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China urges Philippines to stop making trouble over territory 06 Sep 2013 - 08:48 am

BEIJING: China has urged the Philippines to stop making trouble over Huangyan Island and take actions to create conditions for talks about a...

South African road crash kills 27 06 Sep 2013 - 08:20 am

CAPE TOWN: A South African road crash claimed 27 lives on Thursday, the government said, after a heavy duty truck ploughed into traffic...

S. Korea widens Japanese fish ban over contamination fears 06 Sep 2013 - 08:19 am

SEOUL: South Korea expanded its ban on Japanese fisheries products Friday over fears of contamination from the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant, accusing Tokyo...

Japan's Suntory in talks to buy GSK drink brands 06 Sep 2013 - 07:56 am

TOKYO: Japanese drinks giant Suntory Holdings is in advanced talks to buy the Lucozade and Ribena soft drinks brands for a possible $1.56...

Japan mobile giant Docomo to sell iPhone 06 Sep 2013 - 07:45 am

TOKYO: Japan's biggest mobile carrier plans to sell Apple's iPhone, reports said Friday, days ahead of the expected launch of the US firm's...

SYRIA MISSILE START END INTERVENTION 0 06 Sep 2013 - 03:55 am

Group: ViewsMideast Credit: SAKAI Source: Kagoshima Pref., Japan Keywords: COLOR SYRIA MISSILE START END INTERVENTION 090313 Provider: CartoonArts International / The New York...

Blast in girls school 06 Sep 2013 - 03:38 am

A rescue worker carries a school girl who was injured after a bomb exploded at a girls’ school in Bannu town in Khyber...

Sharif refuses security wall at his estate 06 Sep 2013 - 03:38 am

ISLAMABAD: Unlike the huge walls erected around residences of PPP leaders at government expense in major cities in the last five years, Prime...

Chinese company backs out from Iran-Pakistan gas pipeline project 06 Sep 2013 - 03:37 am

ISLAMABAD: A Chinese firm which offered financing of $500m for Iran-Pakistan (IP) gas pipeline has pulled out of the project after Pakistan government...

KP govt puts anti-terrorism strategy on back burner 06 Sep 2013 - 03:37 am

PESHAWAR: The present Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has put its predecessor’s counter-terrorism strategy in the restive province on the back burner. ‘Checkmating terrorism, a...

Power thefts pose threat to Lahore’s industrial survival 06 Sep 2013 - 03:37 am

LAHORE: Power thefts have become a threat to the survival of the majority of the manufacturers who don’t have an issue with the...

Anti-polio drive in Baluchistan 06 Sep 2013 - 03:36 am

QUETTA: Though Pakistan boasts of being a nuclear power its defence line collapses when it comes to containing the crippling polio virus. Pakistan...

PTI-led govt in KP sets up largest cabinet in province’s history 06 Sep 2013 - 03:36 am

PESHAWAR: The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI)-led coalition government in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has blessed almost all Members of Provincial Assembly (MPAs) belonging to the ruling...

185 suspects rounded up in Karachi 06 Sep 2013 - 03:36 am

Karachi: Police arrested late last night 185 people suspected to be involved in terror operations in Karachi, capital of Sindh province south of...

Miss World protest 06 Sep 2013 - 03:35 am

Muslim women protest against the upcoming Miss World pageant in Jakarta, yesterday. The placard reads “Miss World = the lie concept of brain,...

Rubber farmers, police clash in Thailand 06 Sep 2013 - 03:34 am

PHUNPIN, Thailand: Rubber farmers in southern Thailand clashed with police and threatened to shut down city halls in 14 southern provinces yesterday after...

Garment workers protest against mass dismissal 06 Sep 2013 - 03:34 am

PHNOM PENH: More than 4,000 garment workers marched in Cambodia’s capital yesterday to protest their factory’s alleged dismissal of employees who had gone...

Beijing probe against foreign firms ‘unfair’ 06 Sep 2013 - 03:34 am

BEIJING: Foreign pharmaceutical firms in China have been unfairly targeted by a string of investigations into bribery and price-fixing despite generally strong legal...