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At least 500 escape in deadly assaults on Iraq prisons 23 Jul 2013 - 02:58 am

BAGHDAD: Militants attacked two Iraqi prisons, including notorious Abu Ghraib, with mortars, bombs and gunfire, freeing at least 500 inmates in assaults that...

Turkey ruling casts doubt on protest Gezi Park’s future 23 Jul 2013 - 02:57 am

ISTANBUL: A Turkish court yesterday overturned a judgement suspending the redevelopment of Istanbul’s Gezi Park, the issue that sparked huge anti-government protests last...

Lebanon panel okays draft law on domestic violence 23 Jul 2013 - 02:57 am

BEIRUT: A draft law protecting women from domestic violence was approved yesterday by a Lebanese parliamentary panel, after years of campaigning by rights...

Tunisia offered Abu Qatada asylum, says Jordan MP 23 Jul 2013 - 02:57 am

AMMAN: Tunisia offered asylum to Islamist cleric Abu Qatada before his deportation from Britain to face terror charges in the kingdom, a Jordanian...

SNOWDEN RUSSIA HUMAN RIGHTS ASYLUM NSA SPYING CELLO TAPE TAG 23 Jul 2013 - 02:53 am

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Jubilant Brazilians welcome Pope in Rio de Janeiro 23 Jul 2013 - 02:50 am

Pope Francis waves at faithfuls from the Popemobile on his way to the Guanabara Palace after his arrival in Rio de Janeiro yesterday. ...

Spanish PM to appear in parliament over graft scandal 23 Jul 2013 - 02:50 am

Madrid: Bowing to pressure from the opposition, Spain’s prime minister said yesterday he will appear in parliament to answer questions over allegations he...

Jackson denied taking drugs, says mother 23 Jul 2013 - 02:50 am

LOS ANGELES: Michael Jackson denied abusing drugs despite at least one family “intervention” before his 2009 death, his mother said yesterday as lawyers...

Man charged with kidnap, 3 murders 23 Jul 2013 - 02:50 am

EAST CLEVELAND, Ohio: An Ohio man charged with kidnapping and murdering three women whose bodies were found wrapped in plastic bags was ordered...

Malians see red as president breaks fast with Tuareg leaders 23 Jul 2013 - 02:49 am

BAMAKO: Mali’s interim President Dioncounda Traore has met for the first time with members of two northern Tuareg separatist groups, provoking anger among...

89 dead, 600 hurt as two quakes hit China 23 Jul 2013 - 02:47 am

Rescuers search for survivors in the ruins of a damaged home in Hetuo township in Dingxi, after two quakes hit northwest China’s Gansu...

Koreas hold fresh talks on Kaesong 23 Jul 2013 - 02:47 am

SEOUL: North and South Korea held a fifth round of talks yesterday on reopening a joint industrial complex, after previous meetings failed to...

Haze from Indonesia fires back to Malaysia 23 Jul 2013 - 02:46 am

KUALA LUMPUR: Haze blanketed parts of Malaysia yesterday, weeks after the region suffered its worst pollution from forest fires in Indonesia in more...

Japan PM pledges reforms after poll win 23 Jul 2013 - 02:46 am

TOKYO: Prime Minister Shinzo Abe pledged yesterday to push on with painful reforms aimed at fixing Japan’s economic woes after voters handed him...

Blast at radical Myanmar monk’s event injures five 23 Jul 2013 - 02:46 am

YANGON: A small blast near an event hosted by a radical Myanmar monk who stands accused of inflaming Buddhist-Muslim tensions has left five...

Vietnam blogger ‘very weak’ from hunger strike 23 Jul 2013 - 02:46 am

HANOI: A well-known Vietnamese blogger, jailed for 12 years for anti-state propaganda, is “very weak” after a month-long hunger strike protesting at his...

Terror suspects shot dead 23 Jul 2013 - 02:45 am

JAKARTA: Police shot dead two terrorist suspects armed with a homemade bomb yesterday and arrested another two as the country continues to battle...

‘Classrooms come before fighter jets’ 23 Jul 2013 - 02:43 am

An effigy of President Aquino is wheeled as protesters carrying banners and placards march towards the House of Representatives, where Aquino delivered his...