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Iraq oil exports to Turkey halted by pipeline attacks 21 Aug 2013 - 02:02 pm

KIRKUK: Iraq's oil exports to Turkey were halted Wednesday by three bombings that targeted an oil pipeline north of Baghdad, the latest in...

Two more Afghans due to testify in U.S. soldier's massacre case 21 Aug 2013 - 01:37 pm

TACOMA: Two more Afghans were set to testify on Wednesday in the second day of the sentencing hearing in a U.S. military court...

Sri Lankan court summons Fonterra officials to face contempt charge 21 Aug 2013 - 01:36 pm

COLOMBO: A Sri Lankan court on Wednesday issued a summons to Fonterra Brands Lanka, the local company of New Zealand's Fonterra and four...

Israeli conglomerate IDB agrees to sell insurance stake 21 Aug 2013 - 01:25 pm

JERUSALEM: Israeli conglomerate IDB Development said it had agreed to sell a third of its insurance unit to Hong Kong's JT Capital Management...

Sembcorp joint venture to launch Oman IPO on August 28 21 Aug 2013 - 12:58 pm

DUBAI: Sembcorp Salalah Power and Water Co, in which a unit of Singapore's Sembcorp Industries has a 60 percent stake, plans to raise...

Turkey-Iraqi Kurdistan oil pipeline nearly completed 21 Aug 2013 - 12:58 pm

OSLO: A new pipeline to carry crude oil from Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region to Turkey, which has angered the central government in Baghdad,...

German watchdog clears Vodafone, Kabel Deutschland deal 21 Aug 2013 - 12:51 pm

FRANKFURT: The German competition authorities said on Wednesday they saw no objections to plans by British mobile phone giant Vodafone to take over...

Philippine ferry disaster death toll rises to 71 21 Aug 2013 - 12:16 pm

MANILA: The confirmed death toll from a ferry disaster in the Philippines rose to 71 on Wednesday as hopes faded for finding any...

Bomb attacks halt Kirkuk-Ceyhan oil pipeline 21 Aug 2013 - 11:35 am

BAGHDAD: Two bomb attacks halted the flow of crude oil through a pipeline running from Iraq's Kirkuk oil fields to the Mediterranean port...

Pakistan floods affect nearly 1 million 21 Aug 2013 - 11:34 am

ISLAMABAD: Heavy monsoon rains triggering floods have affected nearly one million people and killed 139 others across Pakistan in the last three weeks,...

Saudi urges world support for 'stability' in Egypt 21 Aug 2013 - 11:21 am

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia on Wednesday urged world support for the bid by Egypt's interim government to achieve "stability" in the country, and not...

Egypt Embassy in Bangladesh partly closes after bomb threat 21 Aug 2013 - 10:54 am

DHAKA: The Egyptian Embassy in Bangladesh closed its consular section until the end of the month on Wednesday after receiving a bomb threat...

Lloyds bank sells German life insurance unit 21 Aug 2013 - 10:41 am

LONDON: Britain's state-rescued Lloyds Banking Group annonced two disposals on Wednesday as part of a programme to restructure the business, sell non-strategic assets...

Dozens of victims in 'chemical' bombing near Damascus 21 Aug 2013 - 10:26 am

BEIRUT: Dozens of people were killed or wounded in fierce army bombardment of areas near Damascus on Wednesday, an NGO said, in what...

Indian PM Singh to visit White House in late September 21 Aug 2013 - 10:17 am

WASHINGTON: Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is due to meet with U.S. President Barack Obama at the White House on Sept. 27, the...

Australia's Palmer says discovers potential $35bn PNG gas region 21 Aug 2013 - 09:41 am

SYDNEY: Australian mining mogul Clive Palmer says his oil and gas business has identified what could be one of the world's largest gas...

Sixteen dead as Indonesia bus plunges into river 21 Aug 2013 - 09:19 am

CISARUA: Sixteen people were killed and dozens injured Wednesday when a bus plunged into a river as it returned from a church outing...

US reopens Yemen embassy after 'Qaeda threat' 21 Aug 2013 - 09:17 am

WASHINGTON: The United States has reopened its embassy in Yemen, the State Department said Tuesday, two weeks after it closed for fear of...