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At least 29 dead in Bolivia prison violence 24 Aug 2013 - 08:40 am

LA PAZ: At least 29 people were killed and about 50 others wounded Friday at a prison in eastern Bolivia as clashes between...

US, Philippines vow freedom of navigation amid Asia sea rows 24 Aug 2013 - 08:20 am

MANILA: The United States and the Philippines have vowed to maintain freedom of navigation in a Southeast Asia increasingly beset by maritime territorial...

Hon Hai sells 'wearable computing' patent to Google 24 Aug 2013 - 08:19 am

TAIPEI: Taiwan's Hon Hai group has sold part of its patent portfolio involving wearable computing to US technology giant Google, it said Saturday. ...

Karzai heads to Pakistan to seek more Taliban releases 24 Aug 2013 - 08:09 am

KABUL: Afghan President Hamid Karzai will visit Pakistan Monday seeking the release of key Taliban prisoners as he tries to restart peace talks...

Support for Mursi 24 Aug 2013 - 02:38 am

Jamaat-e-Islami party activists gesture with painted fingers in support of ousted Egyptian president Mohammed Mursi in Karachi.

Islamabad releases 337 Indian fishermen 24 Aug 2013 - 02:37 am

Indian fishermen wait for transport after their release from prison in the Pakistani port city of Karachi yesterday. Islamabad: Pakistan yesterday released 337...

No major change in security committee 24 Aug 2013 - 02:36 am

ISLAMABAD: There is no major change in the composition of the new key body, the Cabinet Committee on National Security (CCNS), which has...

US soldier apologises for Afghan shooting rampage 24 Aug 2013 - 02:36 am

TACOMA: A US Army sergeant who pleaded guilty to killing 16 villagers in a shooting spree in Afghanistan apologised Thursday to his victims’...

Govt may introduce flat gas rates in Baluchistan 24 Aug 2013 - 02:36 am

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s federal government’s campaign to check the annual gas and power theft of Rs150-200bn is getting a cold shoulder in Sindh and...

Two killed in Karachi blast 24 Aug 2013 - 02:36 am

Islamabad: Two people were killed and 23 others wounded including ten army officials in an attack targeting a military vehicle in Karachi, the...

Mumbai photo journalist gang-raped 24 Aug 2013 - 02:35 am

A photographer holds a placard during a protest against the the gang-rape of a colleague in Mumbai yesterday. Mumbai: A 22-year old photo...

Ashok Singhal under house arrest before Ayodhya ‘yatra’ 24 Aug 2013 - 02:34 am

Lucknow: Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) leader Ashok Singhal was yesterday placed under house arrest in Allahabad in Uttar Pradesh as part of the...

Facebook, Google cannot flout Indian law: Delhi High Court 24 Aug 2013 - 02:34 am

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court yesterday said that social networking site Facebook Inc and search engine Google Inc are bound by the...

We will let people frame laws: Kejriwal 24 Aug 2013 - 02:34 am

New Delhi: Aam Aadmi Party leader Arvind Kejriwal yesterday promised to enact a law that would let people frame their laws in Delhi...

12 Lok Sabha MPs from Andhra suspended 24 Aug 2013 - 02:33 am

New Delhi: Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar yesterday suspended 12 members from Andhra Pradesh from the house for five days for causing unending...

Thatcher statue 24 Aug 2013 - 02:32 am

An artist’s impression made available by the Grantham Museum, England, yesterday shows one of three possible designs of statues of former British prime...

UK runs secret snooping centre in Middle East 24 Aug 2013 - 02:32 am

LONDON: Britain runs a secret monitoring station in the Middle East to intercept large numbers of telephone calls, emails and Internet traffic that...

Spanish fishermen can return: Gibraltar 24 Aug 2013 - 02:32 am

MADRID: Spanish fishing boats will be allowed to return to disputed waters off Gibraltar but a controversial concrete reef will remain, the British...