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Aquino family farm will go to tenants 23 Jul 2013 - 02:43 am

MANILA: Philippine President Benigno Aquino said yesterday that work would start in weeks to divide his family’s giant sugar plantation between thousands of...

Taiwanese coastguard saves Filipinos at sea 23 Jul 2013 - 02:43 am

TAIPEI: Taiwan’s coastguard has rescued three Filipino fishermen who spent five days adrift when a storm blew their small boat hundreds of kilometres...

Villagers displaced as rival rebel groups clash 23 Jul 2013 - 02:43 am

NORTH Cotabato: Rival forces of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front and the Moro National Liberation Front clashed on Sunday at the border of...

Two people killed in clan wars in southern province 23 Jul 2013 - 02:42 am

DAVAO CITY: Two people died when armed tribesmen attacked a village in the southern Philippines over the weekend, the military said yesterday. The...

Illegal mining hits Babuyan 23 Jul 2013 - 02:42 am

BAYOMBONG: Even the fragile islands in the Babuyan Channel along the country’s northernmost coast are not spared from black sand mining. This, as...

QE investors richer by QR6bn 23 Jul 2013 - 02:41 am

DOHA: Investors’ wealth rose by a staggering QR6bn ($1.65bn) on the Qatari bourse yesterday as the market capitalisation jumped to QR530.13bn from QR524.11bn...

It’s a boy for William and Kate 23 Jul 2013 - 02:26 am

Crowds clamour to take pictures as an easel announcing the birth of Prince William and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge’s baby boy is placed...

Hezbollah military wing on EU terror list 23 Jul 2013 - 02:23 am

A file photo dated shows Lebanese protesters carrying a replica rocket and poster of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah during a demonstration organized by...

Car dealers complain about parallel imports 23 Jul 2013 - 02:18 am

DOHA: Local distributors of new cars, unruffled by accusations that their prices are high as compared to those in some neighbouring countries, have...

Mursi’s family to sue army 23 Jul 2013 - 02:17 am

A supporter of deposed Egyptian president Mohammed Mursi is beaten by government and army supporters during clashes that erupted at Tahrir Square and...

Qaradawi says not expelled from Qatar 23 Jul 2013 - 02:17 am

DOHA: Noted Islamic scholar Dr Yousuf Al Qaradawi (pictured) has denied that he has been expelled from Qatar, and said some media reports...

UBS second quarter profit beats forecasts 23 Jul 2013 - 01:10 am

ZURICH: UBS’s second-quarter profit beat forecasts even though it agreed to settle a lawsuit with the US housing regulator over the mis-selling of...

Time Warner names CEO of publishing arm 23 Jul 2013 - 01:10 am

NEW YORK: Time Warner announced yesterday that Joseph Ripp will be named chief executive of its publishing arm Time Inc, which is to...

Pakistani Kashmir PM leads protest over India killings 22 Jul 2013 - 02:44 pm

MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan: The prime minister of Pakistan-administered Kashmir on Monday led hundreds in a protest march over the recent killing of four demonstrators...

Gunmen kill two Shiite Muslims in SW Pakistan 22 Jul 2013 - 02:38 pm

QUETTA, Pakistan: Gunmen opened fire Monday on a taxi in Pakistan's southwestern city of Quetta, gripped by a wave of sectarian bloodshed, killing...

Radioactive water leaked into sea at Fukushima: TEPCO 22 Jul 2013 - 02:37 pm

TOKYO: The operator of the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant on Monday admitted for the first time that radioactive groundwater has leaked out to...

Nakilat celebrates Garangao festival 22 Jul 2013 - 02:31 pm

DOHA: Qatar Gas Transport Company (QGTC) Nakilat employees and their families celebrated the traditional Qatari children's festival Garangao here last night. Participants enjoyed...

Iran signs major deal to export gas to Iraq 22 Jul 2013 - 02:30 pm

TEHRAN: Iran has finalised a major contract to export gas to neighbouring Iraq, worth 3.7 billion dollars a year, local media on Monday...