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Joined hands heal scars of France and Germany’s past 05 Sep 2013 - 01:28 am

ORADOUR-SUR-GLANE, France: The presidents of Germany and France yesterday joined hands with a survivor of the Nazis’ worst atrocity on French soil in...

Cleveland kidnapper found hanged inside US prison cell 05 Sep 2013 - 01:27 am

CHICAGO: A US man who held three young women captive for a decade was found hanged in the Ohio prison where he was...

New Mali president vows to unite nation 05 Sep 2013 - 01:27 am

BAMAKO: President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita pledged yesterday to unite Mali and end endemic corruption as he was sworn in to lead the deeply-divided...

Gorbachev lauds ailing Mandela 05 Sep 2013 - 01:26 am

GENEVA: Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev yesterday lauded ailing Nelson Mandela as an icon of the global drive for democracy, after his South...

Japan hit by quake, tornados 05 Sep 2013 - 12:15 am

Cars manoeuvre through floodwaters on a road in Nagoya, Aichi prefecture, yesterday. Heavy rain is expected to spread across a wide area of...

Philippines finds more blocks on reef 05 Sep 2013 - 12:15 am

MANILA: The Philippines said yesterday it had spotted more concrete blocks allegedly installed by China within Filipino territory in the South China Sea,...

Thai protesters target southern airport 05 Sep 2013 - 12:14 am

SURAT THANI: Thousands of angry rubber farmers blocked the main entrance to an airport in southern Thailand yesterday, increasing pressure on the government...

Opposition urges Cambodian king to resolve poll dispute 05 Sep 2013 - 12:14 am

PHNOM PENH: Cambodia’s opposition party has called on the nation’s king to resolve a dispute over elections in July which saw strongman Prime...

Filipinos in Malaysia told to carry IDs 05 Sep 2013 - 12:14 am

MANILA: The Philippine embassy in Kuala Lumpur has advised Filipinos to complete their immigration documentation and always carry proper identification documents following the...

Organisers defend Indonesia pageant 05 Sep 2013 - 12:14 am

JAKARTA: The organisers of the Miss World beauty pageant in Indonesia insisted yesterday the show would go on, as Islamic hardline protests began...

S Korean MP accused of North Korea plot detained 05 Sep 2013 - 12:13 am

SEOUL: South Korea’s spy agency yesterday detained a leftist lawmaker accused of plotting an armed revolt in support of North Korea after parliament...

Needlefish kills fisherman 05 Sep 2013 - 12:12 am

ZAMBOANGA CITY: A man was killed when a needlefish flipped and pierced his throat shortly after midnight yesterday in this city. Jesus Guerrero,...

Manmohan Singh arrives in Russia 04 Sep 2013 - 11:49 pm

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh (left) is welcomed upon his arrival at Saint Petersburg’s airport in Russia ahead of the G20 summit yesterday.

Conjoined Nigerian kids healthy after surgery 04 Sep 2013 - 11:46 pm

Badaru Mannir (left) holds his daughter Hassana Badaru while Hussaina Badaru is held by her mother Malama Badariyya Badaru, after a surgery to...

Pension bill gets clearance in Lok Sabha 04 Sep 2013 - 11:46 pm

MUMBAI/NEW DELHI: The lower house of parliament (Lok Sabha) approved changes aimed at luring foreign asset managers to run retirement funds, a small...

Maharashtra to get modern madrassas at Rs100m 04 Sep 2013 - 11:46 pm

Mumbai: The Maharashtra government yesterday announced major sops to modernise and upgrade madrassas in the state. The government has decided to allocate Rs100m...

Over 200 languages lost in diverse India, finds study 04 Sep 2013 - 11:45 pm

NEW DELHI: More than 200 languages have vanished in India over the last 50 years, a new study says, blaming urban migration and...

Asaram to remain in jail as bail plea rejected 04 Sep 2013 - 11:45 pm

Jaipur: A Rajasthan court in Jodhpur city yesterday rejected the bail plea of controversial spiritual guru Asaram Bapu who was arrested for sexually...