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South African gold miners to strike over pay 03 Sep 2013 - 10:34 pm

JOHANNESBURG: Tens of thousands of gold miners were set to go on strike yesterday after wage talks broke down, threatening to cost millions...

Malala says books can defeat terrorism at UK library opening 03 Sep 2013 - 02:40 pm

BIRMINGHAM: Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani schoolgirl shot in the head by the Taliban after campaigning for girls' right to an education, said books...

India PM declares 'nothing to hide' over corruption probe 03 Sep 2013 - 02:39 pm

NEW DELHI: India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh declared on Tuesday his embattled government has "nothing to hide" and was "making all efforts" to...

Philippines to pursue Universal bribery probe 03 Sep 2013 - 02:20 pm

MANILA: The Philippine government plans to send agents to Tokyo to pursue a bribery investigation into $40 million in payments made by Japan's...

Glencore leads foreign investment in UK firms to 6-year high 03 Sep 2013 - 02:19 pm

LONDON: Foreign investment in British companies hit a six-year high of 23.4 billion pounds or $36.4 billion in the second quarter as the...

Gunmen kill Sunni militiaman's family in south Baghdad 03 Sep 2013 - 02:18 pm

BAGHDAD: An anti-Qaeda militiaman, his wife and three children were gunned down in the Iraqi capital early Tuesday, officials said, the latest in...

Cost of Syria devastation over $1.5 trillion 03 Sep 2013 - 01:56 pm

DAMASCUS: The cost of the devastating conflict in Syria has topped the $1.5 trillion mark, a study published in the country's daily Al-Watan...

Verdicts in Delhi gang-rape trial due September 10 03 Sep 2013 - 01:34 pm

NEW DELHI: The trial of four adult suspects accused of the fatal gang-rape of a student on a New Delhi bus in December...

Libya gunmen kidnap ex-spy chief's daughter 03 Sep 2013 - 01:34 pm

TRIPOLI: Gunmen kidnapped the daughter of Libya's former spy chief Abdullah Senussi as she left a Tripoli jail after serving out a prison...

Russia to evacuate another 36,000 due to floods 03 Sep 2013 - 01:34 pm

MOSCOW: Russian authorities said Tuesday 36,000 more people needed to be evacuated in the Far East as the floodwaters rose to over eight...

Bomb attack halts Kirkuk-Ceyhan pipeline crude flow 03 Sep 2013 - 01:03 pm

MOSUL: A bomb attack stopped oil flows through the Kirkuk-Ceyhan pipeline linking Iraq to Turkey early on Tuesday, Iraqi oil officials said. The...

Ex-Merrill Lynch banker sets up boutique consultancy in Dubai 03 Sep 2013 - 12:46 pm

DUBAI: A former Bank of America Merrill Lynch banker is starting a boutique consultancy firm in Dubai aiming to capitalise on a revival...

Saudi beheaded for murder of brother 03 Sep 2013 - 12:46 pm

RIYADH: A Saudi was beheaded by the sword on Tuesday after being convicted of murdering his brother, the interior ministry said. Abdullah al-Harbi...

Al-Mahmoud meets AU-UN Joint Chief Mediator for Darfur 03 Sep 2013 - 12:45 pm

DOHA: HE Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs Ahmed bin Abdullah Al Mahmoud met here today with the Joint...

Mandela's hospital discharge shows 'progress' 03 Sep 2013 - 12:44 pm

JOHANNESBURG: Nelson Mandela's discharge after nearly three months in hospital showed that he had made "progress", South African President Jacob Zuma said Tuesday,...

Somali president 'ambushed' 03 Sep 2013 - 12:44 pm

MOGADISHU: Somalia's Al-Qaeda linked Shebab insurgents ambushed President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud Tuesday, the militants said, claiming to have destroyed vehicles with rocket-propelled grenades....

Philippines says China is building at disputed shoal 03 Sep 2013 - 12:04 pm

MANILA: The Philippines accused China on Tuesday of laying concrete blocks on a small group of reefs and rocky outcrops within its territory,...

Egypt choppers strike Sinai militants in 'biggest' assault 03 Sep 2013 - 12:03 pm

CAIRO: Egyptian military helicopters on Tuesday launched air strikes on militants in the country's restive Sinai peninsula, where the army has been battling...