars across the disputed border in Kashmir yesterday, killing a child and wounding three others, senior local administration official...

14-day remand for Musharraf 12 Oct 2013 - 06:56 am

ISLAMABAD: A court yesterday ordered former military ruler Pervez Musharraf to be held for 14 days over a 2007 raid on a radical...

Japan hospital fire kills 10, injures five 12 Oct 2013 - 06:54 am

Firefighters carrying out rescue operations at the hospital in Fukuoka, southern Japan, yesterday. TOKYO: A fire that ripped through a hospital in Japan...

US backing on maritime dispute 12 Oct 2013 - 06:49 am

Filipino Marines (centre) teach their US counterparts how to cook rice using bamboo during an exercise on survival in tropical jungles, at a...