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Foxconn admits to intern labour violations in China 11 Oct 2013 - 08:21 am

TAIPEI: Taiwan's Foxconn, which assembles products for Apple, Sony and other major tech firms, has admitted some of its student interns worked night...

Air Force graduation 11 Oct 2013 - 06:44 am

Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif awards insignias to officers during a graduation ceremony of Pakistan Air Force cadets at the Air Force Academy...

Six die in Pakistan bomb attacks 11 Oct 2013 - 06:43 am

Police officials work at the scene of a bomb explosion in a food market in Lahore yesterday. Islamabad: Bomb attacks hit three major...

Malala has done ‘nothing’ to get rights prize 11 Oct 2013 - 06:42 am

MIRANSHAH: The Pakistani Taliban yesterday said teenage activist Malala Yousafzai had done “nothing” to deserve a prestigious EU rights award and vowed to...

Sindh governor meets Qatari consul general 11 Oct 2013 - 06:42 am

Karachi: The Governor of Sindh, Dr Ishrat Ul Ebad Khan, met here the Consul General of Qatar in Karachi, Saad Abdullah Al Mahmoud,...

Last UK deployment begins in Helmand 11 Oct 2013 - 06:42 am

LONDON: The last major deployment of British troops to Afghanistan began yesterday, the Ministry of Defence said, ahead of the withdrawal next year...

List of mega scams ready for new NAB chairman to act on 11 Oct 2013 - 06:41 am

ISLAMABAD: As the proposed Chairman of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) of Pakistan, Chaudhry Qamar Zaman is expected to take the charge by...

Musharraf rearrested 11 Oct 2013 - 06:41 am

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan rearrested former President Pervez Musharraf yesterday following accusations that he was personally responsible for the deaths of more than 100 people...

Protest for the missing 11 Oct 2013 - 06:39 am

Relatives of missing Kashmiri men attend a sit-in protest in a park organised by the Association of Parents of Disappeared Persons (APDP) in...

Rahul praises PM, calls him political guru 11 Oct 2013 - 06:38 am

Sangrur (Punjab): Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi (pictured), who recently embarrassed Prime Minister Manmohan Singh by terming the ordinance on convicted lawmakers “nonsense”,...

Andhra power utility staff end strike 11 Oct 2013 - 06:38 am

Hyderabad: In a major relief to people of Seemandhra, employees of electricity entities yesterday called off their strike but other government staff continued...

Case against Miss Universe over ad shoot at Taj Mahal 11 Oct 2013 - 06:38 am

AGRA: Police said yesterday they had filed a case against Miss Universe for conducting an unauthorised footwear fashion shoot at the Taj Mahal...

Manmohan meets Japan, Australia premiers 11 Oct 2013 - 06:34 am

Bandar Seri Begawan (Brunei): Prime Minister Manmohan Singh yesterday met Japanese and Australian premiers in the Brunei capital to review bilateral relations and...

Leptospirosis victim 11 Oct 2013 - 06:32 am

An old woman suffering from leptospirosis is bed-ridden at the James L Gordon Memorial Hospital in Olongapo City yesterday. Nine people have died...

US warning over security threats 11 Oct 2013 - 06:32 am

MANILA: The United States warned its citizens yesterday of a “series of credible security threats” in the restive southern region of the Philippines,...

Singapore ex-official charged in tarts scam 11 Oct 2013 - 06:31 am

SINGAPORE: A Singapore diplomat has been charged with inflating the number of pineapple tarts carried on official visits in the latest corruption case...

Ex-pariah Myanmar takes Asean chair 11 Oct 2013 - 06:31 am

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Brunei: Myanmar won a new diplomatic prize yesterday for its dramatic political reforms, taking the helm of Southeast Asia’s regional...

100 face court over nuclear scandal 11 Oct 2013 - 06:31 am

SEOUL: South Korea has indicted 100 people, including a top former state utility official, of corruption in a scandal over fake safety certifications...