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Tokyo shares close up 2.57pc 13 Aug 2013 - 09:14 am

TOKYO: Tokyo shares jumped 2.57 percent by the close Tuesday as the sagging yen supported the market while investors were also upbeat on...

Singapore firm launches in-flight Muslim prayer app 13 Aug 2013 - 09:07 am

SINGAPORE: A Singapore-based company has launched an iPhone app alerting Muslims when to pray and in which direction they should face even when...

Libya TV journalist escapes assassination bid 13 Aug 2013 - 08:57 am

ENGHAZI: A journalist at a private Libyan television channel narrowly survived an assassination attempt in the restive eastern city of Benghazi on Monday,...

China set to become world's biggest net oil importer 13 Aug 2013 - 08:57 am

BEIJING: China is set to overtake the United States to become the world's largest net oil importer from October, according to US figures. ...

New H7N9 bird flu death confirmed in China 13 Aug 2013 - 08:29 am

BEIJING: A Chinese woman infected with the deadly H7N9 bird flu virus died of multiple organ failure, a Beijing hospital said, bringing the...

N. Korea unveils 'secure, homemade' smartphone 13 Aug 2013 - 08:06 am

This undated file picture released by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on August 11, 2013 shows North Korean leader Kim...

Facebook to buy firm specializing in voice translation 13 Aug 2013 - 08:05 am

NEW YORK CITY: Facebook has agreed to acquire Mobile Technologies, a firm specializing in voice translation software, the two companies said Monday, without...

Two dead, several injured in Norway bus crash 13 Aug 2013 - 08:05 am

OSLO: Two people were killed and several seriously injured on Monday when two buses, one Norwegian and one Swedish with foreign tourists aboard,...

Nation gets own aircraft carrier 13 Aug 2013 - 02:49 am

Indigenous Aircraft Carrier P-71 ‘Vikrant’, built for the Navy, leaves Cochin Shipyard after its launch yesterday. BELOW: Defence Minister A K Antony (second...

Attendance normal at Kerala secretariat during Left siege 13 Aug 2013 - 02:49 am

Thiruvananthapuram: If attendance at government offices is an indicator of success or failure of the indefinite siege by Left volunteers at the state...

Proceedings against Facebook, Google on hold 13 Aug 2013 - 02:49 am

New Delhi: A Delhi court yesterday stayed the proceedings against 13 websites, including Facebook and Google, on a complaint which accused them of...

279 athletes fail dope tests in two years 13 Aug 2013 - 02:48 am

NEW DELHI: Some 279 Indian sports people have tested positive for banned substances in the last two years, the sports minister said yesterday,...

Darjeeling Buddhist monks, students face food crisis 13 Aug 2013 - 02:48 am

Siliguri: Around 12,000 Buddhist monks and students living in pagodas and monasteries of northern West Bengal’s Darjeeling hills face an impending food crisis...

Will not allow Jammu exodus: Chidambaram 13 Aug 2013 - 02:47 am

Policemen stop members of Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front during a protest in Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian Kashmir, yesterday. New Delhi:...

Bail granted to three in `10 crore railway bribery case 13 Aug 2013 - 02:47 am

New Delhi: A Delhi court yesterday granted bail to three accused in the `10 crore railway bribery case in which former railway minister...

Congress failed to control emotions on Telengana: BJP 13 Aug 2013 - 02:47 am

New Delhi: The BJP yesterday accused the Congress of failing to control the emotions of the people of Andhra Pradesh as far as...

Two former BJP leaders join JD-U 13 Aug 2013 - 02:46 am

Patna: A fortnight after he quit the BJP, former spokesman Ram Kishore Singh yesterday joined the ruling Janata Dal-United (JD-U) in the presence...

Independence Day sale 13 Aug 2013 - 02:45 am

People buy national flags at a roadside stall ahead of Pakistan’s Independence Day in Islamabad yesterday. Pakistan will celebrate 66th anniversary of independence...