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Quake toll rises to 476 02 Oct 2013 - 01:54 am

Islamabad: At least 476 people were killed and 428 injured up to Monday in a series of earthquakes, measuring over seven degree at...

Troops to stay in Zamboanga 02 Oct 2013 - 01:52 am

A soldier stands guard during clearing operations in Zamboanga City, southern Philippines, after a nearly three-week stand-off between the army and the rebels....

Bangla oppn leader sentenced to death 02 Oct 2013 - 01:52 am

Dhaka: A tribunal in Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka yesterday handed the death penalty to a top opposition leader for war crimes, including mass killings,...

S Korea parades new North-focused missile 02 Oct 2013 - 01:51 am

SEOUL: Tanks rumbled through downtown Seoul yesterday, as South Korea staged its largest military display in a decade and paraded a missile capable...

Violence erupts as Sein visits western Myanmar 02 Oct 2013 - 01:51 am

YANGON: Fresh sectarian violence erupted in western Myanmar yesterday, leaving one person dead and homes set ablaze as President Thein Sein made a...

Yellow Shirts founder convicted of royal slur 02 Oct 2013 - 01:50 am

BANGKOK: A court sentenced the founder of the royalist Yellow Shirts to two years in jail yesterday for defaming the monarchy when he...

Typhoon batters Vietnam, 5 dead 02 Oct 2013 - 01:50 am

HANOI: Typhoon Wutip left a trail of destruction with at least five people dead, dozens of fishermen missing in the South China Sea...

Historic hotel 02 Oct 2013 - 01:48 am

Employees pose from the balconies of rooms looking out onto the atrium of the Plaza Athenee Hotel in Paris yesterday — a sad...

US federal government shuts down 02 Oct 2013 - 01:47 am

A sign indicates the House dining room is closed at the US Capitol yesterday in Washington, D WASHINGTON: Monuments closed, offices fell silent...

US Senate fails to save visa programme for Iraqi interpreters 02 Oct 2013 - 01:47 am

WASHINGTON: The US Senate made a last-ditch bid late on Monday to save a programme granting visas to Iraqis who risked their lives...

British opposition chief in row with tabloid over dad 02 Oct 2013 - 01:46 am

LONDON: The leader of Britain’s main opposition party, Ed Miliband, was locked in a bitter war of words with a tabloid newspaper yesterday...

Striking Mexican teachers block traffic near airport 02 Oct 2013 - 01:46 am

MEXICO CITY: Hundreds of striking teachers blocked the main road to the Mexico City international airport for the third time in two months...

Kenya security probe into mall massacre amid looting anger 02 Oct 2013 - 01:46 am

NAIROBI: Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta announced yesterday a formal inquiry into apparent security lapses during the deadly assault on Nairobi’s Westgate mall by...

Jury resumes deliberations in Jackson wrongful death case 02 Oct 2013 - 01:45 am

LOS ANGELES: The jury mulling whether tour promoters AEG Live should pay huge damages to Michael Jackson’s family over his 2009 death resumed...

Oppn activists spied for Tehran: Bahrain 02 Oct 2013 - 01:33 am

Bahraini lawyer Zahra Masood (second right) speaks during a press conference in Manama yesterday, after a Bahraini court handed jail terms to 50...

‘Israel ready to tackle nuclear Iran alone’ 02 Oct 2013 - 01:33 am

UNITED NATIONS: Israel is ready to act “alone” to stop Iran making a nuclear bomb, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said yesterday in a...

Sisi calls for quick political transition 02 Oct 2013 - 01:32 am

CAIRO: Egyptian army chief Abdel Fattah Al Sisi called yesterday for a quick political transition to restore stability after he directed the overthrow...

Jordanians held for supporting Mursi 02 Oct 2013 - 01:32 am

AMMAN: Three Jordanian men have been arrested for carrying posters supporting Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood and ousted president Mohammed Mursi, a judicial official said...