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Brazil jails 25 police officers for 624 years 04 Aug 2013 - 01:51 am

BRASILIA: A Brazilian court sentenced 25 police officers to 624 years in jail yesterday for the killing of dozens of inmates in the...

US grand jury to probe contractor that reviewed Snowden: Report 04 Aug 2013 - 01:51 am

WASHINGTON: The company that conducted the most recent security review of former US spy agency contractor Edward Snowden is the subject of a...

Anti-aircraft protest 04 Aug 2013 - 01:50 am

Residents stage an anti-Ospray protest near the Futenma Air Station in Okinawa prefecture, Japan, yesterday. The US Marine Corps MV22 Osprey tilt-rotor transport...

40 missing as boat sinks off Malaysia 04 Aug 2013 - 01:50 am

KUALA LUMPUR: Rescuers were searching for 40 missing Indonesians, including women and children, yesterday after a boat carrying them home to celebrate the...

Manila to acquire French navy ships 04 Aug 2013 - 01:49 am

MANILA: The Philippines said yesterday it is purchasing French Navy vessels to boost its forces in the South China Sea where it has...

Cambodian rivals agree on election fraud probe 04 Aug 2013 - 01:49 am

PHNOM PENH: Cambodia’s opposition party has agreed to work with the government to probe alleged election fraud, the party said yesterday, in an...

Taiwanese protest over young conscript’s death 04 Aug 2013 - 01:48 am

People, holding placards of a bleeding eye, take part in a demonstration in front of the Presidential Office in Taipei yesterday. TAIPEI: Tens...

Six of family fined for ‘exorcism’ death in Malaysia 04 Aug 2013 - 01:47 am

KUALA LUMPUR: Six family members who suffocated a Malaysian toddler to death by piling on top of her for hours in a suspected...

Thai PM worried over violence during rallies 04 Aug 2013 - 01:47 am

BANGKOK: Thailand’s Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra yesterday expressed fears that violence could erupt during planned anti-government protests in Bangkok this weekend, following unrest...

Blogger ends hunger strike 04 Aug 2013 - 01:47 am

HANOI: A well-known Vietnamese blogger, jailed for 12 years for anti-state propaganda, has ended hunger strike after authorities agreed to investigate complaints about...

Nine killed in attack on Indian mission 04 Aug 2013 - 01:45 am

Volunteers carry a body into an ambulance at the site of the suicide attack in front of the Indian consulate in Jalalabad yesterday. ...

Pakistan’s president-elect vows non-partisan role 04 Aug 2013 - 01:44 am

Mamnoon Hussain ISLAMABAD: Pakistani president-elect Mamnoon Hussain has pledged to play a non-partisan role after assuming his new office, besides striving to ensure...

Islamabad to benefit from China optic fibre project 04 Aug 2013 - 01:44 am

BEIJING: Islamabad will greatly benefit in terms of security and revenue from the Pakistan-China optic fibre project, a source at the Chinese telecom...

Pakistan to seek full financing for pipeline from Iran 04 Aug 2013 - 01:43 am

ISLAMABAD: As the Pakistan government is aware that US sanctions may hamper financing for the Iran-Pakistan gas pipeline project, it has decided to...

Islamabad asked to cut wasteful spending 04 Aug 2013 - 01:43 am

ISLAMABAD: The World Bank has asked Pakistan to cut wasteful spending to create fiscal space for utilising funds on infrastructure needs and achieve...

Teej celebrations 04 Aug 2013 - 01:42 am

Students wear traditional Punjabi dress as they dance the ‘giddha’ during Teej festival celebrations at Khalsa college for women in Amritsar yesterday. The...

Poverty figures spark rows over data, economic policy 04 Aug 2013 - 01:42 am

NEW DELHI: Indian government figures showing that poverty has been cut by a third since 2004 have set off a row between the...

Congress leaders urge Andhra Pradesh chief minister to quit 04 Aug 2013 - 01:41 am

Hyderabad: Congress leaders from Rayalaseema and Andhra regions yesterday asked Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy and state Congress chief Botsa Satyanarayana to...