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Six arrested over theft of gold bars from Air France plane 27 Sep 2013 - 11:02 am

PARIS: French police on Friday arrested six men in and around Paris over their suspected involvement in the theft of gold bars worth...

Olympus pays US investors $2.6m over accounting scandal 27 Sep 2013 - 10:07 am

TOKYO: Japanese camera giant Olympus said Friday it has agreed to pay $2.6 million to settle a US investor lawsuit stemming from a...

Japan firms announce pay cuts over cartels in US 27 Sep 2013 - 09:59 am

TOKYO: Major Japanese auto parts suppliers who were fined a total $740 million dollars after admitting price fixing in the United States announced...

Britain kicks off Royal Mail sale with $5.3bn price tag 27 Sep 2013 - 09:48 am

LONDON: The British government said on Friday it expected the Royal Mail postal service to be valued at as much as 3.3 billion...

Tokyo Electric will add $10bn for Fukushima cleanup to turnaround plan 27 Sep 2013 - 09:48 am

TOKYO: Tokyo Electric Power Co, the operator of the wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant, said on Friday it will revise its business turnaround plan...

Tokyo stocks close down 0.26pc 27 Sep 2013 - 09:41 am

TOKYO: Tokyo stocks closed down 0.26 percent Friday, as investors gear up for a string of Japanese data next week and a government...

Emir leaves New York 27 Sep 2013 - 09:22 am

NEW YORK: HH the Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani left New York City at dawn today after taking part in the...

Rights groups slam Sudan over deadly riots 27 Sep 2013 - 09:10 am

LONDON: Rights groups Friday accused Sudanese security forces of deliberately shooting people demonstrating against fuel subsidy cuts in the worst riots to hit...

Myanmar's 'tallest man' undergoes successful surgery 27 Sep 2013 - 08:26 am

Win Zaw Oo (C) arrives from Singapore, at Yangon international airport yesterday. YANGON: Myanmar's tallest man "Big Zaw" has returned from Singapore where...

Philippines central bank in broad Islamic finance push 27 Sep 2013 - 08:21 am

MANILA: In what could be one of the most ambitious efforts to facilitate Islamic finance in a non-Muslim country, the Philippines' central bank...

Up to 70 feared trapped in Mumbai building collapse 27 Sep 2013 - 08:13 am

Firefighters and rescue workers are seen working at the site of the building collapse in Mumbai. MUMBAI: A five-storey residential block collapsed in...

15 killed in Kashmir terror attack 27 Sep 2013 - 04:52 am

Srinagar/New Delhi: Four soldiers, six policemen and two civilians were killed in Jammu and Kashmir yesterday in an audacious terror attack that also...

Indians in Kenya earn praise for help to mall siege victims 27 Sep 2013 - 04:52 am

Nairobi: Members of Kenya’s Indian community are emerging as heroes of last Saturday’s terrorist attack at a Nairobi mall they frequent in large...

Elders try to enforce dress code on girls 27 Sep 2013 - 04:52 am

Jhajjar (Haryana): After announcing that girl students should not wear jeans and use mobile phones to curb incidents of crime against them, members...

Dengue cases on the rise in Delhi 27 Sep 2013 - 04:51 am

New Delhi: As Delhi sees a spurt in dengue cases, union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad yesterday asked people to take preventive steps...

BJP urges president not to sign ordinance on convicted MPs 27 Sep 2013 - 04:51 am

New Delhi: BJP leaders yesterday met President Pranab Mukherjee and urged him not to sign the ordinance approved by the cabinet to save...

Quake survivors face long wait for relief 27 Sep 2013 - 04:50 am

A survivor walks on the debris of collapsed mud houses in Labach village in the Awaran district yesterday. AWARAN: Tens of thousands of...

2 islands emerge off Karachi 27 Sep 2013 - 04:50 am

KARACHI: Following the emergence of an island yesterday off the coast of Gwadar, two others have emerged along the Baluchistan coast, according to...