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Woman had fake explosives, say Dubai police 03 Sep 2013 - 01:53 am

DUBAI: An Uzbek woman who caused 13 hours of panic at the Dubai public prosecutor’s office when she threatened to blow herself up...

Tunisia hands two rappers jail terms in absentia 03 Sep 2013 - 01:52 am

TUNIS: Two Tunisian rappers have been given 21 month jail terms in absentia for insulting officials, their lawyer said yesterday, criticising the ruling...

Tornado rips eastern Japan 03 Sep 2013 - 01:11 am

Residents stand next to damaged houses after a tornado hit in Koshigaya, Saitama Prefecture, north of Tokyo, Japan, yesterday. TOKYO: A tornado ripped...

Hottest summer in western Japan 03 Sep 2013 - 01:11 am

TOKYO: The west of Japan had its hottest ever summer this year, official figures showed yesterday after a season in which heatstroke reportedly...

High radiation spreads at Fukushima 03 Sep 2013 - 01:11 am

TOKYO: High radiation levels are spreading at the ruined Fukushima nuclear plant, its operator said yesterday, and the Japanese government prepared to offer...

Sri Lanka rights group harassed after UN meeting 03 Sep 2013 - 01:10 am

COLOMBO: A Catholic-run human rights group working in northeastern Sri Lanka said yesterday it had been harassed by security personnel after meeting UN...

Koreas hold first talks on reopening industrial park 03 Sep 2013 - 01:10 am

SEOUL: North and South Korea held the first meeting yesterday of a committee tasked with reopening their Kaesong joint industrial zone — five...

Serious abuses on Thai fishing boats: ILO 03 Sep 2013 - 01:10 am

BANGKOK: The International Labour Organisation (ILO) yesterday warned of “serious abuses” in the Thai fishing industry — a major global supplier — such...

Beijing issues new measures to cut pollution 03 Sep 2013 - 01:06 am

BEIJING: Beijing unveiled yet another slew of measures yesterday to curb a choking pollution problem, including limiting the number of new vehicles on...

Spain arrests ‘Great drain robbers’ 03 Sep 2013 - 01:04 am

MADRID: Spanish police yesterday said they have arrested a gang of 10 bank robbers in Madrid who used the drains to enter and...

Driver says London skyscraper melted car 03 Sep 2013 - 01:04 am

LONDON: A cluster of new skyscrapers transforming the London skyline are often blamed for spoiling the view. Now one has been accused of...

Saving dolphins 03 Sep 2013 - 01:03 am

Filipino activists hold a demonstration in front of the Japanese embassy urging Tokyo to end dolphin killings, in Pasay City, yesterday.

Tough Chinese terms precluded Aquino visit 03 Sep 2013 - 01:03 am

MANILA: Philippine officials said yesterday that President Benigno Aquino cancelled a trip to a Chinese trade fair after Beijing demanded that he first...

One killed as militants attack rubber plant 03 Sep 2013 - 01:02 am

COTABATO: Communist rebels have burned down a rubber processing facility in the southern Philippines, leaving a landmine that killed a factory worker as...

Taiwan crewmen asked to appear for probe 03 Sep 2013 - 01:02 am

MANILA: A Philippine panel preparing homicide charges against the country’s coastguards over the death of a Taiwanese fisherman has formally asked his fellow...

Death toll in ferry mishap reaches 108 03 Sep 2013 - 01:01 am

MANILA: Divers have recovered more dead bodies from a ferry that sank after colliding with a cargo ship, raising the death toll from...

NBI chief resigns; president’s action awaited 03 Sep 2013 - 12:46 am

MANILA: National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) Director Nonnatus Rojas tendered his resignation yesterday, citing command responsibility amid allegations that two of his men...

Napoles trial may be held at Laguna fort 03 Sep 2013 - 12:45 am

MANILA: Senate President Franklin Drilon proposed yesterday that the trial of Janet Lim-Napoles be held in her place of detention at Fort Sto....