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Govt launches initiatives to empower women in Pakistan 31 Aug 2013 - 02:57 am

ISLAMABAD: A number of initiatives are underway aiming to address social, economic and cultural practices barring women from active participation to improve the...

Islamabad to sign Council of Europe Convention 31 Aug 2013 - 02:57 am

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan will make a formal request to the United States and all concerned quarters next month, indicating its willingness to sign the...

Pakistan warns of polio outbreak after fresh cases 31 Aug 2013 - 02:56 am

MIRANSHAH: Health officials in Pakistan have warned of a serious polio outbreak after the disease was detected in 16 children in a tribal...

Supreme Court moved to free teachers from other duties 31 Aug 2013 - 02:56 am

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court of Pakistan was moved yesterday to order federal and provincial governments to do away with the practice of assigning...

Australian army probes Afghan ‘misconduct’ report 31 Aug 2013 - 02:56 am

CANBERRA: Australia’s military is investigating a unit of special forces soldiers accused of mutilating the corpses of one or more insurgents killed during...

Islamabad blast kills child 31 Aug 2013 - 02:56 am

Islamabad: A child was killed and another got injured when a bomb exploded in the southwestern Pakistani city of Quetta yesterday. The blast...

Disaster drill 31 Aug 2013 - 02:55 am

A fire department personnel explains the cardiopulmonary resuscitation procedure to participants in a disaster drill on a main street of Ginza shopping district...

Talks advance on US military deal 31 Aug 2013 - 02:54 am

President Benigno Aquino (right) welcomes US Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel at the Malacanang Palace yesterday. MANILA: The United States and the Philippines are...

HK junks hostage victims’ suit 31 Aug 2013 - 02:54 am

MANILA: A Hong Kong judge yesterday struck out a claim filed by victims of the Luneta hostage tragedy against the Philippine government on...

Outspoken broadcaster shot dead in Iligan City 31 Aug 2013 - 02:54 am

ILIGAN: Hooded gunmen shot dead an outspoken radio broadcaster in the southern Philippines, police said yesterday in a country branded as one of...

Woman in $230m scam ‘not safe in Makati City jail’ 31 Aug 2013 - 02:54 am

MANILA: The Makati Regional Trial Court Branch 150 yesterday heard the petition filed by the lawyers of businesswoman Janet Lim Napoles to have...

Army says security officer is extremist 31 Aug 2013 - 02:53 am

MANILA: The military maintains that the arrest of Benjamin Mendoza, whom it claimed to be a communist rebel, last October was not a...

3 Japanese held with $1m 31 Aug 2013 - 02:53 am

MANILA: Three Japanese nationals were held at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) yesterday for entering the country with P45m ($1m). Airport authorities...

UN asks N Korea to discuss human rights 31 Aug 2013 - 02:53 am

TOKYO: The head of a UN probe yesterday urged North Korea to respond to horrific testimony of human rights abuses heard in Seoul...

Tropical storm lashes south Taiwan, 3 dead 31 Aug 2013 - 02:53 am

TAIPEI: At least three people were killed when torrential rain brought by Tropical Storm Kong-Rey caused widespread flooding in the south of Taiwan,...

Lanka relieves officers over killing of villagers 31 Aug 2013 - 02:52 am

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s army yesterday reprimanded senior officers accused of leading a deadly crackdown earlier this month on villagers who were demonstrating against...

Myanmar activist jailed for copper mine protest 31 Aug 2013 - 02:51 am

YANGON: Myanmar has jailed an activist for two years in connection with protests over a controversial mine project, her lawyer said yesterday, despite...

‘Walking’ shark discovered in Indonesia 31 Aug 2013 - 02:51 am

JAKARTA: A new species of shark that “walks” along the seabed using its fins as tiny legs has been discovered in eastern Indonesia,...