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Pakistan’s largest health programme in tatters 27 Jul 2013 - 12:35 am

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s largest health initiative is in tatters. Inefficient awareness building strategies, coupled with targeted attacks on polio teams and distrust among the...

Arson 27 Jul 2013 - 12:33 am

A security man (left) stands guard as an investigator checks a nursing home after it was set on fire in Hailun, northeast China’s...

Abe seeks China talks over islands dispute 27 Jul 2013 - 12:32 am

SINGAPORE: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe called yesterday for a leaders’ summit or a foreign ministers’ meeting between his country and China as...

2 Indians face court over drug smuggling 27 Jul 2013 - 12:32 am

BANGKOK: Two Indian men have been arrested and charged in Thailand with trafficking crystal methamphetamine worth an estimated $1.4m, a customs official said...

Bo critic eyes hard labour reward 27 Jul 2013 - 12:32 am

BEIJING: A Chinese official is demanding compensation after serving 15 months’ hard labour for criticising disgraced leader Bo Xilai, domestic media said yesterday,...

S Korea slammed for failed Kaesong talks 27 Jul 2013 - 12:32 am

SEOUL: North Korea yesterday blasted South Korea’s “arrogant” attitude after talks on salvaging the jointly-run Kaesong industrial zone collapsed, sparking a shoving match...

Beijing’s ‘Uncle House’ faces corruption trial 27 Jul 2013 - 12:31 am

BEIJING: A Chinese government official accused online of corruptly accumulating 22 houses has stood trial, state media reported yesterday. Cai Bin, a mid-level...

Cambodia parties hit streets for poll push 27 Jul 2013 - 12:31 am

PHNOM PENH: Cambodia’s political parties hit the streets yesterday in a final push for votes in Sunday’s general election, but a rights group...

Prison not bad, says blogger 27 Jul 2013 - 12:30 am

KUALA LUMPUR: Controversial blogger Alvin Tan who was released on bail yesterday together with his girlfriend Vivian Lee, described his eight-day prison stay...

Clashes as charges against Mursi fuel tension 27 Jul 2013 - 12:29 am

Fireworks explode as supporters of the Egyptian armed forces demonstrate in Cairo, yesterday. CAIRO: Egypt yesterday formally detained deposed president Mohammed Mursi for...

Salafists behind murders: Tunis 27 Jul 2013 - 12:26 am

Supporters of the Islamist Ennahda movement wave flags as they chant slogans and hold a picture of assassinated politician Mohamed Brahmi during a...

Kuwait goes to poll today 27 Jul 2013 - 12:26 am

KUWAIT CITY: Kuwaitis head to the polls today for a second parliamentary election in eight months that opposition groups are boycotting and that...

150 regime forces killed: Report 27 Jul 2013 - 12:26 am

BEIRUT: At least 150 Syrian regime forces died in fighting with rebels for the control of Khan Al Assal, a key town in...

Egypt court orders Mursi held over Hamas ties: MENA 26 Jul 2013 - 02:53 pm

A member of the Muslim Brotherhood and supporter of ousted Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi attends a rally around Rabaa Adawiya square where they...

Two killed, six injured in northwest Pakistan 26 Jul 2013 - 02:42 pm

ISLAMABAD: Two persons were killed and six others injured in a bomb explosion in northwest Pakistan. Official sources said the explosion ripped through...

Etihad, Serbia's JAT to sign partnership deal on August 1 26 Jul 2013 - 01:37 pm

BELGRADE: The United Arab Emirates' Etihad Airways will a sign a strategic partnership deal with loss-making Serbian flag carrier JAT Airways on Aug....

20 suspected militants bodies found in north Pakistan 26 Jul 2013 - 12:50 pm

ISLAMABAD: At least twenty dead bodies of suspected militants were recovered from Khyber tribal region of northern Pakistan bordering Afghanistan, said security officials....

Head of Syrian Kurdish group in Turkey for talks 26 Jul 2013 - 11:27 am

ANKARA: The head of a Syrian Kurdish group with links to militants in Turkey has flown to Istanbul for talks with government officials...