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China unveils details on FTZ 28 Sep 2013 - 04:40 am

BEIJING: China has officially unveiled details of its first free trade zone (FTZ) in Shanghai, shedding light yesterday on the reform path of...

Japan’s defence chief vows to update army 28 Sep 2013 - 04:40 am

TOKYO: Japan’s defence chief vowed yesterday to press ahead with updating the country’s military at a time of Chinese expansion, and called for...

Myanmar’s tallest man undergoes successful surgery 28 Sep 2013 - 04:40 am

YANGON: Myanmar’s tallest man — “Big Zaw” — has returned from Singapore where doctors said he underwent successful brain surgery to remove a...

S Korea’s Park ‘sorry’ for welfare rollbacks 28 Sep 2013 - 04:40 am

SEOUL: South Korea President Park Geun-Hye apologised to senior citizens yesterday over the latest in a series of damaging rollbacks over welfare spending...

Malaysian rights activist denied Australian visa 28 Sep 2013 - 04:39 am

KUALA LUMPUR: A leading Malaysian rights activist who faces sedition charges at home has said he was denied a visa to enter Australia,...

Last hostages rescued; 15 rebels killed 28 Sep 2013 - 04:38 am

Soldiers wear gas masks due to the smell of decaying bodies as they patrol among destroyed houses at the site of heavy fighting...

South China Sea case against Beijing gathers pace 28 Sep 2013 - 04:38 am

HONG KONG: The Philippines’ legal challenge against China’s claims in the South China Sea is gathering pace, emerging as a “proxy battle” over...

Five more witnesses testify in $240m scam trial 28 Sep 2013 - 04:38 am

MANILA: Five more witnesses in the $240m congressional fund scam attended yesterday the resumption of the Senate Blue Ribbon committee hearing to corroborate...

Muslim extremists target Cotabato power stations 28 Sep 2013 - 04:38 am

NORTH COTABATO: Government troops tightened security yesterday around vital power installations in the North Cotabato province that are vulnerable to attacks by members...

Aquino to visit Seoul on trade mission 28 Sep 2013 - 04:37 am

MANILA: President Benigno Aquino III will visit South Korea on October 17-18 to meet his counterpart Park Geun-hye, the Department of Foreign Affairs...

Opposition to Obamacare decried 28 Sep 2013 - 04:35 am

Rocky Twyman holds a sign decrying Republican leaders for their opposition to funding the Affordable Care Act (commonly known as Obamacare), outside the...

US may revise NSA spying powers 28 Sep 2013 - 04:35 am

WASHINGTON: Lawmakers overseeing US spy agencies yesterday proposed stricter limits on the government’s electronic surveillance while also calling for bolstering its authority to...

UN panel warns of rising temperatures, blames mankind 28 Sep 2013 - 04:35 am

STOCKHOLM: A UN panel said yesterday that it was more certain than ever that humans were the cause of global warming and predicted...

Kenya vows no pullback from Somalia 28 Sep 2013 - 04:34 am

NAIROBI: Kenya vowed yesterday not to bow to Al Shabaab threats of more attacks if troops are not pulled out of Somalia, following...

London mayor rekindles national ambitions 28 Sep 2013 - 04:34 am

LONDON: London’s charismatic mayor, Boris Johnson, has dropped his strongest hint yet that he is interested in returning to national politics, with comments...

10 killed in Mumbai building collapse 28 Sep 2013 - 04:31 am

Mumbai: Ten persons were killed and 25 others injured when a four-storeyed building collapsed in a south Mumbai locality yesterday morning, officials said....

Supreme Court gives voters right to reject candidates 28 Sep 2013 - 04:31 am

New Delhi: In a historic verdict that will empower the Indian voter, the Supreme Court yesterday said for a vibrant democracy electors must...

Rahul remarks throw politics into tailspin 28 Sep 2013 - 04:30 am

New Delhi/Washington: Hours before Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was to hold a summit meeting with US President Barack Obama, Rahul Gandhi, the man...