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Al Qaeda planning attacks on Europe high-speed trains: Bild 20 Aug 2013 - 01:46 am

This file photo shows the main railway station in Mainz, western Germany, on August 12, 2013 BERLIN: Al Qaeda is planning attacks on...

Al Jazeera America goes on air to reach out to 48m households 20 Aug 2013 - 01:44 am

Doha: Al Jazeera America begins its telecast today, reaching to nearly 48 million potential households in the US. The New York City-based TV...

INDIA PAKISTAN RELATIONS NEIGHBOUR BETTER LEVEL 20 Aug 2013 - 01:12 am

Group: ViewsAsia Credit: PARESH Source: The Khaleej Times - Dubai, UAE Keywords: COLOR INDIA PAKISTAN RELATIONS NEIGHBOUR BETTER LEVEL 081513 Provider: CartoonArts International...

Militants kill 25 policemen in Sinai 20 Aug 2013 - 01:09 am

Supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood shout slogans during a protest in front of Al Istkama mosque at Giza Square, south of Cairo, yesterday. ...

Saudi pledges to fill Egypt’s financial gap 20 Aug 2013 - 01:08 am

RIYADH: Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud Al Faisal yesterday pledged to fill any financial gaps left by Western countries withdrawing aid from Egypt...

Israel tacitly backing Egypt’s military 20 Aug 2013 - 01:08 am

JERUSALEM: Israel is urging the West to stick by Egypt’s army in its confrontation with the Muslim Brotherhood, quietly echoing warnings by US...

Jordan to build parts of Red Sea-Dead Sea link 20 Aug 2013 - 01:08 am

AMMAN: Jordan said yesterday it plans to build parts of a project linking the Red Sea to the shrinking Dead Sea that would...

Turkey says two pilots kidnapped in Lebanon alive 20 Aug 2013 - 01:07 am

ANKARA: Turkey said yesterday the two pilots kidnapped in Lebanon earlier this month are alive, and that it knows roughly where they are....

Iraq carries out 17 death sentences 20 Aug 2013 - 01:07 am

BAGHDAD: Iraq has put 17 people to death, 16 of them on terrorism-related charges, the Justice Ministry said yesterday, the latest in a...

610-kg Saudi man forklifted for treatment 20 Aug 2013 - 01:06 am

RIYADH: A Saudi man weighing 610 kilogrammes was forklifted to hospital yesterday for medical treatment at the expense of the King to reduce...

37 killed as train ploughs into pilgrims 20 Aug 2013 - 01:05 am

Burnt carriages of a train that were set on fire by protesters at Khagaria in Bihar yesterday. New Delhi: Twenty-eight people were killed...

Fuel leak forces ISRO to call off rocket launch 20 Aug 2013 - 01:03 am

The GSLV-D5 rocket carrying the GSAT-4 satellite at the launchpad at Sriharikota. Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh: Delaying India’s entry into a select group of...

Parties assure smooth running of Rajya Sabha 20 Aug 2013 - 01:03 am

New Delhi: Leaders of various parties yesterday assured Rajya Sabha Chairperson Hamid Ansari of allowing the question hour to run smoothly as he...

Army will retaliate against truce violations: Antony 20 Aug 2013 - 01:03 am

New Delhi: The army has mobilised all its resources to effectively retaliate to any ceasefire violation by Pakistan, Defence Minister A K Antony...

Arms ignition triggered submarine explosion 20 Aug 2013 - 01:03 am

New Delhi: Preliminary investigations into the sinking of INS Sindhurakshak have revealed that the “near-simultaneous” explosions that preceded a fire which engulfed the...

Govt hopes to pass food bill today in Lok Sabha 20 Aug 2013 - 01:02 am

New Delhi: Keen to pass Congress chief Sonia Gandhi’s pet welfare legislation, the Food Security Bill, but concerned over the large number of...

Tunda’s son worked for LeT in Kashmir, say police 20 Aug 2013 - 01:01 am

New Delhi: One-handed bomb-maker Abdul Karim Tunda’s one son, out of seven children from three wives, followed in his father’s footsteps by working...

Court reserves verdict on use of beacon lights, sirens 20 Aug 2013 - 01:01 am

New Delhi: The Supreme Court yesterday reserved its order on a plea seeking stripping “high dignitaries”, other than constitutional authorities, of beacon lights...